Monitoba

In 6/8 time {INTRO} (2 times) e--7-h-10--0--|----7-------1--0------ b--8-------0--|--8----3----1--1---3-- g----------9--|--7----0----2--0---0-- d---------10--|-------0----3--2---0-- x2 a---------10--|-------2----3--3---2-- e----------8--|-------3-----------3-- {VERSE} x2 {}Manitoba The {}blue The {}few {}colder Once I heard a wailing sound The sky had turned to red So I got up from my bed And I wandered far from town {PRE CHORUS} {Chorus} {}seen the face of God And I was not {}afraid {}God And { {VERSE} The darkness came right down on me There were no more lights to follow So I slept inside the hollow Of a dead and fallen tree Did you know three days I tried To wake myself? But, no My flesh had turned to snow And i thought that I had died {PRE CHORUS} {Chorus} {SOLO} - over Chorus chords And though I had it rough They got me home in time They gave me homemade wine But it was not enough The cold had made me dumb And I was sent away These walls are here today For fifty years and some {Chorus} x2 {OUTRO} - over Chorus x2 (play after first time) End on Yay! Dave Noisy's first tab contribution! _____________________________________________________________ If you want to play that picking rhythm, this is it below. Basically the root note changes but the same notes on the , e strings are always played. {Example over first verse} e---------0--------------0--------------0--------------0----- B-------3---3----------3---3----------3---3----------3---3--- G-----0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0- D------------------------------------------------------------ A--------------------------------3--------------0------------ E--3--------------0------------------------------------------ Up in Manitoba, the sky was very blue e---------0--------------0--------------0---------------0---- B-------3---3----------3---3----------3---3-----------3---3-- G-----0-------0------0-------0------0-------0-------0-------0 D------------------------------------------------------------ A--3--------------0------------------------------------------ E--------------------------------3---------------0----------- People were a few, and nights were never colder