Grievances chords by Daniel Johnston

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: B

Difficulty: Novice

Capo 4th fret


Intro:

e|---3-/5-/7-/8~----7-\5-\3-\2----|--------------|
B|--------------------------------|---3-/5-/7~---|
G|---4-/5-/7-/9~----7-\5-\4-\2----|--------------|
D|--------------------------------|---4-/5-/7~---|
A|--------------------------------|--------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------|

    G       D5      Em        Bm         C       G6      D
e|------3---------------0-------------|-------------------------0—2----|
B|------3-----3---------0--------3-x--|------1-----0--------3----------|
G|------0-----2-------0----------4-x--|------0-------0------2----------|
D|----------0---0---2-----2------4-x--|------2-----------0-------------| x2
A|----------------------------2-------|--3-----------------------------|
E|--3---------------------------------|----------3---------------------|
/ = slide-up
~ = vibrato
x = dead note


Verse 1:
G      D5     Em  Bm
  If I had my own way
C          G6           D5
  You'd be with me here today
      G      D5      Em  Bm
But I rarely have my own way
               C              G6           D5
I guess that's why you're not here with me today


Chorus 1:
        Em  D        C/G
And the li--brarian said
Em            D         C/G
   "You can't buy no respect"
        Em  D          C/G
I said "hey lady, what can you expect
         C/G   D      G        C/G  D  G
When I'm lyin' on the floor?"


Verse 2:
              G      D5           Em           Bm
Well you're a lovely lady but you don't wanna' be
C    G6      D5
  No girl of mine
         G    D5             Em       Bm
Well the only thing you ever done for me
    C       G6       D5
Was help me waste my time


Chorus 2:
      Em      D       C/G
And I saw you at the funeral
         Em       D             C/G
You were standin' there like a temple
         Em      D           C/G
I said, "hi, how are you, hello"
      C/G         D          G
And I pulled up a casket and crawled in
C/G  D  G         C/G  D  G
        Yes I did


Bridge:
G                     D5    Em        Bm
  Climbed up a mountain and I looked around
C              G6                   D5
  Some kind of circus with all them clowns
        G           D5               Em          Bm
I said "hey, wait a minute, can't we slow down a bit?"
      C          G6      D5
And I almost got hit by a truck

        G            D5                  Em          Bm
Well it just goes to show ya' that we're all on our own
C                    G6           D5
  Scroungin' for our own share of good luck
G           D5              Em   Bm
  Stab your brother in the back
C          D5         C     G/B  Am7  G
  And pick up your paycheck
C  G/B  Am7


Verse 3:
G  D5   Em   Bm
C  G6   D

G     D5         Em       Bm
  Goodbye lonely heart drawings
    C         G6      D5
You never did work anyhow
G     D5            Em   Bm
  I'm lookin' for a nice girl
    C       G6      D5
And I don't want no cow


Chorus 3:
Em     D            C/G
   I'm headin' out West
Em        D            C/G
   Gonna' find me the best
       Em          D         C/G
Well I played the game but I failed the test
     C/G        D              G
If I can't be a lover then I'll be a pest
C/G  D  G
        Yes I will
C/G  D    G
     Yes I will
C/G  D  G
Yes I   will


Outro:
                                                 G7
e|---3-/5-/7-/8~----7-\5-\3-\2----|--------------1---|
B|--------------------------------|---3-/5-/7----0---|
G|---4-/5-/7-/9~----7-\5-\4-\2----|--------------0---|
D|--------------------------------|---4-/5-/7----0---|
A|--------------------------------|--------------2---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------3---|