Song Of The Dispossessed

TAB:Song of the Dispossessed by Dead Can Dance

A weird song form the album Spiritchaser (1996).

With influencia latina, it seems that in any moment Tito Puente

and Celia Cruz will be singing ;-)

But the lyrics are african.

GTML issue #5

Tabbed and transcribed by Avelino Andretti Benavides

Suscriptions (GTML), comments, corrections, requests or contributions to:

mailto://al448482@academ01.cem.itesm.mx

http://www-lce.cem.itesm.mx/alumnos/al448482/

Riff 1 Gtr. 1

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Arrangement for guitar from piano.

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X means note played by Gtr.1

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Flute fill

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Flute arranged for guitar

End Flute

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B---3--|--0--|-----3--|--2--||------------------------------------------

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A---0--|--0--|-----5--|--4--||------------------------------------------

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Chords.

Lyrics:

Song of the Dispossessed

the river is deep and the road is long,

daylight comes and I want to go home.

awoke this morning

to find my people's tongues were tied

and in my dreams

they were given books to poison their

minds.

the river is deep and the mountain high,

how long before the other side.

we are their mortar,

their building bricks and their clay.

their gold teeth mirror

both our joys and our pain.

the river is deep and the ocean wide,

who will teach us how to read the signs.

the earth is our mother

she taught us to embrace the light,

now the lord is master

she suffers an eternal night.

you blocked up my ears,

you plucked out my eyes,

you cut out my tongue,

you fed me with lies,

oh lord.

Secuence:Repeat several times riff1-riff2x4-riff1(12 string guitar)x2[and

under, the Flute part]-riff1x2+end(chords)

Repeat the chords with another guitar or with synth with every mensure.

Guitar one is acoustic (Clasica española) and guitar two is a 12 string.

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== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==

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----5/8--- Slide Up -----x---- Dead -----7-- Pop

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----5\8--- Slide Down ---------- --5----- Slap

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----5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*|| ---5^--- Bend

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-4:------- Time ---------- --------

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