The Tallest Man on Earth

Accords et partitions

1904

F C G Dm Em Am

Well some may say it's not even funny And there you stand not even trying They say it is in line with the aging Sometimes noise is just your mind

A Field Of Birds

A D Bm E7 F#m

[Verse 1] A little bird Came right up to me Found a thread, oh Hanging from my sleeve

A Lions Heart

G F C Em Am G7

There's a palace a fallin' There's a smoke in the sky There's a boy running downhill to the lowlands tonight And he's catching the train to where he's heard you have been He's a fool now among us, a dreamer within

All I Can Keep Is Now

Ab Eb Db Fm Bbm C7

[Verse 1] Here is the noise And it's passing through me Street so warm And its call so loud

An Ocean

C G F Am Em/B Dm7

Verse 1 Shall we just go little wreck of my heart Go for the waves out there Oh I know These are frightening seas

Before The Morning

E A D

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This was written and performed by Kristian years ago as his first demo he sent on a Cassette tape and later posted on MySpace. He plays a guitar for rhythym and plays a banjo tune Over that for recording. This is best played to that banjo tempo in a way of hitting the Chord and then muting it for a rhythym.

Beginners

F Bb C Dm

I could just leave tomorrow but baby letting you go All these songs would be just of sorrow And we have no idea but then what else do we know We let it out to let it ride

Bless You

A G Em9 F#

The only laughs I ever wanted They came on our little drives outside the lines The only sleep I really cared for Was the gently by your side

The Blizzards Never Seen The Desert Sands

G D C

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Oh, the blizzard's never seen the desert sands I will set the tempo low in my commands Come follow down the highway once trailed by my golden calf Oh, the blizzard's never seen the desert sands

Blood Bank

F# B D#m C# G# G#m

[Verse 1] Well, I met you at the blood bank We were looking at the bags Wondering if any of the colors Matched any of the names we knew on the tags

Bright Lanterns

Am F C G G7 Em

Verse: Well we air clear blue aching skies in the morning after, And memories of gold on the run, flying around, Was there a drunken cloud over someone just empty, A vision of a mountain you say, so where did it go?

Burden Of Tomorrow

G C Am Em D D4

Oh I was sent to find the lonesome place Where I was lost but left to trace By carving riddles on the lonesome vine Oh but rumor has it that I wasn't born I just walked in one frosty morn

Criminals

F G C Am a

Verse 1 [C] There were days when you thought you would just go [Am]under And the [F]weekends that you never under[G]stood When you [C]flew from the bar only [Am]seventeen You didn't [F]bleed and no one ever thought you [G]would

Cycles

B A E Abm Dbm E7

Bridge There isn't much that I have learned Through all my foolish years Except that life keeps runnin' in cycles First there's laughter, then those tears

Dark Bird Is Home

B7sus4 E A Asus2 Amaj7 E7sus4

Riff: Intro <u>E</u> <u>E7</u> <u>A7</u> <u>B7sus4</u>

Darkness Of The Dream

D A E Bm F#m

I met this girl from my old town But sadly she could see I'm still a bunch of memories And shit that I believe

Down In My Heart

A E D F#m Bm C#

[Verse 1] Wasn't it the wild out here That whispered I'm older And now nothing in myself rings more clear Than to leave and to hold her

The Dreamer

G F C Dm Gsus4 Am

I'm just a dreamer but I'm hanging on Though I am nothing big to offer I watch the birds, how they dive in then gone It's like nothing in this world's ever still

Drying Of The Lawns

C F Am Gsus4 Dm7/5- Am/G

She said I cannot tell you why, she said I'm in a rush There are softer dreams for you to think about now love Things that you have seen this night that run by that the river's flow I can use you if you're in the flame, I'm a growin' old

East Virginia

Am G Dm A7 F#7 A

[Verse 1] I was born in east Virginia North Caroline I did roam And there I met a fair young maiden Her name and age, I did not know

Fields Of Our Home

C G Dsus4 Am Am7 Em

So you want us to believe in me Though I wake up every night, Oh oh And I've been dreaming of a second rush While the first one leaves your eye

Fly In Numbers

G Em Cmaj7 Am7 D B

[Verse 1] C G Dsus4 The captain’s eyes They seem to say Go drive forever

Foothills

Ab Db Gb Ebm7 C F

[Verse 1] I thought that loneliness would kill eventually It holds a mirror, but when broken you are free And someday I&#039;ll be just that singer

Forever Is A Very Long Time

G F Am C Dm Em

I sleep in the mouth Of some kind of creature of our time And wild as it goes I give up my body And here's my mind

The Gardener

G C7 D C G6 F#

Song: The Gardener Artist: The Tallest Man on Earth Album: Shallow Grave (2008) Label: Gravitation Tabbed by: sleepnwithsound

Goodbye

F C G Am Em

Say goodbye, collect all your things Where do you go with your madness and all? You&#039;re a train that ends on the shore And who will you be when the tide breach your thoughts?

Graceland

D Bm7 C F Bm9

There is a girl in New York City She calls herself the human trampoline And sometimes when I'm falling, flying Tumbling in turmoil I say Oh so is this what she means

Hang Me

F Dm Db C Bb

[Chorus] Hang me, oh, hang me, and I'll be dead and gone. Hang me, oh, hang me,and I'll be dead and gone. I wouldn't mind the hanging, it‘s laying in this grave so long Poor boy, I've been all around this world.

Heart Is Like A River

C F G Am C/G

Verse 1 Heart is like a river But your mind's just away on the world But does it really matter when the crow's never eager to learn

Henry St

C G D B Am Em

[Verse 1] On the drive to New York City For a twinkle in their eye Will I ever be remembered? Will my days just come alive?

Honey Wont You Let Me In

E B C#m A Am C

[Verse 1] Now the snow will fall and the lover's call Will be drenched out by the shatterin' of birds As the seasons shift, lonely minds will drift On the ocean in a build above its lore

Hotel Bar

D G C Em7 Em Am

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[Verse 1] A tug of lonely in your heart That little beast that keeps it ripped apart Will there be people in the bar? I wonder

I Love You Its A Fever Dream

D/F# Dmaj7 G Em9 A Asus4

Verse: 1 Well, I've been thinking about the mystery As I'm driving here through it all I've seen this road so many times before It's where I'm from, oh, my heart

I Won't Be Found

D E A F#m

Well if I ever see the morning Just like a lizard in the spring I'm gonna run out in the meadow To catch the silence when it sings

Ill Be A Sky

C F Dm G Em Am

I'll be a sky, so full of empty now That little falcon's diving too, lover So when I'm restless they could lead somehow What in the world I'm gonna do out here

Ill Be Glad

D G Em C Cmaj7

This is a cover that Kristian and Amanda did in 2010, which can be seen in this video: Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL1BKyGC4Go Standard Tuning Capo 5

Im A Stranger Now

G C D F# EM Em

[Verse 1] When every wind is an afterlife out here What language do you dream in when you're drunk And feel just like a map of where you've been And all the smoke and mirrors you've hung

In Little Fires

G Dmaj11 C D C2 Am7

There's always June. So deep in who I am Its loveliness to get. A measure where I stand And the world is in my knees. Remind me of the place Remind me where I'll be. And just lie if it's too late

In My Life

Ab Fm Bb Eb Dbm Db

[Verse 1] There are places I remember All my life though some have changed Some forever, not for better Some have gone and some remain

In The Pockets

A D G E7 E

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[Verse 1] On the street where silent people walk I'm a-gonna build a church and let the preaching know That this is when my prayer could come to die Oh referencing my curses spread out on the ground

Into The Stream

G Bm Am Em7 C B

I've set the rain Cadd9 C/B To be cold and hard I've set the sun to Cadd9 C/B

It Will Follow The Rain

Am G F Am7 e Dm

Order: Intro x4 Verse x2 Intro (for I don't know) Verse x1

Kids On The Run

Gsus4 F G C Am Dm

Intro: Oh meet me when the morning fails on the fields of desire Oh meet me when I lost my part in the choir of dusk

King Of Spain

D A G Bm

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Verse: I never knew I was a lover Just cause I steal the things you hide Just cause I focus while we're dancing Just cause I offered you a ride

Lets Carmelize

F Db Dm Bb Eb Ab

I hear a single drummer beating every night It's somewhere in the woods, it's always out of sight Babe, is it you, or my headlights going mad It makes the howling wind so sad

Like The Wheel

C F G B Am

Oh I wish I was the sparrow in your kid's eye Like a fly above is summer all day long On an island in the heart he has to carry Past the many you have let into your song

Little Brother

Cm F Bb Eb Gm

Verse Why are you thinking again little brother? When you know theres a story for every wrong, Well i won't be around in the morning, Can only pray theres no harm in me moving on,

Little Nowhere Towns

G C D/F# D C/G Em

And I've already grown up here, here I might as well grow down No it's shaky building fury, think this wind's going to settle down Carolina, why are we going with this around It's so silvery to hear it's the light of little nowhere towns

Little River

G C D Am7

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[Verse 1] Well there is something 'bout the quiet, uplifting laughter You've just spent so many years chased by a cloud, oh It's taken you so far, far past the cliff's edge And now your feet just poke around to feel the ground, oh

Looking For Love

C F G

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[Verse 1] Well I know Nights are hard Suddenly a thought Swing you back to the start

Lost my Shape

F Bb C G D

You used to feel like a smoker Shivering in the cold Waiting outside the bar Til the opener's over

Love Is All

G Em6 C Em Am

Oh, I said I could rise From the harness of our goals Here come the tears But like always, I let them go Just let them go

Metal Firecracker

D G A F#m Em

Once we rode together In a metal firecracker You told me I was your queen You told me I was your biker You told me I was everything

Moonshiner

C G Am F

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To avoid C#m and B, I've written All chords 4 frets lower. So playing along a recording, please Set your CAPO 4 or TRANSPOSE +4.

My Dear

E A Bm F#m

Verse: 1 My body's in the summer storm And my mind is with the feeling after Old memories I can't let go I'm moving on but they run faster

New Religion

G C Em Bm D

There&#039;s the dog in the neighbor&#039;s field Digging for, hell, I don&#039;t know, oh Could I ever just lose myself Digging for my letting go? A man that walks with the living

On Every Page

F C Am G a e

Some odd ones: E7Sus4 = x20200 Bmin6 = x20100 – With these two he moves quickly from the E7sus4 to the Bmin6, and plays The g string then the b string in each case.

The Other Side

Eb Ab Bbm Db Fm Gb

Need to see if theres a way to cross this Forest with an arrow from my eye And in my pockets I got holes so I can lose the things I treasure on the side

Over The Hills

G Em B7 C

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Well, I could hear it, the river was crying And I could see you through the fog And I could reach into magnetic fields, all To steal a hammer and a gun For every engine down

Pink Rabbits

F Dm C G Am a

[Verse 1] I couldn't find quiet I went out in the rain I was just soakin' my head to unrattle my brain Somebody said you disappeared in a crowd

Pistol Dreams

C#m

Pistol Dreams The Tallest Man On Earth Shallow Graves (2008) Tabbed by: tombit

Revelation Blues

C Em D G Bm Am

I was more than just a coward, I was handsome too I felt nothing when your flood came down Holding fines that made me wonder if the lights were wrong With my hands that never touched no ground

Rivers

C F Bb Dm

Verse 1: So there is longing in the shoulders now There was a wildness in that time Can we now say Sweet were the hours but hours to find

The Running Styles Of New York

C G D F# Em Am

The neighbors return To their love and pride Their day like a wicked ride But then to belong

Sagres

D G C Am Em7 D/F#

We were travellers, so blind Went to where the world did end Ran a dozen ways till now So this is when we walked away And this sadness I suppose

Same Ghosts

E B A B7 C#m F#m7

[Verse] On certain nights Asus2 E The ringing in my ears Grows louder than the rustle of leaves

Seventeen

G D A Bm

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You're driving too fast You pace like the crazies and I can't hear what you say You want to believe But you are just guessing but you always get away Well if I wasn't only seventeen

Shallow Grave

F C Em Bb G

Come see the ripples on the water As I throw pebbles in the pond To let the sky go past its surface Empty my pockets filled with stones My pockets filled with stones

Singers

Am7 G C E F B

[Verse 1] Oh, will you walk or slowly run Sweet old man, it is time C2 Fadd9 Gsus2 G Disappear, but still there is laughter

Slow Dance

D C G Am

Pas de barré

And so to be one to lie to the captain Sure I'm coming back But I walk along and meet up a tree line Cover up at last

Someday

G Am7 D Em C D7

Pas de barré

[Verse 1] In many ways, they'll miss the good old days Someday, someday Yeah, it hurts to say, but I want you to stay Sometimes, sometimes

Somewhere In The Mountains Somewhere In New York

F Bb C Am7 Dm G

[Verse 1] Looking for my breath In these dark and stormy days All I do is miss you Darling one, in so many ways

The Sparrow And The Medicine

C F B E Dm

When you mend the patches of my clothing You know every thread goes through my heart Guessin' that the rivers gonna dry up Well I said that's not the reason why we part

Steal Tomorrow

G C D G7 Cm Em

Artist: The Tallest Man On Earth [ http://www.thetallestmanonearth.se/ ] Song: Steal Tomorrow Album: The Tallest Man On Earth (ep 2007) Tabbed by: Rigoletto [ lol.i.am.satan -at- gmail -dot- com ]

Stepstone

C Fmaj7 G6 G E A

[Verse 1] It's sad to be parted with those that we love Strange faces we see every day Each heartstring of mine is broken in time When I think of those dear ones at home

Talk Pyramids

F Gm A G C B

[Verse] Up on the hill to see the stakes Oh my lord, don't ask me why What if I'm just a big mistake Oh my lord, don't ask her now

Tangle In This Trampled Wheat

G D6 F# C Am Em

Recording there's a capo on the 5th fret. I'm not good enough to tab this Precisely, but I figured out the chords and although I'm not gonna tab it, the Melody on the higher strings is pretty easy to figure out from there. Someone else Can take it from here.

Then I Wont Sing No More

G F C Am E7 E

[Verse 1] We're just a bird who fell to shore No grace in how things end I know But its true Some life does shine on through

Theres A Girl

C F Am Dm G

Pas de barré*

[Verse 1] There's a song that tells me what to do But I won’t listen Because I'm way too curious to think That's what I’m missing

There's No Leaving Now

A E F#m D C#m A/F#m

When there's no one here in the tryouts Who will live through your first day's trial Of confusion when your faint and crooked smile Had to leave

This Wind

G D Em7

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G Cadd9 G Nobody knew what the raven would do Cadd2 Dadd11 G If he found it was rain in your hands Like a dog set on wheels you will lope down the street

Thousand Ways

C G F Am Am7 B

[Verse 1] Oh I have lived for ages, I'm a thousand turns of tides, I'm a thousand wakes of springtime, and a thousand infant cries - Oh, a thousand infant cries...

Thrown Right At Me

C F G F# Am G7

Jump 'long the creekside The rock's crooked line Fun curls your hair and The days open wide

Time Of The Blue

A F#m B E C#m

[Verse 1] Wind in trust Wind in sleep Wind in knowing what thoughts to keep It's not that damn impossible

Timothy

B E F# G#m

Suddenly the wide awake And to get right in Figure that the fear to try Was the traveling

To Just Grow Away

C F Am7 G Em

A confusing trade To burn the ore To shape a blade Then to swing it low

Troubles Will Be Gone

G A D Bm

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Oh, when it's god I see in headlights kneeling down on frozen highways And salvation in white knuckles on a wheel And the deer is in the audience by the border of the darkness Where forgiveness grows and slowly winds away

Waiting For My Ghost

A E B C#m7 D a

[Verse 1] I said some kind of fog Could be helpful with this kind of sunset When your eyes see too far And so deep into life you don't know yet

Walk The Line

Em D A Dm F E

Bmaj7sus4/E = 022300 Esus4 = 022200 Dadd11 = x5403x Cadd9 = x32030

Weather Of A Killing Kind

F Bb C Am Dm

Well I see the clouds, I see the shadow It's rainin' wolves outside our door We stand and watch through hesitation 'Cause they'll be spread out there forevermore 

What Ive Been Kicking Around

G F C Am G7 E

[Verse 1] Some of your honey in my hand And a silver dollar in my shoe Time had never been so kind The naked spring, the weightless songs

Where Do My Bluebird Fly

C D Em G D7

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Oh, well I know you stroke the set-up baby, Esus2 C D Of all the leaves up in the ground And I know your song is old but heavy Esus2 C D

Where I Thought I Met The Angels

F Em C

[Verse] Never once an ocean Could hold me on its shore Standing calm with all its motion With all the movement of its flow

The Wild Hunt

G D6/9 Cmaj7 Em Am C

[Intro] NOTE: These are very informal chords and there are lots of inversions Due to it originally being played in EBEBEB or CFCFCF... etc. So a chord may have the same name And all the same notes but they're in a different order to emphasize certain sounds.

Wind And Walls

A D Em G Bm A6

Alright, this is BY NO MEANS supposed to be an actual representation Of what TTMOE does in the album version. I've tried to transcribe this Song to Standard Tuning, yet the artist uses an alternate tuning for The real thing. Consequently, my version will differ from the original Recording here and there, but I've done my best for those who don't

Working Titles

D A Bm G

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You could mess up my life in a poem Have me divorced by the time of the chorus There's no need to change any sentence When you always decide where I go next Many nights you would hide from the audience

Youre Going Back

C Am F G Em

I could roll you to hell I could swim from your heavens I could drive you so safe I could walk you to here Let us float in the tears