Band of Horses - Compliments

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interpretation of the song .
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artist : band of horses
album : infinite arms
song : compliments
tabber : john baer ( eddiebauerman16@aol . com )
tabbed on 4/1/2010

intro :

( play the deadened strings with ( tons of echo/reverb ) :
E – x – x – x – x – x – x – – | – x – x – x – x – x – x – | – x – x – x – x – x – x – | – x – x – x – x – x – x – x – |
B – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – x – x – x – x – x – x – | – x – x – x – x – x – x – x – |
G – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

( then play the next first three measures a few times until right
before the chorus , then play the last measure once or twice ) :

E – – 6 – – 6 – – 6 – – 6 – – | – 6 – – 6 – – 6 – – 6 – – | – 6 – – 6 – – 6 – – 6 – – | – – 10 – 10 – 10 – 10 – – |
B – – 8 – – 8 – – 8 – – 8 – – | – 8 – – 8 – – 8 – – 8 – – | – 8 – – 8 – – 8 – – 8 – – | – – 8 – – 8 – – 8 – – 8 – – – |
G – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
D – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

verse 1 ( dist guitar/Bar chords whole song ) :
Gm Cm F
i’m fixing that drink in the morning , with the way things are
Gm Cm F
you may have stayed too lonnnnnng
Gm Cm F
you’re splitting apart at the seams , from the heart’s bitter call
Gm Cm F
you known him so lonnnn – nnnggg

chorus 1 :
D# A# D# A#
if there’s a god up in the air , someone looking over everyone
D# A# F
at least you got something to fall back onnnnnn

verse 2 :
Gm Cm F
deep in the heart of the country was a house i built from love
Gm Cm F
a raven – headed lady , aaaallllll
Gm Cm F
quiet and calm through the day , see the sunburn burn thru the hall
Gm Cm F
approaching was a yellow . . . dog

chorus 2 :
D# A# D# A#
if there’s a god up in the air , someone looking over everyone
D# A# F
at least you got something to fall back onnnnnn
D# A# D# A#
and what are people really for? does anybody even care?
D# A# F
i betcha get a lot of compliments down there

solo ( partial ) :

E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – 8 – – 8 – – 8 – – 8 – – 8 – – 8 – |
G – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | ( play this note the whole time ,
D – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | mix it up some with bendies )
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

chorus 3 :
D# A# D# A#
if there’s a god up in the air , someone looking over everyone
D# A# F
at least you got something to fall back onnnnnn
D# A# D# A#
do ya got something to say? is it something coming over you?
D# A# F
or do you got more important things left to do?

end on : Gm

cheers , and buy “infinite arms” on may 17 , 2010!

– john baer