10000 Maniacs - A Campfire Song guitar tab

The Maniacs apparently play this in D, which I find impossible to sing.

This is how I play it (same changes, just transposed).

Ben

A CAMPFIRE SONG (10,000 Maniacs)

Words & music: Natalie Merchant

INTRO: G D/F# Em D C ... D G

(G) D Em C

A lie to say "Oh, my mountain has coal veins and beds to dig

G D C D

Five hundred men with axes and they all dig for me"

(same chords)

A lie to say "Oh, my river where many fish do swim

Half of your catch is mine when you haul your nets in"

C G C G D

CHORUS: Oh no, never will he believe that his greed is a blinding ray

C G C

No devil or redeemer will cheat him

G Em D (First ending: C D G)

He'll take his gold to where he's lying cold

A lie to say "Oh, my mine gave a diamond big as a fist"

But for every gem in his pocket, the jewels he has missed

A lie to say "Oh, my garden is growing taller by the day"

He only eats the best and tosses the rest away

CHORUS: end with

C D G

Six deep in the grave

SOLO: Dsus4 D Cmaj9 Dsus4

C Gmaj9 G/B C D

BRIDGE: His oldest pain and fear in life There'll not be time

(Something is out of reach, something he wanted)

C Gmaj9 G/B C D

His oldest pain and fear in life There'll not be time

(Something is out of reach, he's being taunted)

C Gmaj9 G/B C G C

Oh no, hey hey,

(Something is out of reach, that he can't beg or steal)

D G (go right into verse)

Nor can he buy

A lie to say "Oh, my forest has trees that block the sun

And when I cut them down I don't answer to anyone"

CHORUS, then repeat chorus chords with "La la la..."

Em D C D G

ENDING: Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely man