This tab covers the entirety of the portion of the song used as the theme for HBO's excellent series
True Detective.
Sorry for any slip ups, this was my first tab and also done by ear. If you want to, you can contact me
at colekraz@gmail.com
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Intro (also used at the end of the song):
Am
e|------0-0-----------0-0----------0-0-----------0-0-------------------------|
B|------1-1-----------1-1----------1-1-----------1-1-------------------------|
G|------2-2-----------2-2----------2-2-----------2-2-------------------------|
D|------2-2--2-2------2-2--2-2-----2-2--2-2------2-2--2-2--------------------|
A|---0--------0----0--------0---0--------0----0--------0---------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verses:
Am E Dm Am
e|------0-0-----------0-0-----------1-1-----------0-0------------------------|
B|------1-1-----------0-0-----------3-3-----------1-1------------------------|
G|------2-2-----------1-1-----------2-2--2-2------2-2------------------------|
D|------2-2--2-2------2-2--------0--------0-------2-2--2-2-------------------|
A|---0--------0-------2-2--2-2-----------------0--------0--------------------|
E|-----------------0--------0------------------------------------------------|
From the dusty mesa her looming shadow grows...
Chorus:
The chorus isn't picked, but is just based around very fast strumming of these chords:
C
She twines her spines up slowly
G
Toward the boiling sun
Dm
And when I touched her skin
F Am
My fingers ran with blood