Codine
Written by Donovan Leitch
Tabbed by Jean-David Blanc (the 16th of December 2005)
Not all variations in the strumming have been tabbed..
Chords
D x00230 or 000230 A x02222
D/c x30230 FÂ’ x332xx
D/b x20230 GÂ’ x554xx
Capo 1st fret (sounding key F# major)
Double dropped D tuning (D-a-d-g-b-D)
Intro :
D D/c D/b D : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . |-------0---0-------0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-------3---3-------3-3-3---|-----3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-|-3---3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-0h2---2---2-------2-2-2---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-2---2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||---------------------------|-----------------------0-|-0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||---------------3-----------|-2-----------2-----------|-0---0-------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D FÂ’ : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . |-----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0---0-------0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-0---||-----3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----3---3-------3-3-3---|-----3-3-3-------3-3-3---||-----2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-0-|h2---2---2-------2-2-2---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-2/||-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|-----------------------3/||-0-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------3-----------|-2-----------2---------3/||------------(0)----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
GÂ’ FÂ’ D FÂ’ GÂ’ D D : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . |-------------0---0-------|-------------0---0-------|-----0---0---------------||-------------3---3-------|-------------3---3-------|-----3---3---------------||/4---4-\-2---2---2-----2/|-4---4-\-2---2---2-----0-|h2---2---2---------------||/5---5-\-3---0---0-----3/|-5---5-\-3---0---0-------|-------------------------||/5---5-\-3---0---------3/|-5---5-\-3---0-----------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| AnÂ’ my bellyÂ…Â…Â…Â…Â…
D /c /b D
AnÂ’ my belly is cravinÂ’, IÂ’ve got a shakinÂ’ in my head
/c /b A
I feel like IÂ’m dyinÂ’ anÂ’ I wish I were dead
D /c /b A
If I live till tomorrow itÂ’s gonna be a long time
D /c /b D
For I reel anÂ’ I fall anÂ’ rise on codine
/c /b FÂ’ GÂ’ FÂ’ D FÂ’ GÂ’ FÂ’ D
AnÂ’ itÂ’s real, anÂ’ itÂ’s real, one more time
When I was a young man I learned not to care
While whiskey in fronted I often did swear
My mother anÂ’ father said whiskey is a curse
But the fate of their baby is many times worse
AnÂ’ itÂ’s real, anÂ’ itÂ’s real, one more time
YouÂ’ll forget your woman, youÂ’ll forget about man
Try it just once anÂ’ youÂ’ll try it again
ItÂ’s sometimes you wonder anÂ’ itÂ’s sometimes you think
That IÂ’m a-livinÂ’ my life with abandon to drink
AnÂ’ itÂ’s real, anÂ’ itÂ’s real, one more time
Interlude: Only the chords of the descent have been noted, I havenÂ’t tabbed the
beginning which is a variation of the D FÂ’ GÂ’ pattern with a steadier strumming.
These chord deviations are just my best guess; the descent fits in quite well,
though.. try it and see for yourself..
g f e d# D c bb a ab D : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . : . . |-/7----------|-\5----------|-\3----------|-\2----------|-\1----------|---0-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---3-----|-/7----------|-\5----------|-\3----------|-\2----------|-\1----------|---2-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---0-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------
Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns
Stay away from the men pushin’ the codeine ‘round
Stay away from the stores where the remedy is found
IÂ’ll live a few days as a slave to codine
AnÂ’ itÂ’s real, anÂ’ itÂ’s real, one more time
AnÂ’ my belly is cravinÂ’, IÂ’ve got a shaking in my head
AnÂ’ IÂ’ve started heating whether my body said
Stave yourself with the grains of cocaine
AnÂ’ youÂ’ll end up dead or youÂ’ll end up insane
AnÂ’ itÂ’s real, anÂ’ itÂ’s real, one more time
AnÂ’ my belly is cravinÂ’, IÂ’ve got a shakinÂ’ in my head
I feel like IÂ’m dyinÂ’ anÂ’ I wish I were dead
If I live till tomorrow itÂ’s gonna be a long time
For I reel anÂ’ I fall anÂ’ rise on codine
AnÂ’ itÂ’s real, anÂ’ itÂ’s real, one more time
/c /b FÂ’ GÂ’ FÂ’ D FÂ’ GÂ’ FÂ’ GÂ’ FÂ’ GÂ’ GÂ’ FÂ’ D
AnÂ’ itÂ’s real, anÂ’ itÂ’s real, one more time
