Iron & Wine - Beneath the Balcony


tuned half step down


Chords:

    Am   G    F
e|--0----0----0
B|--1----3----0
G|--2----0----0
D|--2----0----0
A|--0----2----3
E|--0----3----1



Intro: Am  G

Verse

Am                             
Let's go out and dance, darling our last of days
    G
and grace the game with a blindfold on the cheaters came to play
                Am
and outside the soft-handed boys screaming cars and all their speed
G
music, math, a hero begging change his sword across his knees
           F
And how he prays to find a man to blame
    Am
for every sleepless night he spends
        G
and for every well that he warned me of
    Am
but wound up falling in
                 F
and then for the kids beneath the balcony
    Am
who disregard the rain
                 G
to make sure the king won't grant the dead man one more day


Solo - (Chords same as verse 1, see bottom of page)


Verse 2

Am
Let's go out and see darling what shines tonight
    G
and temper your dream about the dying horse with traffic, noise, and light
                  Am
and somewhere the soft-handed boys, bleeding hearts, and worker bees
G
give to the holy mother begging change Christ across her knees
               F
and oh how she prays to find a man to blame
    Am
for every loveless night she waits
        G
and for every gun that she frowned upon
    Am
but still some fucker made
                 F
and then for the kid beneath the balcony
Am
behind the garbage can
                  G
who waits for the king to come and hold his sweaty hand


Solo:

riff 1

eb|-10h12p10----10----10----10----10-.......etc.
Bb|----------13----13----13----13----13......

repeat that again then...

riff 2

eb|-10h12p10----10----10----10--......etc
Bb|----------12----12----12----12.....

and the second of those with

riff 3

eb|----10-12-10----
Bb|-13----------13-

go back and play that all again then after riff 3 go to

riff 4

eb|-8h10p8----8----8----8----8-
Bb|--------10---10---10---10---....etc

so heres how it should look by the numbers i labeled the sections:

1 1 2 2 3
1 1 2 2 3
4
1 2 1 3
4
1 2 3