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                             BUDS AND SPAWN - Cardiacs
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Tabbed by: The Mop™
From the album "On Land And In The Sea"


   F#                   A#          B            G    D
E|--2-----2-----2--------111-1-111-1-222-2-222-2--3-3--5-5-----|
B|--2-----2-----2--------333-3-333-3-444-4-444-4--3-3--7-7-----|
G|--3-----3-----3--------333-3-333-3-444-4-444-4--4-4--7-7-----|
D|--4-----4-----4--------333-3-333-3-444-4-444-4--5-5--7-7-----|
A|--4-----4-----4--------111-1-111-1-222-2-222-2--5-5--5-5-----|
E|--2-----2-----2---------------------------------3-3----------|
   F#     G#    F#
E|-----2-----4------2-------|
B|-----2-----4------2-------|
G|-----3-----5------3-------|
D|-----4-----6------4-------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--2------4-----2----------|


Verse


F#     G# F#  F#    G#  F# D           A
Caught in the field like a dirty great power
     E           F#   G# F# F#  G# F#
Like thunder and rain
D            A           E            F#  G# F# F#  G# F#
Summonsed by nature when summonsed by name
D         A              E             F#  G# F# F#  G# F#
Safe in a house close to door hide his brain

F#                      A                F#
Life theres fear theres hope all for the best
             A#                D
Raw head and bloody rest might shake their bones
   F     C   D
To paste and glue
             G         F  C    A
Starting the beginning of me / you

C#                            A
Please mum and I hope that my dad means mum and I
          C#                          A
Hope that dad please mummy tell me to do all the
Things I do
   A#    G     A#    G
E|-------------------------------|
B|--6---------8-6---------8------|
G|----7-----7-----7-----7--------|
D|------8-9---------8-9----------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

All things I do

Screwing my courage to the sticking place
Never a good race never a good race
I hail all hail and give my life to live forever

   A#    G     A#    F#
E|-------------------------------|
B|--6---------8-6---------7------|
G|----7-----7-----7-----6--------|
D|------8-9---------8-8----------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

D       A         A#       F           C#
To walk some coal and take some strain alive
A#       F      C          F#  G# F# F# G# F#
All with lovely love on my side

(Intro)


Verse 2


F#             A                 F#
Waiting to see which way he will jump to find
      A#                 D              F   C   D
Which hole he's to creep into when he's old and tired
                G     F  C
Not expected to carry on and

A#                 C#
When he's away day goes by day
       A#
As his old friends die
    D                F#             A E  F#
His hope and fears a secret for his only child
                    B        A     E           C#
Who's expecting and carrying on in a different style


Chorus

F#        A         E      A
Washed so bland via remedy man
           B               F#
Stands for all that he can stand
         E             A
Throws a canker to the can
A        C#m     E      F#
Moults a hair putredity man
       A            B
He's a very special man
       E            C#
He's a very special man

A       E       G#m       C#
Lies to rest in difficult care
         A              B
For your pleasure to be there
          B           A
Dissolves in a bed of chair
D      A      E      C#
Reechy institutional man


Verse 3

F# G#   F#   G# F#
Walking on fire bright
D            A            E              F#  G#  F#  G#  F#
Something is stealing his feeling again
D             A               E                 F#  G# F# G# F#
Lick wound he heals and still feels theres some pain
D           A           E           F# G# F# G# F#
Washing his dirt in the mud and the rain

F#            A                 F#
Safe as house against a wall of air and noise
  A#             D
A bucket full of everything he needs

C#  A  C#  A...
("Please Mum" bit intrumental, one more repitition than before)

D         A  A#      F       C#
Preserver in for her and him survive
         A#     F      C             F#
All with lovely lovely love on their side


Bridge

(Chords implied by bass)
E|--7-------|
B|--x-------|
G|--4-------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|

B        A
Moults a hair putredity man
       G
Squeak hard if he can
        F#m           E
For his girl left his hand
    B          A
For sex with a man
       G
With a different man
       F#m
Squeak hard fatty man
       E
Squeak thin fatty man

E|--14----|
B|---x----|
G|--11----|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--------|
(Guitar enters with chords)
F#                    G#        E
Shriek and dance to a different noise
       D
Shriek thin fatty girls
       C#m        B
Shriek thin fatty boys
F#                  G#         E
Girl boy world puts heads in a whirl
       D
Shriek thin fatty boys
       C#m        B
Shriek thin fatty girls


D                F#
Next to take her back
    D#         F#
The break that never works
    A    E   F#
And find all dust
        B     A  E  F#
And the steel in my mind
            B     A  E
Urges me to carry on and
F#             A
Preserver in - for her and him
F#                  A#
Shake their bones - to paste and glue
       D               F  C      D         G   F   C
Starts the begininning of me and you

A#                    C#
Shriek and dance to a different noise
       A#
Shriek thin fat girls
       D
Shriek thin fat boys
     F#               A  E    F#
Survive all with love on your lawn
            B            A
Wishing for preserver in all of your
E        C#
Buds and spawn


Chorus

F#        A         E        A
Washed so bland via linament man
           B               F#
Stands for all that he can stand
            E       A
He's a very special man
A        C#m     E      F#
Moults a hair putredity man
       A            B
He's a very special man
       E            C#
He's a very special man

A      E       G#m         C#
Beauty peacock butterflies care
         A              B
For your pleasure to be there
          B           A
Dissolves in a bed of chair
D      A    E
Reechy institutional...

F#        A    E      A
Beams all hero apollo man
           B               F#
Stands for all that he can stand
       E            A
He's a very special man
A      C#m     E         F#
Beauty peacock butterfly man
       A            B
He's a very special man
       E            C#
He's a very special man

A      E       G#m       C#
Seemly shining fireproof man
           A               B
Stands for all that he can stand
           B               A
Stands for all that he can stand
D          A        E         C#
What's the point in giving us hands?