Shiva Opens Her Arms

shiva opens her arms - by elliott smith tab by alexander rex standard tuning A     x07650  C#m    x46654 G     355433  E7     x76750 B     x9987x  D      x57775 D9    5x055x  D9b5   4x055x Am9   5x550x  A6sus2 5x440x G#m7  4x440x  G*     32040x / 2x020x  /  1x020x    riff1       riff2 |---------- |-7---7-5-  both riffs |-7---7-5-- |---------  are played |---------- |---------  over the |---------- |---------  A-chord |---------- |--------- |---------- |--------- A riff1 riff1 riff2 riff1 A                     riff1   I’m so sick of people asking me        riff1                riff2 Have I seen this guy that I look like           riff1 When they mean that he looks like me Aw damn it all to hell No I wouldn?t know him too well          A              riff1                      riff2 Except I broke into his home and then I broke his collarbone                     riff1            riff1 His curtains hadn?t been opened in a week or two            riff2                               riff1 And no one pictured that the little __ freaker has a few Looks like it?s about to fall over sure yeah it could just be the frame A                  riff1                     riff1                Or it could be the fact that nothing in this house is ever on the level Not even the toilet both of you A        riff1                    riff2 It?s all askew it’ll be wrong forever I dreamt up we’re tumbling down a hill    Am9                     /G#   A6sus2 The people standing around swear they never seen blows fall like this Wherever he lands stay away it?s going to be bloody    Oh no I miss you so A                riff1                                 riff1 Church bells now I?m awake and I guess it must be some kind of holiday                      riff2                              riff1 Go tell them that he better behave it?s pretty hard to rise from the grave I?m just a ghost from the past yeah but you shouldn’t have laughed A                         riff1                              riff2 Because I’ll give you the shaft or maybe sign you up for the draft                riff1                                    riff1 I look down I ripped my shirt and there?s blood stains on my fists                               riff2                     riff1 And the air in here is like a nylon net I can throw my fists right through it Man did anybody ever tell you that you?re kind of like A                          riff1                         riff1 A moth trying to catch the attention of a bare light bulb All recorded history is just one little guy on this pen A                        riff1                        riff1 Oh my head feels like a TV store twenty of the same channels Let?s step outside for some fresh air To some part of the city that you never seen yet A6sus2 Even though you lived here all your life Now you?re not even sure who you’ve met or what you like You wait until morning let’s hold it now And if that?s the case you’ll spend the night anyhow Shiva opens her arms now      Am9                      /G# A6sus2 Some kid’s trying to park his car I may talk in my sleep tonight ’cause I like company too    Yeah I know we’re through Although I miss you so A riff1 riff1 riff2 riff1 A riff1 riff1 A riff1 riff2 riff1 riff1 riff2 riff1 ... - july 2014