The tab details how to play the first appearance of each section of the song. The three dots (...) represent parts of the song that use things previously explained. Once a section is learned, it should be relatively easy to notice whenever it’s being used again.
Intro (same as next two lines)
"Always a riddle in the world she said ..."
d|----------------|---------0-----|----------------|---------------|
A|--------7p0-----|---------------|----------------|---------0-----|
G|------0-----0---|-----0---------|------0-------0-|-----0---------|
D|----0---------0-|---0---------0-|----0-------0---|---0---------0-|
A|-/8-------------|---------------|--------3p0-----|---------------|
D|----------------|-8-----8---8---|-/5-------------|-0-----0---0---|
"Always a thing to wonder ..."
d|----------------|---------0-----|----------------|---------------|
A|--------7p0-----|---------------|----------------|---------0-----|
G|------0-----0---|-----0---------|------0-------0-|-----0---------|
D|----0---------0-|---0---------0-|----0-------0---|---0---------0-|
A|-/8-------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
D|----------------|-8-----8---8---|-/5-------3-----|-0-----0---0---|
...
"Oh in dreams I have watched it spin"
d|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------0-----|---------0-----|---------0-----|---------0-----|
G|-----2---------|-----3---------|-----2---------|-----0---------|
D|---0---------0-|---0---------0-|---0---------0-|---0---------0-|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-3-----3---3---|-5-----5---5---|-3-----3---3---|-2-----2---2---|
"Seen a violent crack of atoms were all light comes in"
d|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------0-----|---------0-----|---------------|---------0-----|
G|-----0---------|-----0---------|-----0-----0---|-----0---------|
D|---0---------0-|---0---------0-|---0-----0-----|---0---------0-|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-3-----3---3---|-2-----2---2---|-3-----2-------|-0-----0---0---|
...
"mmmmm ..."
d|---------0-----|---------0-----|---------0-----|---------0-----|
A|-----8---------|-----7---------|-----5---------|-----3---------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| x3
D|---7---------7-|---5---------5-|---3---------3-|---2---------2-|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-0-----0---0---|-0-----0---0---|-0-----0---0---|-0-----0---0---|
"How can I ask, ask for more?"
d|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------0-----|---------0-----|---------0-----|---------------|---------0-----|
G|-----0---------|-----0---------|-----0---------|-----0-----0---|-----0---------|
D|---0---------0-|---0---------0-|---0---------0-|---0-----0-----|---0---------0-|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-3-----3---3---|-3-----3---3---|-2-----2---2---|-3-----2-------|-0-----0---0---|
...
"I live alone ..."
d|---------------|---------------|
A|---------0-----|---------0-----|
G|-----7---------|-----0---------|
D|---0---------0-|---0---------0-|
A|---------------|---------------|
D|-9-----9---9---|-0-----0---0---|
"And I may be troubled ..."
d|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------3-----|---------3-----|---------2-----|---------2-----|---------0-----|
G|-----0---------|-----0---------|-----0---------|-----0---------|-----0---------|
D|---0---------0-|---0---------0-|---0---------0-|---0---------0-|---0---------0-|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-5-----5---5---|-5-----5---5---|-5-----5---5---|-5-----5---5---|-0-----0---0---|
"But I'm gracious in defeat ..."
d|---------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------0-----|---------0-----|---------0-----|
G|-----0---------|-----0---------|-----0---------|
D|---0---------0-|---0---------0-|---0---------0-|
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-3-----3---3---|-2-----2---2---|-0-----0---0---|
/ | Slide up |
p | Pull-off |
Lyrics
Always a riddle in the world she said
Always a riddle inside my head
Always a thing to wonder
The way we come to be
Oh it’s a big old place for me
Yeah it’s a big old world indeed
Everyone is killing me
And everything conspires
Oh in dreams I have watched it spin
Seen a violent crack of atoms were all light comes in
Oh in dreams I have lain in sin
Just to be the cracked and the cared for
How can I ask, ask for more?
Always a riddle in the world she said
Always a riddle inside my head
Always a thing to wonder
The way we come to be
Oh it’s a big old place for me
Yeah it’s a big old world indeed
Kicking my heels and wondering
How I’ve been here so long
Oh in dreams I have watched it spin
Seen a violent crack of atoms were all light comes in
Oh in dreams I saw Aesop’s kin
Just a carcass of a man, now alone inside his skin
Where to, where to begin?
I live alone, I live a lonely life without you
And I may be troubled, but I’m gracious in defeat
Oh I may be troubled, but I’m gracious in defeat