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Author Message   rhys bourke Unregistered guest Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 06:59 am:    couldnt see any tabs or chords what is is possibly the bands greatest song not to mention michael stipes favourite   Shane Greentree Member Username: Realinspectorshane Post Number: 3 Registered: 03-2007 Posted on Monday, May 24, 2010 - 10:43 am:    I don't think this one is fully accurate (the progression in the chorus sounds more like G-D-A-Em rather than G-D-Em), but here's one from the now-defunct OzTabs: Intro: Em C Em G Em C Em G Em -------------------------------C They had problems with their father’s law Em------------------------------C------- G They sleep in the back of a feminist bookstore, the Clarke sisters Em----------------------C The eldest sister keeps a midnight vigil Em---------------------C------G--------- -------G / D / Em----C The youngest sister she’s not spiritual, the Clarke sisters -----------------Em--C------------------ --Em---G And their steel grey hair, their lovely steel grey hair, the Clarke sisters --G--D----Em---C------------G Why don’t I, introduce you? I’m sure they won’t mind ------G---D---Em---C-------------------- ----------------------------Em--C---Em-- G % But don’t you dare, laugh at their collection, handed down, handed down for love. Em----------------------------C The middle sister gets her period blood, Em------------------------C------------G ----------------G---D---Em---C The flood of love, the flood of love, the Clarke sisters -----------------Em--C------------------ --Em---G And their steel grey hair, their lovely steel grey hair, the Clarke sisters ------G----D----Em----C----------------- -G The afternoon world, the bees have stung the softball girls ------G--D-----Em----C---------------G The midnight world, the crystal ball, down the wooden hall -----G---D-----Em----C----------------G- ---------------------G-----D-Em--------- C The treehouse stands, their early childhood, the treehouse plans, and right above ---------------------------Em---C------- -----Em-----C--------------Em----C------ -------------------------( G.) The Clarke sisters, handed down for love, handed down for love, handed down to love. Another Robert Forster classic from Tallulah (1987) rough transcription by Danny Lloyd <dannill@optusnet.com.au>