My take on this wonderful song, un-capo'd and I think more accurate than the previous version.
B* B**
e-----------------0----------------------------------------------|
B-----------------4----------------------------------------------|
G------------4----6----------------------------------------------|
D------------1----4----------------------------------------------|
A------------2---------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
&& - Throw in a F#sus4 or even a 244302 (F#add4; use your thumb)
Intro:
Abm F# B
E B
don't you cherish me to sleep
E B
never keep your eyelids clipped
Abm F#
hold me for the pops and clicks
E B
I was only for the father's crib
E B*
Abm F# B
hair, old, long along
E B
your neck onto your shoulder blades
E B
always keep that message taped
Abm F#
cross your breasts you won't erase
E B
I was only for your very space
Abm F# B
hip, under nothing
E B
propped up by your other one, face 'way from the sun
E B
just have to keep a dialogue
Abm F#
teach our bodies: haunt the cause
E B
I was only trying to spell a loss
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bon_iver/calgary_crd_ver_2.html ]
Abm F# B
joy, it's all founded
E B
pincher with the skin inside
E B
you pinned me with your black sphere eyes
Abm F#
you know that all the rope's untied
E B B**
I was only for to die beside
C# Abm
F#
so it's storming on the lake
&&
little waves our bodies break
C# Abm
F#
there's a fire going out,
&&
but there's really nothing to the south
C# Abm
F#
swollen orange and light let through
&&
your one piece swimmer stuck to you
B**
B
sold, I'm Ever
E B
open ears and open eyes
E B
wake up to your starboard bride
Abm F#
who goes in and then stays inside
E B
oh the demons come, they can subside
B**
Notes:
Where the B** is played, the interesting thing here is that there are two
guitars doing different things, the right one plays a Bsus4 and the left
plays a normal B, which gives that weird sound. So combining the two we get
Badd4. I think final B** is just what the right guitar plays during the
previous B**s. I tried to get the end one close to what I think it is, I
know I'm at least missing the high b, but I don't know how you'd play the
chord with that note on a single guitar.
Also, I think the lyrics given on the website are a bit tricky, in that he's
written "swollen orange", but clearly in the song it is "swollen ocean"
(makes more sense now, doesn't it?)
