Crown Of The Valley

Orange Rhyming Dictionary
Words and Music by Blake Schwarzenbach

Standard tuning
Guitar 1 - Lead
Guitar 2 - Rhythm

Intro
Guitar 2
Main Riff (For intro, play four times)
  E                      E                  D                  A                   
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-x-x-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7--------------------| 
D-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-x-x-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-| 
A-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-x-x-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-5--5-x-x-x-x-5-5-5-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-| 
E--------------------------------------------------------------5--5-x-x-x-x-5-5-5-| 

Guitar 1 (comes in on 3rd time)
With wah (I suppose. Not 100% sure
About the 2nd part of the riff)
e----------------------| 
B-------------------5--| 
G----7h9-------7--7-5--| 
D----------------------| 
A-7--------------------| 
E----------------------| 

Verse
Guitar 2 (main riff)
Guitar 1
e-------------------------------------| 
B-------------------------------------| 
G-------------------------------------| 
D-------------------------------------| 
A--7~---------------------------------| 
E-------------------------------------| 
E                              E                         D       A
We are the high street service trays coming to take you away
E         E                    D         A
Pasadena 68 with speed on your breakfast plate

Fill
Guitar 1
e-------------------| 
B-------------------| 
G-------------------| 
D-------------------| 
A------5---5h7p5----| 
E--5h7---7-------7--| 

Chorus
Guitar 1
e------------------------------------| 
B------------------------------------| 
G------------------------------------| 
D------------------------------------| 
A-------/7--5-----7----5--4--2----0--| 
E------------------------------------| 
E           G                D    A
Aunt cancer calls them happy pills
C             G               D   A
They keep her calm and cool until he

Fill
Guitar 1 (w/ wah)
e---------------------------| 
B---------------------------| 
G---------------------------| 
D-----6-------------6-------| 
A--------7b9r7---------7-7--| 
E--0-------------0----------| 

E
leaves

Verse (same as first)
Guitar 1
* - Guitar 1 plucks that note
e--------------------------------------| 
B--------------------------------------| 
G-----------------------------------9*-| 
D--------------------------------------| 
A--7~----------------------------------| 
E--------------------------------------| 
E                                   E*
The moccasin skin obsession leather thigh
                   D     *   A
White tennis skirt so high
E                            E*
The eyes of mine are new and kind
                              D    *   A
But the hair's not grey, it's white


Chorus (same as first)
And grandfather's an ascot noose
Can't tie the tassels on his shoes
Leave me

Bridge
  D           A                   E
e-------------5------------------------| 
B-7-----------5-------------------9----| 
G-7-----------6-------------------9----| 
D-7-----------7-------------------9----| 
A-5-----------7-------------------7----| 
E-------------5-------------------0----| 
  Oh god stop tearing off the roof
D       A              E    Fill
Of my experimental bathroom
D             A                    E
It's the only thing that's halfway mine
D                A                E   Fill
And not for your prying and lying eyes

Fill 2
Guitar 2
e-------------------------------------------| 
B-------------------------------------------| 
G-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-x-x-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-| 
D-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-x-x-9--9-x-x-x-x-9-9-9-| 
A-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-x-x-7--7-x-x-x-x-7-7-7-| 
E-------------------------------------------| 

Verse 3 (low buzz; bassy)
e---------------------------------------------------------------| 
B---------------------------------------------------------------| 
G---------------------------------------------------------------| 
D---------------------------------------------------------------| 
A-----------------------------------------------5---------------| 
E-0----------------------------------------------------------5--| 
  These are the red-eyed politics, the cocktail revisionists
War room rules: no wives or kids, here men sing the boy in them
The hedge casts heroes late across our lawn
The valley hunt militiamen, all gone
Thought we had the lock in '54
Now the maid owns the house next door
And what's more


Chorus (same as first)
Swims in the pool she used to clean
Our new king looks like a queen
Leave me


Bridge (same as first)
The empire's melting like ice cream
On the altar of the sun
This skin we've stretched for centuries
It's faded, it's fraying, it's meaningless to me


Solo (w/ wah)
Guitar 1
  E
e---------------------------------------------------------| 
B----------------9---------9-10-12---------12b13r12-10-9--| 
G-9---------9/11------------------------------------------| 
D---------------------------------------------------------| 
A---------------------------------------------------------| 
E---------------------------------------------------------| 

Guitar 1
E (fade)
e---------------------------------------------------------| 
B----------------9---------9-10-12---------12b13r12-10-9--| 
G-9---------9/11------------------------------------------| 
D---------------------------------------------------------| 
A---------------------------------------------------------| 
E---------------------------------------------------------| 

I'm not really sure about the intro. Blake plays alot of random notes
(that are in the same key). But it should be easy to figure out if
you play it kind of sloppy and improvise with it.