Great song if you just want to go crazy.
Relatively easy and v. effective
enjoy!
Standard Tuning
p - pull
/ - slide
h - hammer
b - bend
OPEN UP-DOWN STRUMMING ON D A & E (around 12 up-down combinations)
E-------------------------------------------|B-------------------------------------------|G-------------------------------------------|D---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------| ETCA---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------|E---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
then..
E-------------------------------------------|B-------------------------------------------|G-------4-/-6-4-2---------------------------|D--4-4------------3-2-3---------------------|A--x-x--------------------------------------|E--2-2--------------------------------------|
CONTINUE SAME PATTERN THROUGHOUT VERSE (LYRICS AS FOLLOWS):
Sold my baby, to the old slow river
Got the cold blue shiver,
You take care of her.
Came to get her
But she don't remember
All the tear-stained letters,
You be good to her.
SLOWING DOWN POWR CHORDS,THEN, REPEAT NEXT SECTION THROUGH SLOW LYRICS:E-------------------------------------------|B-------------------------------------------|G-1---1-2---2-3---3-2-----------------------|D--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------|A-------------------------------------------|E-------------------------------------------|
Winter's gonna come,
it's gonna drag you people out
and the roads will close
and you finally will walk
and then one by one the leaves will break.
SOLO X 2:E-------------------------------------------|B-------------------------------------------|G---2-4-b6-4-----4-4-/-h6-------------------|D--4--------4---0-0-------4-----------------|A---------------------------0---------------|E-------------------------------------------|
then power chords (x2) and finger picking (x2) interlude:
powerchords:E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|G--------------------------------------------------------------------------|D-9--9--9--11-11-11-9--9--11-11-7--7--7--11-11-11-9--9--11-11--------------|A-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---------------|E-7--7--7--9--9--9--7--7--9--9--5--5--5--9--9--9--7--7--9--9---------------|
fingerpicking:E-------------------------------------------|B-------------------------------------------|G-------------------------------------------|D-------------------------------------------|A--9-11-9-11-7------------------------------|E-7-9--7-9--5-------------------------------|
then:
E-----------------------------------------------------------|B-----------------------------------------------------------|G-----------------------------------------------------------|D-----------------------------------------------------------|A--10----13----10----13----10----13----10----13-------------|E-8--8-11--11-8--8-11--11-8--8-11--11-8--8-11--11-----------|
more powerchords:
E--------------------------------------------|B--------------------------------------------|G--------------------------------------------|D-13-13---13-13-13-13-13-13------------------|A-x--x-----x--x--x--x--x--x------------------|E-11-11---11-11-11-11-11-11------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|B--------------------------------------------|G--------------------------------------------|D-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10------------------|A-x--x----x--x--x--x--x--x-------------------|E-8--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|B--------------------------------------------|G--------------------------------------------|D-13---13--13-13-13-13-13-13-10--10--10--10--|A--x----x---x--x--x--x--x--x-x---x---x---x---|E-P11--11--11-11-11-11-11-11-8---8---8---8---|
(repeat through next verse)E-------------------------------------------------------|B-------------------------------------------------------|G-------------------------------------------------------|D-4------------------------------------11-11--14-16-16--|A-x--13-----13-13-----13-13-----13-13--x--x-------------|E-2----11-11-----11-11-----11-11-------9--9-------------|
I won the best fucking bet in town,
I told my girl that I been sleeping around.
I couldn't see her,
but I met her in the dark with her
clothes hung loose
so I piled them on the floor.
(interlude x 2)E----------------------------------------------------------|B----------------------------------------------------------|G----------------------------------------------------------|D-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-11-11-9-9-7-6-7-|A-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|E-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--9--9-7-7-5-4-5-|
(repeat through next verse)E-------------------------------------------------------|B-------------------------------------------------------|G-------------------------------------------------------|D-4------------------------------------11-11--14-16-16--|A-x--13-----13-13-----13-13-----13-13--x--x-------------|E-2----11-11-----11-11-----11-11-------9--9-------------|
I was a ghost of a lover to you,
I let you make up all this shit
that was never true
I couldn't see you so I left you in the dark.
I was sick with you (x4)
finger picking sorts itself out towards the end - just listen to recording.
once you get the timing right this piece rules - one of the main reasons i am going
my horrid des ark phase at the moment. hope it goes okay!
stife
