Weakerthans - Fallow Chords & Tabs

 

Fallow Chords & Tabs

Weakerthans Chords & Tabs

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Fallow Tab

   
Heres a very under-rated song off The Weakerthans Fallow album. Its a simple but 
song so I tabbed it out
for anyone who would care to play it.

This is how I play the song. I incorporated the guitar melodies into the picking style. 
may not be
exact as the album since I simplified chords to make it easy to play on one guitar. But 
the parts are
there and the differences are pretty much un-noticible.

I tabbed out the intro, main melody/picking, the pre instrumental, and instrumental at 
end. Otherwise I
just wrote the chords so you can sing along easier.

On the album:

The verses are played like the melody part

The  ( Am  -  G   -   F  - etc. ) progressions are played like the pre-instrumental part 
tabbed (same fingerings).

Otherwise its pretty simple to figure out.

I hope someone finds this tab useful. Please comment/rate. Let me know what you think!

Fallow - The Weakerthans
Tabbed by Bob Funk

Capo: 2nd Fret

Intro:

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------|
D|---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
A|-----3-----3-----------3-----3-----------3-----3-----------3-----3--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Melody:

e|-0--------0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------3-----1--------1--------1-----1--------0----------------|
G|----0--------0-------0-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0----0--------|
D|-------2--------2-------------2--------2--------------2-------2-----2-----|
A|-3----------------------3-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------0-------------------------|


e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--------2--------2-----4--------4--------------2--------2--------0------|
D|----3--------3--------3-----5--------5-----5--------3--------3--------3---|
A|-------3--------3---------------5--------5-----5--------3--------3--------|
E|-1-----------------------3-----------------------1------------------------|

                                   Back to Start    of melody
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|---0--------0h2--------0-----0-------0--------0-----|
D|------2----------2--------2-----0h2-----2--0-----0--|
A|---3-----3----------3-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------3----------------------|

Pre-First Verse:
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-0-------0--------0----|
D|----0h2-----2--0-----0-|
A|-----------------------|
E|-3---------------------|

C                        C/E              F
Wait until the day says it's closing
G             F       C       G
and public is put away.
C                        C/E              F
Write by the light of a pay phone
G             F       C       G
your list of I meant to say

Am          G         F
Like winter comes too soon
    Am  G      F          G      G
or "Radiators hum out of tune

    F            C
Out under the Disraeli
     G                 F
with rusty train track ties
      F                     C
we'll carve new streets and sidewalks
  G              F
a city for small lives
    F              G                 C
and say that we'll stay for one more year


C                     C/E        F
Wait near the end of September
G             F             C     G
Wait for some stars to show
C                    C/E      F
Try so hard not to remember
G              F              C    G
what all empty playgrounds know
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/weakerthans/fallow_tab.html ]
Am        G      F
that sympathy is cruel
Am        G          F        G      G
Reluctant jester or simpering fool

    F                C
But six feet off the highway
    G                    F
our bare legs stung with wheat
      F              C
we'll dig a hole and bury
    G                F
all we could not defeat
    F              G                 C
and say that we'll stay for one more year

 F               C
Bend to tie a shoelace
    G                  F
or bend against your fear
    F                G                C
and say that you'll stay for one more year


**At this point in the song he plays the melody part twice through**

Pre Instrumental:

With so much                left to              seek
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--------0--------0------0--------0--------0-------0--------0--------|
D|-----2--------2--------2------2--------2--------2-------2--------2-----|
A|--0-----0--------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----3--------3----------1-----1--------1--|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|---0-----0--------0-------0----|
D|------2-----2--------2------2--|
A|-------------------------------|
E|--------------1--------1-------|

the lease          runs         out   next           week
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--------0--------0------0--------0--------0-------0--------0--------|
D|-----2--------2--------2------2--------2--------2-------2--------2-----|
A|--0-----0--------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----3--------3----------1-----1--------1--|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|---0-----0--------0-------0----|
D|------2-----2--------2------2--|
A|-------------------------------|
E|--------------1--------1-------|

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--0--------0--------0-----|
D|-----2--------2--------2--|  x2
A|--------------------------|
E|--1-----1--------1--------|

Outro/Instrumental Melody

e|-3--------3--------1-----0--------0-------0h1------3--------3--------1----|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-------0---------0-------0-|
D|-------2--------2--------------2--------2----------------2---------2------|
A|-3-----------------------3------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3----------------------|


e|-0--------0-------0h1----1--------0----------------1--------0-------------|
B|-------------------------------------------3------------------------3-----|
G|----0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-------0--------0-------0--|
D|-------2-----------------------2--------2----------------2--------2-------|
A|----------------2--------0------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------3----------------------|

                       **Slide only played first time through
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--1--------1--------1-----1--------1--------1/5-----|
G|-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0-------------|
D|--------2--------2--------------2--------2----------| x2
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|--1-----------------------1-------------------------|

Final Line:

                               **Hold Last Chord
e|---------------------------------------------------------||
B|--1--------1--------1-----1--------1--------1--------1---||
G|-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0---||
D|--------2--------2--------------2--------2---------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------------||
E|--1-----------------------1--------------------------1---||