Black Elevator

 The Builders and the Butchers 
 "Black Elevator" 
 Where the Roots All Grow 
  
 tabbed by: smcclure09@yahoo.com 
  
 Standard Tuning 
  
 Intro: 
  
 e---------------------------------| 
 B--------1-3-3--3-3-4p3--4p3p1----| 
 G-2-0-2------------------------2--| 
 D---------------------------------| (melodica arr for guitar) 
 A---------------------------------| 
 E---------------------------------| 
  
   A 
 e----------------------------| 
 B-----------1-1-3-4-3-1------| 
 G-2-2-2-0-2-------------2-0--| 
 D----------------------------| (Riff A - banjo arr for guitar) 
 A----------------------------| 
 E----------------------------| 
  
 VS (while banjo plays variations on riff A): 
 A                                     C 
 There's no using the stairs tonight.  Black box will take you right 
 G                                            A 
 Many floors down where the earth is fire and molten 
 A                               C 
 And the bell man tips his hat.  You try not to notice that 
 G                                      D 
 His tail is long, his legs are made of wood 
  
 Pre-Chs: 
 C               G                         D 
 And no one here knows your name.  And you won't be coming home. 
  
 Chs: 
              A    C        A 
 You're going down   in the black elevator. 
     G                              D 
 You tried to drink the water.  The water wouldn't save 
              A    C        A 
 You're going down   in the black elevator. 
        G              D             A (with Riff A on banjo) 
 You're rowing up that river tonight 
  
 Repeat VS, Pre-Chs, Chs 
  
 Bridge: 
 C            G                   D                      A 
 And I know a better place.  It's so much further down 
 C              G                      D                  A 
 You'll ever be mine in there.  With a hammer coming down 
 C             G                        D                  A 
 And you ever work the earth.  And your hands turn to stone 
 C            G                        D 
 No one here knows your name.  And you won't be coming home 
  
 Chs: 
              A    C        A 
 You're going down   in the black elevator. 
     G                              D 
 You tried to drink the water.  The water wouldn't save 
              A    C        A 
 You're going down   in the black elevator. 
        G              D             A 
 You're rowing up that river tonight 
               G              D             A 
 I said you're rowing up that river tonight 
               G              D             A 
 I said you're rowing up that river tonight 
  
 Outro riff (banjo arr for guitar): 
   A 
 e-3-5-3-5-3---3------------------------------| 
 B-----------5---5-3-1-3-1--------------------| 
 G-------------------------2-0-2--------------| 
 D--------------------------------------------| 
 A--------------------------------------------| 
 E------------------------------- (x4) then --| 
  
 e----------------------------| 
 B---1-0----------------------| 
 G-2-----2-0--2--2-0-2--2-0-2-| 
 D----------------------------| 
 A----------------------------| 
 E----------------------------| (x4) then back to the other riff 
  
 Then freestyle into "Black Dresses"