"Beacon Soul" - Son Volt From the record "The Search" Words and Music by Jay Farrar Tabs by Tim Prizer (tim_prizer@yahoo.com) Chords used: A (02220x) Bm (23442x) G (330023) E (001220) D (2320xx) F#m (222442) Intro: A Bm G E (x2) [A] Hopeless heroes beat this [Bm] claptrap haven [G] Rats are bigger than the [E] noiseless generation [A] Who the hell is [Bm] Dow Jones anyway [G] Society's bones on a [E] cafeteria [D] tray (play w/ index and pinky finger on third -- open, 2nd, and 4th frets) [A] Feeling is the [F#m] brain is split From [D] smiles to stares to [E] baseless shit And walk [A] off the shock to the [F#m] beacon soul breathing [D] A helping hand against [E] eternal lying We're [A] asked to believe in [Bm] tradition's reasoning [G] Turn a blind eye to the [E] monkey trial bleeding [A] Working to fight [Bm] off disease [G] Beat the clock saviors [E] passing on the [D] street (same as above on the third string) [A] Covert creations [F#m] without sound [D] Mirage is ruthless, [E] stumbling around [A] Darlings of deceit, [F#m] hyperbole [D] Reverse the flow of [E] negative ener[A]gy [Bm] [G] [E] [A] Turn a blind [Bm] eye, [G] ooh ooh [E] ooh [A] Turn a blind [Bm] eye, [G] ooh ooh [E] ooh [A] Turn A blind [Bm] eye [G] [E] [A] [Bm] [G] [E] (repeat until close)