West Coast Of Ireland

Justin Vernon

Tuning: Standard Tempo: 100 Tabbed by Sean Davoust @yahoo.com 24.05.2013 Divided into 4/4 bars using | | The letter d denotes downward picking and a number contained in parentheses like so (0); signifies a grace note. |||Intro||| d d d d d d E-|-------0h2---|--2----0-----------------|--3--2--------|----------------| B-|-----3-------|--3----3--3--------------|--3--3--3h5---|--3h5--------3--| G-|---2---------|--2----2-----------------|--2--2--2-----|--2-------2-----| D-|-0-----------|--0-----------(0)--------|--0-----0-----|--2----0--------| A-|-------------|----------0--------------|--------------|----------------| E-|-------------|-----------------3-------|--------------|----------------| E-|-------------------------|-------------------------| B-|------3-----3-----3-----3|------3-----3-----3-----3| G-|--2-2---2-------2---2----|--2-2---2-------2---2----| D-|--0-------0---0-------0--|-------------------------| A-|-------------------------|--0-------0---0-------0--| E-|-------------------------|-------------------------| E-|----------------------------|-------------------------| B-|--------3-----3-----3-----3-|------3-----3-----3-----3| G-|--2---2----2-------2---2----|--2-2---2-------2---2----| D-|----------------------------|-------------------------| A-|--0h2--------2---2-------2--|-------------------------| E-|----------------------------|--3-------3---3-------3--| d E-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----| B-|------3-----3-----3-----3|------3-----3----------3-|--2--| G-|--2-2---2-------2---2----|--2-2---2----------2-----|--2--| D-|-------------------------|-------------------------|--2--| A-|-------------------------|--0-------0---0----------|--0--| E-|--3-------3---3-------3--|-------------------------|-----| |||Verse and Chorus||| Slight alterations in picking pattern: Sitting on... looking out... E-|-------------------------|---------------------------| B-|------3-----3-----3-----3|--------3-----3-----3-----3| G-|--2-2---2-------2---2----|--2---2---2-------2---2----| D-|--0-------0--------------|---------------------------| A-|-------------0--------0--|--0h2-------2---2-------2--| E-|-------------------------|---------------------------| Knowing youre... feeling that... E-|-------------------------|--------------------------| B-|------3-----3-----3-----3|------3-----3-----3-----3-| G-|--2-2---2-------2---2----|--2-2---2-------2---2-----| D-|-------------------------|--------------------------| A-|-------------------------|--0-------0---0-------0---| E-|--3-------3---3-------3--|--------------------------| d E-|-----| B-|--2--| G-|--2--| D-|--2--| At the end of each verses before the Chorus A-|--0--| E-|-----| The lyrics are contained within | | signifying each bar. verse 1 |Sitting on the west coast of Ireland | looking out onto the ocean| |Knowing youre looking straight on back| feeling that same wave of motion| |Take my sweatshirt off| and my t-shirt as usual| |Kiss the sand I got some water in my mouth| man its hard being spiritual.| Chorus |And the sun shines right on down| to the core of my bones| |And as much as I know Im far away| I know Im going home| verse 2 |Could see myself flying in| to Minneapolis international| |See my folks and my brother and my sister| and the smell of the dog on their clothes| |When I get home Im gonna lay right down| to the cool April sun| |Gonna lay in the grass till I start itching and Id find| probably move along a few times| Chorus |And the sun shines right on down| to the core of my bones| |And as much as I know Im far away| I know Im going home.| verse 3 |I can get out to California| I had San Francisco on my mind| |I could get down to New Orleans| and have that music knock me to the ground| |Im gonna stay here| and watch another Wisconsin sun go down| |And have dinner with my parents| and head on in to my small small enough town| Chorus |And the sun shines right on down| to the core of my bones| |And as much as I know Im far away| I know Im going home.| verse 4 |And one day were all gonna be a pile of bones| yeah thats what were all gonna be| |But Ill still be smiling I guarantee| as long as they dont bury me| |I wanna be up and I wanna be able to feel the air| and be where the river meets the sea| |Where the sky meets the ocean and where space meets the sky| Ill be singing all of us free| |All of us free| Chorus: |And the sun shines right on down| to the core of my bones| |And as much as I know Im far away| I know Im going home.| |I know Im going home| |I know Im going home| |I know Im going home|

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