Trouble chords by The Jayhawks

Sent:   Monday, December 15, 1997 10:03 PM

Title:  Trouble
Artist: by the Jayhawks
Source: from the album "Sound of Lies"
(Perlman-Louris)

submitted by Nick Sonderup (zzsonderupn@winthrop.edu)

This is one of my all time favorite songs by the Jayhawks and is definitely
one of the better songs on "Sound of Lies".  My guitar teacher helped me
figure it out, so I can't take all the credit.

Intro (play twice):

e----9-----------9------------10--------------------------------------------
B----10----10---10-----10-----12------12----12s14---12--10-------------------
G----9-- 9-------9--9---------11--11------------------------11--------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse:

A
Trouble
             C#
that's what ....
        D*
And ....
Dm*             (Dm lick)               A          Dm lick (while in Dm bar chord)
Comes around in a ....
           C#m                          G          e--------5-7-8-7-5
Well my heart's ...

E
Looking for a ...
E
Looking for ...

       A                        C#
I'm face down ...
D*                          Dm*         (Dm lick)              A
Step aside, see the light, close ...
          C#m                           G
As they rally around ...
E
Looking for a ...
E                                       A    A/G#    F#m    A/E
It was just the blind ....

D            D/C#                 Bm    D/A
    I got my feet back ...


Chorus:

C#m                         Bm
It's better than ...
C#m                         Bm          E
It's better ...

A
Funny
               C#
We ...
                        D*
Just standing ...
           Dm     (Dm lick)    A
Looking down, ...

A           C#m                           G
There's a little bit ...
E
You were so ....
E                                         A     A/G#    F#m      A/E
It was just the blind ....
D          D/C#              Bm  D/A
I got my feet ...

Chorus:

C#m                     Bm
It's better ....
C#m                     Bm
It's better ...

Bridge:

Bm                           D
We were stranded ....
                  A
Destitute and s....
                F#m
Looking for ...
Bm                 D
Left hung ...

                             A
Our backs ...
                      F#m         D       E
Stoned out of our...


Solo:

e------------------------------5--7--5---5--7--5---5--7--5---5-7-8-7-5---------
B-----------------------------x--------x----------x---------------------7-5-5~~
G-------------------6s0------x-------x----------x------------------------------
D----7--7-7-7--9--------6-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

e--------------------------------------- 4h5-4--------7-9-7-----12-14-12--12-14-
B---------------------------10-----------5-5-5------x----------x----------------
G-------------9-9----9h11----------------4-4-4-----x----------x-----------------
D----7-9-9s11-----9-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------3--3-3-2-0----------------------------------------

e-12h14------12h14-----12h14------12--14---17--
B-------14---------14--------14----------------
G----------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------

A    A/G#    F#m         A/E
                Ooooooo ...
D          D/C#           Bm         D/A
I got my feet ....

Chorus:

C#m                           Bm
It's better ...
C#m                           Bm
It's ...
C#m              Bm
Oooooooooooo ....
C#m              Bm
Mmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmm


Outro same as intro   (except end on an E)   (D string -----9----)


Chord Formations:

     D*      Dm            A/G#            D/C#

e-------        e----5-----             e-------                e---2---
B---7---        B----6-----             B---2---                B---3---
G---7---        G----7-----             G---2---                G---2---
D---5---        D----7-----             D---2---                D-------
A---5---        A----5-----             A-------                A---4---
E--------       E----5-----             E---4---                E-------