the GBV's songbook

name: long as the block is black
album: Tonics & Twisted Chasers
date: 1997
author(s): Robert Pollard/Sprout
© 1997 Needmore song (BMI)

chords:
Bm  x24432
G   355433
Em  022000
G#m 466444
F   133211
E   022100
Dm  x57765
Am  577555
Bb  688766
C   x35553

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Bm
         G             Em        Bm
how, you ask, will i know you?
             G           Em                  Bm
especially when i can't see you in my sleep
           G          Em         Bm
and i'm afraid to be with you
       G            Em                     G#m
only when you are gone, the shell i weave
          G             G#m
take my shape and then
        G      F         E pause
follow me my childhood friend

Dm
         Am
would i lie?
         Bb
i would die
        C              Dm
if you walked into my room
          Am
someday cry
          Bb
someday smile
                C           Dm
and say "it's great to be alive!"
           Am
should i stay?
          Bb
should i go?
     C              Dm
indecisioned is my mind
           Am
my heart cries, for the..

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note:
you can play chords arpeggio this way:
   Bm      G       Em
B----3--- ---3--- ---0---
G------4- -----4- -----0-
D-------- ------- -------
A--2----- ------- -------
E-------- -3----- -0-----
etc...

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originally tabbed by: Ralph Rotmalm.
additions by: Rémi.