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Turtles All The Way Down Tab by Sturgill Simpson

Turtles All The Way Down tab by Sturgill Simpson

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This song is basically just 3 chords + specific voicings/ variations.
He plays E normally, but the A and B7 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 A (index finger bars D through E and pinkie is on both the E and B)
e|-4-|
B|-4-|
G|-2-|
D|-2-|
A|---|
E|---|

And this is his B7 (Basically a normal B7 but no pinkie on high E)
e|---|
B|---|
G|-2-|
D|-1-|
A|-2-|
E|---|
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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)

E fill
e|---0-------------0----|
B|---0-------------0----|
G|---1-------------1----|
D|---2----0h2-0----2----|
A|---2-0h2---------2----|
E|-0-0----------2b-0----|

A fill#1
e|---4---------|
B|---4---------|
G|---2------2--|
D|---2-0h3h4-4-|
A|-0-----------|
E|-------------|

A fill #2 (this is usually played after the above A fill, but not played every time)
Again, index finger is barring from D down
e|-------------4---|
B|-4---4---4---4---|
G|-4---4---4---2---|
D|-7-7-6-6-4-4-2---|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

B7 step down to E
e|-0---------------0--|
B|-0---------------0--|
G|-2---------------1--|
D|-1---------------2--|
A|-2-0h1h2-0-------2--|
E|-0----------s4-2-0--|



There are 2 more chords(call them G#m and F#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

G#m
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--4------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--6-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--6-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

F#m
e|-----|
B|-2---|
G|-2---|
D|-4---|
A|-4---|
E|-----|

           E
    I've seen Jesus play with flames, in a lake of fire
                        A
    That I was standing in
            B7
    Met the devil in Seattle
                                           E
    And spent nine months inside the lions... den

        E
    Met Buddha yet another time
                                           A
    And he showed me the glowing light within
    B7
    But I swear that God is there, every time I glare
                             E
    Into the eyes of my best... friend

Refrain:
        A
        Says my son, it's all been done
                                             E
        Someday you're gonna wake up old and... gray
           A
        So go and try to have some fun, showing warmth to everyone
                                                  B7    (walk down)
        You meet and greet... and cheat along the way

              E
    There's a gateway in our minds that leads somewhere out there
                    A
    Far beyond this plane
          B7
    Where reptile aliens made of light
                                    E
    Cut you open, pull out all your pain

            E
    Tell me how you make illegal
                                      A
    Something that we all make in our brain
         B7
    Some say you might go crazy
                                     E
    Then again, it might make you go... sane

        A
        Every time I... take a look... inside that old and... fabled book
            A
        I'm blinded and... reminded of...
                                               E
        The pain caused by some old man in the sky
        A
        Marijuana... LSD... psilocybin... DMT...
        A
        They all changed... the way I see...
            A                                           B7    (walk down)
        But love's the only thing... that ever saved my life
              E
    So, don't waste your mind on nursery rhymes or fairy tales of blood and wine
         A               G#m           F#m
    It's turtles all the way down the line
          A
    So to each their own til' we go home... to other realms our souls must roam
    A                                                 B7        E
    To and through... the myth that... we all call... space and time



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| h  Hammer-on
| b  Bend
| s
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