The Stable Song Gregory Alan Isakov

The Stable Song

Gregory Alan Isakov

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3002
0:00 5:52
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: D
Capo:
Fret 2
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| F - - - | C - G - | F - - - | C - G - |
| C - - F |

[Verse 1]
C  C                                    F
 Remember when our songs were just like prayers
       C    G              Am            F
Like gospel hymns that you caught in the air?
          C                         F
Come down, come down sweet reverence
  C     G        Am     F
Unto my simple house and ring
        C
And ring

[Interlude]
                  F | - - - C  | - - F - |
| - - C - | - F - - | - C G Am | F - - - |
| C - - F | F - - - |

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

[Interlude]
                    | C - - - | F - - - |
| C - G - | F - - - | C - G - | C - - F |
| C - - - |

[Bridge]
Em                         F
  Come to me clear and cold
           C F
On some sea
C Em
    Watch the world spinning waves,
F           C G
 mad machine

[Verse 3]
C                                F
Now I've been crazy couldn't you tell?
        C             G
I threw stones at the stars,
        Am       F
but the whole sky fell
        C
Now I'm covered up in straw,
                F
belly up on the table
        C         G         Am            F
Well, I drank and sang, and passed in the stable, hmm,
hmm

[Break]
      C - | - F C - | - -

[Solo Banjo]
Em    F C F C Em         F C   G
  Hmm,          hmm, hmm,   hmm
F C G F C G
C F C

[Verse 4]
C                              F
That tall grass grows high and brown
       C           G               Am    F
Well I dragged you straight in the muddy ground
        C                       F
And you sent me back to where I roam
        C            G
Well, I cursed and I cried,
    Am    F
but now I know
          C   F
Oh, now I know

[Bridge]
C      Am               G       F
 And I ran back to that hollow again
    C        G      Am         F
The moon was just a sliver back then
      Am                      G        F
And I ached for my heart like some tin man
        C
When it came,
      G           Am            F
oh it beat and it boiled and it rang
                C F C
Oh, it's ringing

[Chorus]
F                C        F
Ring like crazy, ring like hell
            C  G       Am        F
Turn me back into that wildhaired gale
F                 C         F
Ring like silver, ring like gold
           C        G             Am       F
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal
           C        G             Am       F
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal
Hmm

[Outro]
                                  C - - |
| F - - - | C - - F | - - - C | - - F - |
| - - C - | - F - - |

Bars

[Intro]
| F - - - | C - G - | F - - - | C - G - |
| C - - F |

[Verse 1]
           | C - - - | C - - F | - - - C  |
| G Am F - | - - C - | - F - - | - C G Am |
| F -  - - | C - -

Remember when our songs were just like prayers
Like gospel hymns that you caught in the air?
Come down, come down sweet reverence
Unto my simple house and ring
And ring

[Interlude]
                  F | - - - C  | - - F - |
| - - C - | - F - - | - C G Am | F - - - |
| C - - F | F - - - |

[Chorus]
                     | F - C F | - - - C  |
| G Am F - | - - F - | C F - - | - C G Am |
| F -  - - | C - - F |

Ring like silver, ring like gold
Ring out those ghosts on the Ohio
Ring like clear day wedding bells
Were we the belly of the beast or the sword that fell?
We'll never tell

[Interlude]
                    | C - - - | F - - - |
| C - G - | F - - - | C - G - | C - - F |
| C - - - |

[Bridge]
          | Em - - - | F - - - | C - - F |
| C - - - | Em - - - | F - - - | C - - - |
| G - - - |

Come to me clear and cold
On some sea
Watch the world spinning waves,
mad machine

[Verse 3]
          | C - - F | - - - C  | G Am F - |
| - - C - | - F - - | - C G Am | F -  - - |
| - -

Now I've been crazy couldn't you tell?
I threw stones at the stars,
but the whole sky fell
Now I'm covered up in straw,
belly up on the table
Well, I drank and sang, and passed in the stable, hmm,
hmm

[Break]
      C - | - F C - | - -

[Solo Banjo]
                          Em - | - - F - |
| - - C - | - F C - | - - Em - | - - F - |
| - - C - | - - G - | - - F  - | - - C - |
| G - F - | - - C - | G - C  - | - F C - |
| - -

Hmm,          hmm, hmm,   hmm

[Verse 4]
      C - | - F - - | - C  G Am | F - - - |
| C - - F | - - - C | G Am F -  | - - C - |
| - F

That tall grass grows high and brown
Well I dragged you straight in the muddy ground
And you sent me back to where I roam
Well, I cursed and I cried,
but now I know
Oh, now I know

[Bridge]
      C - | -  - Am - | G F - - | - C  G Am |
| F - - - | Am - G  F | - - - C | G Am F -  |
| - - C - | -  F C  - | - -

And I ran back to that hollow again
The moon was just a sliver back then
And I ached for my heart like some tin man
When it came,
oh it beat and it boiled and it rang
Oh, it's ringing

[Chorus]
                             F - | C F - - |
| - C  G Am | F - - - | F  - C F | - - - C |
| G Am F -  | - - C G | Am F - - | -

Ring like crazy, ring like hell
Turn me back into that wildhaired gale
Ring like silver, ring like gold
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal
Turn these diamonds straight back into coal
Hmm

[Outro]
                                  C - - |
| F - - - | C - - F | - - - C | - - F - |
| - - C - | - F - - |

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