The Builders And The Butchers - Black Elevator Tabs

The Builders and the Butchers
"Black Elevator"
Where the Roots All Grow


Standard Tuning

Intro:

e---------------------------------|
B--------1-3-3--3-3-4p3--4p3p1----|
G-2-0-2------------------------2--|
D---------------------------------| (melodica arr for guitar)
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|

  A
e----------------------------|
B-----------1-1-3-4-3-1------|
G-2-2-2-0-2-------------2-0--|
D----------------------------| (Riff A - banjo arr for guitar)
A----------------------------|
E----------------------------|

VS (while banjo plays variations on riff A):
A                                     C
There's no using the stairs tonight.  Black box will take you right
G                                            A
Many floors down where the earth is fire and molten
A                               C
And the bell man tips his hat.  You try not to notice that
G                                      D
His tail is long, his legs are made of wood

Pre-Chs:
C               G                         D
And no one here knows your name.  And you won't be coming home.

Chs:
             A    C        A
You're going down   in the black elevator.
    G                              D
You tried to drink the water.  The water wouldn't save
             A    C        A
You're going down   in the black elevator.
       G              D             A (with Riff A on banjo)
You're rowing up that river tonight

Repeat VS, Pre-Chs, Chs

Bridge:
C            G                   D                      A
And I know a better place.  It's so much further down
C              G                      D                  A
You'll ever be mine in there.  With a hammer coming down
C             G                        D                  A
And you ever work the earth.  And your hands turn to stone
C            G                        D
No one here knows your name.  And you won't be coming home

Chs:
             A    C        A
You're going down   in the black elevator.
    G                              D
You tried to drink the water.  The water wouldn't save
             A    C        A
You're going down   in the black elevator.
       G              D             A
You're rowing up that river tonight
              G              D             A
I said you're rowing up that river tonight
              G              D             A
I said you're rowing up that river tonight

Outro riff (banjo arr for guitar):
  A
e-3-5-3-5-3---3------------------------------|
B-----------5---5-3-1-3-1--------------------|
G-------------------------2-0-2--------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------- (x4) then --|

e----------------------------|
B---1-0----------------------|
G-2-----2-0--2--2-0-2--2-0-2-|
D----------------------------|
A----------------------------|
E----------------------------| (x4) then back to the other riff

Then freestyle into "Black Dresses"