Artist: The Devil Makes Three
Song: Tow
Transcribed by: J-Heck
Note: This is mostly from their live version on "A Little Bit Faster and A Little Bit
Worse" but there's a tiny bit of my own arrangement going on.
Guitarists may want to use a capo at the third fret (and adjust chords accordingly),
otherwise - It should be played on a Tenor Banjo or Tenor Guitar. ;)
The intro is half a verse (to the first D7).
Gm Cm
Someone left a child and did not even care
Gm D
Before the first shots of the battle here had even pierced the air
Gm Cm
Yes, they run now like them children to those arms of mother earth
Gm D D7
Trying to pretend as if there was a day before their very birth
D D7 C C7
But me, I just grab these ropes that me and mine have left behind
Cm Cm7 D D7
And I stare up to that mountain that I know I got to climb
Gm Cm Cm7
I keep towin' that line - Mm-mmm-mm-mmmm
Gm D D7
I keep towin' that line - Mm-mmm-mmmm
D D7 C C7 Cm Cm7 D D7
Gm Cm
Well down in basements choked with smoke child of the past
Gm D
All them dreams come up for air round here but they can only gasp
Gm Cm
All them old men they sit staring as life slips out from their grips
Gm D D7
Only to fall and disappear beyond their cracked old fingertips
D D7 C C7
But me, I just grab these ropes me and mine have left behind
Cm Cm7 D D7
And I stare up to that daemon that I know has got to die
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_devil_makes_three/tow_live_crd.html ]
Gm Cm Cm7
I keep towin' that line - Mm-mmm-mm-mmmm
Gm D D7
I keep towin' that line - Mm-mmm-mmmm
D D7 C C7 Cm Cm7 D D7
SOLO: Gm / Cm / Gm / D D7 D D7
C C7 Cm Cm7 D D7
Gm Cm Cm7
I keep towin' that line - Mm-mmm-mm-mmmm
Gm D D7
I keep towin' that line - Mm-mmm-mmmm
D D7 C C7 Cm Cm7 D D7
Gm Cm
But down in ditches by that road I call my own
Gm D
All of you come up cussin' now and all just throwing stones
Gm Cm
Yes they're big men now to settle down and life's so stale and cold
Gm D D7
As if I could ever do the way they do just as they're told
D D7 C
C7
So if you should find me living low when the miles have passed me by
Cm Cm7 D D7
And it seems that I have left now all that I could love behind
Gm Cm Cm7
I'm just towin' that line - Mm-mmm-mm-mmmm
Gm D D7
I'm just towin' that line - Mm-mmm-mmmm
Gm Cm Cm7
I'm just towin' that line - Mm-mmm-mm-mmmm
Gm D D7
I'm just towin' that line - Mm-mmm-mmmm
D D7 C C7 Cm Cm7 D D
I'm a big fan of accurate, legible, and neatly formatted charts that are
typically true to studio versions, with noted exceptions.
Any and all suggestions and corrections to my transcriptions are welcome
to be submitted to jheck8[at]gmail.com - Thanks and you're welcome! =^D
