Gregory Alan Isakov – 3am chords
Chords:
This is my favourite song of the absolutely brilliant Gregory Alan Isakov. Unfortunately there are no very good tabs around. I have been working on the song for a long time and actually used it to learn some basic picking techniques. I could have tabbed the whole thing but it would not be worth the effort because you only need to know the correct chords and then learn the picking pattern yourself. I don't know it 100% correctly, Greg plays it very differently live, so there is no 100% correct version. Make up your little mix of hammers and pulls, just like I have. I will post a little part of the intro to get you going. Once you have your thumb moving irrespective of your other fingers, a whole new world of guitar playing will open up. That's what this song has done for me. It takes some time, but it is well worth it. Capo 3rd -------------------------------------------------------- (First part of Intro, exemplary picking pattern tabbed. ‚t‘ marks notes played by thumb, 0/2 marks hammer on from open string to 2nd for example. When a note is put right beneath a hammered on note, play that note simultaneously with the hammering)e|----------3----1----------1-------------------------------------------------|B|--------1---1------------------0—-1-----------1-----------------1-----------|G|------0------------0---------------------0/2------2--------0/2-----2--------|D|----2------------0t---------0t--------2t--------2t------2t------------------|A|--3t------------------------------0t-------0t---------0t-----0t-------------|E|---------------3t------3t---------------------------------------------------|C2 G2 Ame|-----------------------------1—0--------------------------------------------|B|--1-----------1---------------------1---1-------3-----1----0----------------|G|--------0/2---------2----------------------------------------------0--------|D|-----3t---------3t-------3t-----3t----------0t----------0t-------0t---------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|--1t------1t----------1t-----1t---------3t---------3t--------3t-------3t----|F1 G3 ----- end of picking example --------------------------------- Chords used:e|--0---0---0-------0--------3---1---0---0------5---3----1--------------|B|--1---1---1---1---1--------1---0---3---1------0---1----3--------------|G|--0---0---2---0---2--------0---0---0---0------0---0----2--------------|D|--2---0---2---2---3--------0---0---0---0(2)---3---2----0--------------|A|--3---2---0---x---3--------2---2---2---2----------3-------------------|E|------3-------3---1--------3---3---3---3------------------------------|C1 G3 Am* Am/G F1** G1 G2 G4 G5*** F2 C2 Dm *always hammer on 0/1 on B-sting when switching to this chord **use left hand thumb for bass F! ***hammer on 0/2 and pull off again on D-string (Intro) C2 G2 Am Am F1 F1 G1 G2 C2 G2 Am Am F2 C2 G1 C2 G1 G2 G3 G4C G3 Am Am7/G FWell, it's 3 a.m. again, like it always seems to beG1 G2 Am Am/G FDriving northbound, driving homeward, driving wind is driving me.G1 G2 Am Am7/G FIt just seems so funny how I always end up hereG1 G2 Am Am/G Fwalking outside in a storm while looking way up past the treeline.G1 G2 G3 G4It's been some time.Am F G5 G5Give me darkness when I'm dreaming, give me moonlight when I'm leaving,Am F G5 G5Give me shoes that weren't made for standing.Am F G5 G5Give me treeline, give me big sky, give me snowbound, give me rainclouds,Am G1 G2 G3 G4give me bedtime just sometimes.C G3 Am Am7/G FNow you're talking in my room, there ain't nobody here,G1 G2 Am Am/G FCause I've been driving like a trucker, I've been wearing through the gearsG1 G2 Am Am/G FI've been training like a soldier, I've been burning through this sorrowG1 G2 Am Am/G F G1 G2 G3 G4The only talking lately is a background radioDm F G5 G5You are my friend and I was a saintDm F G5 G5And riding that hope was like catching some trainDm F G5 G5Now I just walk, but I don't mind the rainDm F G5 G5Singing so much softer than I did back then(Interlude) C2 G2 Am Am F2 C2 G1 C2 G1 G2 G3 G4C G Am Am7/G FWell the night I think is darker, than we can really say,G1 G2 Am Am/G FGod's been living in that ocean, sending us all the big wavesAm F G5 G5And I wish I was a sailor so I could know just how to trustAm F G5 G5Maybe I could bring some grace back home to dry land for each of usDm F G5 G5Say what you see, you say it so wellDm F G5 G5Just say you will wait like snow on the railDm F G5 G5Combing that train yard for some kind of saintDm F G5 G5Even my own self, it just don't seem mineAm F G5 G5Give me darkness when I'm dreaming, give me moonlight when I'm leavingAm F G5 G5Give me mustang horse and muscle, oh, I won't be going gentleAm F G5 G5Give me slandered looks when I'm lying, give me fingers when I'm cryingAm F G5 G5I ain't out there to cheat you, see I killed that damn coyote in me(Outro) Am Am F F G5 G5 G5 G5