Short Way Home


The Builders and the Butchers "Short Way Home" Salvation is a Deep Dark Well tabbed by: smcclure09@yahoo.com Standard tuning Intro: (melodica & banjo arr. for guitar) e--------------------------| B-3h5-3--------------------| G-------4-2-0--2-0-2--0-2--| D--------------------------| A--------------------------| (x4 - hang on E) E--------------------------| The melodica and banjo keep playing that (hang on the E note on the last measure) while guitar comes in with an E Ryan has a very loose playing style and he continues to strum an E while playing the riff on his bass notes: E e-------------------------| B-------------------------| G-------------------------| D-0h2-0-------------------| A-------2-0----0---0----0-| E-----------3----3----3---| VS: [E B7 E (A-G-E)] "It took... As judge... And the rain... Shook the grass, leaves, gravel E B7 E A G E e-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-------3-3-3-0-0-| B-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-| G-1-1-1-1-1-1-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-I-2-2-2-0-0-0-1-1-| D-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-| A-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-| E-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-----------------I-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-------3-3-3-0-0-| CHS: [E A E B7 (E-hold)] "You try...you try...you try and...home All the roots... E A E B7 E e-0-0-0-0-0-0-I---------I-0-0-0-0-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-0-| B-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-2-2-2-2-I-0-0-0-0-I-0-0-0-0-0-0-I-0-| G-1-1-1-1-1-1-I-2-2-2-2-I-1-1-1-1-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-1-| D-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-2-2-2-2-I-2-2-2-2-I-1-1-1-1-1-1-I-2-| A-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-0-0-0-0-I-2-2-2-2-I-2-2-2-2-2-2-I-2-| E-0-0-0-0-0-0-I---------I-0-0-0-0-I-------------I-0-| After striking the E chord on "roots" the guitar strums muted strings, the banjo plays E on upstrokes and the melodica plays the turnaround to the intro Repeat intro section VS2: repeat the VS section twice CHS2: repeat the CHS section repeat intro riff 3 times and end on E Bridge: E e----0---------I----0---------| B----0---------I----0---------| G----1---------I----1---------| D----2---------I----2---------| A-22-2---------I-22-2---------| (x2) E-00-0-0-0-0-0-I-00-0-0-0-0-0-| E G A Mother why'd you have to go and clip my golden wings G A E I'm gonna fly off this building all the same E G A You put me down in the darkest well, still that water stings G A E I'm gonna fly off this building all the same ... etc Once the vocals kick in on the bridge the banjo plays: "Mother why'd you... I'm gonna fly... all the same... e-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---3---3---3---3---7---7---7---| B---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---5---5---5---5---8---8---8-| VS3: play VS section once CHS3: play the CHS section once but play each chord by striking 5 downstrokes until the B7 and play that with a slow rake Outro: "All the roots... try to, way back home E A G E e-0-0-0-0-I----------3--3--3--0--0-| B-0-0-0-0-I-2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0-| G-1-1-1-1-I-2--2--2--0--0--0--1--1-| D-2-2-2-2-I-2--2--2--0--0--0--2--2-| A-2-2-2-2-I-0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2-| E-0-0-0-0-I----------3--3--3--0--0-| Play the A G E part three more times then play the intro riff one time and end on E There's a lot going on in this one ... I tried to make it as clear as I could ... hope it helps thebuildersandthebutchers.com