In the verses and the choruses:
D alternates usually with Gmaj9
F# alternates usually with F#7
Listen to the track for pattern, the chords alternate only by taking the
index finger off the frets. It's fairly straightforward. I wrote the song
down with the chords in fixed places so you could get a feeling of how the
lyrics are phrased, hope it helps.
Intro:
D/Gmaj9 F#/F#7 x 2
Verse:
Im [D]down at the bowery, oh Lord oh Lord
Gonna tell you how I [F#]got here
First I gotta [D]shoot some dice and win
So I can [F#]get my room again
It all [D]started with a love so true and the angels flew
Higher than [F#]Ive ever been
With a [D]sparkle in her face and her eyes and the butterflies
It all came [F#]rushing in
Chorus:
[Bm] Buttercup, [A] I lost my wife in [D]73 [F#]
[Bm] She took ill, [A] she done [D]died on me
And Ive [F#]nothing more to live for
Verse:
So [D]I packed up a bag and went
I just started [F#]wandering
I hid in the [D]booze and the shadows of the night
I just started [F#]crumbling
Chorus:
[Bm] Buttercup, [A] I lost my wife in [D]73 [F#]
[Bm] She took ill, [A] she done [D]died on me
And Ive [F#]nothing more to live for
After-chorus:
[D]Oh, it just dont seem [F#]fair...
[D]I met her under a chand[F#]elier
[D]And time and space chan[F#]ged from there
Chorus:
[Bm] Buttercup, [A] I lost my wife in [D]73 [F#]
[Bm] She took ill, [A] she done [D]died on me[F#]
[Bm] Buttercup, [A] I lost my wife in [D]73 [F#]
[Bm] She took ill, [A] Lord she done [D]died on me
And Ive [F#]nothing more to live for
And Ive [F#]nothing more to live for
F# (no F#7) G (barred)
And Ive nothing more to live for
D alternates usually with Gmaj9
F# alternates usually with F#7
Listen to the track for pattern, the chords alternate only by taking the
index finger off the frets. It's fairly straightforward. I wrote the song
down with the chords in fixed places so you could get a feeling of how the
lyrics are phrased, hope it helps.
Intro:
D/Gmaj9 F#/F#7 x 2
Verse:
Im [D]down at the bowery, oh Lord oh Lord
Gonna tell you how I [F#]got here
First I gotta [D]shoot some dice and win
So I can [F#]get my room again
It all [D]started with a love so true and the angels flew
Higher than [F#]Ive ever been
With a [D]sparkle in her face and her eyes and the butterflies
It all came [F#]rushing in
Chorus:
[Bm] Buttercup, [A] I lost my wife in [D]73 [F#]
[Bm] She took ill, [A] she done [D]died on me
And Ive [F#]nothing more to live for
Verse:
So [D]I packed up a bag and went
I just started [F#]wandering
I hid in the [D]booze and the shadows of the night
I just started [F#]crumbling
Chorus:
[Bm] Buttercup, [A] I lost my wife in [D]73 [F#]
[Bm] She took ill, [A] she done [D]died on me
And Ive [F#]nothing more to live for
After-chorus:
[D]Oh, it just dont seem [F#]fair...
[D]I met her under a chand[F#]elier
[D]And time and space chan[F#]ged from there
Chorus:
[Bm] Buttercup, [A] I lost my wife in [D]73 [F#]
[Bm] She took ill, [A] she done [D]died on me[F#]
[Bm] Buttercup, [A] I lost my wife in [D]73 [F#]
[Bm] She took ill, [A] Lord she done [D]died on me
And Ive [F#]nothing more to live for
And Ive [F#]nothing more to live for
F# (no F#7) G (barred)
And Ive nothing more to live for
