Nerina Pallot – Idaho chords
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Idaho Original Album: Fires Words and Music by Nerina Pallot Copyright © 2005 Idaho / Echo Records Published by Idaho Records Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) NOTE: This is such a beautiful song: melancholy and strangely uplifting at the same time. Recorded on the piano, here it is transcribed for guitar. If you finger- pick the chords in the basic figure, it sounds quite good but is hard work at this tempo. I play barré chords everywhere, but see what you think... A cool song from one of the great songwriters out there. Enjoy! INTRO: [play: Dm Bb C G] [x4] VERSE:Dm Bb C GIn the back of a car on a road in the dark,Dm Bb C GIn the stillicide, silently falling snow,Dm Bb C GI have packed everything that I own in a bag,Dm Bb C GAnd I'm driving, I'm driving to Idaho,[play: Dm Bb C G] [x2]Dm Bb C GA poem for leaving, a reason to go,Dm Bb C GSo I'm driving, I'm driving to Idaho.CHORUS:F Dm Bb'Cause I can't be anyone but me, anyone but me,F Dm BbAnd I can't keep dreaming that I'm free, dreaming that I'm free,Gm C Gm CI don't want to fall a-sleep and watch my life from fifty feet,Gm Bb C FMy hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Ida-ho,[play: F C F C]F C F C'Cause I hear it's mighty pretty...VERSE:Dm Bb C GAnd oh, I've been dumb, I've been perfectly beautiful,Dm Bb C GLain on my back buying lovers with stealth,Dm Bb C GBut I'm sick of you all, and I'm sick of opinions,Dm Bb C GAnd I'm sick of this war I wage on myself...BRIDGE:Dm C Dm C - F - CI don't know why I'm so gripped to go thereDm C Dm C - F - CA universe riddle that only I know?Dm Bb C GMr. Robert says, "It's all in the head!"Dm Bb C GTell me, Phaedrus, what's good, is it Ida-ho?CHORUS:F Dm Bb'Cause I can't be anyone but me, anyone but me,F Dm BbAnd I can't keep dreaming that I'm free, dreaming that I'm free,Gm C Gm CI don't want to fall a-sleep and watch my life from fifty feet,Gm Bb C FMy hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Ida-ho,[play: F C F C]F C F C'Cause I hear it's mighty pretty...[play: Dm Bb C G] [x4] [repeat CHORUS] [play: F C F C]F C F C'Cause I hear it's mighty pretty...C F...in Ida-ho.CHORDS: Dm 557765 Bb 688766 or 113331 C 335553 or 8 10 10 988 G 355433 Gm 355333 F 88 10 10 10 8