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Severed Crossed Fingers by St. Vincent
Severed Crossed Fingers
Super simple song. I think the voicing on the recording is capo`d on the 2nd fret,
making the relative key G, but I`m going to put the chords in as if no capo is being used.
Verse
A D A D
When you're calling ain't calling back to you
I'll be side stage, mouthing lines for you
Humiliated by age, terrified of youth
I got hope but my hope isn't helping you
Chorus
A D
Spitting out guts from their gears
A D
Draining our spleen over years
A F#m E
Find my severed crossed fingers in the rubble there
Verse
Wake up puddle eyed, sleeping in a suit
The truth is ugly well, I feel ugly too
We'll be heroes on every bar stool when
Seeing double beats not seeing one of you
Chorus
Spitting out guts from their gears
Draining our spleen over years
Find my severed crossed fingers in the rubble there
Well you stole the heart right out my chest
Changed the words that I know best
Find my severed crossed fingers in the rubble there
Interlude
F#m - E repeats then remains on E for a long time
Spitting out guts from their gears
Draining our spleen over years
Find my severed crossed fingers in the rubble there
Well you stole the heart right out my chest
Changed the words that I know best
Find my severed crossed fingers in the rubble there
The instrumental tag that is played in the intro, interlude and outro is:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------2*-----2*----------------------------|
G|-----2-2-2----2-2-2----2h4-4--2h4-4----------------------------|
D|--2h4------2h4------2h4----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
*If you`re playing with the capo on the second fret, slide up to the C# instead of playing it open
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version 2
Tuning: STANDARD/capo on 2
Capo on second fret but I tabbed it out
as if no capo (so if using a capo, 2 is
really an open string; if it says 4, it
is the 4th fret on the fretboard but is
2 frets from the capo
Intro:
e|-----------------------|------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------2------2---|
G|-----2--2-2-----2--2-2-|--2--4---4--4---4-|
D|-2h4--------2h4--------|-4-4--------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------|
e|-----------------------|----------|
B|-----------------------|*------0--|
G|-----2--2-2-----2--2-2-|*--2\-----|
D|-2h4--------2h4--------|*-4-------|
A|-----------------------|----------|
E|-----------------------|----------|
***The last part with capo (since you obviously can't play open B or slide down on 2
with a capo on):
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|-4-7\-----|
A|----------|
E|-------5--|
part that's repeated throughout:
e|------5-------4--------|
B|--2-----2-3-----3------|
G|----2-------2----------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
Played after "in the rubble there" (starting at the asterisk) before going back to the above riff:
e|------5----------------|
B|--2-----2-3---3---2----|
G|----2---------------4--|
D|------------*2---2-----|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
Interlude (repeat the last two notes
however many times ("enough, enough,
enough. . .")):
e|-----------------------|------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------2------2---|
G|-----2--2-2-----2--2-2-|--2--4---4--4---4-|
D|-2h4--------2h4--------|-4-4--------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------|
Outro:
e|-----------------------|------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------2------2---|
G|-----2--2-2-----2--2-2-|--2--4---4--4---4-|
D|-2h4--------2h4--------|-4-4--------------|
A|-----------------------|------------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------|
e|-----------------------|----------|
B|-----------------------|------0---|
G|-----2--2-2-----2--2-2-|--2\------|
D|-2h4--------2h4--------|-4--------|
A|-----------------------|----------|
E|-----------------------|----------|
(The alternate capo notes):
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|-4-7\-----|
A|----------|
E|-------5--|
Lyrics/chords:
A D A D
When your calling ain't calling back to you
I'll be side stage mouthing lines for you
A D A D
Humiliated by age, terrified of youth
I got hope but my hope isn't helping you
Chorus:
A D
Spitting our guts from their gears
Draining our spleen over years
A F#m
Find my severed crossed
E
fingers in the rubble there
Wake up puddle eyed, sleeping in the suit
The truth is ugly, well, I feel ugly too
We'll be heroes on every bar stool
Seeing double beats not seeing one of you
(Chorus)
Well you stole the heart right out my chest
Changed the words that I knew best
Find my severed crossed fingers in the rubble there
(Interlude) (F#m, E)
(Chorus)
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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