Chord/Tab song: Fallow

Heres a very under-rated song off The Weakerthans Fallow album. Its a simple but
song so I tabbed it out
for anyone who would care to play it.

This is how I play the song. I incorporated the guitar melodies into the picking style.
may not be
exact as the album since I simplified chords to make it easy to play on one guitar. But
the parts are
there and the differences are pretty much un-noticible.

I tabbed out the intro, main melody/picking, the pre instrumental, and instrumental at
end. Otherwise I
just wrote the chords so you can sing along easier.

On the album:

The verses are played like the melody part

The ( Am - G - F - etc. ) progressions are played like the pre-instrumental part
tabbed (same fingerings).

Otherwise its pretty simple to figure out.

I hope someone finds this tab useful. Please comment/rate. Let me know what you think!

Fallow - The Weakerthans
Tabbed by Bob Funk

Capo: 2nd Fret

Intro:



e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------|
D|---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
A|-----3-----3-----------3-----3-----------3-----3-----------3-----3--------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Melody:



e|-0--------0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------3-----1--------1--------1-----1--------0----------------|
G|----0--------0-------0-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0----0--------|
D|-------2--------2-------------2--------2--------------2-------2-----2-----|
A|-3----------------------3-------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--------2--------2-----4--------4--------------2--------2--------0------|
D|----3--------3--------3-----5--------5-----5--------3--------3--------3---|
A|-------3--------3---------------5--------5-----5--------3--------3--------|
E|-1-----------------------3-----------------------1------------------------|


Back to Start of melody


e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|---0--------0h2--------0-----0-------0--------0-----|
D|------2----------2--------2-----0h2-----2--0-----0--|
A|---3-----3----------3-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------3----------------------|


Pre-First Verse:


e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-0-------0--------0----|
D|----0h2-----2--0-----0-|
A|-----------------------|
E|-3---------------------|


[C]Wait until the day says i[C/E]t's closing[F]
[G]and public is [F]put away[C].[G]
[C]Write by the light of a p[C/E]ay phone[F]
[G]your list of I[F] meant t[C]o say[G]

[Am]Like winter [G]comes too [F]soon
or "[Am]Radi[G]ators h[F]um out of t[G]une[G]

Out [F]under the Dis[C]raeli
with [G]rusty train track [F]ties
we'll [F]carve new streets and [C]sidewalks
a [G]city for small [F]lives
and [F]say that we'll [G]stay for one more [C]year

[C]Wait near the end of S[C/E]eptember[F]
[G]Wait for some [F]stars to show[C][G]
[C]Try so hard not to re[C/E]member[F]
[G]what all empty [F]playgrounds kno[C]w[G]

[Am]that sympa[G]thy is [F]cruel
[Am]Reluctant [G]jester or s[F]impering [G]fool[G]

But [F]six feet off the [C]highway
our [G]bare legs stung with [F]wheat
we'll [F]dig a hole and [C]bury
all [G]we could not defe[F]at
and [F]say that we'll [G]stay for one more [C]year

B[F]end to tie a sho[C]elace
or b[G]end against your fe[F]ar
and [F]say that you'll s[G]tay for one more [C]year

At this point in the song he plays the melody part twice through

Pre Instrumental:

With so much left to seek


e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--------0--------0------0--------0--------0-------0--------0--------|
D|-----2--------2--------2------2--------2--------2-------2--------2-----|
A|--0-----0--------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----3--------3----------1-----1--------1--|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|---0-----0--------0-------0----|
D|------2-----2--------2------2--|
A|-------------------------------|
E|--------------1--------1-------|


the lease runs out next week


e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--0--------0--------0------0--------0--------0-------0--------0--------|
D|-----2--------2--------2------2--------2--------2-------2--------2-----|
A|--0-----0--------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------3-----3--------3----------1-----1--------1--|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|---0-----0--------0-------0----|
D|------2-----2--------2------2--|
A|-------------------------------|
E|--------------1--------1-------|
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--0--------0--------0-----|
D|-----2--------2--------2--| x2
A|--------------------------|
E|--1-----1--------1--------|


Outro/Instrumental Melody



e|-3--------3--------1-----0--------0-------0h1------3--------3--------1----|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-------0---------0-------0-|
D|-------2--------2--------------2--------2----------------2---------2------|
A|-3-----------------------3------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3----------------------|
e|-0--------0-------0h1----1--------0----------------1--------0-------------|
B|-------------------------------------------3------------------------3-----|
G|----0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-------0--------0-------0--|
D|-------2-----------------------2--------2----------------2--------2-------|
A|----------------2--------0------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------3----------------------|


Slide only played first time through


e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--1--------1--------1-----1--------1--------1/5-----|
G|-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0-------------|
D|--------2--------2--------------2--------2----------| x2
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|--1-----------------------1-------------------------|


Final Line:

Hold Last Chord


e|---------------------------------------------------------||
B|--1--------1--------1-----1--------1--------1--------1---||
G|-----0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0---||
D|--------2--------2--------------2--------2---------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------------||
E|--1-----------------------1--------------------------1---||