Carbon Ribs

 John Mark McMillan 
 Carbon Ribs (from 2 Samuel 9) 
 From "The Medicine" 
 Tabbed by thechadmiller (Twitter) 
  
  
 I can't even begin to figure out what James is doing this entire song, but 
 it's awesome. Playing live, he uses delay, swells with a volume pedal, and  
 I'm sure some other effects. For the acoustic, here are the chords with  
 the basic tab notes below. 
  
 Played in E, but play the song Capo 4 in the C position 
  
 Capo 4 
  
 Intro x2 
 C - G - F - G  
  
  
 Verse 1 
 C                              G 
 A Thousand pairs of fiery eyes burn like a serpent down the hwy 5 
        F                      G           C   
 As the long amber tail to Los Angeles unwinds 
 (C) 
 I've got this resurrection down inside my skin 
     G                                       F            G              C 
 But for all my revelating I just cant make sense of this gravity we're in 
  
  
 Pre-Chorus 
             Am 
 Cause I'm a dead man now with a ghost who lives 
            G 
 Within the confines of these carbon ribs 
     F                G           Am    
 And one day when I'm free I will sit 
  
  
 Chorus 
      G              C       G                          F    G   C 
 The cripple at your table       The cripple by your side 
  
  
 Intro 
  
  
 Verse 2 
 C                                 G 
 A thousand miles of pain I'm sure led you to the threshold of my hearts screen door 
      F             G              C   
 To tell me what it is I'm dying for 
 (C)                                       G 
 Gravity comes like a cold cold rain to lead me to the rope again 
         F       G              C 
 But someone is standing in my place 
  
  
 Pre-Chorus 
 Chorus x2 
  
  
 Bridge x2 
    Am            G               F             G 
 And I      sit beside you…    And I      sit beside you 
  
  
 Outro (this isn't on the album but is usually played live; the chorus of 
 the hymn "Nothing but the Blood") 
  
 C           G           F              G 
 Oh precious is the flow that makes me white as snow 
 C         Am           C               F        G  C 
 No other fount I know, Nothing but the blood of Jesus 
  
  
  
 Tab relative to capo 4 
 Pick these notes while playing the main structure above 
 e|------------------------3--------------------------------------------| 
 B|--3-5-over-and-over---5----------------------------------------------| 
 G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 D|-------------------------------0h2-----------------------------------| 
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
  
  
  
 To play it in the Capo 4 C position works better since it makes the lead 
 "ditty" easier to play (and it's the way JMM plays it live). For the actual  
 chords, transpose it above by clicking "up 4 half steps" to get it in E.  
  
  
  
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