December Ends

December Ends

Album: Aerials
Instruments: Guitar
Key: A
Guitar Tuning: Standard Tuning
Time Signature: 4/4

(this is approximate, given that this is not a one-acoustic-guitar song)
For some of the D's and A's, you can fiddle with the sus4 chords:
Dsus4: x|x|0|2|3|3
Asus4: x|0|2|2|3|0 

A is generally played as:
x|0|2|2|0|0
but the normal A can be played around with as well as Asus4 

verse:

A           Em

sorry did I startle you

   D               A

my face was to the mirror

A                Em

broken wings are lovely things

   D                 A

if they can lead you nearer

pre-chorus:

   G     D           A

in every cloud there is some silver

      G      D          A

every shadow comes from light

G         D        A

something takes my hand and makes

    Em       G    D

the wrong in me alright

chorus:

A

shining one

Em

you're the sun and

D            A

I am burning up inside you

A

shadows fly

   Em

on wings of pride and

D

if I follow

A

I will find you

A

silent one

Em

Orion

D

I whispered through you

A

I remember

A

my eclipse is

Em               D

on your lips and fingertips

  A

until December ends

verse

pre-chorus guitar solo thing:

A w/palm muting (or double electric guitar)

bagpipe solo:

G D A

G D A

G D A

Em G A

A

Last chorus has extra repeats, end on A

Cut the Lights

Cut the Lights

Album: Penny Black
Instruments: Guitar
Key: D
Guitar Tuning: Standard tuning

intro / instrumental:

Bm G A A

Bm G A A

verse:

D

G

(etc)

pre-chorus:

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

B--|-----------------|-----------------|

G--|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-| etc  A

D--|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|

A--|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|

E--|-0-------0-------|-3-------3-------|

chorus:

Bm A D G

Bm A D G

Bm A C C

bridge = verse

Copper Leaves

Copper Leaves

Album: Modest Revolution
Key: F
Instruments: Guitar
Time Signature: 4/4
Guitar Tuning: DADGAD tuning

DADGAD, capo on 3rd fret 

These are largely the same chords as for Letters. All the chords that are of the form 5|5|5|4|0|0 can also be played as 5|5|0|4|0|0 (which Brian thinks might be what Trevor actually plays), with the bottom two strings held down with two separate fingers (details depending on how big your hand and your guitar's neck are) rather than barring properly. These chords are all given relative to the capo. 

Chords:

(D|A|D|G|A|D)

D:     0|0|0|2|0|0

Em:   2|2|x|0|0|0

F#m: 4|4|x|2|0|0

G:      5|5|5|4|0|0

A:      7|7|7|6|0|0

Bm:   9|9|x|7|0|0

intro:

D  G  D  G etc

oh . .

verse 1:

D         G                     D                   G

  we all abused you threw you on the tracks and stood with baited brain

D           G                  D            G

a simple thrill to kill the boredom of a wasted summer day

Em             G                  D

  now they're showing you the door

D  G  etc

oh . .

verse 2:

D                G                D

  one hundred years and fifteen more

              G                         D

these cold machines punched out your leaves

               G           D

though your aspirations soared

                G                   Em

the sidewalk would not take your seed

Em              G                 A

   now they're showing you the door

chorus 1:

G     D           A       Bm

  I think we'll find it hard

G     D           A       Bm

  I think we'll find it hard

G     D           A       Bm

  I think we'll find it hard

G     D           A           D

to walk without your rattling bones

verse 2 (same as 1):

the story broke a year ago

the nickle was the only one who screamed

"God save me from this fate"

oh darling I just can't believe

now they're showing you the door

chorus 2 (same except extra line of G, D, A, Bm):

I think we'll find it hard

I think we'll find it hard

I think we'll find it hard

to walk without your rattling bones

walk without your rattling bones

bridge:

Em            F#m               G

  we can't afford to keep the change

Em            F#m               G

  we can't afford to keep the change

Em            F#m               G

  we can't afford to keep the change

Em            F#m               G

  we can't afford to keep the change

repeat verse 1:

we all abused you threw you on the tracks and stood with baited brain

a simple thrill to kill the boredom of a wasted summer day

now they're showing you the door

chorus 3 (with a third extra line of G, D, A, Bm):

I think we'll find it hard

I think we'll find it hard

I think we'll find it hard

to walk without your rattling bones

walk without your rattling bones

walk without your rattling bones

Fiddle ending:

G D A D

Broken Line

Broken Line

Album: Gutter Anthems
Instruments: Guitar
Key: Bminor
Guitar Tuning: Standard tuning
Time Signature: 6/8, 6/4, 7/4

Note on time signature:
The first part of the song is either in 6/4 with random 3/4 measures thrown in, 6/8 with random 3/8 measures thrown in, or 6/8 with random 9/8 measures added. The outro is 3 measures of 7/4, followed by one measure of 6/4 (or two of 6/8), repeated. 

Guitar Part

This is really, really not a guitar song . . .
These chords are based on the piano part, and I'm sure there are many chord variations going on beyond what I have noted (such as Esus4's, etc). 

intro:

Bm9

Bm A E etc

verse:

Bm                     A           E

Restless is dawn as it wanders the farm house

  Bm                         A                  E

A new day awaits though he's worked through the night

Bm                     A               E

Patiently planting his thoughts on the pages

Bm                  A       E

Under the mumble of kerosene light

(repeat same pattern)

Off to the West you can feel it coming

A thick, steel vein for a river of power

Carelessly turning the earth into wasteland

As thousands of years disappear in an hour

chorus:

Bm     D           A                 E

   Hold your ground on the wrong side of the plough

Bm           D             A                   E

   They're closer now to a cold, black, broken line

Bm     D          A                  E

   Hold your ground when they come to cut you down

Bm          D               A                    E

  They're closer now to the rock that breaks the tines

verse:

Can't see what you do from back in the boardroom

Faceless equations of profit and cost

They wave you away like a fly on the radar

But keep coming back and you'll throw them off course

bridge:

A             B7     Einv      A

  Though it's always been this way

        B7        Einv      A

Doesn't mean that it's your fate

        B       E         G                     D     G  D

But you know it takes the strength of heart and mind

        G                 A(A7)               E  Esus4 E

And the faith someday the world will see your side

Bm                     A             E

Nothing is lost if you give yourself wholly

Bm                       A         E

Nothing is gained if you keep it inside

outro:

Gmaj7 Bm7 A D etc etc etc

Blackout

Blackout

Album: Modest Revolution
Instruments: Guitar
Key:
Time Signature: 6/8
Guitar Tuning: DADGAD tuning

capo on 4th fret
(fret numbers are relative to capo) 

These aren't the actual chord names, but they're some version thereof:

        D|A|D|G|A|D

D:     0|0|0|2|0|0

E:     2|2|2|0|0|0

F:     3|3|3|0|0|0

G:     5|5|5|0|0|0

A:     7|7|7|0|0|0

Bflat: 8|8|8|0|0|0

Coct: 0|3|x|5|x|0 (or let ring)

Doct: 0|5|x|7|x|0

Intro:

(the 2nd fret on G is just held)

D--|-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

A--|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|   repeat

G--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

D--|-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-|-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

A--|-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-|-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-|

D--|-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-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

(verse)

      F            E D       F         E         D

The year was '67, the last we raised it up.

F                     E         D  E      F  G                 F     E     D  (intro bit)

years come and go, still nothing to show in these cold, cold hands.

     F            E     D      F      E           D

We blame Barilko's body on a decade drought

      F               E                D      E  F      G

but what buried bones do we have to bring home

     F E          D

for another chance?

(chorus)

         Coct->Doct              F         G          Coct->Doct

 It’s a                  blackout, but we follow along

F              G              Coct->Dcot

   We keep chasing the puck

F        G             Bflat      A

  ever whispering “Someday we’ll drink from the cup”

(verse)

we crept out from the gardens

into the neon glow.

a pauper’s chair to an emperor's throne still without a crown.

did we leave the blood stains, the crack of ice to bone?

as the winter melted away our thirst for glory drowned.

solo:

F G Bflat

G F D

repeat

(verse)

when the final score is settled and the final roar decays

did we throw our sticks in the fire or did we have our day?

(outro same as intro, or pull out your electric guitar.)

Arthur McBride

Arthur McBride
Instruments: Guitar 
Key: G 
Guitar Tuning: Standard Tuning

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Album: ETH Live 

Random note: the verses are traditional, but Trevor wrote the chorus. 

The recording (and early live versions) has a capo on the 1st fret, so Craig could play his (later modified) bagpipes. 

Ginv x|2|0|0|3|0

Dinv 2|0|0|2|3|3

intro:

G Dinv Em D

G Dinv Em Em Em D

verse:

G         Dinv       Em       D

Me and me cousin one Arthur McBride

       C        Ginv        Am        D

He and I took a stroll down by the seaside

G                Dinv             Em      D

To seek for good fortune and what might betide

C           Ginv      Am  D

just as the day was a'dawning

    G          Dinv       Em          D

and then after restin' we both took a tramp

   C            Ginv       Am       D

we met Sergeant Harper and Corporal Cramp

  G             Dinv        Em          D

besides the wee drummer who beat up the camp

         C           D          G      G

with his row-dee-dow-dow in the morning

D        D           C           G

Count me out of your fortune and fame

D       D         C            G

I would rather be here than be slain

        Em    D    C

this is where I'll die

Em   D      C    D      G (to intro)

lost in the moss of the isles

fiddle solo = second half on an instrumental verse

G Dinv Em D

C G Am D

G Dinv Em D

C D G

and an instrumental chorus

D D C G

D D C G

Em D C

Em D C D

(to intro)

ending:

G Dinv Em D

G Dinv Em D

G

The Ocean by Scythian

The Ocean
Intro:  Dm Dsus4, repeat etc
Dm C Am G etc (I'm not sure the G here or below is correct)

Dm                 C       Am                G
When I was a boy, I wanted to go sailing
Dm                   C           Am                 G
Live out on the sea, with harpoon I'd go whaling
Dm            C          Am              G
Oh to get away, to sail the open waters
Dm                      C                        Am             G
The breakers and wind they would spell out my fate
Dm Dsus4 etc

Walk into my dream, I dreamt I was a captain
Searching for a place that had never been found
Sailed to distant shores, in all the ports and harbors
I'd find a place that reminds me of home

Now I am a man, and never have I wandered
Somehow I let my dreams slip away
But every now and then, I slip into a slumber
And find my way back to the ocean again