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"