Velvet Ring - Big Thief

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Velvet Ring (Chords) (v1)
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Velvet Ring (Tabs) (v3)
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Tuning: G, E A D G B E
I think live she plays it an open tuning possibly with a capo,
but you can play it in standard too and it sounds the same.


[Intro]

   G (Bar chor
e|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----4------
D|---5---5---5
A|------------
E|-3----------

d)    B       
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----------0---
-4------4---4-
---5----------
------2-------
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 C
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-3-------|
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B|-------0----
G|----0-----0-
D|-4----------
A|------------
E|------------

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[Verse 1]

   G (Bar chor
e|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----4------
D|---5---5---5
A|------------
E|-3----------
  "Chilled in 

d)    B       
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------2-------
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the kitchen of

 C
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---5---0-|
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 a city tomb"

e|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----4------
D|---5---5---5
A|------------
E|-3----------
  "The light w

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ould flicker l

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ike a violent 

womb"

e|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----4------
D|---5---5---5
A|------------
E|-3----------
"The night was

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 thicker than 

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a smoky fume"

e|------------
B|-------0----
G|----0-----0-
D|-4----------
A|------------
E|------------
    "Elize wai

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ted in her roo

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m.."


[Verse 2]

   G          
e|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----4------
D|---5---5---5
A|------------
E|-3----------
  "Ben, he lov

      B       
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------2-------
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ed her like he

 C
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 loved no one"

e|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----4------
D|---5---5---5
A|------------
E|-3----------
  "The way she

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 laughed and h

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eld a smoking 

gun"

e|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----4------
D|---5---5---5
A|------------
E|-3----------
"The way she a

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lways said 'Wh

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at's done is d

one'"

e|------------
B|-------0----
G|----0-----0-
D|-3----------
A|------------
E|------------
    "And he is

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 not the only 

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one..."


[Chorus]

e|------------
B|-2----3-----
G|----0---0---
D|------------
A|------------
E|-3---------3
     "Love is 

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----3---------
--0---0------0
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-----------3--
a gentle thing

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-3---------3----------------|
---0-----0---0--------------|
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------3---------------------|
"

e|------------
B|------3-----
G|----0---0---
D|-----------0
A|-3----------
E|------------
     "Yours is

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--0---0------0
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-----------2--
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 thicker than 

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---0-----0---0--------------|
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------3---------------------|
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a velvet ring"

e|------------
B|------3-----
G|----0---0---
D|-----------0
A|-3----------
E|------------
    "Yours is 

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thicker than a

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 velvet ring..

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"

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D|------------
A|-3---------3
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[Verse 3]

   G          
e|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----4------
D|---5---5---5
A|------------
E|-3----------
  "A victim he

      B       
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------2-------
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re with a shar

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p, sharp blade

"

e|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----4------
D|---5---5---5
A|------------
E|-3----------
  "And Ben, he

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 knew how she 

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was getting pa

id"

e|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----4------
D|---5---5---5
A|------------
E|-3----------
"Her water bro

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ke and they wo

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uld have to wa

it"

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D|-5----------
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[Verse 4]

   G          
e|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----4------
D|---5---5---5
A|------------
E|-3----------
  "And when he

      B       
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 knew that she

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 was fooling"

e|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----4------
D|---5---5---5
A|------------
E|-3----------
  "He faced th

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e mirror to av

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oid the thing"

e|------------
B|---------3--
G|-----4------
D|---5---5---5
A|------------
E|-3----------
"We're out of 

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money and we'v

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e sold the bli

ng"

e|------------
B|-------0----
G|----0-----0-
D|-4----------
A|------------
E|------------
    "And I jus

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t wanna take y

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ou home"

e|------------
B|-------0----
G|----0-----0-
D|-3----------
A|------------
E|------------
    "I just wa

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nna take you h

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ome..."


[Chorus]

e|------------
B|-2----3-----
G|----0---0---
D|------------
A|------------
E|-3---------3
     "Love is 

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----3---------
--0---0------0
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-----------3--
a gentle thing

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-3---------3----------------|
---0-----0---0--------------|
----------------------------|
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------3---------------------|
"

e|------------
B|------3-----
G|----0---0---
D|-----------0
A|-3----------
E|------------
     "Yours is

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----3---------
--0---0------0
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-----------2--
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 thicker than 

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-3---------3----------------|
---0-----0---0--------------|
----------------------------|
------3---------------------|
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a velvet ring"

e|------------
B|------3-----
G|----0---0---
D|-----------0
A|-3----------
E|------------
    "Yours is 

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----3---------
--0---0------0
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thicker than a

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---0----------
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 velvet ring..

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"

e|------------
B|------3-----
G|----0---0---
D|------------
A|-3---------3
E|------------
     "And I'm 

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----3----------3---------3----------------|
--0---0------0---0-----0---0--------------|
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-----------3--------3---------------------|
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wondering"
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Velvet Ring - Big Thief
