Blacksburg Acoustic chords by Cory Branan

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

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  D
 A  G

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

Interlude:
 A  D
 A  G

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

            G        Gm                   D   Bm
There was a time this town could never have had her
    Bm  A     F#m G
Now she never minds
    G  F#    Em  A
And it never matters

Solo is played 4 times.
Solo:
 A  D
 A  G

Interlude is played 2 times.
Interlude:
 A  D
 A  G

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

Solo is played 4 times.
Solo:
 A  D
 A  G

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