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Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
Key: D
Difficulty: Novice
"Pearls on a String" (Ryan Adams)
From "Easy Tiger" (2007)
sounds best in Nashville Tuning: string 6-string guitar with octave
strings for a 12-string, and tune to drop D.
Intro::
D G A D
verse::
D G D
Blue eyes for miles, pretty as a peach.
D
Glorious kind and always on time,
G D
Never far out of reach.
A Asus4
Tomorrow's on its way,
G D
And there's always new songs to sing.
chorus::
D
Glorious kind and always on time,
G A D
Pearls on a string.
verse::
D G D
Soft, precious and easy,under the sea.
D
If you dive down far enough to the bottom,
D G D
Look around and you will see.
A Asus4
Tomorrow's on its way,
G D
And there's always new songs to sing.
chorus::
D
Glorious kind and always on time,
G A D
Pearls on a string.
D
Glorious kind and always on time,
G A D
Pearls on a string.
mandolin solo::
D G D D G D
A Asus4 G D D G A D
verse::
D G D
The sun shinin' down,the children laugh and play,
D
Glorious, kind, always on time,
G D
out there in the day.
A Asus4
Tomorrow's on its way,
G D
And there's always new songs to sing.
Chorus::
D
Glorious kind and always on time,
G A D
Pearls on a string.
D
Glorious kind and always on time,
G A D
Pearls on a string.
D
Glorious kind and always on time,
G A D
Pearls on a string...
one strum each::
D
Glorious kind and always on time,
G A D
Pearls on a string.
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Last Updated: February 4, 2026