The Poison Guitar Tab

Achilles Heel Tabs:

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Pedro The Lion - The Poison
Album: Achilles Heel (the upcoming album)
Date: May 16th 2004
Tabbed by James Amiet
e-mail: bleached_lithium@hotmail.com

This is a beautiful song. Fairly easy to. I'm about sure this is 99& accurate,
you can fiddle with 7ths and what not but just have fun with and sing and it with feeling.
BTW don't forget that Am in the instrumental.

Standard Tuning


Chord Shapes:

  G   D  Em7  A  Am   B  Asus4

--3---3---0---0---0---2----0-----
--3---2---3---2---1---2----3-----
--0---3---0---2---2---4----2-----
--0---0---2---2---2---4----2-----
--2---x---2---0---0---2----0-----
--3---x---0---x---x---x----x-----


Ok enough of that bullshit, let's get going:


D          A             Em7
the poison makes its way through my body slowly 

D      A                Em7   
to the pleasure centers of my brain 

D           A             Em7              G
if you were here i would admit that i'm an asshole

Em7          D        Em7          G     Em7       D               A    Asus4   A
but now it's over and i can't stay sober though it isn't like i've tried


Instrumental

D | Am | Em7 x2
D | Am | Em7 G | Em7 | D | A Asus4 A |

D          A                Em7 
on the front porch or on an airplane on vacation 

D          A           Em7 
or out for dinner in a nearby town 

D        A**           Em7              G
i was so proud just to have you sitting with me 

Em7          D        A            G
but now it's over and i can't stay sober 

Em7      D              A              G
pour and swallow follow one drink with another 

Em7       D            A                G
i'll keep on til you agree to come back over 

   Em7      D                A   Asus4  A 
or until there are x's on my eyes

B          A                 G                  D
my old man always swore that hell would have no flame

B      A                           G                  Em7                  D
just a front row seat to watch you true love pack her things and drive away 



There Finished. Now wasn't that easy.
Questions?, Comments?, Insults?
Email me:
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Don't use this unless you ask me and acknowledge i worked out the chords Please.
Rock on,
Jimmy.

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Pasquale Average	#1 by Pasquale at Dec 8, 1970 at 8:39 AM EST
	This is quite a strange pedro song, since you get the meaning the first time you listen it. He didn't make much songs like this one. It's just very clear what he's trying to say in this song.

No Picture cody Average	#2 by cody champion at Dec 3, 1975 at 4:39 PM EST
	This song so perfectly portrays the feeling of being inebriated, heartbroken, and pissed off. The way he sings, the lazy guitar strums, the scattered thought patterns, really strange imagery (x's on my eyes) repeating himself, referencing his old man... it's just perfect song construction.

No Picture Zane Rhythm Player	#3 by Zane Haight at Apr 7, 1976 at 6:34 PM EST
	To me, this song ends the themes in achilles heel (obviously, because its the last track on the album), and how whatever the speaker does, he cannot stop the poison (the disintegration) of his relationship, he, now in the depths of alcoholism, reflects on his loss.

No Picture josh Average	#4 by josh stagel at Dec 19, 1988 at 8:01 PM EST
	what a fucking heartbreaking song.

No Picture Squats Average	#5 by Squats at Sep 5, 1989 at 7:11 AM EST
	I really appreciate David Bazan because he tells stories so well and conveys emotion perfectly in his songs. You really get the sense that a depressed, drunken, broken man is singing this song. And who knows, maybe it is.

No Picture paste your name Average	#6 by paste your name here at May 12, 2006 at 11:49 PM EST
	i love this song. i think it is one of the best ones on this new album. but it is a killer. especially that last line. so beautiful yet sad.

No Picture Nic Rhythm Player	#7 by Nic F at May 15, 2006 at 1:22 AM EST
	amen kyle171, you're right on point. i almost feel like i wrote this song, sadly.