Sunken waltz - Calexico

tabbed by John H ([email protected])


this song is great. check out my other tabs! comments and suggestions always welcome. in the 5th line i put susan b, being english i'm not sure but i think it's short for a susan b anthony (one dollar).

i'm not going to do the timing here, you should be able to figure it out easy enough. i think tabs can be too confusing for simple ditties like this--


intro riff--

e -0---0---0-----0-----------------1-
B -1---------3-----3---1-----1-----1- 
G -2-----------------------2-------2-    F  /  C  /  G  /  Am
D -2---------------------------3---3-  /
A ----------------------------------- /
E -----------------------------------/


(intro riff)

Am                    F         C
washed my face in the rivers of empire
        F            C         G
made my bed from the cardboard crate
     Em             Am
down in the city of courts

Am          F     C
no news, no new regrets
         F       C       G
tossed a susan b over my shoulder
    F               Em       Dm
and prayed it would rain and rain
   F         Em            Dm
submerge the whole western state
         C         F
called a last fair deal 
        C        F
with an american zeal
    Em            Am
and corporate handshake


(intro riff but followed by  F  /  C  /  F  /  C  /  G  /  Em  /  Am )


Am                F         C
take the story of carpenter mike
                F             C        G
who dropped his tools and his keys and left
    F             Em        Dm
and headed out as far as he could
         F        Em              Dm
past the city and gayday neighbourhoods
       C                F
and he slept 'neath the stars
      C            F
wrote down what he dreamt
       C         F
and he built a machine
    Em        Am
for no-one to see
         G            F            C
and took flight first light of new morning


e ---------0-------
B -----1-----------
G -0---------------
D -----------------
A -----------------
E -----------------