Iron & Wine - God Gave A Stone


Tuning:  Half step down


Chords:

      C    F    G    Am
eb|---0----1----3----0
Bb|---1----1----0----1
Gb|---0----2----0----2
Db|---2----3----0----2
Ab|---3----3----2----0
Eb|---0----1----3----0


This walk up is played from each transition out of C:

Db|------0--2--
Ab|---3--------


This walk up is played from the transition of G to C:

Ab|------0--2--
Eb|---3--------


When going from C - G - C in intro and certain points in verses, the whole part is played:

eb|---------------------0--
Bb|---------------------1--
Gb|---------------------0--
Db|------0--2-----------2--
Ab|---3-----------0--2--3--
Eb|------------3--------0--  This riff will be noted as C*


Intro:  C  F  C*

     C                         F
she belongs back in western kentucky
         C                    G
or maybe somewhere in tennessee
         C                          F
far from home there’s a way to her body
       C*
though she’s wind-blown and slightly

      C                          F
long ago there were plums on the table
            C                    G
where momma smoked in the afternoon
           C                         F
the guilty played half-asleep in the stable
              C*
and she would wake when she’d heard you

F                       Am
papa was gone but he’s still in the mud
        F                         C         G
and the river runs thick with his innocent blood
    F                       Am
and God gave a stone but it rolled down the hill
         F                            C             G
it’s the shape of His breath, or Her breath if you will