Chords with lyrics
Play around with the strumming pattern on this - it's pretty loose and bluesy.
Full track to play along to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrgcFa-QyNM
Intro starts with a slide guitar improv.
Acoustic intro chords are (roughly)
| E MajorE / / A augmentedA | repeated - play about with it, loose and bluesy!
Chorus:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Carry me down real slow
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Carry me down real slow
A augmentedA E MajorE
Carry me down these stairs I know
A augmentedA E MajorE
Carry me down these stairs I know
improv around | E MajorE / / A augmentedA | for a bit in between each verse and chorus, and chorus into verse:
Verse:
E MajorE
Sun gonna shine all day
BB A augmentedA
They take me away
A augmentedA E MajorE
big black car take me to the yard
E MajorE
look at my wife and kid
BB A augmentedA
look at my wife and kid
A augmentedA E MajorE
Wonderin' what it was I did
Chorus:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Carry me down real slow
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Carry me down real slow
A augmentedA E MajorE
Now I care how fast I go
A augmentedA E MajorE
Now I care how fast I go
Instrumental with vocal improv:
| E MajorE / / / | E MajorE / BB / | A augmentedA / / E MajorE | BB / E MajorE / | x2
Verse:
E MajorE
Flowers by the yard
BB A augmentedA
Must be fifteen cars
A augmentedA E MajorE
He was loved, they say, they say
BB E MajorE
He was loved
E MajorE
Look at the big black car
BB A augmentedA
Rolling down the boulevard
A augmentedA E MajorE
Who was that, they said they said
BB E MajorE
I don't know but he's dead
Chorus:
E MajorE
So carry me down real slow
E MajorE
Yeah carry me down real slow
A augmentedA E MajorE
Now I care how fast I go
A augmentedA E MajorE
Now I care how fast I go
A augmentedA E MajorE
Carry me down these stairs I know
A augmentedA E MajorE
Carry me down these stairs I know
A augmentedA E MajorE
Carry me down these stairs
Instrumental with vocal improv:
| E MajorE / / / | E MajorE / BB / | A augmentedA / / E MajorE | BB / E MajorE / | x2