Tuning
Standard EADGBE
Capo
6
Difficulty
Intermediate 💪
Rate for accuracy
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Key: F#m Capo: 6 Chords: Em = D#m G = F# C = B D = C# Intro: Em | G | C | G Em | G | D | Verse 1: Em G Escudilla looms large on the horizon C G With a story left to tell Em G Of the days before the world arrived C D And half the angels fell Em G Sweet love and sweet time is all the Earth should give Em G But a man could take much more C G Than he ever was supposed to Em D So much more than he deserves
Verse 2: Em G Escudilla was a tall, strong, blue mountain C G With the sunshine and the cold Em G Within its rocky ridges C D Lived a hundred little worlds Em G Held together by the one, lonesome grizzly bear C G The last one of his kind Em G The rest were all tracked down C D And left for dead beneath the pines Chorus: Em G Well, big bear made his way across sweet Escudilla's side C G A testament to everything that's good and whole and right Em G The last of all the grizzlies gone, big bear still survived C D Big bear, won't you fight like hell to keep Yourself Alive? Verse 3: Em G Well, the government came with all their providence C G Their purpose and their plight Em G To take a green eyed day and turn it right into the night C G A bright young man from a thousand miles away Em G With something out to prove C D Hiked Escudilla's sacred sides with bullets in his shoes Chorus: Em G Big bear made his way across sweet Escudilla's side C G A testament to everything that's good and whole and right Em G The last of all the grizzlies gone, big bear still survived C D Big bear, won't you fight like hell to keep yourself alive? Interlude (2x) Em | G | C | G : Em | G | D | Em : Verse 4: Em G When the sun rose up on Escudilla C G There was a stillness in the air Em G A hole was torn so large, it never would be quite repaired C G But they had a new dance to drink their spirits to Em G The day the big bear died C D A tear was ran across the Arizona countryside Outro: Em G The day the big bear died C D A tear was ran across the Arizona countryside Em G Big bear laid his head down on sweet Escudilla's side C G A testament to everything that's good and whole and right Em G The last of all the grizzlies gone, should make a grown man cry C D Big bear, won't you fight like hell to keep yourself alive? C Em Big bear, won't you fight like hell to keep yourself alive?
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Escudilla Chords Info
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Tuning: Standard EADGBE
Capo: 6
Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Chords: F#m, Em, D#m, G, F#, C, B, D, C#, A