Dropping Anchor chords by Jimmies Chicken Shack

Chords with lyrics

"Dropping Anchor"
by Jimmie's Chicken Shack
off the album: Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope
transcribed by the Lizard
submitted by Mary Causey: [email protected]

Standard E MajorE tuning

intro riff: clean tone with phaser

---------0------------------------------------
----------0----0-----------0------------------
-----------3--3-3---3--3----3-----------------
------------4----4---4--4----4----------------  repeat 4x
-------------4----4---4--4----4---------------  w/ F#F#
-0-2-2-----------------------------------------  played
                         in back
                                    ground

riff 1:
with heavy distortion:
E MajorE F#F# E MajorE G+G C majorC - power chords play 4 times

riff 2;
 lead with chords:

/ // / // / //
E MajorE F#F# E MajorE F#F# E MajorE F#F#  E MajorE   -I haven't figured the lead
               out yet.

verse 1: with chords above.
 here's the melody that goes with the tune of the words:

-2-----------------------------------
--2----------------------------------
----4-3------------3-3-4-6--3-3-4-6---  * ^= bend
--------4-2-4-4^-4--------------------
-------------------------------------
-------------------------------------

pre-chorus://///       //////
      F#F#        F#F#  E MajorE  play 4 times
      don't know what.. and I hope...

chorus: play riff 1

then riff2

verse 2: same as verse 1

pre-chorus

bridge:
/// // / //
BB  D MajorD  F#F#  play 4 times
and I will not....
//////////////////
G+G
can't believe though....

chorus

lyrics:
verse 1:we've all been tied to ...
not falling in... ...
pre-chorus: don't know ...
and I hope I ...
don't know what i ...
and I hope I ...
chorus: Dropping ...
verse 2: same as verse 1
pre-chorus:
bridge: and I will not ...
and I will not play my ...
and I will not... can't believe ...
kick myself but I won't ...
chorus:

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