Dead Man's Will 

He Lays In The Reins 

Prison On Route 41 

Sixteen, Maybe Less 

Dead Man's Will (Iron & Wine / Calexico)

From: "In The Reins" EP (2005 Overcoat Recordings)
Posted and transcribed by Tabbedout


Capo 1st fret:

1.Verse:

Give this (C) stone to my (F) brother
cos we (C) found it playing (Am) in the barn yard
(F)many years (G) ago

2.Verse:

Give this (C) bone to my (F) father
He'll (C) remember hunting (Am) in the hills
(F)when I was ten years (G) old

Chorus:

May my (F) love reach (C) you all
I (G) lost it in (Am) myself
and (F) buerid it to (G) long
Now that (F) I've come to (C) fall
(G)Please say it's not to (Am) late
Now (F) that I'm dead and (G) gone

3.Verse:

Give this (C) string to my (F) mother
It (C) pulled the (Am) baby teeth
she (F) keeps inside the (Am) drawer

4.Verse:

Give this (C) ring to my (F) lover
I was (C) scared and stupid,
(Am)Not to ask for her (F) hand long (G) before

Chorus:

May my (F) love reach (C) you all
I (G) locked it in (Am) myself
and (F) buerid it to (G) long
Now that (F) I've come to (C) fall
(G)Please say it's not to (Am) late
Now (F) that I'm dead and (G) gone

Humming over:

(C) - (F) - (C) - (Am) - (F) - (G)

He Lays In The Reins (Iron & Wine / Calexico)

From: "In The Reins" EP (2005 Overcoat Recordings)
Posted and transcribed by Tabbedout

Capo 2nd fret

(Am)One more drink (C) tonight, let your (F) gray stallion (C) rest
Were he (Am) lays in the (C) reins
From all of the (F) speed and the strenght he (G) gave

(Am)One more kiss (C) tonight from some (F) tall stable (C) girl
She's like (Am) grace from the (C) earth
When you're all (F) tuckerd out and (G) tame

Salvador Duran: (use th same chords)

"Nuca pense que james
Tener la oportunidad de reencontrar el camino de nuevo
Para formar un mundo mejor"

(Am)One more tierd (C) thing, a (F) gray moon on the (C) rise
When your (Am) want from the (C) day
Makes you to (F) curse in your sleep at (G) night

(Am)With one more gift to (C) bring, we may (F) well find you (C) laid
Like your(Am) steed in his (C) reins
Tangled too (F)tight and too long to (G) fight

Prison On Route 41 (Iron & Wine / Calexico)

From: "In The Reins" EP (2005 Overcoat Recordings)
Posted and transcribed by Tabbedout

Capo 2nd fret

Intro: (G) - (C) - (G) - (D) x2

(G)There's a prison on route (C) 41
A home to my (G) father, first cousin, (D) and son
And(G) I visit on every (C) weekend
Not with my (G) body
Buy with (D) prayers that I (G) send

(G)I've a reason for my (C) absentee
And no lack of (G) love for my dear (D) family
And my (G) savior is not Christ the (C) lord
But one named (G) Virginia
Whom I (D)live my life (G) for

Chorus:

(D)'Cause I owe mine to (G) her
And I'd (C) rot in that (G) prison for (D) sure
If she'd tossed me (G) aside
And not (C) shown me the (G) way to (D) abide

(G)By the creed, the law of the (C) land
Unlike my (G) uncle, grandpa and great (D) aunt
(G)Whom I'd most likely see every (C) day
If not for the righteous (G) path
(D)Virginia (G) laid

(G)There's a prison on route (C) 41
A home to my (G) mother, step brother and (D) son
And (G) I'd tear down that jail by (C) myself
If not for (G) Virginia
Who (D) made me someone (G) else

Chorus:

(D)'Cause I owe all to (G) her
And I'd (C) rot in that (G) prison for(D) sure
If she'd tossed me (G) aside
And not (C) shown me the (G) way to (D) abide

(G)By the precepts of her (C) purity
So unlike the(G) habits of my whole (D) family
(G)Who I only see down on my (C) knees
In prayer by (G) Virginia
Whom (D) I live for to (G) please


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E||----3------------------------------------------|
B||----3-------------1----------------------------|
G||----0------------0-----------------------------|
D||----0-----------2------------------------------|
A||----2------0-2-3-------------------------------|
E||----3---3--------------------------------------|

I play this little walk between the G and C...

Sixteen, Maybe Less (Iron & Wine / Calexico)

From: "In The Reins" EP (2005 Overcoat Recordings)
Posted and transcribed by Tabbedout (with help from NeilM and TravelbySea)


Capo 2

Intro: (G) - (Am) - (F) - (G) - (C) - (Am) - (C) - (G)

(C)Beyond the ridge to the left
You asked me what I want
(Am)Between the trees and cicadas singing 'round the pond
(F)I spent an hour with you
should I want anything (G) else

(C)One grin and wink
like the neon on a liquor store
(Am)We were 16 maybe less,
maybe a little more
(F)I walked home smiling
I finaly had a story to (G) tell

Chorus:

(F)And now in autom time, (G) Lullaby
sing (C) our newborn (C/B) love to (F) sleep
(F)My brother told me he (G) saw you there
(C)In the woods, morning on (C/B) Christmas (F) Eve
Wait(G)ing

Instrumental

(C)I met my wife at a party
When I drank too much
(Am)My son is married
and tells me we don't talk enough
(F)Call it predictable, yersterday my dream was of(G) you

(C)Beyond the ridge to the west
The sun had left the sky
(Am)Between the trees and the pond
You put your hand in mine
(F)Said time has brideld it's bow
but I remember you (G) too

Chorus:

(F)And now in autom time, (G) Lullaby
sing (C) our newborn (C/B) love to (F) sleep
(F)My brother told me he (G) saw you there
(C)In the woods, morning on (C/B) Christmas (F) Eve
Wait(G)ing