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Violets Are Blue

The Killing Tree

Chord: Principal (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: F
Intro/Verse: Part 1

E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|----5----------3-----------|
D|-3--5----------3-----------|
A|-3--3----------1-----------|
E|-3-----00000---------------|

Verse part 2:
For this part, you can either just do
an open E (actually tuned to D) or use this:

E|-------| Then after a couple seconds, |---------------|
B|--3----| the guitar plays:            |---------------|
G|--2----| |---------------|
D|--0----| |-6-5-3-5-6-5-3-|
A|-------| |-6-5-3-5-6-5-3-|
E|-------| |-6-5-3-5-6-5-3-|

Chorus:                      After 2nd time      2nd guitar
"I'll have you know"                          (pinch harmonics)
E|-----------------------| |--------------|    |-----------|
B|-----------------------| |--------------|    |-----------|
G|-----------------------| |--------------|    |---8-8-----|
D|-00-666-333-5-6-5-3----| 2x |--33-66-------|    |-----------|
A|-00-666-333-5-6-5-3----| |--33-66-------|    |-----------|
E|-00-666-333-5-6-5-3----| |--33-66-------|    |-----------|



Play verse part 2 again.

"Never... The sun..."
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|-0000-6-5-3-5-6-5-3-------|
A|-0000-6-5-3-5-6-5-3-------|
E|-0000-6-5-3-5-6-5-3-------|

Repeat parts accordingly to the song.

"Look away, from this broken mirror"

E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|----------------------8b-----------|
D|-000-00000-555-3-5-6---------------|
A|-000-00000-555-3-5-6---------------|
E|-000-00000-555-3-5-6---------------|
  ... .....


I call this next part the "interlude": "Now, the time has come, to slow the beating of this heart":

E|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-----87787777877887778778777787787777---------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|--0~---------6~------3~------------------12/--|

Repeat the chorus

"Outro"
E|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|--0~-33-66-----|
A|--0~-33-66-----|
E|--0~-33-66-----|

End on: (pinch harmonic this note and bend)
E|----|
B|----|
|-8b-|
E|----|
B|----|
|----|
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