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Version 1----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Songs: Ohia - Farewell Transmission ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: uhh_me? Tuning: standard [Intro] Riff e|--------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------| G|----6-8-6-4-----8~---6-8-6-4----------| D|------------6-9--------------6/9-9----| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| C# E B The whole place is dark Every light on this side of the town Suddenly it all went down Now we'll all be brothers of The fossil fire of the sun Now we will all be sisters of The fossil glow of the moon Someone must have set 'em up Now they'll be working in the cold gray rock Now they'll be working in the hot mill steam Now they'll be working in the concrete In the sirens and the silences now All that breaks it apart All at once, it'll start to be (Intro Riff) After tonight if you don't want this to be A secret out of the past I will resurrect it, I'll have a good go at it I'll streak his blood across my beak Dust my feathers with his ash Feel his ghost breathing down my neck I will try, oh whatever I try I will be gone, but not forever I will try, oh whatever I try I will be gone, but not forever (This verse is played with the intro riff) The real truth about it is No one gets it right The real truth about it is We're all supposed to try There ain't no end to the sands I been trying to cross The real truth about it is My cargo line's no better off It's got the map, for if it's lost We will try, whatever we try We will be gone, but not forever Come on, let's try, whatever we try We will be gone, but not forever The real truth about it is There ain't no end to the desert I'll cross I've really known it all along C# C#m B E Mama here comes midnight with the dead moon it's jaws C# C#m B Must be the big star about to fall C# C#m G#m Long dark blues Will-o'-the-wisp The big star is falling Through the static and distance A farewell transmission Listen