The Stable Song chords by Gregory Alan Isakov

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Gregory Alan Isakov - The Stable Song
Capo 2
Consider the tab for the first two lines of verse:

   C                 Fmaj7
e|-------------------------------------0----|
B|-------------------------------------1----|
G|---0---0-0--0---0-0--0---0-0-0----0--2----|
D|---2---2-0--2---2-0--2---2-2-2-2-----3----|
A|---3---3-3--3---3-3--3---3-3-3-------3----|
E|------------------------------------------|

   C         G   Fmaj7
e|----------------------------0---|
B|----------------------------1---|
G|---0---0-0--0---0-0-0-------2---|
D|---2---2-0--2---2-2-2-------2---|
A|---3---3-3--3---3-3-3----2------|
E|----------------------3---------|

This flourish-then-walkup pattern repeats itself:
* in the chorus: Flourish on F, walkup with C
* a little differently in the Bridge: walkup on E maj "...(E) clear-and (Fmaj7) cold..."
Once you get a feel for it, the flourish-walkup pattern should 'feel' obvious

Verse 1:
C    C2    C      C2    C   Fmaj7
Remember when our songs were just like prayers.
C      G       Am       Fmaj7
Like gospel hymns that you called in the air.
C  C2  C  C2  C      Fmaj7
Come down come down sweet reverence,
C    G   Am    Fmaj7    C   Fmaj7 C
unto my simple house and ring...and ring.

Chorus:
F         C    Fmaj7
Ring like silver, ring like gold
C       G       Am  Fmaj7
Ring out those ghosts on the Ohio
F          C    Fmaj7
Ring like clear day wedding bells
C            G      Am     Fmaj7        C   Fmaj7 C
Were we the belly of the beast or the sword that fell...we'll never tell.

Bridge:
Em          Fmaj7    C   Fmaj7 C
Come to me clear and cold on some sea
Em            Fmaj7      C   Fmaj7 C
Watch the world spinning waves...like machines

Verse 2:
C  C2  C  C2         Fmaj7
Now I've been crazy couldn't you tell?
C           G       Am    Fmaj7
I threw stones at the stars, but the whole sky fell.
C  C2  C  C2               Fmaj7
Now I'm covered up in straw, belly up on the ta...ble
C         G     Am      Fmaj7  C  Fmaj7 C
Well and drank and sang, and passed in the sta......ble.

Bridge Instrumental:
Em          Fmaj7    C   Fmaj7/C
Em          Fmaj7    C   Fmaj7/C

Verse 3:
C  C2  C   C2       Fmaj7
That tall grass grows high and brown,
C         G        Am   Fmaj7
Well I dragged you straight in the muddy ground
C  C2  C  C2         Fmaj7
and you sent me back to where I roam.
C          G     Am  Fmaj7    C   Fmaj7 C
Well I cursed and I cried, but now I know...now I know

Verse 4:
C  C2  C  C2       Fmaj7
And I ran back to that hollow again
C      G   Am     Fmaj7
the moon was just a sliver back then.
C  C2  C   C2           Fmaj7
And I ached for my heart like some tin man
C         G      Am      Fmaj7       C   Fmaj7 C
when it came oh it beat and it boiled and it rang... oh, it's ringing

Chorus:
F        C     Fmaj7
Ring like crazy, ring like hell
C       G    Am     Fmaj7
Turn me back into that wild haired gale
F         C     Fmaj7
Ring like silver, ring like gold
C          G       Am  Fmaj7
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal
C          G       Am  Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C  FMaj7
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal