-Josh tunes his acoustic guitar one full step down (). -You could also remain in standard tuning, put Capo on the 3rd fret, and then voice the chords on the lower strings () instead. +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ FOREPLAY -Play these 8 bars for the verses as well. -In terms of finger picking, the most efficient picking is to use one finger for each string, whatever fingers you prefer using. Josh uses T I M R. |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--3-------3-------3-------3-----|--3-------3-------3-------3-----| |----0-------0-------0-------0---|----1-------1-------1------(0)--| |------3-------3-------3-------3-|------3-------3-------3------(0)| |1-------1-------1-------1-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| (The (0) simply mean the open strings being picked when Josh switches between chords.) |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--1-------1-------1-------1-----|--1-------1-------1-------1-----| |----2-------2-------2------(0)--|----0-------0-------3------(0)--| |------3-------3-------3------(0)|------2-------2-------2------(0)| |3-------3-------3-------3-------|3-------3-------3-------3-------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--1-------1-------1-------1-----|--2-------2-------2-------2-----| |----2-------2-------2-------2---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| |------3-------3-------3------(0)|------2-------2-------2------(0)| |3-------3-------3-------3-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--3-------3-------3-------3-----|--3-------3-------3-------3-----| |----1-------1-------1------(0)--|----0-------0-------0-------0---| |------3-------3-------3-------3-|------3-------3-------3-------3-| |2-------2-------2-------2-------|1-------1-------1-------1-------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| verse 1 " We met in a parking lot just buying coffee and cigarettes, firewood and bad wine long since gone but I'm still drunk and hot, wide awake and breathing hard verse 2 " And now, in just one year's time I've become jealous, rail-thin, prone to paranoia when I'm stoned. Cause isn't true love 'Someone oughta put me in a home?' verse 3 " Say, do you wanna get married, and put an end to our endless progressive tendency to scorn provincial concepts like your dowry and your daddy's farm? -Play the first 7 bars as usual; then this 8th bar instead, before the Bridge: |--------------------------------: |--3-------3---------------------: |----0-------0-------------------: (The : are used to indicate |------3-------3-----------------: a freer time between bars.) |1-------1-------1---------------: |--------------------------------: " For love to BRIDGE :--------------------------------:--------------------------------| :--------------------------------:--------------------------------| :3-------------------------------:3-------------------------------| :2-------------------------------:2-------------------------------| :3-------------------------------:3-------------------------------| :--------------------------------:--------------------------------| find us of all people I never |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--1-------1-------1-------1-----|--3-------3-------3-------3-----| |----2-------2-------2-------2---|----1-------1-------1-------1---| |------3-------3-------3------(0)|------3-------3-------3------(0)| |3-------3-------3-------3-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| thought it be so simple |--------------------------------||--------------------------------| |--2-------2-------2-------2-----||--2-------2-------2-------2-----| |----0-------0-------0-------0---||----0-------0-------0-------0---| |------2-------2-------2-------2-||------2-------2-------2-------2-| |0-------0-------0-------0-------||0-------0-------0-------0-------| |--------------------------------||--------------------------------| ooh... |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--3-------3-------3-------3-----|--3-------3-------3-------3-----| |----1-------1-------1------(0)--|----0-------0-------0-------0---| |------3-------3-------3-------3-|------3-------3-------3-------3-| |2-------2-------2-------2-------|1-------1-------1-------1-------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| verse 4 (Instrumental) " ooh... VERSE 5 " Let's buy a plantation house and let the yard grow wild till we don't need the signs that say 'Keep out' I've got some money left, and it's cheaper in the South VERSE 6 " I need someone I can trust to protect me from our seven daughters when my body says 'Enough!' Don't let me die in a hospital, I'll save the big one for the last time we make love ENDING |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--2-------2-------2-------2-----|--1-------1-------1-------1-----| |----3-------3-------3-------3---|----2-------2-------2-------2---| |------3-------3-------3------(0)|------3-------3-------3------(0)| |1-------1-------1-------1-------|3-------3-------3-------3-------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| " Insert here |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--2-------2-------2-------2-----|--3-------3-------3-------3-----| |----0-------0-------0-------0---|----1-------1-------1-------1---| |------2-------2-------2-------2-|------3-------3-------3------(0)| |0-------0-------0-------0-------|2-------2-------2-------2-------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| a sentiment, RE: 'our golden years' |--------------------------------:--------------------------------| |--3-------3---------------------:2-------------------------------| |----0-------0-------------------:3-------------------------------| |------3-------3-----------------:3-------------------------------| |1-------1-------1---------------:1-------------------------------| |--------------------------------:--------------------------------| All cause I went to the |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--1-------1-------1-------1-----|--1-------1-------1-------1-----| |----2-------2-------2-------2---|----0-------0-------0-------0---| |------3-------3-------3------(0)|------2-------2-------2------(0)| |3-------3-------3-------3-------|3-------3-------3-------3-------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| store one day |--------------------------------|--------------------------------------:------: |--1-------1-------1-------1-----|--------------------------------------:-1^---: |----2-------2-------2------(0)--|0^------------------------------------:-2^---: |------3-------3-------3---------|2^------------------------------------:-3^---: |3-------3-------3-------3-------|3^------------------------------------:-3^---: |--------------------------------|--------------------------------------:------: "I've seen you around, what's your name?" +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Jon Sebastian Frederiksen â?? 10th /February /15 Just mail me at [email protected] with questions, comments and corrections!
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