Chords with lyrics
Son Volt – “Bandages and Scars”
off of the record “Okemah and the Melody of Riot”
Tabs by Tim Prizer ([email protected])
Taken from watching Jay Farrar play this one on the Best Buy exclusive live DVD
Standard tuning (eBGDAE)
Chords used:
A6/7sus – 03045x
A6/7 – 03055x
G+G – 330023
E minor 7Em7 – 030220
D MajorD – 2320xx
Dsus2Dsus2 – 0320xx
C majorC – 010230
C/GC/G – 010233
Cmaj7/G – 000233
Intro: [A6/7sus] [A6/7] x2
[G+G] [G+G] [E minor 7Em7] [D MajorD] [C majorC] [C/GC/G]
[G+G]Can’t taste holy water
[G+G]Can’t find it in the well
[E minor 7Em7]Been doing lot of [D MajorD]thinking
[C majorC]Thinking about [C/GC/G]hell
[G+G]Thinking about the ozone
[G+G]Thinking about lead
[E minor 7Em7]Thinking about the [D MajorD]future
[C majorC]And what to do [C/GC/G]then
CHORUS
[D MajorD] [Dsus2Dsus2] [D MajorD]The words of Woody [Dsus2Dsus2]Guthrie ringing [C/GC/G]in my [Cmaj7/G]head [C/GC/G] [Cmaj7/G]
[D MajorD] [Dsus2Dsus2] [D MajorD]The words of Woody [Dsus2Dsus2]Guthrie ringing [C/GC/G]in my [Cmaj7/G]head [C/GC/G] [Cmaj7/G]
Break (same as intro)
[G+G]Blame it on the system
[G+G]Or those that came before
[E minor 7Em7]Updated [D MajorD]consciousness
[C majorC]Knocking on [C/GC/G]doors
[G+G]Piecemeal solutions
[G+G]Will only leave scars
[E minor 7Em7]Bandages for [D MajorD]nosebleeds
In this [C majorC]city of [C/GC/G]artificial [D MajorD]stars
CHORUS
[Dsus2Dsus2] [D MajorD]The words of Woody [Dsus2Dsus2]Guthrie ringing [C/GC/G]in my [Cmaj7/G]head [C/GC/G] [Cmaj7/G]
[D MajorD] [Dsus2Dsus2] [D MajorD]The words of Woody [Dsus2Dsus2]Guthrie ringing [C/GC/G]in my [Cmaj7/G]head [C/GC/G] [Cmaj7/G]
Intro again
--Play [G+G] over and over and end with Chorus chords,
