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"The Impending Death of the Virgin Spirit",  by William Ackerman

This is kind of a mix between the studio version and the Windham
Hill in Concert video performance.  Both performances are cool
and aren't much different, but you may notice some phrasing
discrepancies.  This is basically how I play it.

BTW, this is easier than "Bricklayer", but more of a pain to get
in tune properly.  It's worth it though :-)

Tuning (low to high) :  C#  A  C#  G#  A  E,   then capo on 2nd fret

( keep in mind, with the capo on II, a notated '5' actually
  indicates the 7th fret, 11 is really a 13,....             )


|-5--|-5-------5-----5--5-----5--4^5^4^0---|-0-----0-0^2----2-|
|----|-------0---------------------------0-|-----0--------0---|
|----|-----0-------0--------0--------------|---1--------1-----|
|----|---0-------0--------0----------------|-1-------1--------|
|----|-------------------------------------|------------------|
|----|-5-------5--------5------------------|------------------|



|-------0-0^2^0---0-|-0-----0-------0-0---------------0--|
|-----0---------0---|-----0-------0-------0---------0----|
|---1---------------|---0-------0-------0---------1------|
|-1-------1---------|-0-------0-------0-----0-0^1--------|
|-------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------------------|


|-0^2-----0-0-----0^2^0-|-0-----0-------0-0-----0--------5----|
|-------0-------0-------|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------|
|-----1-------1---------|---0-------0-------0-------0---------|
|-1---------1-----------|-0-------0-------0-------0-----------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|


|-5-------5-------5-----5--4^5^4^0---|-0-----0-0^2----2-|
|-------0-------0------------------0-|-----0--------0---|
|-----5-------5-------5--------------|---1--------1-----|
|---0-------0-------0----------------|-1-------1--------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|-5-------5-------5------------------|------------------|



|-------0-0^2^0---0-|-0-----0-------0-0---------------0--|
|-----0---------0---|-----0-------0-------0---------0----|
|---1---------------|---0-------0-------0---------1------|
|-1-------1---------|-0-------0-------0-----0-0^1--------|
|-------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------------------|


|-0^2-----0-0-----0^2^0-|-0-----0-------0-0-----0-------------|
|-------0-------0-------|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------|
|-----1-------1---------|---0-------0-------0-------0---------|
|-1---------1-----------|-0-------0-------0-------0------0----|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------------|


|---------0^2---0-----------0-------|-----------------0-------|
|-------0---------0-------2---2-----|-2-----2-2/4---4---4-----|
|-----1-------1---------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0---|
|---1-----------1-----1-----------1-|---0-------0-----------0-|
|-0-------0---------2-----------2---|-0-------0---------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------|


|-------------------0--------0-----------------0------|
|-4-----4-4/11---11-------11-------11--------2--------|
|-----0-----------------0--------0---------0----------|
|---0----------0------0--------0---------0------------|
|-0-------0-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0--------0------------------------|


||----2-----2-------2--|----------2-------2----------|
||--------2------------|-----------------------------|
||-*----3-----2---2----|--2^3---3---2---2------------|
||-*------------2------|------2-------2--------------|
||---------------------|-----------------------------|
||----2-------2--------|--2---------2----------------|



|---------0---------------0-------0-----------||
|-4-----4---4-----------4---4---2-------------||
|-----0-------0-------0--------------------*--||
|---0-----------0---0----------------------*--||
|---------------------------------------------||
|-0---------------0-------------0-------------||


|--2-----2-------2--|----------2-------2----------|
|------2------------|-----------------------------|
|----3-----2---2----|--2^3---3---5---5------------|
|------------2------|------2-------2--------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|--2-------2--------|--2---------2----------------|


|--------0-------0---------------0--|-------5-------5--|
|------0-------0--------------------|------------------|
|--5-------5-----------5/8-8----8---|--8---8--6---6----|
|----0-------0-------0-------0------|----5------5------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------|
|--0-------0-------0-------0--------|--5------5--------|



|-------5-------5-------5-|---------0-------0-------0-----0-|
|-------------------------|-------0-------0-------0---0-----|
|-8---8---6---6----6---6--|-5---5-------5-------5-------0---|
|---5-------5--------5----|---0-------0-------0-------------|
|------------------5------|-0-------0-------0---------------|
|-5---------5-------------|---------------------------------|


|---------0-------0-------0-------|---------0---------------|
|-------0-------0-------0---0---0-|-------0---0-------------|
|-5---5-------5-------5-----------|-----1-------1^0---------|
|---0-------0-------0-------------|---1---------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-------5-------5-----------0---|-1-----------------------|


|-------0-------0-|---------0-------0---------------0-------|
|---------2---2---|-0-----0-------0-------------------------|
|-----0-----------|-----1-------1-------1/5--5---5----------|
|---3-------3-----|---0-------0-------0--------0------------|
|-----------------|-0-------0-------0--------0--------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------------------------------|



After repeating the appropriate parts above (you know the song...),
the ending comes in :


|----------------------------------0-----0-----------------||
|-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0--0-----2---2---------0-----------||
|-----1-------0-------1--------0-------0-------1-----------||
|---0-------1-------0--------1-----------------0-----------||
|-0-------2-------0--------2-----------2-------0-----------||
|----------------------------------------------------------||