Song of the Dispossessed(Tabs)

	        TAB:Song of the Dispossessed by Dead Can Dance 
A weird song form the album Spiritchaser (1996). 
With influencia latina, it seems that in any moment Tito Puente 
and Celia Cruz will be singing ;-) 
But the lyrics are african. 
GTML issue #5 
Tabbed and transcribed by Avelino Andretti Benavides 
Suscriptions (GTML), comments, corrections, requests or contributions to: 
mailto://[email protected] 
http://www-lce.cem.itesm.mx/alumnos/al448482/ 
 
     Riff 1  Gtr. 1 
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||*--------0--1--0--|-----------0-----0--|-----------0--1--0--|---------| 
||------1-----------|--1-----0-----3-----|--------1-----------|--1------| 
||---3--------------|-----2--------------|--2--3--------------|---------| 
 
 
    End Riff 1        Riff 2 Gtr. 1 
----------------||--||---11--10--8--11--10--8--11--10--|--11--10--8-----| 
------------R---||--||---------------------------------|----------------| 
------------E--*||--||*--------------------------------|----------------| 
------0-----S--*||--||*--------------------------------|----------------| 
---0-----3--T---||--||---------------------------------|----------------| 
2---------------||--||---------------------------------|----------------| 
                         Arrangement for guitar from piano. 
 
 
11--10--8--11--10--|--11--10--8--11--10--8--11--10--|--11--10--8--10----| 
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                 End Riff 2                Riff 2 Grt. 2 
14--11--10--8---||-----------------------||-----------------------------| 
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x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|--x--x--x--x--x-----| 
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------7--------8--------|--------7--------8--------|--------7-----------| 
------7--------7--------|--------7--------7--------|--------7-----------| 
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X means note played by Gtr.1 
 
                                           End Riff 2 
x--x--x--|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---||------------------------------| 
---------|-----------------6------------||------------------------------| 
8--------|--------7--------7-----------*||------------------------------| 
7--------|--------7--------------------*||------------------------------| 
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Flute fill 
(0)\5--3--2----------2h3p2-----3--2---------------|---------------------| 
-------------4--(4)---------4--------4--3--(3)/1--|---------------------| 
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Flute arranged for guitar 
 
                                            End Flute 
(0)\5--3--2----------2h3p2-----3\5--3/2--||-----------------------------| 
-------------4--(4)---------4------------||-----------------------------| 
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    Dm    Asus2    Gm    F#7 
E---2--|--0--|-----3--|--2--||------------------------------------------| 
B---3--|--0--|-----3--|--2--||------------------------------------------| 
G---2--|--2--|-----3--|--3--||------------------------------------------| 
D---0--|--2--|-----5--|--2--||------------------------------------------| 
A---0--|--0--|-----5--|--4--||------------------------------------------| 
E---x--|--0--|-----3--|--2--||------------------------------------------| 
    Chords. 
Lyrics: 
 Song of the Dispossessed 
 
                                  the river is deep and the road is long, 
                                  daylight comes and I want to go home. 
 
                                  awoke this morning 
                                  to find my people's tongues were tied 
                                  and in my dreams 
                                  they were given books to poison their 
minds. 
 
                                  the river is deep and the mountain high, 
                                  how long before the other side. 
 
                                  we are their mortar, 
                                  their building bricks and their clay. 
                                  their gold teeth mirror 
                                  both our joys and our pain. 
 
                                  the river is deep and the ocean wide, 
                                  who will teach us how to read the signs. 
 
                                  the earth is our mother 
                                  she taught us to embrace the light, 
                                  now the lord is master 
                                  she suffers an eternal night. 
 
                                  you blocked up my ears, 
                                  you plucked out my eyes, 
                                  you cut out my tongue, 
                                  you fed me with lies, 
 
                                  oh lord. 
 
Secuence:Repeat several times riff1-riff2x4-riff1(12 string guitar)x2{and 
 under, the Flute part}-riff1x2+end(chords) 
Repeat the chords with another guitar or with synth with every mensure. 
Guitar one is acoustic (Clasica espa?ola) and guitar two is a 12 string. 
 
 

	        

Written by Dead Can Dance/Lisa Gerrard/Brendan Perry