Cadillac Sky - Tired Old Phrases
from Letters in the Deep (2010)
Other than a couple of Emaj7 embellishments in verses 3 & 4 the chords are the same for
the verses and instrumentals.
Intro: E E E E
I don't [E]know if I've [B7]said any[E]thing[E]
in this [A]life that's worth [A]re-mem-ber-[E]ing[E]
Nothing [A]bold, nothing [E]brave
just these [B7]tired old [C#m7]phrases
And [A]I don't [B7]know what they [E]mean
I've [E]written my [B7]old self a [E]letter
I've moved [A]on, I already for[E]get her
She's [A]gone, we're a[E]lone, [B7]far from our [C#m7]home
but I [A]promised me [B7]things will get [E]better
instrumental
chords: E B7 E E A A E A E B7 C#m A B7 E
notes: E f# g# c# d# E c# E f# g# A b E
The [E]Devil is [B7]laughing at [E]me[Emaj7]
he [A]knows all the evil I've [E]seen
And though he [A]helped them be[E]gin
I [B7]own all my [C#m7]sins
And the [A]fault lies [B7]clearly with [E]me
I'm [E]tired of [B7]coming home [E]smelly[Emaj7]
half a [A]bottle of Jack in my [E]belly
My eyes [A]red, my throat [E]sore
My young [B7]body too [C#m7]worn out to
[A]still only [B7]be in it's [E]twenties
instrumental full mellody:
[E] [B7] [E] [A] [A] [E]
[A] [E] [B7] [C#m7][A][B7][E]
E B7 E ...
And I'm sorry for being so bad
to my dear old mother and dad
I threw some fits,
they put up with it
and now I owe them all that I am
Someday when my folks meet their end
if by chance I live longer than them
For the love that they gave
and the music we made
I'll be proud to have called them my friends
E xx2100
Emaj7 xx2130
B7 xx1202
A xx2220
C#m7 xx6454
Picking: something like strings 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 (or 4 3 4 2 1 2 3 2
or 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 ?)
[E] [E] [B7] [E] [E] [A] [A] [E] [E] [A] [E] [B7] [C#m7] [A] [B7] [E]
Hopefully someone who knows something about bluegrass can verify this or get the picking
more exact.
tabbed by
--Art
from Letters in the Deep (2010)
Other than a couple of Emaj7 embellishments in verses 3 & 4 the chords are the same for
the verses and instrumentals.
Intro: E E E E
I don't [E]know if I've [B7]said any[E]thing[E]
in this [A]life that's worth [A]re-mem-ber-[E]ing[E]
Nothing [A]bold, nothing [E]brave
just these [B7]tired old [C#m7]phrases
And [A]I don't [B7]know what they [E]mean
I've [E]written my [B7]old self a [E]letter
I've moved [A]on, I already for[E]get her
She's [A]gone, we're a[E]lone, [B7]far from our [C#m7]home
but I [A]promised me [B7]things will get [E]better
instrumental
chords: E B7 E E A A E A E B7 C#m A B7 E
notes: E f# g# c# d# E c# E f# g# A b E
The [E]Devil is [B7]laughing at [E]me[Emaj7]
he [A]knows all the evil I've [E]seen
And though he [A]helped them be[E]gin
I [B7]own all my [C#m7]sins
And the [A]fault lies [B7]clearly with [E]me
I'm [E]tired of [B7]coming home [E]smelly[Emaj7]
half a [A]bottle of Jack in my [E]belly
My eyes [A]red, my throat [E]sore
My young [B7]body too [C#m7]worn out to
[A]still only [B7]be in it's [E]twenties
instrumental full mellody:
[E] [B7] [E] [A] [A] [E]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9--10--12---10--9---------9-h10-9--------------------------9---|
G|--------------------11--11-----------------8--9-9h11--9--11-----|
D|------------------------------------9--11-----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
[A] [E] [B7] [C#m7][A][B7][E]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------0|
B|----------------------7--7-h9p-7--9--7--9--10--9h10--9--7-------|
G|---------8--9------9--------------------------------------9--8--|
D|--9--11--------9------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E B7 E ...
And I'm sorry for being so bad
to my dear old mother and dad
I threw some fits,
they put up with it
and now I owe them all that I am
Someday when my folks meet their end
if by chance I live longer than them
For the love that they gave
and the music we made
I'll be proud to have called them my friends
--------------------------------------------------------------------
E xx2100
Emaj7 xx2130
B7 xx1202
A xx2220
C#m7 xx6454
Picking: something like strings 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 (or 4 3 4 2 1 2 3 2
or 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 ?)
[E] [E] [B7] [E] [E] [A] [A] [E] [E] [A] [E] [B7] [C#m7] [A] [B7] [E]
e|------0---------2------------0--------------------4--------22---0---0---|
B|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------2-2-2-2--------------5-5-5-5---0-000-000-0-0-0|
G|----1---1-----2---2--------2---2--------------------4-----222-2-1-1---1-|
D|--2---------1------------2--------------------6---------1-------2-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Hopefully someone who knows something about bluegrass can verify this or get the picking
more exact.
tabbed by
--Art
