Rotten Town Acoustic chords by Ludo

Chords with lyrics

Rotten Town (Acoustic)
Ludo
Prepare the Preparations

This beginning is borrowed from the intro tab that was previously posted. Thanks
for the help. I added the full chords to it. While the acoustic version
recording clearly has multiple guitar tracks, this sounds good for one person playing.

     A minorAm
---------0---------------1---------------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
---------1---------------3---------------1-------0-------1-------1-----|
---------2---------------2---------------2-------1-------2-------2-----|
---------2---------------0-3-7---0-3-7---2-------2-------2-------2-----|
-0-0-0---0-3-7---0-3-7---------0-------0-0-3-7---2-------0-3-7---0-----|
-------0-------0-------0-----------------------0-0-4-7-4-------0-------|

(The above is played for the first verse and the first half of the second verse)

Verse 1:
   DmDm
'Twas quite the inky black night
    A minorAm
All the weather vanes were turning
    A minorAm
And the constable was burning out his light
   DmDm
When low our anchors went down, barnacle bound
  A minorAm
The men were up and churning
     A minorAm
Yes, and soon the square was burning to the ground

Walkup
  A minorAm
|-----------0--|
|--1--1--3--1--|
|--2--2--0--2--|
|--2--2--5-----|
|--0--0--------|
|--------------|


Prechorus:

  E MajorE
And oh the flames were as gold

Chorus:

        FF
I scowl at the angry moon
   G+G
I am sick on myself I'm a bum
       A minorAm
What have I become
      E MajorE
A augmentedA drunken maroon run aground
        A minorAm
In this rotten town

Verse 2:

   DmDm
It's been a fortnight or two
  A minorAm
The mutineers are plotting against
  A minorAm
the captain as I'm rotting in the goo

(palm mute)
  A minorAm
The constable was set to drown while the shabby scabs that went to town were
DmDm
reconnoitering with blades and gun
    A minorAm
But the ale had started spilling
     A minorAm
Yes, and soon the crew was killing everyone

(walkup)

Prechorus 2:

  E MajorE
And all the streets burned with gold,
   E MajorE
But, oh, my bones were so cold

Chorus: (slightly different)

        FF
I scowl at the angry moon
   G+G
I am sick on myself I'm a bum
       A minorAm
What have I become
      C majorC
A augmentedA drunken maroon run aground
E MajorE
In this rotten town

Bridge:

 A augmentedA
I stumble down the harbor to the tavern on the square
                 E MajorE
And heard a raucous ruckus as it rang
A augmentedA
From some foul inebriates
   D MajorD
Some men I used to call my mates
   A augmentedA
Were lost in song and this is what they sang

They sang,
 E MajorE
"Heigh, hi, yo, ho! O'er the Atlantic we go
A augmentedA
Drinking 'till we all get sick
  D MajorD
And coming up with limericks
    A augmentedA
But we never quite remember how they end"

   D MajorD
I can see my childhood home
 E MajorE
I think of my dear old mum
       A minorAm
What have I become

Chorus: (same chords as the first chorus)

I scowl at the angry moon
I am sick on myself I'm a bum
What have I become
A augmentedA drunken maroon run aground
In this rotten town (I scowl at the angry moon)

I am sick on myself I'm a bum
What have I become
A augmentedA drunken maroon run aground
In this rotten town (I scowl at the angry moon)

I am sick on myself I'm a bum
What have I become
A augmentedA drunken maroon run aground
In this rotten town (In this rotten)
In this rotten, In this rotten town

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