Chords with lyrics
Intro:
D/AD/A
Fiddle part:
|G+G | B minorBm | D/AD/A | A augmentedA |
|G+G | B minorBm | D/AD/A | A augmentedA |
Verse:
D MajorD
My father was a carpenter
G+G B minorBm
My mother she died young
G+G D MajorD
I'm the eldest of my brothers
A augmentedA B minorBm
You're the trouble in my blood
G+G D MajorD
Trouble in my blood
D MajorD
I swore that I'd stay humble
G+G B minorBm
Like my father was before
G+G D MajorD
He built the home I live in
A augmentedA B minorBm
Of sand and mud and smoke
G+G D MajorD
Sand and mud and smoke
Chorus:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Yes, we will leave here without a trace
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Take a new name and an old shape
G+G D MajorD
I'll be no outlaw, no renegade
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Just your faithful god of loss
Fiddle part:
|G+G | B minorBm | D MajorD | A augmentedA |
|G+G | B minorBm | D MajorD | A augmentedA |
D MajorD
So meet me by the river
G+G B minorBm
On a boat-shaped piece of earth
G+G D MajorD
We press our bones together
A augmentedA B minorBm
And the spider does its work
D MajorD
With flakes of garlic
G+G B minorBm
And petals from a rose
G+G D MajorD
If it's small enough to carry
A augmentedA B minorBm
You and I can call it home
G+G D MajorD
You and I can call it home
Chorus:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Yes, we will leave here without a trace
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Take a new name and an old shape
G+G D MajorD
I'll be no outlaw, no renegade
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Just your faithful god of loss
Fiddle part:
|G+G | B minorBm | D MajorD | A augmentedA |
|G+G | B minorBm | D MajorD | A augmentedA |
|D MajorD |
OK, if you want to play it exactly as on the recording,
here are the tabs for the fingerpicking and exact chords:
Intro:
D/AD/A
e|--------2------------|
BB|----------------3----|
G+G|----2-------2--------|
D MajorD|---------------------|
A augmentedA|--0---0---0---0------|
E MajorE|---------------------|
Then each chord is played like this, 2x each.
GMaj7 B minorBm D/AD/A A augmentedA
e|---------2------------|---------2----------|--------2------------|--------5------------|
BB|-----------------3----|-----------------3--|----------------3----|----------------2----|
G+G|-----4-------4--------|-----4-------4------|----2-------2--------|----2-------2--------|
D MajorD|----------------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------|---2---2---2---2----|--0---0---0---0------|--0---0---0---0------|
E MajorE|---3---3---3---3------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D/AD/A
My father was a carpenter
GMaj7 B minorBm
My mother she died young
GMaj7 D/AD/A
I'm the eldest of my brothers
A augmentedA B minorBm
You're the trouble in my blood
GMaj7 D/AD/A
Trouble in my blood
etc..