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Frank Black
Song: The End of the Summer
Album: Fast Man Raider Man
Arranged by: Lyle Workman
Tabbed by: ProverbialCereal


"GOOD LUCK FIGURING OUT THE END OF THE SUMMER....I CAN'T 
PLAY IT." ~Frank Black (post from FrankBlack.net forum)

"END OF THE SUMMER WAS ADAPTED FROM GABRIEL FAURE; CLASSICAL, HENCE, 
NO CHORDAL KNOWLEDGE (THANKS, LYLE)."  ~Frank Black (March 2006)


[INTRO]  Gm

[VERSE 1]

     Gm       Bb      Em7b5      Dm/F
   A house is made of mortar and wood

       Bb    C      Bb  C    Dsus4   D
   Yet sinks in the mud to decay

     Gm      Bb      Fm6          G7sus4  G7 
   A house becomes a ghost in the heart

      Gm             D7       Gm
   Of those who have gone far away


[VERSE 2]

     Gm      Bb      Em7b5      Dm/F
   A town is born of silver and stone

       Bb  C     Bb   C      Dsus4   D
   And beaten to sand by the tide

     Gm     Bb      Fm6         G7sus4   G7       
   A town becomes a mark on the soul

      Gm             D7           Gm    G
   Of those who will cross that divide


[BRIDGE]
 
  Em7b5    Ebmaj7       F          Bb7  
   Come unto me,  we'll lie in the grass

      Em7b5     Ebmaj7  D7          Gm
   We won't be ashamed, summer will pass

  Em7b5     Ebmaj7   F             Bb7            
   Felling a tree to hide from the wild

  Em7b5        Ebmaj7   D7        Gm
   Weaving the reeds to cover our child

            
[CHORUS]      
      
   Cm/F  Gm6     A7          D7
    Save me, the ghost in my heart

   Cm/F  Gm6     Am6        D7  
    Save me, the mark on my soul

   Cm/F  Gm6     A7         D7
    Save me, the end of the summer

   Cm/F  Gm6     Bbadd9         D7
    Save me, I'm  not  feeling whole


[VERSE 3]

     Gm      Bb      Em7b5        Dm/F
   A clan is made of marriage and blood

       Bb    C    Bb  C    Dsus4   D
   The journey is our only prize

       Gm   Bb     Fm6        G7sus4  G7 
   And if a clan is rent into two
 
       Gm             D7           Gm
   You still have her lips and his eyes


[BREAK/ORGAN SOLO]

	play through VERSE 2 one time

[CHORUS] - same chords

 Save me, the ghost in my heart
 Save me, the mark on my soul
 Save me, the end of the summer
 Save me, I'm not feeling whole


[VERSE 4]

        Gm      Bb       Em7b5     Dm/F
   This place is made of water and rock

       Bb    C      Bb   C     Dsus4   D
   Yet burns in the pyre of the stars

      Gm       Bb     Fm6           G7sus4  G7
   My love for you is stronger than that
        Gm           D7       Eb*   Eb/DB
   I'll find you wherever you are
 
[END]

     Eb/Bb   Ebadd4   Eb/G  F9sus
   A house is made of wood

       Eb      D7      Gm    Eb/Bb
   The town is born of stone

     Eb/G    D7      Gm   Cm  Gm  C  Gm  Cm  Gm  C  Gm
   A clan is made of blood


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recommended chord formations:

  chords you may know already:
e---0--------1--------3----2----3----2---1---3---3---
B---2---3----3----5---4----3----3----1---1---3---3---
G---0---3----1----5---5----2----2----2---2---3---4---
D---2---3----3----5---5----0----0----0---3---5---5---
A---0---1----1----3---3------------------3---5---5---
E----------------------------------------1---3---3---
    A7  Bb   Bb7  C   Cm   D  Dsus4  D7  F   Gm  G
 
  chords you may not know:
--------1------3-----1------3------3------4-----3-----3---(0)-
--5-----1------4-----3------3------3------3-----3-----3----3--
--5-----3------5-----2------3------3------5-----5-----4----3--
--4-----3------3-----3------2------1------3-----3-----3----2--
--0-----1------3-------------------------------------------x--
-----------------------------------------------------------3--
  Am6  Bbadd9  Cm/F  Dm/F  Em7b5  Ebmaj7  Fm6  G7sus4  G7  Gm6 


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*if you want to try and hit all the bass root notes in the END,
play the following Eb slash chords. Or just playing a normal
Eb until the D7 sounds okay too.

e-------------------------------------------------
B--8------8-----8--------8-------8------8------8--
G--8------8-----8--------8-------8------8------8--
D--8------8-----8--------6-------8------8------8--
A--6------x-----6--------6-------10-----8------6--
E---------9-----6---------------------------------

   Eb   Eb/Db   Eb/Bb   Ebadd4  Eb/G  F9sus    Eb

Thanks to Cult of Frank and NimrodsSon for helping out with the
chorus "save me" chords.


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