Birnam Wood
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
2nd traste
BPM: 151
Released: 16 June 2015
Album: Pale Horses
Note: * after chord means strike chord once and let it ring.
[Chords]
[A7sus2 x02000]
Capo: 2 fret
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[Intro]
Am7 Am7
C C
Gadd11 G Gadd11 G
[Verse 1]
Am7
All dark effects I'd long withstood,
C
Upon my room advanced,
G
The moving shade of Birnam Wood,
Am7
Disguised by broken branch.
[Interlude]
Am7 Am7
C C
Gadd11 G Gadd11 G
[Verse 2]
Am7
I struck firm the hollow of your thigh,
C G
Withheld my name, yet from determined hold I could not fly;
C
Though every tendon came undone.
[Chorus]
C Em
Would you take a bound-up Isaac's place?
G
Are you a God, and shall your grace,
Am/C
Grow weary of your saints?",
Em
Or prefer the father's dreadful fate?,
G
Are you a God, and shall your grace,
Am/C
Grow weary of your saints?
Em G
(Though every tendon came undone),
Am
(Safe in the arms of the kingdom come).
[Interlude]
Am7 Am7
C C
Gadd11 G Gadd11 G
[Verse 3]
Am7
Floodwater filled your formless birth,
C
A column cloud descends,
G
'Your cause of sorrow must not be measured by his worth,
Am7
For then it hath no end',
Am7
Yet may my heart in tune be found,
Am7
In four-shape notes from underground,
C
And can we not call it 'a nervous breakdown,'
G Am7
My nervous system breaking down?
[Interlude]
Am7 G G G Am7 A7sus2*
[Chorus]
Am/C Em
Would you take a bound-up Isaac's place?
G
Are you a God, and shall your grace,
Am/C
Grow weary of your saints?
Em
Steady is a knife held sure by faith,
G
Are you a God? And shall your grace,
Am/C
Grow weary of your saints?
Am/C
Riding in a westbound railcar,
Em
They'll dump you in the Highgate Graveyard,
G Am/C
They'll dump you in the Highgate Graveyard,
Em G G*
(poison in the teacup graveyard alpha radiation graveyard].
[Outro]
Dm Em
Dm Em
Dm Em
Dm Em
Dm Em
Dm Em Dm
Come untie your little son,
Em Dm
Before the angel comes.
Em Dm Em
Come untie your little son,
Em Dm
Before the angel comes.
Dm Em Dm
Come untie your little son,
Em Dm
Come untie your son,
Em Dm
Come untie your little son,
Em C Em
Come untie your son,
C Em
C Em
C Em
C Em
G*
How to play Birnam Wood
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.