Flying Horses Dispatch
I mainly looked at a tab I saw from another site, and decided that some chords were
missed at some important songs, and that the song sounded a little different and
weirder than those chords. I combined a few tabs, and listened to the song over
and over till I got the chords on the right part. This is my first tab so hopefully
it's pretty accurate.
Tabbed/Changed by: Strtnglinenfg
Intro Part 1:
e|3-3/5\3/7-7-7/10\7\5-5-5/7/10\5-5-5/7\5-----| B|3-3/7\3/8-8-8/12\8\7-7-7/8/12\7-7-7/8\7-----| G|0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-----| D|--------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------|
Play this two times. In the Gut the Van version, the harmonica was played basically
part 1 of the intro, but the one off Silent Steeples isn't.
Intro Part 2: The guitar becomes softer here, as the harmonica takes over. Play these
softly behind the harmonica.
G D Em, C G D
G D Em, C G D
And thus begins the 1st Verse. Make sure to the play the chords on the exact words that
was put on:
G D Em Em (With picking)
The River of Doubt gave birth to a, beautiful stone
[G]And in my hand I [D]held it, and I [Em]knew I was on my own,
Em (Picking)
So I picked it up,
G D Em (Three silent beats pass...)
And held it to the sky...
[G] And in my re[D]flection, I [Em]knew I was all alone,
Yeah[Em], Yeah..[G].then I saw this [D]girl with the most
[Em] beautiful hair, she had it
[G] Wrapped around [D]her, for cl[Em]othes she did not wear.
G D Em (Three silent beats pass...)
I asked her for a lock, and she complied,
after leaving
G D Em (Let silence begin here)
Georgous footsteps in the sand, as if she didn't care.
Now here's the Chorus. Let the silence continue from the 1st verse right up to beginning
"prettiest", where G begins. In the chorus, the C chord is seen, like it was seen in
introduction:
Well... She was the [G]prettiest girl I e[D]ver saw and
[Em]stone lay still without a flaw, and the f[C]eelings I
had to [G]fight the law as I [D]came to, and I went to
And I [G]took a look, a look [D]down the road, to see a
[Em]badger, and a one eyed toad. They didn't [C]say a word,
They just [G]looked at me with t[D]hat,
Wise old look of the [G]ol[D]d.[Em].. [C]Ye[G]ah[D]... [D]Wise old look of the
[G]ol[D]d.[Em].. [C]Ye[G]ah[D]...
Basically do the same thing that I pointed out in the first verse, the same rhythm, just
the chords at the different words. It's easy to figure out. This is the second verse:
And then I went down to town
To my favorite, merry-go-Round, to the place
where magic horses fly
And you seldom see a frown
And here's my favorite part of the song, the Bridge:
But then I stole the [G]ring, from the fly[D]ing horses,
[Em] and I can't begin to explain now. (Move quickly into the next line)
[G]I stole the ring from the fly[D]ing horses,
[Em] And its al[C]l ru[C]sty [C]now,
[G]I stole the ring from the fly[D]ing horses,
[Em] And I can't begin to explain now
[G] I stole the ring from the fly[D]ing horses,
[Em] And its all [C]rust[C]y no[C]w,
Its all [D]rusty...
Here is the third verse. Just do, once again, what I said entering the second verse. Do
same thing as the first verse.:
Ya see, cause that stone fell through my pocket
And that loch of hair blew away with the wind
If you Chance to see a pawn either, Well...
You know where they've been.
Here the chorus again. As I've said for the second and third verse, follow what the
chorus says:
But don't pick them up or try to find me
We're much happier to be on our own
Beauty like that knows, no
And if you take a look, a look down the road
You'll see a badger and a one eyed toad
They won't say a word they'll just look at you with that, wise old look of the old... Yeah...
Wise old look of the old... Yeah....
Here's the solo. Mainly it's a sweet harmonica solo, but the guitar plays under it
It's the exact same chords from the intro, part 2.
G D Em, C G D
G D Em, C G D
Now, finally to end the song, play the bridge and fade away.
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
e--3-------2-------0------0--------------------| B--3-------3-------0------1--------------------| G--0-------2-------0------0--------------------| D--0-------0-------2------2--------------------| A--2-------0-------2------3--------------------| E--3-------0-------0------0--------------------|
This is one of Dispatch greatest songs, at the least. I might have gotten some of the
wrong, sorry, but the timing of the chords and everything are perfect I think. Anyways,
rox, and peace.
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