Chords for Frank Black and the Catholics - St. Francis Dam Disaster

Tempo:
77.825 bpm
Chords used:

Fm

Ab

Db

Eb

Gb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Frank Black and the Catholics - St. Francis Dam Disaster chords
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[E]
[Fm] [Db] There was a [Ab] well-known water [Fm] master man.
[Db] He [Ab] was the [Gb] [Fm] king
He [Eb] could do
[Ab] Anything [Fm] the [Db] st.
[Ab] Francis damn [Fm] disaster man [Db] thought she [Ab] was all [Gb] right [Fm] [Eb] Until around
[Ab] Midnight
[Fm] [Gb] Because that water [Db] seeks her wrong
[Eb] She had a desire [Fm] to flow
She was
Looking for somewhere to go
[Eb] [Fm]
[Db] She was [Ab] a slave to the great [Fm] metropolis
[Db] She [Ab] was feeling
[Gb] [Fm] She [Eb] pushed the wall [Ab] till it broke [Fm]
[Db] when [Ab] they heard a great [Fm]
apocalypse
[Db] Our [Ab] house number two
[Fm]
Well, [Eb] there was nothing [Ab] they could do
[Fm]
[Gb] [Db] [Eb]
Five and one half hours [Fm] she would flow
53 a [Eb] [Fm]
[Db] [Ab] [Fm] [Db]
[Ab] [Gb] [Fm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Fm] [Db]
[Ab] cascade down to Santa [Fm] Clara way [Db]
near [Ab] 60 feet [Gb] high
[Fm] Now [Eb] she's a
[Ab] Myo-y [Fm] it [Db]
was [Ab] clear.
She was going [Fm] far away [Db] and all [Ab] towns will [Gb] [Fm] to
You [Eb] got lucky [Ab] in my [Fm] room
The [Gb] husband water seeks [Db] to roam
[Eb] But for more I wish he [Fm] would Yeah
29 miles more to go [Eb] [Fm] [Db] [Ab]
[Fm] [Db] [Ab]
[Fm] [Eb] [Ab]
[Fm] [Db] she [Ab] carried in a every [Fm] kind of thing [Db] house tree
[Ab]
[Gb] [Fm] Telegraph
Say [Eb] a [Ab] thousand souls
[Fm] Three [Db] and she [Ab] gave Santa Clara
[Fm] She [Db] was still [Ab] 25 feet
[Gb] [Fm] Under [Eb] a [Ab] peaceful sky
[Fm] [Gb] [Db]
But [Eb] soon more hours [Fm] she would Yeah
19 miles more to go.
[Db] It was a real bad night [Ab] in little Santa [Fm] Cora
[Db] Hell real then [Ab] monta
[Fm] How [Eb] many no one [Ab] really knows
[F] [Fm] [Db] And Sarah [Ab] Beach was very [Fm] scary boy
[Db] [Ab] Humanity [Fm] She [Eb] went
[Ab] Fine
[Fm] [Gb] Because that water [Db] seeks alone [Eb] into the sea the [Fm] water flow
[Eb] [Db]
[Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Fm]
[Eb] [Ab] [Fm]
[Db] [Ab] [Fm]
[Db] [Ab] [Fm]
[Eb] [Ab] [Fm]
[Db] [Ab] [Gb] [Fm]
[N]
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Ab
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Db
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Eb
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Gb
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Fm
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Ab
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Db
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To learn Frank Black And The Catholics - St Francis Dam Disaster chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Db, Ab, Fm, Db, Fm and Eb. A good strategy is to initiate at 38 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 78 BPM. Given the song's key of Ab Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Db] There was a [Ab] well-known water [Fm] master man.
_ [Db] He [Ab] was the [Gb] [Fm] king
He [Eb] could do
[Ab] Anything [Fm] the _ [Db] st.
[Ab] Francis damn [Fm] disaster man [Db] thought she [Ab] was all [Gb] right [Fm] _ [Eb] Until around
[Ab] Midnight
[Fm] _ [Gb] Because that water [Db] seeks her wrong
[Eb] She had a desire [Fm] to flow
_ She was
Looking for somewhere to go
_ [Eb] _ [Fm] _
_ [Db] She was [Ab] a slave to the great [Fm] metropolis
[Db] She [Ab] was feeling
[Gb] [Fm] She [Eb] pushed the wall [Ab] till it broke [Fm] _
_ [Db] when [Ab] they heard a great [Fm]
apocalypse
[Db] Our [Ab] house number two
[Fm]
Well, [Eb] there was nothing [Ab] they could do
[Fm] _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb]
Five and one half hours [Fm] she would flow _
_ 53 _ a _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Db] _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _
_ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _
[Ab] cascade down to Santa [Fm] Clara way [Db]
near [Ab] 60 feet [Gb] high
[Fm] Now [Eb] she's a
[Ab] Myo-y [Fm] it _ [Db]
was [Ab] clear.
She was going [Fm] far away [Db] and all [Ab] towns will [Gb] [Fm] to
You [Eb] got lucky [Ab] in my [Fm] room
The [Gb] husband water seeks [Db] to roam
[Eb] But for more I wish he [Fm] would Yeah _ _
29 miles more to go [Eb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Db] she [Ab] carried in a every [Fm] kind of thing [Db] house tree
[Ab] _
[Gb] [Fm] Telegraph
Say [Eb] a [Ab] thousand souls
[Fm] Three [Db] and she [Ab] gave Santa Clara
[Fm] She [Db] was still [Ab] 25 feet
[Gb] _ [Fm] Under [Eb] a [Ab] peaceful sky
[Fm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db]
But [Eb] soon more hours [Fm] she would Yeah
_ _ 19 miles more to go. _ _ _
_ [Db] It was a real bad night [Ab] in little Santa [Fm] Cora
[Db] Hell real then [Ab] monta
[Fm] How [Eb] many no one [Ab] really knows
[F] _ [Fm] _ [Db] And Sarah [Ab] Beach was very [Fm] scary boy
[Db] _ [Ab] Humanity _ [Fm] She [Eb] went
_ [Ab] Fine
[Fm] _ [Gb] Because that water [Db] seeks alone [Eb] _ into the sea the [Fm] water flow
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Db] _ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _

Facts about this song

This song, written by Black Francis, is among the lineup of tracks on the Dog in the Sand album.

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