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Phaedra's Meadow
By Blue Rodeo
Transcribed by Ryan Robson [thunderman99@hotmail.com]
For Stratomaster's Blue Rodeo Guitar Tab Archive www.stratomaster.ca

Finger-picking through the entire song

Two guitars, one without capo, one with capo 2.  (Capo 2 chords in brackets)


Intro:
8 bars of E

Verse 1:
      E                   Bm*
I was walking through the forest
    E        Bm*    E
One cold and dreary morn
       E                Bm*
And my heart, sick with jealousy
    E          Bm*     E
And memories I need no more
   E             Bm*
No I would never kill a man
    E       Bm*    E
But I would do him harm
E       Bm*
Knowing that you're there
E     Bm* E
Lying in his arms

Break:
G, Bm, E, E, G, Bm, E, E (F, Am, Dsus2, Dsus2, F, Am, Dsus2, Dsus2)


Verse 2:
   E         Bm*             (Dsus2, Am)
My flesh was ripped and torn
       E       Bm*     E     (Dsus2, Am, Dsus2)
By the bramble and the thorn
      E        Bm*           (Dsus2, Am)
I was lost but well prepared
   E     Bm*   E    (Dsus2, Am, Dsus2)
To offer up my soul
            E       Bm*    (Dsus2, Am)
Because the greater misery
      E         Bm*    E    (Dsus2, Am, Dsus2)
Is to live with what I know

Break:
G, Bm, E, E, G, Bm, E, E (F, Am, Dsus2, Dsus2, F, Am, Dsus2, Dsus2)

Verse 3:
    E                 Bm*           (Dsus2, Am)
The moon concealed by April's storm
   E       Bm*     E    (Dsus2, Am, Dsus2)
No bearing I could find
        E           Bm*      (Dsus2, Am)
Until I fell into a clearing
      E      Bm*  E     (Dsus2, Am, Dsus2)
And a road I recognized
      E             Bm*     (Dsus2, Am)
I was far, far from my home
E       Bm*      E     (Dsus2, Am, Dsus2)
Further from her smile
    E         Bm*          (Dsus2, Am)
Not sure if I would return
   E        Bm*      E   (Dsus2, Am, Dsus2)
Or just lay down and die

Break:
4 bars of E (Dsus2)

Chorus:
     E                  G#m    (Dsus2, F#m)
As I stood in Phaedra's meadow
         C#m      B         A   Am (Bm-A, G-Gm)
Well the dawn did break the sky
             E             C#m    (Dsus2, Bm)
And from the highest up in heaven
    F#m                       B   (Em, A)
The weaving star fell into my eye

Chorus break:
E, G#m, C#m-B, A-Am, E, C#m, F#m, B (Dsus2, F#m, Bm-A, G-Gm, Dsus2, Bm, Em, A)

Chorus:
     E                  G#m    (Dsus2, F#m)
As I stood in Phaedra's meadow
         C#m      B         A   Am (Bm-A, G-Gm)
Well the dawn did break the sky
             E             C#m    (Dsus2, Bm)
And from the highest up in heaven
    F#m                       B   (Em, A)
The weaving star fell into my eye
     E                  G#m    (Dsus2, F#m)
As I stood in Phaedra's meadow
         C#m      B         A   Am (Bm-A, G-Gm)
Well the dawn did break the sky
             E             C#m    (Dsus2, Bm)
And from the highest up in heaven
    F#m                     B   (Em, A)
The weaving star fell in my eye

Ending:
E-Bm*-E, G, Bm, E, E, G, Bm, end on E (Dsus2-Am-Dsus2, F, Am, Dsus2, Dsus2, F, Am, end on Dsus2)


Bm*  Dsus2
--0-- --0--
--3-- --3--
--4-- --2--
--4-- --0--
--2-- --X--
--X-- --X--