------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARRION - British Sea Power ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Jonathan Migliori Email: stratman13@gmail.com A beautiful song, with some close, but not quite there tabs. I hope you enjoy it. Tuning: Standard Guitar I: Lead (Noble) Guitar II: Rhythm (Yan) Chords (I prefer the open chords, but barre chords can be used as well) G D Bm C Cmaj7 Em e|------3-------2-------2-------0--------0-----------0-----------------------| B|------0-------3-------3-------1--------0-----------0-----------------------| G|------0-------2-------4-------0--------0-----------0-----------------------| D|------0-------0-------4-------2--------2-----------2-----------------------| A|------2---------------2-------3--------3-----------2-----------------------| E|------3--------------------------------------------0-----------------------| Main Riff: C G Em e|------------------------------ ------------------7-5-----------------------| B|------------------------------ --------------5-8-----8---------------------| G|---4^5~4^5~4^5~4^5~4^5~-2--0-- x6 --/7-4-7-4-7----------------------------| D|------------------------------ --------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------ --------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------ --------------------------------------------| The first phrase is played over a different chord after every repeat. First over C, then then G, then Em, then C, then D Verse 1: G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 (hyphen means quick change) Carrion, inside of your heart G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 Under the brine, you won't notice the dark G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 Can stone and steel, and horses' heels ever explain the way you feel G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 From Scapa Flow to Rotherhithe, I felt the lapping of an ebbing tide Bridge: G D Bm C e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------4^5------4^5------4^5-2-0-----------------------------------| D|--0h2------0h2------0h2-------------0-4^5----0-4^5-----0-4^5-4/5/7| A|----------------------------------2-------2---------2---------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7 (Notes and chords change together) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-5-4--5-4--5-4-----------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus: C D Oh the heavy water, how it enfolds G Em The song, the spray, the gorgeous undertow C D Always, always, always the sea G Em Brilliantine mortality Main Riff (Repeat first phrase only twice) Verse 2: G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 So irrigate your heart until you know you're complete G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 And your draped in kelp, below by 8,000 feet G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 "My soul," she cried, "I thought you'd died amid fumes of formaldehyde" G D Bm C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 You have been gone for so long. I felt the lapping of an ebbing tide Bridge 2 (with lyrics): G D Bm C My love, I felt the lapping of an ebbing tide! e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------4^5------4^5------4^5-2-0-----------------------------------| D|--0h2------0h2------0h2-------------0-4^5----0-4^5-----0-4^5-4/5/7| A|----------------------------------2-------2---------2---------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| C-Cmaj7 C-Cmaj7-C-Cmaj7 (Notes and chords change together) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-5-4--5-4--5-4------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus Main Riff Solo: e|-----7/12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5| B|----------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------| B|-----5h8-5h8-5h8/10^11^11^11^11^11^11^11| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| Interlude: C D G Em When this corpus christic isle became a landed ocean blue C D Again she cried, "You turned my eye" G Em At mentions of "no matter why" (First phrase of Main Riff repeated for the rest of Interlude and First Chorus) C D And in the end an August sun G Em Of one by one it blew C D Until the devil screamed in the evermore G Em In envy of the grace we saw G The sound… (Chorus starts here making the rest of the Interlude lyrics unintelligible) Chorus: C D Oh the heavy water, how it enfolds G Em The song, the spray, the gorgeous undertow C D Always, always, always the sea G Em Brilliantine mortality C D Oh the heavy water, how it enfolds G Em The song, the spray, the gorgeous undertow C D Always, always, always the sea G (Guitar stops) Brilliantine mortality In summation: Main Riff Verse Bridge Chorus Main Riff (Shortened) Verse Bridge 2 Chorus Main Riff Solo Interlude Chorus (x2) Note: There is a quick chord from Guitar I after the first and third lines of the I don't know what it is. Also, The lyrics of the interlude are hard to distinguish, so those my approximations. Enjoy. | ^ bend | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================