The Plains / Bitter Dancer Fleet Foxes
the plains/ bitter dancer by fleet foxes
tab by alexander rex
dropped D tuning
DADGBe
capo on 2nd fret
E* 2x2100 F#* 444xxx
G* 5x54xx F# 4x43xx
A* 5x54xx G** 5x503x
Dsus2 x00230 F* 3x32xx
Fm x44222 G x20003
G6 x20030
the plains
F#|-0----------0---------------------0----------0----------0---------| C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0-| A |-4----------4----------4----------4----------4----------4---------| E |------------------------------------------------------------------| B |------------------------------------------------------------------| E |------------------------------------------------------------------| F#|---------------------------------------------------| C#|-7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-| A |-4----------4--------------------------------------| E |---------------------------------------------------| B |---------------------------------------------------| E |---------------------------------------------------| F#|-0----------0---------------------------------------------------------------| C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0----9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7--| A |-4----------4----------4----------4-----------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| F#|-----------------------0----------0--------------------------------------| C#|-7-5-3-0-0--7-5-3-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-| A |-4----------4----------4----------4--------------------------------------| E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| F#|-0----------0----------0----------0--------------------------------------| C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--9-7-10-12-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-7-7-| A |-4----------4----------4----------4--------------------------------------| E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| F#|-0----------0----------0----------0----------0---------| C#|-5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0--5-3-2-0-0-| A |-4----------4----------4----------4----------4---------| E |-------------------------------------------------------| B |-------------------------------------------------------| E |-------------------------------------------------------|
bitter dancer
Em riff 1 (picking) (you can also play this riff in fast triplets)
F#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-| C#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-| A |-----0---------------0-------0-------0--------------0-------0---| E |-------------2---0-------4-------2------0-----------------------| B |-2-------4----------------------------------4---2-------2-------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em riff 1
F#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-| C#|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0---0---0---0---0-| A |-----0---------------0-------0-------0--------------0-------0---| E |-------------2---0-------4-------2------0-----------------------| B |-2-------4----------------------------------4---2-------2-------| E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
Em riff 1
Just as the sand made everything round
Em riff 1
Just as the tar seeps up from the ground
E* F#* G*
bitter dancer, ever turning
Em riff 1
so was the day that you came to town
Em riff 2 (play this melody while strumming softly the Em chord)
F#|------------------------------| C#|------------------------------| A |------------------------------| E |-------2-0---4---2---0--------| B |-2---4-----------------4-2----| E |------------------------------|
Em riff 2
F#|------------------------------| C#|------------------------------| A |------------------------------| E |-------2-0---4---2---0--------| B |-2---4-----------------4-2----| E |------------------------------|
Em riff 2
you took a room and you settled in
Em riff 2
washed off the chalk from your weathered skin
E* F#* G*
daylight sleeper, bloody reaper
Em riff 2
you took a room and you settled in
Em riff 2 (2x)
(flute solo)
Em riff 2
i should have known one day you would come
Em riff 2
all of us walk so blind in the sun
E* F#* G*
midnight feeder, beggar, pleader
Em riff 2
i should had known one day you would come
Em riff 2
(flute solo)
E* F# G* A* G*F# G**
tell me again my only son
Dsus2 F* G* F* Em riff 2
tell me again what have you done
Em riff 2
(flute solo)
[F#m]at [G]arm's [F#m]lengths
G* Dsus2 G6
i will hold you there
the[Dsus2]re[G6]
[Dsus2] [G6]
[Dsus2] [G6]
[Dsus2] [G6]
[Dsus2] [G6]
[F#m]at [G]arm's [F#m]lengths
G* Dsus2 G6
i will hold you there
ther[Dsus2]e[G6]
Dsus2 G6 (repeat till fade out)
tabbed from live performances (kcrw, austin city limits) and the album version
february 2014
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