*For the G marked with the *, play it as:
e|-x-|
B|-3-|
G|-0-|
D|-0-|
A|-2-|
E|-3-|
(if anybody knows the technical name for that chord, feel free to e-mail me.
I'm no good at naming chords, I'd say it's just a G with the high e note not
played)
Intro chords:
Am, C, G, F
Melody:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------0-------0-----3-------3--2-----------2--------------|
E|-0--3-------------3----------------3-----------3--1--------|
Verse 1:
Am C
Take my mother, my sister, my brother, and my first born son.
G F
Ne' er do wells, everyone.
Am C
There's a fracture in the fabric of the family's old scotch pine.
G F
But it will heal if given time.
Verse 2:
Am C
I for one am a believer in the nod and shake.
G F
We'll get on, it's never too late.
Am C
It's a part of your cult that I might keep for myself.
G
Turn the other cheek (that's nice).
F
But not that but about your hell.
Chorus:
C G*
Because my blood's too rich for subway cars, and I'm too poor for a cab.
F C G
I'm too old for the girl I love but she doesn't know it yet.
C G*
When I die I will leave no shadows of regret.
F Em
I'm too tired to make amends that cannot go unsaid
song:
blood's too rich
original transcribers:
Marc Dion
artist:
luke doucet
tuning:
standard
transposition:
0
fingerstyle:
no
difficulty:
medium