Velvet Ring Chords & Tabs

by Big Thief

[Content]
I think live she plays it an open tuning possibly with a capo,
but you can play it in standard too and it sounds the same.

[Intro]
G (Bar chord)    B        C
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3------------0--------0---|
G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-|
D|---5---5---5---5-------------------| (x3)
A|------------------2--------3-------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|-4-----------3-----------2-----------1-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]
G (Bar chord)    B        C
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3------------0--------0---|
G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-|
D|---5---5---5---5-------------------|
A|------------------2--------3-------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
"Chilled in the kitchen of a city tomb"
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3------------0--------0---|
G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-|
D|---5---5---5---5-------------------|
A|------------------2--------3-------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
"The light would flicker like a violent womb"
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3------------0--------0---|
G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-|
D|---5---5---5---5-------------------|
A|------------------2--------3-------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
"The night was thicker than a smoky fume"
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|-4-----------3-----------2-----------1-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E                           
"Elize waited in her room.."

[Verse 2]
   G                B        C        
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3------------0--------0---|
G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-|
D|---5---5---5---5-------------------|
A|------------------2--------3-------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
"Ben, he loved her like he loved no one"
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3------------0--------0---|
G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-|
D|---5---5---5---5-------------------|
A|------------------2--------3-------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
"The way she laughed and held a smoking gun"
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3------------0--------0---|
G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-|
D|---5---5---5---5-------------------|
A|------------------2--------3-------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
"The way she always said 'What's done is done'"
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|-3-----------2-----------1-----------0-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E                              
"And he is not the only one..."

[Chorus]
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2----3---------3----------3---------3----------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A                                                        
E|-3---------3-----------3--------3---------------------|
"Love is a gentle thing"
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------3----------3---------3----------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--------------|
D|-----------0------------------------------------------|
A|-3---------------------2--------3---------------------|
E                                    
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring"
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------3----------3--------------------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0------------------------|
D|-----------0------------------------------------------|
A|-3---------------------2------------------------------|
E                                      
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring.."
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------3----------3---------3----------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--------------|
D                                                        
A|-3---------3-----------3--------3---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 3]
   G                B        C        
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3------------0--------0---|
G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-|
D|---5---5---5---5-------------------|
A|------------------2--------3-------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
"A victim here with a sharp, sharp blade"
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3------------0--------0---|
G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-|
D|---5---5---5---5-------------------|
A|------------------2--------3-------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
"And Ben, he knew how she was getting paid"
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3------------0--------0---|
G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-|
D|---5---5---5---5-------------------|
A|------------------2--------3-------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
"Her water broke and they would have to wait"
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|-5-----------4-----------2-----------1-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 4]
   G                B        C        
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3------------0--------0---|
G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-|
D|---5---5---5---5-------------------|
A|------------------2--------3-------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
"And when he knew that she was fooling"
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3------------0--------0---|
G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-|
D|---5---5---5---5-------------------|
A|------------------2--------3-------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
"He faced the mirror to avoid the thing"
e|-----------------------------------|
B|---------3------------0--------0---|
G|-----4-------4------4---4----5---0-|
D|---5---5---5---5-------------------|
A|------------------2--------3-------|
E|-3---------------------------------|
"We're out of money and we've sold the bling"
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|-4-----------3-----------2-----------1-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E                               
"And I just wanna take you home"
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|-3-----------2-----------1-----------0-----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E                              
"I just wanna take you home..."

[Chorus]
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2----3---------3----------3---------3----------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A                                                        
E|-3---------3-----------3--------3---------------------|
"Love is a gentle thing"
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------3----------3---------3----------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--------------|
D|-----------0------------------------------------------|
A|-3---------------------2--------3---------------------|
E                                    
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring"
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------3----------3--------------------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0------------------------|
D|-----------0------------------------------------------|
A|-3---------------------2------------------------------|
E                                      
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring.."
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------3---------3----------3---------3----------------|
G|----0---0-----0---0------0---0-----0---0--------------|
D                                                        
A|-3---------3-----------3--------3---------------------|
E                  
"And I'm wondering"