Key: C

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	        In 6/8 time 

{INTRO} 

   (2 times) 
e--7-h-10--0--|----7-------1--0------ 
b--8-------0--|--8----3----1--1---3-- 
g----------9--|--7----0----2--0---0-- 
d---------10--|-------0----3--2---0--  x2 
a---------10--|-------2----3--3---2-- 
e----------8--|-------3-----------3--  
Cmaj7 G F C G {VERSE} G Em7 x2 {G}Up in {Em7}Manitoba The {C}sky was very {Am}blue The {C}people were a {Am}few {G}And nights were never Em7}colder Once I heard a wailing sound The sky had turned to red So I got up from my bed And I wandered far from town {PRE CHORUS} Bm D {Chorus} {G}I have {C}seen the face of God And I was not {D}afraid {G}I have {C}seen the {Em}face of {C}God And {C}I have {D}dearly {G}paid Em7 {VERSE} The darkness came right down on me There were no more lights to follow So I slept inside the hollow Of a dead and fallen tree Did you know three days I tried To wake myself? But, no My flesh had turned to snow And i thought that I had died {PRE CHORUS} {Chorus} {SOLO} - over Chorus chords And though I had it rough They got me home in time They gave me homemade wine But it was not enough The cold had made me dumb And I was sent away These walls are here today For fifty years and some {Chorus} x2 G Em G Em G Em G {OUTRO} - over Chorus x2 (play Bm-D after first time) End on G Yay! Dave Noisy's first tab contribution! _____________________________________________________________ If you want to play that picking rhythm, this is it below. Basically the root note changes but the same notes on the G, B, e strings are always played. {Example over first verse}
e---------0--------------0--------------0--------------0----- 
B-------3---3----------3---3----------3---3----------3---3--- 
G-----0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0- 
D------------------------------------------------------------ 
A--------------------------------3--------------0------------ 
E--3--------------0------------------------------------------ 
G6 Em7 C2 Am7 Up in Manitoba, the sky was very blue

e---------0--------------0--------------0---------------0---- 
B-------3---3----------3---3----------3---3-----------3---3-- 
G-----0-------0------0-------0------0-------0-------0-------0 
D------------------------------------------------------------ 
A--3--------------0------------------------------------------ 
E--------------------------------3---------------0----------- 
C2 Am7 G6 Em7 People were a few, and nights were never colder

Written by Frank Black