Arms Like Boulders

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                             ARMS LIKE BOULDERS - The War on Drugs
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Tabbed by: Alex Rodriguez

Tuning: Standard

Capo on 2nd fret
Intro riff
        C        Em        G
E|-------------------------3----------------------------------------| 
B|-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------| 
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------| 
D|-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-0----------------------------------------| 
A|-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-2----------------------------------------| 
E|-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3----------------------------------------| 

 Riff for every time it goes from Am to G
E|--------3---------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-111111-0---------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-222222-0---------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-222222-0---------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-000000-2---------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------3---------------------------------------------------------| 

Riff for the "I wont lay my body down" parts
    Am     Em     G
E|----------------3-------------------------------------------------| 
B|-111111-000000--0-------------------------------------------------| 
G|-222222-000000--0-------------------------------------------------| 
D|-222222-222222--0-------------------------------------------------| 
A|-000000-222222--2-------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------000000--3-------------------------------------------------| 

In some live videos I've seen he sometimes does variations for the C chord
E|-----3-3-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-0-3-1-3-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-0-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-3-3-3-3-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 





Intro riff x4

Em      C                  G
And so now, now that you realize
                   C                        G
That planets are spheres with oil on the inside
          C                G
And your god is only a catapult
                  C                    G
Waiting for the right time to let you go
            C              G                    G/C
Into the unknown just to watch you hold your breath
             Am              G
Yeah and surrender your fortress
Em             C                       G
And your thoughts will tumble like rocks do
            C                  G
Over the valleys of factory oceans
       C
The Turkish carpets are flapping
         G               Am          G
As the wind drops you down to the surface
                  Am                G
Yeah when you're looking for your sweet heart
Em    C                 G                  C            G
And you're, you're the kind to hide your eyes from the sun
              C                 G
And in your world the strong survive
Am             Em          G
But I won't lay my body down

Intro riff x4

Em         C                           G
Let me tell you, your arms are like boulders
                          C                               G
And your shoulders are cliffs, but your head keeps rolling off
                       C                              G
And your spine it is weak from the weight on your shoulders
              Am          G
And from difference of opinion
Em           C                    G
There is a song you hear on the radio
                C                         G
It's a funeral march so you change the channel
                  C                             G
But it's all you hear as you're driving up the 101
      C            G
From Mexico to California
       Am         G                 Am                    G
Yeah there's no snow when you're looking for your sweet heart
 Am          G                  Am               G
There's no snow when you're looking for your answers
Em      C                 G                C             G
Yeah you're, you're the kind to hide your eyes from the sun
              C                 G
And in your world the strong survive
Am          Em            G
But I won't lay my body down

Intro riff x8
Em           C                    G           C
Yeah by the time they get your letter of explanation
            G
You'll be dead and gone
              C                           G
Barking up a new tree and eyeing up some new friends
                     C                                G
And scaring off the families while tidying up your loose ends
             C                   G
Chasing squirrels around your property
                       C                        G
Making sure that they know that this is your kingdom
      Am          G               Am           G
And nothing will stop it, yeah nothing will stop it
      Am        G            Am             G
If nothing can stop it, yeah nothing will stop it
Em     C                 G                 C            G
And you're, you're the kind to hide your eyes from the sun
              C                 G
And in your world the strong survive
  Am        Em                G
But won't you lay your body down
Em       C               G                 C
Yes and now, now's the time to wrap your ears
              G              C            G
Around the sounds of your train coming round
??? Am Em C G ???
But you don't have to lay everything down

Intro riff x1










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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend