Word Of Mouth chords by Shakey Graves

Chords with lyrics

Awesome artist but not well known. Liked this song and couldn't find a tab so I made one.
This is the Audiotree session version. He does a no capo version as well and its the
exact same chords.

Capo 6
The Bass line follows this pattern and you just pick the chords overtop

     A minorAm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----0-------------------0-------------------0--------3-----0------------0-|
E MajorE|-------------0--------3----------0---------3---------------------0-----3---|

The bass changes to follow the C majorC chord. Anything in brackets is optional but it is in
the song.

     C majorC
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------(pick)-----(pick)-----(pick)----(pick)---------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------(0)--3---------------(0)--3---------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------3------------------3-----------------------------------------------|
(pick just means pick the top strings in the C majorC chord)

The strumming pattern is pretty simple. Listen to the song to get it down.
Intro: A minorAm
  C majorC
Oh, I see a girl thats blue like the sea
                       A minorAm
when i go to sleep you know that she sees me, too
   C majorC
yeah, just standing around like the popular kids
                  A minorAm
hoping saint peter will let us in, too
             FF
"well," he says " if you value your life stay off the drugs
    C majorC
if you value the drugs stay off the map.
    G+G
if you value maps you better travel, son.
    FF                     C(single strum)     A minorAm
if you dont want to travel then you better run"

ooh, yeah, mmm, oh
      C majorC
yeah, well I knew a king in his purple throne
                       A minorAm
oh, and he had some trouble so he's all alone now
    C majorC
well I used to bring him little presents from time to time
                       A minorAm
and hed sit me in his castle and hed pick my mind
     FF
he said, "if you value your heart, oh stay on the road.
    C majorC
if you value the road, oh stay on the top .
    G+G
if you value the top, oh youre gonna suffer son.
    FF                       C(single strum)   A minorAm
and if you dont want to suffer, then you better run"

(Full strums)

    C majorC
well i see my boss in his practical suit
                      A minorAm
ill toss him in the cellar wont give him no food

(Back to picking)

   C majorC
when anybody tries to tell him what to do
                  A minorAm
he holds his breath until he turns blue
     FF
he says, "if you value your job, stay out of crime.
    C majorC
if you value the crime, stay out of doors.
    G+G
if you value them doors you better lock em son.
    FF                  G+G
and if you dont want to lock em, you better buy a gun"

This part speeds up. Its the same Chords but just at a different tempo. Theres a few
riffs here. Theres no real
pattern I can distinguish. He just plays around with the high BB and E MajorE strings on the
third fret with his pinkie.
He also throws in some bends on the BB string.
The new bass riff comes to this.
     A minorAm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------0-----3-----------------0------33--------------------|
E MajorE|-------0------3------------------0------3----------------------------------|

      C majorC
yeah, well i saw a snake in an apple tree
                          A minorAm
you know i didnt trust a word that he hissed to me, no!
          C majorC
yeah, he said, "it must be gettin awful lonely tryin to save the world;
                          A minorAm
just buy a collared shirt and try and fuck some girls."
     FF
he said, "if you value your limbs, stay in the game.
    C majorC
if you value the game, stay in the style.
    G+G
if you value that style, youre a sinkin son.
    FF
if you dont want to sink then you better run."

(strumming) C majorC   A minorAm   C majorC   A minorAm

Little ending rif
    C majorC               FF
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------3^------5-------3^----5------------1--1h3-3s5---------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------2----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------3--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------3------3-------3------3----------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro: FF