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THREE HITS (Amy Ray)
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E5 G D C(9)
[intro]
E G
Three hits to the heart son
D C(9)
And it's poetry in motion
E G
One could send you down the river
D C(9)
Three's a strange way to be delivered
G D
Would you trade your words for freedom
G C(9)
That's a barter for a blind man
E G
Three hits to the heart son
D C(9)
And it's poetry in motion
E G D C(9) C(9)
[5-bar solo]
E G
Are you leveed like a treasure
D C(9)
Only words can help me find you
E G
And this world's a fickle measure
D C(9)
I will painfully remind you
G D
From a wise man to your red hand
G C(9)
You lay covered in our best sins
E G
Three hits to the heart son
D C(9) C(9)
And it's poetry in motion [extra bar]
E G D C(9) E G D C(9) C(9)
[9-bar solo]
E5 G
Well I dream you constant stranger
D C(9)
With your best bloods and your anger
E5 G
You say mother do you claim me
D C(9)
My beloved do you blame me
G D
Well the first two might release you
G C(9) C(9)
But the last one sings in me son [drum beats]
E G
Three hits to the heart son
D C(9)
And it's poetry in motion
E G
Three hits to the heart son [slowing]
D C(9) E.
And the last one sings in me
[Intro bass line:]
E5 G
E ----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|
G ----------0-----|----------------|
D --------2---4-2-|----------------|
A ------2---------|------------0-2-|
E 0---------------|3---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
D C(9)
E ----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----------------|
D 0---------0-----|----------------|
A ------0-2---2---|3---2-----------|
E ----------------|--------3---2---|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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No Picture
luke Wanna Be |
#1 by luke holman at Oct 10, 2003 at 11:06 PM EST |
| I think this is an incredibly beautiful song about Jesus. The humanity it brings to him and the questions it asks are very thought provoking. | |
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A Average |
#2 by A Doyle at Oct 3, 2007 at 2:48 PM EST |
| "A music friend of mine sent me a book of his poetry, 'The Light the Dead See,' and I went crazy over it-- it changed my life a little. I was reading some biographical notes on Stanford and learned that he'd committed suicide in the early 80's at age 30-- he shot himself three times in the heart. That image really stuck with me. So I used images from his poems and his life: that he was adopted, that he left his wife behind..." - Amy Ray | |
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Kitana Average |
#3 by Kitana at Oct 4, 2007 at 2:25 AM EST |
| I've read a poem by Frank Standford called 'The Battlefield where the Moon Says I Love You'. It's a fifteen thousand line behemoth with no breaks and no punctuation, and it's probably the darkest stuff I've ever read. The exerpt on the back of the tome reads: im not going anywhere ill just bleed so the stars have something dark to shine in The poem, along with Stanford's other work, is riddled with allusions to death and loss; I would suggest anyone to read any of his writings if you can find it 1 | |
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Josh Average |
#4 by Josh Duncan at Oct 6, 2007 at 9:21 AM EST |
| This song is actually about poet - nothing to do with Jesus. Sorry. | |
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