E|E|---------------------------------------|------|

riffs 2, 3 and 4 are played with a slide on the album

riff 1
*play over the E chord with your pinky
E|--0--0--2p0--0--4--4--2p0--|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

riff 2
*play this riff over the A chord during the part
with no lyrics.
if you're only playing with one guitarist, play
this riff with your pinky, ring and middle while
barring the A chord shape with your index.
E|--2h4p2--0--------0-------|
B|------------2--4----------|
G|---------------------1/2--|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

riff 3
*play this over the B chord
E|-----------------2-----0--|
B|-------0h2--2h4-----4-----|
G|--2h4---------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

riff 4
E|--2h4p2--0--5--4--2--0-------|
B|------------------------4/5--|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------|

Intro
A E x2

Verse
A                                    E (riff 1)
In the failing light of the afternoon
A                                      E (riff 1)
Lucy in the shade of the dogwood blooms
A                                    E (riff 1)
Yesterday the solace of a poison fish
A                                             B
Tomorrow I'll be kissing on her blood red lips

A                                         E (riff 1)
No one is the savior they would like to be
A                                              E (riff 1)
The lovesong of the buzzard in the dogwood tree
A                                                       E (riff 1)
With a train of horses laughing through the traffic line
A                                           B
And the cradle's unimaginative sense of time

A (riff 2) E x3
A (riff 2) B (riff 2)

A                                         E (riff 1)
Springtime and the promise of an open fist
A                                     E (riff 1)
A tattoo of a flower on a broken wrist
A                                      E (riff 1)
Lucy tells me jokingly to wipe her brow
A                                                B
With a pocket map to heaven and the sun goes down