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Turtles All The Way Down by Sturgill Simpson

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This song is basically just 3 chords + specific voicings/ variations.
He plays Chord diagramE MajorE normally, but the Chord diagramA augmentedA and Chord diagramB7B7 are a little weird.
If you're struggling, watching these videos closely/on half speed could help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvoVMtzof4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5cMqD0WqYE
Lastly, play this song dirty. It's ok to hit some strings/notes that aren't listed below. He plays loose

Here's how he plays the Chord diagramA augmentedA (index finger bars Chord diagramD MajorD through Chord diagramE MajorE and pinkie is on both the Chord diagramE MajorE and Chord diagramBB)
e|-4-|
Chord diagramBB|-4-|
Chord diagramG+G|-2-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-2-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---|

And this is his Chord diagramB7B7 (Basically a normal Chord diagramB7B7 but no pinkie on high Chord diagramE MajorE)
e|---|
Chord diagramBB|---|
Chord diagramG+G|-2-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-1-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-2-|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---|
Here are some of the most prominent fills/voicings in the song
(He plays other ones only once or twice but you can play the whole song with just these)

Chord diagramE MajorE fill
e|---0-------------0----|
Chord diagramBB|---0-------------0----|
Chord diagramG+G|---1-------------1----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2----0h2-0----2----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---2-0h2---------2----|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0-0----------2b-0----|

Chord diagramA augmentedA fill#1
e|---4---------|
Chord diagramBB|---4---------|
Chord diagramG+G|---2------2--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2-0h3h4-4-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-0-----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------|

Chord diagramA augmentedA fill #2 (this is usually played after the above Chord diagramA augmentedA fill, but not played every time)
Again, index finger is barring from Chord diagramD MajorD down
e|-------------4---|
Chord diagramBB|-4---4---4---4---|
Chord diagramG+G|-4---4---4---2---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7-7-6-6-4-4-2---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|

Chord diagramB7B7 step down to Chord diagramE MajorE
e|-0---------------0--|
Chord diagramBB|-0---------------0--|
Chord diagramG+G|-2---------------1--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-1---------------2--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-2-0h1h2-0-------2--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-0----------s4-2-0--|

There are 2 more chords(call them Chord diagramG# minorG#m and Chord diagramF# minorF#m that he only plays once, but you need em.
They're played on the "Turtles All the Way Down The Line" verse.
Again, the index is barring

Chord diagramG# minorG#m
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--4------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--4-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--6-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--6-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chord diagramF# minorF#m
e|-----|
Chord diagramBB|-2---|
Chord diagramG+G|-2---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-4---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-4---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----|

      Chord diagramE MajorE
  I've seen Jesus play with flames, in a lake of fire
            Chord diagramA augmentedA
  That I was standing in
      Chord diagramB7B7
  Met the devil in Seattle
                      Chord diagramE MajorE
  And spent nine months inside the lions... den

    Chord diagramE MajorE
  Met Buddha yet another time
                      Chord diagramA augmentedA
  And he showed me the glowing light within
  Chord diagramB7B7
  But I swear that God is there, every time I glare
               Chord diagramE MajorE
  Into the eyes of my best... friend

Refrain:
    Chord diagramA augmentedA
    Says my son, it's all been done
                       Chord diagramE MajorE
    Someday you're gonna wake up old and... gray
      Chord diagramA augmentedA
    So go and try to have some fun, showing warmth to everyone
                         Chord diagramB7B7  (walk down)
    You meet and greet... and cheat along the way

       Chord diagramE MajorE
  There's a gateway in our minds that leads somewhere out there
          Chord diagramA augmentedA
  Far beyond this plane
     Chord diagramB7B7
  Where reptile aliens made of light
                  Chord diagramE MajorE
  Cut you open, pull out all your pain

      Chord diagramE MajorE
  Tell me how you make illegal
                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
  Something that we all make in our brain
     Chord diagramB7B7
  Some say you might go crazy
                   Chord diagramE MajorE
  Then again, it might make you go... sane

    Chord diagramA augmentedA
    Every time I... take a look... inside that old and... fabled book
      Chord diagramA augmentedA
    I'm blinded and... reminded of...
                        Chord diagramE MajorE
    The pain caused by some old man in the sky
    Chord diagramA augmentedA
    Marijuana... LSD... psilocybin... DMT...
    Chord diagramA augmentedA
    They all changed... the way I see...
      Chord diagramA augmentedA                      Chord diagramB7B7  (walk down)
    But love's the only thing... that ever saved my life
       Chord diagramE MajorE
  So, don't waste your mind on nursery rhymes or fairy tales of blood and wine
     Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramG# minorG#m      Chord diagramF# minorF#m
  It's turtles all the way down the line
     Chord diagramA augmentedA
  So to each their own til' we go home... to other realms our souls must roam
  Chord diagramA augmentedA                         Chord diagramB7B7    Chord diagramE MajorE
  To and through... the myth that... we all call... space and time


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