Chord/Tab song: I Fell Into Painting Houses in Phoenix, Arizona

Song: I fell into painting houses in phoenix, arizona
Artist: Richmond Fontaine
Tabbed by: Jpencz ([email protected])

Standard tuning
Capo 5th fret

The whole song he plays his chords with variations of the actual chord, taking a finger off and

hammering on. It might not be exact but here is how I hear it, and sounds pretty good. He doesn't

always do it, so just listen to the song and try to mimic it using variations like these:

[Em] [C] [G]

e|----0--0-0-0------0-0-0-0-------3--3-3-3----|
B|----0--0-0-0------1-1-1-1-------0--0-0-0----|
G|----0--0-0-0------0-0-0-0-------0--0-0-0----|
D|----2--0-2-0------2-0-2-0-------0--0-0-0----|
A|----2--2-2-2------3-3-3-3-------2--0-2-0----|
E|----0--0-0-0------0-0-0-0-------3--3-3-3----|



intro:

[Em]

verse 1:

[Em]I fell into painting [G]houses [Am]in Phoe[C]nix

[Em]I'd been there a week[G] picked up an [Am]illegal on the [C]street

[Dm]The kid w[Am]as ninete[G]en years[Em] old

[Em]had a wife and [G]kid in L[Am]oreto Mex[Em]ico

[G]The suburbs in the that town[Dm] are a sp[Am]rawl

[Em]we never kn[G]ew where [Am]we were at [Em]all

[Em]we worked five days s[G]traight then we[Am] didnt pick him[C] up

[Em]and i knew that the k[G]id had neve[Am]r been pa[C]id

[Dm]probably just [Am]waited at the[G] meetin spot all[Em] day

[G]we drove to a different[Dm] part of [Am]town

picked up another [Em]kid for [G]a job i[Am]n the subur[Em]b


harmonica interlude 1
[----]
[Em] [G] [Am] [C]
[Dm] [Am] [G] [Em]
[----]

Verse 2:

[Em]I didnt s[G]how up t[Am]he next [C]day

[Em]I aint sh[G]it but I[Am] aint that [Em]way

[G]Got a job as a janito[Dm]r at turf [Am]paradise

and i [Em]moved in with a[G] girl who work[Am]ed on the ba[Em]ckside

[G]at night id always re[Dm]ad the new[Am]s

metro [Em]section [G]of the sco[Am]ttsdale tr[Em]ibune

[G]a family left in the [Dm]trunk of a [Am]car

[Em]or a family a[G]bandoned in [Am]the desert [Em]alone


harmonica interlude 2
[----]
[Em] [G] [Am] [C]
[Dm] [Am] [G] [Em]


e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|--5--4--2--0----|
A|--------------3-|
E|----------------|


[G] [C] [G] [Am] [Em]
[----]

outro:

[Em]watch a h[G]orse [Am]break do[C]wn

[Em]or your girlfriend [G]who cant stand the[Am] sight of her own[C] face

[Em]or to watch your [G]sister drink [Am]her life aw[C]ay

[Em]get me out of h[G]ere get me [Am]out of he[C]re

[Em]get me out of h[G]ere get me [Am]out of he[Em]re