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Say Valley Maker by Smog




                           Say Valley Maker






D# G# C# F# A# D# 

Tune Half-step down (just makes it easier, but you kinda dont have to)

Chord patterns:
       C                       Am
Eb-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----------------------------------------------------|
Db------2-----2-----2-----2-------2-----2-----2-----2--|
Ab----3-----3-----3-----3-------3-----3-----3-----3----|
Eb--3-----3-----3-----3-------5-----5-----5-----5------|

     F                        C+
Eb-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----------------------------------------------------|
Db------3-----3-----3-----3-------2-----2-----2-----2--|
Ab----3-----3-----3-----3-------3-----3-----3-----3----|
Eb--5-----5-----5-----5-------4-----4-----4-----4------|

Strummed Chords: (when you see them, you know to strum instead of pick as above)
C/G   (332010)
Dm/A  (x00231)

Intro: C

         C
With the grace of a corpse
     Am
In a riptide,
      C
I let go
      Am
And I slide, slide, slide
    C
Downriver
        Am
With an empty case
      C
By my side
    Am
An empty case
       C
That's my crime
      F
And I sing (Say, valley maker!)
             C
To keep from cursing
      F
And I sing (Say, valley maker!)
             C
To keep from cursing
      Am         C
River old, river end
      Am         C
River old, river end
      Am          C
River gone, river bend
F
Take me to the sweet valley
                 C
Where your heart bloom, bloom, blooms
F
Take me to the sweet valley
                    C
Where your heart is covered with dew
(2 extra measures of C)
C+                   Am
 And when the river dries
C (double length)
Will ya bury me in wood?
C+                    Am
 And where the river dries
C (double length)          C+
Will ya bury me in stone?
Am (3x length)
And I never realized... death is what it meant...
                 C
to make it on my own
     F
Cuz there is no love,
                  C
Where there is no obstacle
     F
And there is no love
                  C
Where there is no bramble
     F
And there is no love
                   C
On the hacked-away plateau
     F
And there is no love
         C
In the unerring
     F (double length)
And there is no love
                C
On the one true path
        Am (double length)
Well, I cantered out here,
                  C/G      Dm/A
Now I'm galloping back

C/G                            Dm/A
So bury me in wood, and I will splinter
C/G                          Dm/A
Bury me in stone, and I will quake
C/G                          Dm/A
Bury me in water, and I will geyser
C/G                            Dm/A
Bury me in fire, and I'm gonna phoenix
          C/G      Dm/A
I'm gonna phoenix

C/G    Dm/A (repeat ad nauseum and end on C/G)










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