This is the same as the tab by cate brown but ive changed the chord shapes so it can be
in standard tuning.
CHORDS USED:
[G2] [G2/F#] [Am4] [Em] [Dsus4] [D]
[G/B] [Csus2] [Gm/Bb] [G]
e|---------------------------------------------------------x--|
B|---------------------------------------------------------3--|
G|---0----0-----7----0-------------------7-----7------7----0--|
D|---7----7-----10---9-----7----7---7----5-----5------5----0--|
A|---10---9-----0----7-----10---9---9----x-----x------x----2--|
E|-------------------0-----10--10---8----7-----8------6----3--|
strumming pattern: d downstroke mainly on bass note D donwstroke,
u upstroke
this pattern is maintaind throughout most of the song.
eg
[G2] [G2/F#]
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
[D] [D] [D] [u] [D] [D] [D] [u]
INTRO: (two times)
[G2] [G2/F#] [Am4] [Em]
VERSE-LONG:
[G2]When I was a kid I grew [G2/F#]up in a house on a
[Am4]Hill not the top not the [Em]bottom but the middle and I
[G2]Still remember where I [G2/F#]cracked my head in the
[Am]Vacant lot there's a [Em]row of tiny houses there
[G2]Now and we used to light [G2/F#]fires in the gutters and
[Am4]I could cool my head on the [Em]concrete steps but the
VERSE-B:
[Dsus4]Girl down the street hit my [D]sister on the head with a
F#o G/B
Stick and we hid behind my father as he knocked on her
[Dsus4]Parents' door to [D]tell them what she did but the
F#o G/B
Parents were drunk so they really didn't give a shit
LINK-1:
[Dsus4] [D] And the
VERSE:
[G2]Girl down the street said her [G2/F#]dog couldn't bark 'cos a
[Am4]Man with an axe cut its [Em]voice box out but my
[G2]Older sister told me that it [G2/F#]prob'ly wasn't true and I
[Am4]Believed what she said 'cos she [Em]took me by the hand one
VERSE-B:
[Dsus4]Time when a coupla men [D]drove down the hill in a
F#o G/B
White van said there was a phone box filled with
[Dsus4]Money 'round the corner and I [D]would've gone along but she
F#o G/B
Took me by the hand to the house in the middle of the
LINK-2:
[Csus2]Hill the middle of the [G/B]hill the middle of the
[Gm/Bb]Hill [Gm/Bb] and our
VERSE:
[G2]Mother knew the words to a [G2/F#]lot of different songs and we
[Am4]Always sing the harmonies [Em]when we'd sing along she had
[G2]Cool cool hands when the [G2/F#]fever hit then the
[Am4]Noises that the trains made [Em]sounded like people in my
VERSE-B:
[Dsus4]Head and the stories that the [D]ceiling told through the
F#o G/B
Pictures in the grains in the pinewood boards and I could
[Dsus4]Stay outside till the [D]sky went red and I could
F#o G/B
Cool my head on the concrete steps and you
CODA:
[Dsus4]Never really see the [D]top from the bottom I don't
F#o G/B
Pay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em you can
[Dsus4]Never really see the [D]top from the bottom I don't
F#o G/B
Pay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em I don't
TAG:
[Csus2]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em I don't
[Gm/Bb]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em (I) don't
[Csus2]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em I don't
[Gm/Bb]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em no
ENDING:
[Dsus4] [D] [G]
in standard tuning.
CHORDS USED:
[G2] [G2/F#] [Am4] [Em] [Dsus4] [D]
[G/B] [Csus2] [Gm/Bb] [G]
e|---------------------------------------------------------x--|
B|---------------------------------------------------------3--|
G|---0----0-----7----0-------------------7-----7------7----0--|
D|---7----7-----10---9-----7----7---7----5-----5------5----0--|
A|---10---9-----0----7-----10---9---9----x-----x------x----2--|
E|-------------------0-----10--10---8----7-----8------6----3--|
strumming pattern: d downstroke mainly on bass note D donwstroke,
u upstroke
this pattern is maintaind throughout most of the song.
eg
[G2] [G2/F#]
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
[D] [D] [D] [u] [D] [D] [D] [u]
INTRO: (two times)
[G2] [G2/F#] [Am4] [Em]
VERSE-LONG:
[G2]When I was a kid I grew [G2/F#]up in a house on a
[Am4]Hill not the top not the [Em]bottom but the middle and I
[G2]Still remember where I [G2/F#]cracked my head in the
[Am]Vacant lot there's a [Em]row of tiny houses there
[G2]Now and we used to light [G2/F#]fires in the gutters and
[Am4]I could cool my head on the [Em]concrete steps but the
VERSE-B:
[Dsus4]Girl down the street hit my [D]sister on the head with a
F#o G/B
Stick and we hid behind my father as he knocked on her
[Dsus4]Parents' door to [D]tell them what she did but the
F#o G/B
Parents were drunk so they really didn't give a shit
LINK-1:
[Dsus4] [D] And the
VERSE:
[G2]Girl down the street said her [G2/F#]dog couldn't bark 'cos a
[Am4]Man with an axe cut its [Em]voice box out but my
[G2]Older sister told me that it [G2/F#]prob'ly wasn't true and I
[Am4]Believed what she said 'cos she [Em]took me by the hand one
VERSE-B:
[Dsus4]Time when a coupla men [D]drove down the hill in a
F#o G/B
White van said there was a phone box filled with
[Dsus4]Money 'round the corner and I [D]would've gone along but she
F#o G/B
Took me by the hand to the house in the middle of the
LINK-2:
[Csus2]Hill the middle of the [G/B]hill the middle of the
[Gm/Bb]Hill [Gm/Bb] and our
VERSE:
[G2]Mother knew the words to a [G2/F#]lot of different songs and we
[Am4]Always sing the harmonies [Em]when we'd sing along she had
[G2]Cool cool hands when the [G2/F#]fever hit then the
[Am4]Noises that the trains made [Em]sounded like people in my
VERSE-B:
[Dsus4]Head and the stories that the [D]ceiling told through the
F#o G/B
Pictures in the grains in the pinewood boards and I could
[Dsus4]Stay outside till the [D]sky went red and I could
F#o G/B
Cool my head on the concrete steps and you
CODA:
[Dsus4]Never really see the [D]top from the bottom I don't
F#o G/B
Pay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em you can
[Dsus4]Never really see the [D]top from the bottom I don't
F#o G/B
Pay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em I don't
TAG:
[Csus2]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em I don't
[Gm/Bb]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em (I) don't
[Csus2]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em I don't
[Gm/Bb]Pay enough attention to the [G/B]good things when I got 'em no
ENDING:
[Dsus4] [D] [G]
