Justin Townes Earle – Yuma chords
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Song: Yuma Band: Justin Townes Earle Album: Yuma (EP) Tuning: Standard Capo: 5th fret ----------------------------------------------- The song is played in a modified Travis picking style with a few notes dropped, and a few hammers added, esp. on the Am to make it interesting. Plays very nicely on a Dobro resonator guitar. For timing, every line represents 8 beats. Atypical chords ---------------- C - 332010 (C/G) F - 13321x (not barred) G5 - 32003x Gsus4- 32001x G 32000x Gsus2- 3202xx G' 3200xx ----------------------------------------------- INTRO ------ C C C C VERSE 1 -------C C Well he woke up that mornin' and he called into workC C Put on his daddy's old suit with a 2nd hand shirtF F All un-tucked, shoes un-tiedC C People all snickered as he walked byF F So he stopped into a bar and bought a shot of Stephen'sC C And anotherF F He bummed a cigarette instead of talkin' with a strangerC C About the weatherAm G And then he paid his bill and he stepped outsideC F And fell down into the streetC G He cursed and he cried as he climbed back up to hisF G feet againVERSE 2 -------C C So up the road he found a payphone and called his momC C He said Mom I think I'll be coming homeF F I've been feeling so bad, I'm tired of this city.C C Ain't been the same since I lost my prettyF F Angeline, and Mom I miss herC C so.F F It's been over a year and there ain't nothin' I fearC C So much as being alone.Am G And then he hung up the phone without saying good byeC F Stopped in the store and bought a postcard and signed itC G Fare the well, and sent it back homeF G To Yuma.(Instrumental transition) C C G (4 beats, 2 beats, 2 beats) BRIDGE ------Am G Looking back I'd say,F C It wasn't so much the girlF C As it was the booze and the dopeGsus4 G And the way he took the weight of the world up upon hisAm Am ShouldersF F And then he washed the blue from his eyes as he grewC C colderF Gsus4 After all those lonely nights there left alone.(Instrumental transition)G5 Gsus4 G Gsus2 (2 beats per chord) G' (4 beats only)VERSE 3 -------C C So he was just 23 when he stepped out on that ledgeC C It was his weary heart that pushed him to the edgeF F He was tired of living life, looking for love.C C A weary heart just needs a little touchF F And it is too much to ask, he cried as he stepped into theC C wind.F F He turned his back on the world and he fell back to earthC C again.Am G So with the wind in his hair and a smile on his faceC G He crashed through the hood of an Oldes 98C G And he lay there and died on a cold winter's dayF G All aloneC C All alone.--crookedpath