Chinatown chords by Shakey Graves

Chords with lyrics

Song: Chinatown
Artist: Shakey Graves
Album: Story of My Life

Chords used: C/GC/G C7C7 FF F minorFm A minorAm G+G DmDm and a chord called F#m7(b5,#5), I'll tab it below.

F#m7(b5,#5):
e|-0-
BB|-1-
G+G|-2-    Instead of writing out F#m7(b5,#5) every time it comes up,
D MajorD|-0-    I'm going to refer to it just as F#m7, but play what's tabbed
A augmentedA|-0-
E MajorE|-2-

In the studio version, he plays it with a capo on the 1st fret, but there are live versions with capos
in different places. This tab was put together with a lot of help from this live performance, where he
puts a capo on the 4th fret: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xeLvv8iQsk

Intro: C/GC/G C7C7 FF F minorFm A minorAm (bass walk down to) C/GC/G (then) F#m7F#m7 FF G+G

C/GC/G
This heart of mine

Keeps decent time
C7C7
Though my ears may be weak
              FF
And my eyes may be all but blind
  F minorFm           A minorAm C/GC/G F#m7F#m7
I still have sense enough to hear
     FF           G+G
And I'm not much without you near

(pause)    C/GC/G
I've paid my dues

Done one or two
   C7C7                FF
But still it keeps a boiling down to you
   F minorFm            A minorAm C/GC/G F#m7F#m7
So choose to be my victory, or vice
     FF            G+G
Oh either way I still want you here tonight


Instrumental: C/GC/G C7C7 FF F minorFm A minorAm (bass walk down to) C/GC/G (then) F#m7F#m7 FF G+G


DmDm        A minorAm       DmDm
Heaven knows it's hard to find another
  A minorAm               C/GC/G   F#m7F#m7  (<--Still a walk down)
Oh hell knows it's got a home for folks like me
FF
There will come a day
     G+G
When the earth will cease to spin
    FF
You'll hold me close and say
  G+G
My god where have you been?

      C/GC/G
I've been around, old Chinatown
C7C7              FF
Happily lost but oh so easily found
    F minorFm              A minorAm C/GC/G F#m7F#m7
They're counting the stars above the hill
        FF         G+G
'Neath some old moon, humming my tune
       C majorC or C/GC/G or Riff
I'll see you soon

He actually ends the song just plucking the 2nd Fret of the A augmentedA song after a short little riff that's
repeated in the song:

e|---------|
BB|-----0---|
G+G|-0-1---1-|
D MajorD|---------|
A augmentedA|---------|
E MajorE|---------|

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