Across The Wire Uke tab by Calexico

5 Chords used in the song: C, G, F, Dm, E

Rate song!
PrintAdd tab to your SongBook

View these chords for the Baritone

Transpose chords:
Chord diagrams:
Pin chords to top while scrolling

Tablature / Chords (Full Song)

Font size: A- A A+

Artist: 
Album: 
Year:  2003
Difficulty: 
4.3
(Intermediate)
Key: AmChords
C C                                          G G
Alberto hits his brother on the back of the head
C C
looks to the north as he starts to get up
G G
his brother's still sleepy, grumbles "it's not light yet,"
C C
"if you want a new life, what's a few minutes wait?"

F F C C
darkness on the road and over the land
G G C C
into the laws and out of the hands
F F
from those with so much
C C
and no show of heart
G G
you'd think it'd be crazy
C C G G C C G G C C
to ask for a small part


G G
spotted an eagle in the middle of a lake
C C
resting on cactus and feasting on snakes
G G
but the waters recede as the dump closes in
C C
revealing a whole lake of sleeping children

F F C C
poison in the stream that flows to the sea
G G C C
out on the waves that crash within reach
F F
of those with so much
C C
and so little to fear
G G
you'd think it'd be crazy
C C
to be so far away yet so near

Dm Dm F F C C
some say a new day will shine here
Dm Dm F F E E F F
over these catastrophes and horrors of misfortune
C C
all across the wire

C C G G
Alberto y Hermano on the coyote's trail
C C
and dodging the border patrol
G G
out in the wastelands wandering for days
C C
the future looks bleak with no sign of change

F F
darkness in the eye
C C
and down in the soul
G G
all across the wire
C C
to those in control
F F
holding so much
C C
with no show of heart
G G
you think it'd be crazy
C C
to watch it all fall apart
F F G G C C
watch it all fall apart

Uke tab by , 20 Aug 2015

Tab comments (1)

Something to say?
Share your strumming patterns, chords or tips to play this tab! ;)
Filter by:
ouoertheo avatar
an easy strumming is a 6/8 pattern. accents are like so: 12&3-45&6 with emphasis on the '&' upbeats.
04 Jul 2021
Strumming pattern

About this song: Across The Wire

No information about this song.

Did you cover Across The Wire on your Ukulele? Share your work!
Submit a cover