Blacksburg Acoustic chords by Cory Branan

Guitar chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Intermediate

See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch v=8KLFYI2kGpQ

Cory doesn't play it with a capo, but I like the way it sounds on capo 3.

Capo 3
All chords relative to capo.

Intro is played 2 times.

Intro:
 A augmentedA  D MajorD
 A augmentedA  G+G


Verse:
D MajorD                               A augmentedA    D MajorD
She’s been emptying rounds in a dark bar
D MajorD                              A augmentedA      G+G
She’s been getting around in a parked car
D MajorD                      A augmentedA       D MajorD
You wanna know exactly how she feels?
D MajorD                          A augmentedA       G+G
You gotta walk to hell and back in heels
B minorBm          A augmentedA  D MajorD       G+G      G+G
Baby’s been to hell and back
               A augmentedA     D MajorD
She never left Blacksburg
A augmentedA     G+G
Blacksburg

Interlude:
 A augmentedA  D MajorD
 A augmentedA  G+G

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Verse:
D MajorD                                A augmentedA    D MajorD
These mountain town bars are all bare bones
        D MajorD                        A augmentedA    G+G
Hell, a little Phenobarbital and pheromones
D MajorD                       A augmentedA      D MajorD
Baby just looking for a little release
D MajorD                        A augmentedA             G+G
Love’s the drug that she distrusts the least
        B minorBm       A augmentedA    D MajorD         G+G       A augmentedA     D MajorD
But you take whatever takes you back in Blacksburg
A augmentedA     G+G
Blacksburg
A augmentedA     D MajorD
Blacksburg
A augmentedA     G+G
Blacksburg

            G+G        G minorGm                   D MajorD   B minorBm
There was a time this town could never have had her
    B minorBm  A augmentedA     F# minorF#m G+G
Now she never minds
    G+G  F#F#    E minorEm  A augmentedA
And it never matters


Solo is played 4 times.

Solo:
 A augmentedA  D MajorD
 A augmentedA  G+G

Interlude is played 2 times.
Interlude:
 A augmentedA  D MajorD
 A augmentedA  G+G


Verse:
              D MajorD                          A augmentedA   D MajorD
She says this endless night feels indescribably
   D MajorD              A augmentedA        D MajorD
As empty as them inside of me
D MajorD
But if I can’t feel good again
D MajorD                             A augmentedA         G+G
I’ll be damned if I feel this pain I’m in
                   B minorBm       A augmentedA         D MajorD     G+G
You just see who’s standing after the stars collapse
   A augmentedA     D MajorD
On Blacksburg
A augmentedA     G+G
Blacksburg
A augmentedA     D MajorD
Blacksburg
A augmentedA     G+G
Blacksburg


Solo is played 4 times.

Solo:
 A augmentedA  D MajorD
 A augmentedA  G+G

G+G      A augmentedA   D MajorD                    A augmentedA    D MajorD
That’s her emptying rounds in a dark bar
D MajorD                   A augmentedA      G+G
Getting around in a parked car