PIGEON
tabbed by Douglas Thompson (bananaco9@gmail.com)


  [Riff 2a]
E|-------0--------0--------0--------0-----|
B|---------1--------1--------4--------4---|
G|-----2--------2-------------------------|
D|-----------------------4--------4-------|
A|---0--------0--------2--------2---------|
E|----------------------------------------|

  [Riff 2b]
E|-------0--------0--------0--------0-----|
B|---------3--------3--------1--------1---|
G|-----------------------0--------0-------|
D|-----4--------4-------------------------|
A|---5--------5--------3--------3---------|
E|----------------------------------------|

  [Riff 2c]
E|-------0--------0--------0--------3-----|
B|---------1--------1--------1--------0---|
G|-----0--------0--------2----------------|
D|--------------------------------2-------|
A|---3--------3--------0------------------|
E|------------------------------0---------|

  [Riff 2d]
E|-------0--------0--------3------3-------|
B|---------1--------4--------0----0-------|
G|-----2--------------------------0-------|
D|--------------4--------2----------------|
A|---0--------2---------------------------|
E|---------------------0--------0---------|



  [Riff 3a]
E|-------0--------0--------3--------0-----|
B|---------1--------3--------0--------3---|
G|-----2----------------------------------|
D|--------------4--------2--------4-------|
A|---0--------5-----------------5---------|
E|---------------------0------------------|

  [Riff 3b]
E|-------0--------0--------3--------0-----|
B|---------1--------3--------0--------3---|
G|-----2----------------------------------|
D|--------------4--------2--------4-------|
A|---0--------5-----------------5---------|
E|---------------------0------------------|

  [Riff 3c]
E|-------3--------0--------0--------0-----|
B|---------0--------3--------1--------1---|
G|-----0--------------------------0-------|
D|--------------4--------2----------------|
A|------------5--------0--------3---------|
E|---3------------------------------------|

  [Riff 3d]
E|-------0--------0--------3------3-------|
B|---------1--------4--------0----0-------|
G|-----0--------------------------0-------|
D|--------------4--------2----------------|
A|---3--------2---------------------------|
E|---------------------0--------0---------|



 [Riff 2a]
The brackish roots of river pine
 [Riff 2b]
Anchored in my curving spine
 [Riff 2c]
Bend to the whims of wind's design
 [Riff 2d]
And I lay down at your side

 [Riff 2a]
Above the brine of reeds and clay
 [Riff 2b]
A swollen angel oaks bouquet
 [Riff 2c]
In the red wing blackbirds eyes of grey
 [Riff 2d]
A saltwater tear resides

 [Riff 3a]
But the sand and the earthen parapet
 [Riff 3b]
Silts into this rivulet
 [Riff 3c] 
The bluffs and the banks will soon forget
 [Riff 3d]
A single tear was cried

 [Riff 2a]
And in this spawning ground it blooms
 [Riff 2b]
The nectar and the petal plumes
 [Riff 2c]
A purple swallow now exhumed
 [Riff 2d]
From the river that has died

 [Riff 3a]
The crimson of rinoculous
 [Riff 3b]
Gardenia and dianthus
 [Riff 3c]
The bloodless ivory water-lotus
 [Riff 3d]
Sweetly opens wide

Oh...
 [Riff 2a]
 [Riff 2b]
 [Riff 2c]
 [Riff 2d]

 [Riff 3a]
Without a voice left to sing
 [Riff 3b]
With waterlogged and heavy wing
 [Riff 3c]
With peaceful eyes, unsuffering
 [Riff 3d]
A pigeon floats in the tide