Alpha Shallows by Laura Marling


Alpha Shallows

Tuning: DADFAD
Capo: 6th fret

Intro:

Main riff: strum each chord once only
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|--0---0---0---0--|      |--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
|--2---4---5---4--| x2   |--2---4---5---4---5---7---5---4---5---2--|
|--2---3---5---3--|      |--2---3---5---3---5---7---5---3---5---2--|
|--0---0---0---0--|      |--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
|--0---0---0---0--|      |--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|

Then strum open chord for four bars

Verse 1:

Verse chords: strum each chord for one bar
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|--0---0---0---0--| 
|--0---0---0---0--| x4
|--3---2---0---0--| 
|--5---3---0---0--| 
|--0---0---0---0--| 

He could fall and shake and weep, as holy are my feet
And heart with mention the dear they may not speak
We feel tight when there is tension
And our eyes can make us weep

Main riff

Verse 2:

And his heart was full of fire at the man he had become
And his soul was seldom higher with the falsities of fun
Could embrace sweet desires in moments as they pass
But he feared ever more, he saw it didn't last

::Main riff::

Verse 3:

We'd walk up Holland Avenue, And watch the rich as they consume
That product made our hearts exude, an emptiness unrivalled by
The hunger that I could control
He'd pray up to his God that he might save their soul

Bridge:

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|--0---0---0---0--| 
|--2---2---0---0--| x2
|--2---2---0---0--| 
|--0---0---0---0--| 
|--0---0---0---0--| 

The grey in this city is too much to bear 
The grey in this city is too much to bear

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|--0---0---0---0--|     |--0---0---0---0--| 
|--5---3---2---0--| x4  |--5---3---0---0--| 		
|--5---4---2---0--|     |--5---4---0---0--|
|--0---0---0---0--|     |--0---0---0---0--| 
|--0---0---0---0--|     |--0---0---0---0--| 

And I believe we are meant to be seen
And not to be understood

::Main riff::

2nd bridge:

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|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--| 
|--2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0--| x2
|--2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0--| 
|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--| 
|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--| 

And I want to be held by those arms
I want to be held by those arms

::Main riff::

Verse 4:

You'll work your thumbs til they're sore
And you'll work my heart til it's raw
And you'll call and you'll call but you'll never be told
And I'll fall and I'll fall and I'll fall
And I'll fall and I'll fall and I'll fall

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