beggar in the morning lyrics - The Barr Brothers

[bright side of a dream]

Beggar In The Morning
by Brad Barr / The Barr Brothers

Steady woman, won't you come on down
I need you right here on the ground
I've walked the outskirts of this town
Been terrified by what I’ve found

I saw a standing virgin bride
Where holy Dionysus died
She tore the heart from his side
And laid it there, and there she cried

oh oh oh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

She said "Hello I'm a monster, too,
And what poisons me is what poisons you
Into these animals we grew
But when we were young our eyes were blue"

I take my medicine on my knee
twice a day, but lately three
it keeps the devil from my door
And it makes me rich, and it makes me poor

I'm a beggar in the morning
I'm a king at night
My belt is loose and my trigger is tight
I may come without warning
At the speed of light
Make it shine so pretty, make it shine so bright

I have come a long long way
To stand before you here today
They're yours alone the songs I play
To take with you to throw away

oh oh oh oh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Oh I want an angel to wipe my tears
Know my dreams, my hopes, desires and fears
We may capsize but we wont drown
Hold each other as the sun goes down

I'm a beggar in the morning
I'm a king at night
My belt is loose and my trigger is tight
I may come without warning
At the speed of light
Make it shine so pretty, make it shine so bright

[harrymcq]

Thanks for this, mystery transcriber!

I've been listening to this one a lot in the last month. I was going to take a try at it myself but this looks pretty good. I've also been hacking it out on guitar.

[appleofmyeye]

Thank you!!! You're the best!

[pete]

Ha. I spent all morning trying to figure out the line about Dionysus. The closest I got was "Where hold an eye and ice has died," which certainly made no sense. Thanks.

[Big Bob]

haha. that same exact line has been tripping me up too. thanks for bumping.

[booher]

as far as guitar goes, anyone know if this is standard tuning? it sounds like it's in D, and I know brad uses CGCGCE a lot...I think it might be that tuning capo'd at 2nd fret...

[Big Bob]

a quote from brad from the other thread on this song:

The tuning for this song is DGDGBE. Its capoed at the 5th fret....so its in C major. There ya go. Play it! Spread it around !

using the above tuning, I play it something like this:

made a few adjustments to the verse on 2/2/11:

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(verse) 7/2?
A|-----------0---0|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|---3-3-3---0---0|----------------|---0---0---0---3|----------------|
C|---0-0-0---0---0|----------------|---0---0---2---0|----------------|
G|---0-0-0---5---2|----------------|---2---0---0---0|----------------|
C|-0-------5-----0|----------------|---0---0-2-2-0-0|----------------|
G|-------------2--|----------------|-2---0----------|----------------|


whoa oh oh oh oh

A|-----0-0--------|-----0-0h2-0----|----------------|----------------|
E|-0-3-3-3-3-3-0-0|-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-0|-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0----------|
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-020-2-2-0----|-0-020-2-2-0----|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
C|----------------|----------------|-------2-2-0----|-------2-2-0----|
G|----------------|----------------|-------0-0-0----|-------0-0-0----|

(back to verse)
she said hello I'm a monster too
what poisons me is what poisons you
to these animals we grew
but when we were young our eyes were blue

4/4
A|-575-0-3--------|
E|-0-0-0-0--------|
C|-0-0-0-0--------|
G|-0-0-0-0--------|x4
C|----------------|
G|----------------|

(back to verse) 7/2
I take my medicine on my knee
twice a day, but lately three
it keeps the devil from my door
it makes me rich and it makes me poor

(chorus) 6/2
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|-----3----------|-----3----------|-3--------------|
C|-2-2-0----------|-2-2-0-0---0-2-2|-0--------------|
G|-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-2---0-0-0|-0--------------|x2
C|-2-2-0----------|-2-2-0-0---0-2-2|-0--------------|
G|-0-0-0----------|-0-0-0-2---0-0-0|-0--------------|

(back to verse)

whoa oh oh oh oh

...oh i want an angel to wipe my tears...
A|-3-2-0----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-1-0----|----------------|-0---0---0---3--|----------------|
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0|-0--------------|-0---0---2---0--|----------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-2---pause...---|-2---0---0---0--|----------------|
C|-------------2-0|-0--------------|-0---0---2---0--|----------------|
G|-------------0-0|-2--------------|-2---0---0---0--|----------------|

(continue verse)


(chorus)

ends with:
A|-575-0-3--------|
E|-0-0-0-0--------|
C|-0-0-0-0--------|
G|-0-0-0-0--------|x4
C|----------------|
G|----------------|

note: I didn't really tab out the strumming pattern. Can anyone confirm what time signature this is in? I can't wrap my head around the numbers.

another note: I stumbled upon Zeppelin's Friends while fooling around at the end. just tune the high 1st string down a full step.

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G|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0--------|----------------|----------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-2-0--|-2-2-2-0--------|----------------|----------------|
C|-0-0-0-0-3-3-0--|-3-3-3-0--------|-0-0-3-3-2-2-5-5|-4-4-7-7-6-0-0--|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0----...-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
C|----------------|----------------|-0-0-3-3-2-2-5-5|-4-4-7-7-6-0-0--|
G|----------------|----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

G|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7|-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-7|-7-9-9-11...---4|-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-1|-0
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0
C|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7|-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-7|-7-9-9-11...---4|-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-1|-0
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-0...etc.

[lumpy]

Big Bob - Thanks a ton! Loving it. If you ever feel like tabbing out the whole thing - I won't complain!

[lucasdavidsamuels]

i've been playing it based on those chords, it works very very well, i had to figure out the woah woah woah woah part but it wasn't very difficult, i'll post what i worked out later today

[lucasdavidsamuels]

does anyone have the means to record a backing noise track like brad uses and upload it here?

[bear]

he mostly creates those noise tracks ive i think, with his boomerang. I've worked out a version of this in standard tuning. not quite the same but it works for me.

[lucasdavidsamuels]

i guess ill have to steal his noise track with my ipod/boss rc2-90 loop station from that moment of silence in that 10-27-2008 show or whatever the date is

[magpie]

bear,
care to share your standard tuning version?

and many thanks to big bob for working out the tabs! fantastic

[lucasdavidsamuels]

alright so i made a backing noise track out of the pause from brad's live version

http://www.sendspace.com/file/it8jzb

[booher]

he mostly creates those noise tracks ive i think, with his boomerang. I've worked out a version of this in standard tuning. not quite the same but it works for me.

just to add I think he uses an rc-20(maybe the xl version?) for its reverse looping too, on top of hte boomerang. Meant to check out brad's board at the boston show in december but didn't get to...saw he changed amps and all, got me curious. always loved his sound.