Winter Song
* all the strings downtuned a whole-tone
1d ----- * down-tuned a whole-tone (from e to d)
2A ----- * down-tuned a whole-tone (from B to A)
3F ----- * down-tuned a whole-tone (from G to F)
4C ----- * down-tuned a whole-tone (from D to C)
5G ----- * down-tuned a whole-tone (from A to G)
6D ----- * down-tuned a whole-tone (from E to D)
intro
{Am}{Am}{Am}{Am}{Am}{G/Am}{Am}{Am} The snow on your eyelids that curtsy with age is freezing the stares on tyranny's -->
{G}{G} - wings
{Am}{G/Am}{Am/G} The bitter is hard and the warmth of your skin is diseased with familiar -->
{Am}{Am}{Am} - caresses
{Am}{G/Am}{Am}{Am/ Withdrawing from splendor and royal decay among all the triumphs and jaded -->
{G}{G} - awards
{Am}{G/Am}{Am/G} The angry and blazing circus of sun blasphemes as the crown prince -->
{Am}{Am} - arises
strings {E}{D}{E}{D}{E}{D}{Am}{Am}
{Am}{G/Am}{Am}{Am/ You cannot beget all the sins that you owe to the people of paradise -->
{G}{G}- magic{Am}{G/Am}{Am/G} Pretend to answer passion and form with foreign -->
{Am}{Am}{Am} - rationalizations
{Am}{G/Am}{Am}{Am/ Primroses are the jewels that lurk among masks of pleasure that flicker -->
{G}{G} - with doubt
{Am}{G/Am}{Am/G} Embraces of fame that's simultaneously fear to advance and demand -->
{Am}{Am} - to be recognized
strings {E}{D}{E}{D}{E}{D}{Am}{Am}
{Am}{G/Am}{Am}{Am/ The river shall flow through hollow -->
{G}{G} - green faces
{Am}{G/Am}{Am/G} of caricature's resentment etched -->
{Am}{Am}{Am} - etched out of the tongues
{Am}{G/Am}{Am}{Am/ Both reluctant princess asleep before -->
{G}{G} - birth
{Am}{G/Am}{Am/G} the classical sensitive -->
{Am}{Am} - failures
strings {E}{D}{E}{D}{E}{D}{Am}{Am}
{Am}{G/Am}{Am}{Am/ The worshipping wicked cling to the dark of your heart lying there -->
{G}{G} - and wait with your angels
{Am}{G/Am}{Am/G} Moan and ravish from dawn to dusk -->
{Am}{Am}{Am} - the avaricious young lovers
* intro (all the strings down-tuned a whole-tone)
{Am}{Am}
*1d ----0---0---0----0---0---0-----0---0---0----0---0---0--
*2A ------0------------0-------------0------------0--------
*3F --2-------2----2-------2-----2-------2----2-------2----
*4C -------------------------------------------------------
*5G -------------------------------------------------------
*6D -------------------------------------------------------
{Am}{Am}
----0---0---0----0---0---0-----0---0---0----0---0---0--
------0------------0-------------0------------0--------
--2-------2----2-------2-----2-------2----2-------2----
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* verse (all the strings down-tuned a whole-tone)
The snow on your eyelids that curtsy with age
{Am}{G / Am }
*1d ----0---0---0----0---0---0-----3---3---3----0---0---0--
*2A ------0------------0---------3-------3--------0--------
*3F --2-------2----2-------2---------4--------2-------2----
*4C -------------------------------------------------------
*5G -------------------------------------------------------
*6D -------------------------------------------------------
is freezing the stares on tyranny's -
{Am}{Am /
----0---0---0----0---0---0-----0---0---0--
------0------------0-------------0--------
--2-------2----2-------2-----2-------2----
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- wings {G}{G}
----3---3---3----3---3---3-----3---3---3----3---3---3--
--3-------3----3-------3-----3-------3----3-------3----
------4------------4-------------4------------4--------
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* strings part (all the strings down-tuned a whole-tone)
{E}{D}
*1d ----0---0---0----0---0---0-----0---0---0----0---0----0--
*2A ------9------------9-------------7------------7---------
*3F --9-------9----9-------9-----7-------7----7-------7-----
*4C --------------------------------------------------------
*5G --------------------------------------------------------
*6D --------------------------------------------------------
{E}{D}
----0---0---0----0---0---0-----0---0---0----0---0----0--
------9------------9-------------7------------7---------
--9-------9----9-------9-----7-------7----7-------7-----
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{E}{D}
----0---0---0----0---0---0-----0---0---0----0---0----0--
------9------------9-------------7------------7---------
--9-------9----9-------9-----7-------7----7-------7-----
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{Am}{Am}
----0---0---0----0---0---0-----0---0---0----0---0---0--
------0------------0-------------0------------0--------
--2-------2----2-------2-----2-------2----2-------2----
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* chords for standard-tuning
intro {Gm}{Gm}{Gm}{Gm}
{Gm}{F/Gm}{Gm}{Gm/ The snow on your eyelids that that curtsy with age is freezing the stares on tyranny's -->
{F}{F} - wings
{Gm}{F/Gm}{Gm/F} The bitter is hard and the warmth of your skin is diseased with familiar -->
{Gm}{Gm}{Gm} - caresses
{Gm}{F/Gm}{Gm}{Gm/ Withdrawing from splendor and royal decay among all the triumphs and jaded -->
{F}{F} - awards
{Gm}{F/Gm}{Gm/F} The angry and blazing circus of of sun blasphemes as the crown prince -->
{Gm}{Gm} - arises
strings {D}{C}{D}{C}{D}{C}{Gm}{Gm}