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3 Swallows by Protomartyr
3 Swallows
Tuning: EADGBE (standard).
Capo: 3rd fret.
Riff 1 is played repeatedly throughout Verse 1 and Chorus 1. Each repetition begins where I have denoted
E chords during those two sections (alternatively, you could just strum E).
[Riff 1]
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------4--------4-----4----|
A|--------2--------2-----2L---|--2--------2----------------|
E|--0-----------0-----0-------|-----0--------0-----0-------|
Riff 2 is played once during the Outro, beginning at the first G (voiced as E relative to the capo)
chord during that section. It is immediately followed by a single strum of G (E relative to the capo) to close
out the song.
[Riff 2]
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------4-----4-----4-------|
A|--------2--------2-----2L---|--2--------2-----2-----2----|
E|--0-----------0-----0-------|-----0----------------------|
[Verse 1]
E
I'm getting old
E
Worse than before
E
Un-invincible
E
Close but not pitiful
E
I discovered
E
To drink it slowly
E
The great unfolding
E
And wait for their arms to hold me
[Verse 2]
A
Down the hall
E
Alcohol for free
F#m A
All alone with me
E
All alone with me
[Chorus 1]
E
You used to be so beautiful
E
But tomorrow dawns for me
[Verse 3]
A
I was there
E
This city far away
F#m A
Gone are all the pressures of
E
All that comes with getting old
[Chorus 2]
F#m A E
You used to be so beautiful
F#m A E
But tomorrow dawns for me
F#m A E
And three swallows there for me
[Chorus 3]
F#m A
And I used to light my cigarettes
E
On the fire that you had in your eyes
F#m A E
And I was the king of hanging around with wastes of time
F#m A E
And three swallows there for me
[Outro]
E
And three swallows there for me, for me
E
For me
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