None of them
Artist: Dave McPherson
Title: Drowning In A Quandary Of Ambivalence
Album: The Grand Odyssey of the Whale and the Barnacle
Chords Used:
|-C------G----- F------D----|
e|-0--0---3--3--(1)-----2----|
B|-1--3---3--3---1---0--3----|
G|-0--0---0--0---2---0--2----|
D|-2--4---0--2---3---2--0----|
A|-3--5---2--3---3---2-------|
E|--------3--X---1---0-------|
|--- C7---Cadd9- ---Em------|
Intro: (DISCLAIMER: I KNOW THIS IS TAPPED, BEFORE ANYONE TELLS ME IT IS)
I THINK HE HOLDS THE SECOND FRET ON THE B/G STRING, BUT I CANT DO IT, SO
THIS IS THE "PICKED" VERSON!)
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B|-5-5/7--7-7/8--8/10---7-7/8--8-8/10--10/12-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-12-12-----------X-<7>--12-12----------X-<12>--|
B|-------10-10-12--X-<7>--------10-10-12-X-<12>--|
G|-----------------X-<7>-----------------X-<12>--|
D|-----------------X-<7>-----------------X-<12>--|
A|-----------------X---------------------X-<12>--|
E|-----------------X---------------------X-------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5/7--7-7/8--8/10---7-7/8--8-8/10--10/12-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
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e|-12-12-10-10--X-<7>--12-12----------X-<12>-----|
B|-12-12-10-10--X-<7>--------10-10-12-X-<12>-----|
G|--------------X-<7>-----------------X-<12>-----|
D|--------------X-<7>-----------------X-<12>-----|
A|--------------X---------------------X-<12>-----|
E|--------------X---------------------X----------|
Verse 1:
C C7 G C
The birds cry their beautiful song
C7 G
Broken shards of mud beneath its weathered talons
C7 G C
Spring dawns, the freshly plumed phoenix
C7 G Cadd9 D
Spreads its wings and glares at the inviting skyline
Chorus:
G Cadd9
Wading through the waters of resilience
G F
I watched you drown in a quandary of ambivalence
G Cadd9
The bravest sailors discard doubt to the fathomed big hole
G F
Rise to the surface, to those hopeful shores you know
A C7
‘Cause you could not forgive and I cannot forget
A F
So we commit out love to the depths of the great
Verse 2:
C C7 G C
Beautiful puzzles under amaranth skies
C7 G C
Hearts with muzzles and a ghostly reprise
C7 G C
I wear no disguise, I wear no cape
C7 G Cadd9 D
I wish to survive, not to escape
Chorus:
G Cadd9
Wading through the waters of resilience
G F
I watched you drown in a quandary of ambivalence
G Cadd9
The bravest sailors discard doubt to the fathomed big hole
G F
Rise to the surface, to those hopeful shores you know
A C7
‘Cause you could not forgive and I cannot forget
A F
So we commit out love to the depths of the great
Hook:
C Em D
I used to believe only in you
e|-0-2h3p2h2----------2----|
B|--------------3---3---3--|
G|------------2---2--------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
C Em D
But now my belief resides in me
e|-0-2h3p2h2----------2----|
B|--------------3---3---3--|
G|------------2---2--------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
C Em D
No more metaphors
e|-0-2h3p2h2----------2----|
B|--------------3---3---3--|
G|------------2---2--------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
C Em D
No more cryptic wars
e|-0-2h3p2h2----------2----|
B|--------------3---3---3--|
G|------------2---2--------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
C Em D <---HOLD THIS NOTE (then...)
We’ll never again share a quay
Pre Chorus:
e|-14 14b 14b 14b--|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Chorus:
G Cadd9
Wading through the waters of resilience
G F
I watched you drown in a quandary of ambivalence
G Cadd9
The bravest sailors discard doubt to the fathomed big hole
G F
Rise to the surface, to those hopeful shores you know
A C7
‘Cause you could not forgive and I cannot forget
A F
So we commit out love to the depths of the great
PLay the intro again:
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5/7--7-7/8--8/10---7-7/8--8-8/10--10/12-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-12-12-----------X-<7>--12-12----------X-<12>--|
B|-------10-10-12--X-<7>--------10-10-12-X-<12>--|
G|-----------------X-<7>-----------------X-<12>--|
D|-----------------X-<7>-----------------X-<12>--|
A|-----------------X---------------------X-<12>--|
E|-----------------X---------------------X-------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5/7--7-7/8--8/10---7-7/8--8-8/10--10/12-----|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-12-12-10-10--X-<7>--12-12----------X-<12>-----|
B|-12-12-10-10--X-<7>--------10-10-12-X-<12>-----|
G|--------------X-<7>-----------------X-<12>-----|
D|--------------X-<7>-----------------X-<12>-----|
A|--------------X---------------------X-<12>-----|
E|--------------X---------------------X----------|
Then finish on:
e|-0-|
B|-1-|
G|-0-|
D|-2-|
A|-3-|
E|---|
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