Iron & Wine - Lovesong of the Buzzard

      
 
 Lovesong of the Buzzard
 Iron & Wine
 The Shepherd's Dog
 
 Capo 1

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 riffs 2, 3 and 4 are played with a slide on the album
 
 riff 1
 *play over the E chord with your pinky

 e--0--0--2p0--0--4--4--2p0--|
 B---------------------------|
 G---------------------------|
 D---------------------------|
 A---------------------------|
 E---------------------------|
 

 
 riff 2
 *play this riff over the A chord during the part
 with no lyrics.
 if you're only playing with one guitarist, play
 this riff with your pinky, ring and middle while
 barring the A chord shape with your index.

 e--2h4p2--0--------0-------|
 B------------2--4----------|
 G---------------------1/2--|
 D--------------------------|
 A--------------------------|
 E--------------------------|
 

 
 riff 3
 *play this over the B chord

 e-----------------2-----0--|
 B-------0h2--2h4-----4-----|
 G--2h4---------------------|
 D--------------------------|
 A--------------------------|
 E--------------------------|
 

 
 riff 4

 e--2h4p2--0--5--4--2--0-------|
 B------------------------4/5--|
 G-----------------------------|
 D-----------------------------|
 A-----------------------------|
 E-----------------------------|
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 Intro
 A E x2
 
 Verse
 A E (riff 1)
 In the failing light of the afternoon
 A E (riff 1)
 Lucy in the shade of the dogwood blooms
 A E (riff 1)
 Yesterday the solace of a poison fish
 A                                             B 
 Tomorrow I'll be kissing on her blood red lips
 
 A E (riff 1)
 No one is the savior they would like to be
 A E (riff 1)
 The lovesong of the buzzard in the dogwood tree
 A E (riff 1)
 With a train of horses laughing through the traffic line
 A                                           B 
 And the cradle's unimaginative sense of time
 
 A (riff 2) E x3
 A (riff 2) B (riff 2)
 
 A E (riff 1)
 Springtime and the promise of an open fist
 A E (riff 1)
 A tattoo of a flower on a broken wrist
 A E (riff 1)
 Lucy tells me jokingly to wipe her brow
 A                                                B 
 With a pocket map to heaven and the sun goes down
 
 Outro
 A (riff 4) E x4