Sallisaw Blues chords by John Moreland

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Chords Used

  G/C  G+G  Dsus2Dsus2  D7sus2  D7D7   A minorAm   E minorEm
e|---3----3------0--------0------2------0------0--
BB|---1----0------3--------1------1------1------0--
G+G|---0----0------2--------2------2------2------0--
D MajorD|---2----0------0--------0------0------2------2--
A augmentedA|---x----x-----------------------------0------2--
E MajorE|---3----3------------------------------------2--


RIFF:
Play dirty catching adjacent strings
e|----------------------------------------------------------
BB|----------------------------------------------------------
G+G|----2/3---3---3---3---3---2---0-------0---0---------------
D MajorD|----------------------------------2-----------------------
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------1---0-------
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------3---

INTRO:
RIFF - G+G - RIFF - G+G


VERSE:
G+G          G/C     RIFF
Arkansas River, Sallisaw blue
G+G           G/C        RIFF
This town never seen nothing like you
G/C                    RIFF
They got silver spoons for American gods
G+G                     RIFF
I wanna be stoned, thrown American rods


VERSE:
G+G               G/C       RIFF
I don't own anything, you don't know shit
G+G                  G/C       RIFF
With your bloodshot eyes giving my black heart fits
G/C                      RIFF
There's a neon sign that says 'Big Bad Luv'
G+G                         RIFF
And a noose hanging down from the heavens above

CHORUS:
    Dsus2Dsus2  D7sus2 - D7D7   A minorAm
It's no use,       God bless these blues
      E minorEm           G+G
Let's get wrecked and bruised and battered
    Dsus2Dsus2  D7sus2 - D7D7     A minorAm
I need you,        come on, burn right through
    E minorEm         G+G         G+G  G+G
Honey, show me I'm not shattered


VERSE:
G+G            G/C       RIFF
Down for the count, along for the ride
G+G             G/C        RIFF
Sipping cold medicine, ruining our lives
G/C                     RIFF
Slumming I-40 with American songs
G+G                     RIFF
They can bury our bodies in American wrongs


CHORUS:
    Dsus2Dsus2  D7sus2 - D7D7   A minorAm
It's no use,       God bless these blues
      E minorEm           G+G
Let's get wrecked and bruised and battered
    Dsus2Dsus2  D7sus2 - D7D7     A minorAm
I need you,        come on, burn right through
    E minorEm         G+G         G+G  G+G
Honey, show me I'm not shattered


VERSE:
G/C                      RIFF
There's a neon sign that says 'Big Bad Luv'
G+G                         RIFF
And a noose hanging down from the heavens above


CHORUS:
    Dsus2Dsus2  D7sus2 - D7D7   A minorAm
It's no use,       God bless these blues
      E minorEm           G+G
Let's get wrecked and bruised and battered
    Dsus2Dsus2  D7sus2 - D7D7     A minorAm
I need you,        come on, burn right through
    E minorEm         G+G         G+G  G+G
Honey, show me I'm not shattered


VERSE:
G/C                     RIFF
Slumming I-40 with American songs
G+G                     RIFF
They can bury our bodies in American wrongs