Turtle Dove chords by Mandolin Orange

Chords with lyrics

Double Drop D MajorD Tuning: Tune both E MajorE strings down to D MajorD so open it?s DADGBD

    DADBGD
D MajorD    000230
G/BG/B   x20030
A7/D  002030 (I will notate just A7A7)
G+G    550030
A augmentedA    x02220 (it?s actually Asus4Asus4)
E minor 7Em7   220000


[Intro] D MajorD D MajorD G/BG/B G+G (x2)

D MajorD       D MajorD        G/BG/B   G+G     D MajorD  D MajorD G/BG/B G+G
 She came along like she was hiding some deep secret,
D MajorD        D MajorD    G/BG/B   A7A7    D MajorD  D MajorD G/BG/B G+G
 but now she's gone and I carry on to keep it.
D MajorD        D MajorD         G/BG/B   G+G     D MajorD  D MajorD G/BG/B G+G
 The cow's are grazing, boys, the fishin's getting good.
        D MajorD    D MajorD       G/BG/B  A7A7    D MajorD  D MajorD G/BG/B A augmentedA
 If fate's an old woodpecker, I'm an old chunk of wood.

G+G      G+G      D MajorD    D MajorD  A augmentedA - G+G
 Some mysteries we will...never know,
       G+G      D MajorD  D MajorD     E minor 7Em7  E minor 7Em7
 the turtle dove and the crow ... made a nest.

D MajorD       D MajorD        G/BG/B   G+G     D MajorD  D MajorD G/BG/B G+G
 We shared a line etched in stone between two years
      D MajorD    D MajorD   G/BG/B  A7A7       D MajorD  D MajorD G/BG/B G+G
 I aim to pack my grave someday . . . and go see her
      D MajorD     D MajorD   G/BG/B       G+G     D MajorD  D MajorD G/BG/B G+G
 Want to climb that ladder, Jacob won't you hold the door.
        D MajorD     D MajorD     G/BG/B   A7A7  D MajorD  D MajorD G/BG/B A augmentedA
 Just got to drop me a line this side of Jor...dan.

G+G      G+G      D MajorD    D MajorD  A augmentedA - G+G
 Some mysteries we will...never know,
       G+G      D MajorD  D MajorD     E minor 7Em7  A augmentedA E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
 the turtle dove and the crow ... made a nest.

[Instrumental] D MajorD D MajorD G/BG/B G+G  (X2)

D MajorD       D MajorD        G/BG/B   G+G      D MajorD D MajorD G/BG/B G+G
 She came along like she was hiding some deep secret.
D MajorD        D MajorD       G/BG/B A7A7       D MajorD D MajorD G/BG/B G+G
 She saw the future, boys, and I......was her ticket.
    D MajorD       D MajorD  G/BG/B  G+G     D MajorD  D MajorD G/BG/B G+G
 The American dream ... suited us just fine.
     D MajorD     D MajorD  G/BG/B  A7A7    D MajorD
 I'm a-layin down easy in my time of dying.


I've watched them play this in person and on video and I went back and forth on the last
e string, whether it's dropped to D MajorD or not. Try it both ways and see what you like. If you leave
the high e string on E, play D MajorD normally and G+G as 550003.

On different videos Andrew seems to vary during the verses, after the G/B, where he either plays
G+G or A7. I wrote it this way for consistency.

He does so much that I can't notate everything. On the G/BG/B he usually plucks the open A augmentedA string
then hammers on B. On the last "A" before the instrumental, try climbing from x02220 to x02230 to x02222.
When they sing "The American dream", try 000220. In general, as with everything, try it different
ways and play what you like. Hope this helps get you started.