Golden And Green


The Builders and the Butchers "Golden and Green" Salvation is a Deep Dark Well tabbed by: smcclure09@yahoo.com Standard Tuning Play all chords as power chords: F# A B C# D e---------------------| B---------------------| G-----2---4---6---7---| D-4---2---4---6---7---| A-4---0---2---4---5---| E-2-------------------| F# B Close your eyes and you draw one more day to a close A You choose to be alone B F# You float through your life as a ghost F# And everything heals given time B And everything dies given time A B F# And the scars run together, mixing the nerves with the blood B F# And the soldiers light houses on fire and they burn down B F# And all your belongings turn to dirt in the ground A When your heart's deep and dark as a well B C# F# And everything that's golden and green goes to hell F# A D B A B F# e---------------------------------------------------------------| B---------------------------------------------------------------| G---------2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7--4--2--4------------------------------| D-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7--4--2--4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--| (x2) A-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5--2--0--2--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--| E-2-2-2-2---------------------------0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2--| F# And I was born to wind in the cradle B And I ride on the hot southern breeze A B and I twist in the green and the gold A B F# and you see and there is blood on my elbows and knees F# And people want to grow old in the cradle B When there's snakes all around in the reeds A B And you ask me to fear of no evil A B F# When your fire's all over my feet B F# And the soldiers light houses on fire and they burn down B F# And all your belongings turn to dirt in the ground A When your heart's deep and dark as a well B C# And everything that's golden and green goes to hell (bass plays: E--0-2---0-2- F# I said bring out your Vivian girls B Bring out your cloud-covered girls A B and bring me a cup of your tears A B F# and give me the rest of your years F# Because everything dies, given time B And I know that this world could be mine A B So I closed both my eyes and I count my heartbeats A B F# and I know that my wings are on fire B F# And the soldiers light houses on fire and they burn down B F# And all your belongings turn to dirt in the ground A When your heart's deep and dark as a well B C# And everything that's golden and green goes to hell *When going to the F# throughout the song ad lib hammer-ons from the E to F# bass note your power chords --- just listen to the song The higher pitched instrument throughout the song is a mandolin ... just hang around F# your upper register to duplicate ... on the break in between vocal lines it's generally to F# like the bass and rhythm guitar