The News About William
Calexico
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calexico - The News About William ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Album : Carried to Dust (2008) Tempo : 3/4 134 E-mail: Tabbed by: newg I use this acoustic version : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfz2L4OPfGQ Riff 1 Riff 2 Riff 3 e|----------| |----------| |----------| B|----------| |----------| |----------| G|----------| |----------| |----------| D|----------| |----------| |-0--------| A|----------| |--3-2-0---| |---3-2----| E|-3-1-0----| |----------| |----------| Csus2/D : xx001x Am7 : x02213 C/G : 332010 Cadd9/G : 330010 E7 : 020100 Am/C : xxx555 C : x32010 with x30010 [Intro] Csus2/D Am Repeat / Cadd9/ / G [Riff 1] Dm Csus2/D Am Repeat [Verse] Four in the morning the sidewalk’s asleep C [Riff 2] G Dogs on the porch and spiders on the leaf [Riff 1] Dm [Riff 3] Am Shipwrecked by night sailing through days Nobody noticed that slipping away [Instrumental] Csus2/D Am Repeat [Verse] Connecting the dots with thorns in his side C [Riff 2] G Boarded up the windows with pain and with pride [Riff 1] Dm Am The music box broken that once was his soul It’s sad little song spinning out of control / Cadd9/ / / Cadd9/ / G [Riff 1] [Bridge] Then came the storm that washed the roads out Closed both his eyes and pointed straight south [Riff 1] Dm Am Second line drums marched into the sea While the clouds overhead cried mutiny They parted for Cathy and her bitter news As her words failed the sky grew dim Recalled how close to that exit I’ve been [Instrumental] G [Riff 1] Dm [Verse] Ours not to reply ours not to reason why Well the news about William The lifeline resist the desire for the breeze The thorns in his side [Outro] /