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Frank Black and the Catholics
Song: The Farewell Bend
Album: Black Letter Days
Tabbed by: Derek (proverbialcereal)


[INTRO]

E---2---------(3)---2-----------0-------------------2-----
B---3----------3----3-----------3---3----------3----3-----
G---2----------0----2-----------0---0----------0----2-----
D---0----------0----0-----------2---0----------0----0-----
A---0----------2----0-----------3---2---1--2---2----0-----
E---2----1--2--3----2----1--2------------------3----2-----
   D/F#        G   D/F#         C2  G*         G   D/F#


E-------------------2---------------2---------------------
B--------3-----3----3----------3----3-----------3---------
G--------0-----0----2----------0----2-----------0---------
D--------2-----3----0----------0----0-----------0---------
A--------0-----2----0----------2----0-----------2---------
E--3--4-------------2----1--2--3----2----1---2--3---------
        A7sus  G7*  D/F#        G   D/F#         oh Pacoima...


[VERSE]

G    D/F#  e-1-2-    G       D/F#  e-1-2-
Oh Pacoima, what you give to me 

G      D/F#  e-1-2-  G    D/F#  e-1-2-
Little heartbreak,  Mercy me 

    C2       G*   a-1-2-
Her eyes are green 

        C2      G*   a-1-2-
And her hair is gold 

G      D/F#  e-1-2-     G       D/F#  e-3-4-
Desert day      turn to evening cold 


[CHORUS]
A7sus                      G7
 I've seen you some but I know

                      D/F#  e-1-2-  G  D/F#  e-3-4-
 I know that it's the end

A7sus
 I've seen you around 

G7           D/F#  e-1-2-  G  D/F#  e-1-2-
 The farewell bend 


[VERSE 2] - (I left out the walk-ups this time)
 G        D/F#         G         D/F#
 You were broken and I fixed you up 
   G           D/F#
 I turned your weeds 
      G      D/F#
 Into buttercups 
     C2   G*     
 You were lost 
         C2              G*
 Now you know where it's at 
     G      D/F#
 You were a little thin 
              G      D/F#  e-3-4-
 Now you're a little fat


[CHORUS]
A7sus                          G7
 You gave me love and though I know

                     D/F#  e-1-2-  G  D/F#  e-3-4-
 That it was not pretend 

A7sus                 
 I've seen you around 

G7            D/F#  e-1-2-  G  D/F#  e-1-2- 
 The farewell bend 


[SOLO]

 verse chords one time
 chorus chords one time


[VERSE 3] - same chords
oh Pacoima 
what you give to me 
little heartbreak
mercy me 
my eyes are red 
my mood is black 
I called your name 
and you didn't look back 

[CHORUS] - same chords
where are you going 
and who did you befriend
I've seen you around 
the farewell bend 

where are you going and honey 
who did you befriend  
I've seen you around 
the farewell bend    		    
I've seen you around 		    
the farewell bend 		     
  				    				   
A7sus                G7         G  D/F#   G7     
 I've seen you around the farewell bend

e--------7---5---3---2---
b---3----6---7---2---3---
g---2----7---7---2---2---
d---1------------2---0---
a---0--------------------
e------------------------
    ?    G7  D  A7   D

____________________________________________________________
e-1-2-    a-1-2-

these are just the walk ups he does on the low E and A strings.
the verses/chorus are basically just like the intro as far as 
rhythm goes


*G - the G's with the asterisks in the verse are played
     the same formation as in the intro. I'm not sure 
     if this is actually a G but it's close to it so I
     named it that


*G7 - I'm not sure if this is technically G7 but
      the formation is similar to a G chord. An F
      note would make a G a seventh chord and
      the F note on the 3rd fret/D string made me 
      name the chord G7

C2 - called Cadd9 but can also be C2

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