Cassiopeia

song : cassiopeia artist : joanna newsom album : "the milk - eyed mender" tab by devin miller tuning : standard eadgbe * * * capo 2nd fret * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Intro : i will tab these harmonics as if there was no capo . . . because they are high up on the fret board ( so play these on the indicated fret with A capo on 2 ) . F# C# E B E C# E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B | - - - - - - 14+ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14+ - - - - - - - | G | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D | - - - - - - - - - - - - 7+ - - - 5+ - - - 7+ - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A | - 9+ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | feel the matress tense beneath me like the muscle of nonsleepy; feathers flexing will defeat me , and it vexes me completely . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * chord reference ( use these , not the ones ug puts as links above the lyrics ) : Esus4 E Bm D7m A7m A D F#m E | - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - 2 - - - - 2 - - - - - | B | - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - 3 - - - - 2 - - - - - | G | - - 2 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 2 - - - - 2 - - - - 2 - - - - - | D | - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 0 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - 0 - - - - 4 - - - - - | A | - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - | E | - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - | verses : Esus4 E and the hexes heat covertly Bm E like a slow low - flying turkey Esus4 E like a texan drying jerky Bm E but his meaty mitts can’t hurt me Esus4 E with my steely will compounded Bm E in a mighty mound that’s hounded Esus4 E by the snap your steel string sounded , Bm E just before your snores unwound it . - - - - - D7m A7m and in store are dreams so daring Bm A7m that the night can’t stop from staring . - - - - - Esus4 E i’ll swim sweetly as a herring Bm E through the ether , not despairing . - - - - - A E go to sleep , you stunning sky; D E gently creep cunning by : F#m E a quiet hum is amplified D E by your thumb , that you suck dry . A E D E hundred raging waters snare the lonely sigh . F#m E D E hold your breath and clasp at cassiopiea . A E D E hundred raging waters snare the lonely sigh . F#m E D E hold your breath and clasp at cassiopiea . - - - - - Esus4 E cassiopeia . Bm E Esus4 cassiopeia! E Bm E ohhhh . . . . cassiopeia! - - - - - D E D E = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =