**Capo on 1st fret**
Here's a little Feist cover done by a band called Bright Eyes. If you didn't read that
marked note directly above this paragraph, this song IS in fact done with a capo on the
fret. As usual, the chord names are relative to the capo, blah, blah... If you think
fancy and want to use all barre chords and not use the capo, then fine. It's not
though, as I have mentioned the useful using of a capo quite clearly. Stop reading this.
the song now.
Intro
G A (barre chords work best here but open chords are fine also)
D
Helping the kids out of their coats
G D
But wait the babies haven't been born (ohh oh ooo-oo)
D
Unpacking the bags and setting up
G D
And planting lilacs and buttercups (ohh oh ooo-oo)
Em (hold chord)
But in the meantime I've got it hard
D
Second floor living without a yard
Em
It may be years until the day
D
My dreams will match up with my pay
Em F#m Bm
Ooo-ooo-oold dirt road
Em F#m Bm
Hi-igh Knee deep snow
Em F#m Bm
Watching the fire as we grow old
Em F#m G A
Ohh-ohhh-ooo-ooo
D G De|----------------|---------------|----------------------|--------------------|B|----------------|---------------|--3-0-----------------|--------------------|G|----------------|---------------|------/4-----/4-/4-2--|--------------------|D|--2h4-4-2-0-0-2-|--2h4-4-2-0-4--|----------------------|----------4--2--0---|A|----------------|---------------|----------------------|--------------------|E|----------------|---------------|----------------------|--------------------|
D Ge|-------------|-----------|---------------|-------------------------|B|----3-3------|-----------|--------3------|-------------------------|G|-------------|-----------|----2-2--------|------/4----/4-/4-/4--2--|D|--0-----4-0--|------0----|--0-------4-0--|-------------------------|A|-------------|--2-0------|---------------|--2-0--------------------|E|-------------|-----------|---------------|-------------------------|
D
I got a man to stick it out
G D
And make a home from a rented house (ohh oh ooo-oo)
D
And we'll collect the moments one by one
G D
I guess that's how the future's done (ohh oh ooo-oo)
Em (hold chord)
How many acres how much light
D
Tucked in the woods and out of sight
Em
I Wave to the neighbours and tip my cap
D
On a little road barely on the map
**Strum the D 4 hard, short times now
Em F#m Bm
Ooo-ooo-oold dirt road
Em F#m Bm
Hi-igh Knee deep snow
Em F#m Bm
Watching the fire as we grow old
Em F#m Bm
Ahh-ahh-ooo-oww
Em F#m G A
Ooo-ooo-oold
De||--0-2--0-2-----|-------2------|| <-do thisB||o-----------3--|-0--------3--o|| four timesG||---------------|----2---------||D||---------------|--------------|| then...A||o--------------|-------------o|| move onE||---------------|--------------||
D||--0-2--0-2-----||-------2-----||||o-----------3--||-0----------o|| <-do this three||---------------||----2--------|| times and finish||---------------||-------------|| off with the next||o--------------||------------o|| two measures||---------------||-------------||
De|-0-2--0-2-----|------------|----[]B|-----------3--|-0-----3---------[]]] Put down guitar. StandG|--------------|----2------------[]]] up. Do victory dance.D|--------------|-----------------[]]] Sit down. Pick guitar up.A|--------------|-----------------[]]] Learn another song.E|--------------|------------|----[]
