Understanding Salesmen by the Eels, from the album Blinking Lights.
Tabbed by James Fennell (aka Eliot Rosewater) 9-Nov-09.
Corrections to jamespfennell@gmail.com
A tab is given for the introduction and the first line. Throughout the rest
of the song plucking and strumming go hand in hand. Just emphasize the
lower strings more so than the higher strings. The only part of this tab
that may sound somewhat askew is the D minor, however I attribute this to
the presence of strings in the original recording from Blinking Lights.
Tab:
[Am] [Am]
[Am] [C]
A knock... door means
[F] [C] [G]
Hello Jesus calls
Full chords:
[Am] [Am]
[Am] A knock on the [C]door means
[F] Hello [C]jesus [G]calls
[Am] A ring on the [C]phone means
[F] A trip to [C]niagara [G]falls
[Dm] Daddy don't [C]let me down this [Dm]time
I'm all a[C]lone inside my [Dm]mind
And it's no [Am]small thing
[F]That i must [C]prove to [G]you
[Am] [C] [F] [C] [G]
[Am] A late night [C]card game
[F] With the [C]guys is al[G]right
[Am] But i would [C]rather
[F]Take you [C]for a test [G]drive
[Dm] Daddy don't [C]let me down this [Dm]time
I'm all a[C]lone inside my [Dm]mind
And it's no [Am]small thing
[F]That i must [C]prove to [G]you
[F] While [C]I look out [G]on the passing fields
[F] The [C]sun through the [G]bugs on the windshield
Makes me [F]feel
Like [C]I
Don't [G]matter
[Am] [C] [F] [C] [G]
Repeat the "knock on the door" first verse, finishing the song on G.
Tabbed by James Fennell (aka Eliot Rosewater) 9-Nov-09.
Corrections to jamespfennell@gmail.com
A tab is given for the introduction and the first line. Throughout the rest
of the song plucking and strumming go hand in hand. Just emphasize the
lower strings more so than the higher strings. The only part of this tab
that may sound somewhat askew is the D minor, however I attribute this to
the presence of strings in the original recording from Blinking Lights.
Tab:
[Am] [Am]
e|-------0---------|-------0---------|
B|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|
G|---2---------1---|---2---------1---|
D|-2---------------|-2---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
[Am] [C]
e|-------0---------|-------0---------|
B|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|
G|---2---------2---|---0---------0---|
D|-2---------------|-2---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
A knock... door means
[F] [C] [G]
e|-------1---------|-------0---------|-------------3---|
B|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-------0---------|
G|---2---------2---|---0---------1---|-----0-----0-----|
D|-3---------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Hello Jesus calls
Full chords:
[Am] [Am]
[Am] A knock on the [C]door means
[F] Hello [C]jesus [G]calls
[Am] A ring on the [C]phone means
[F] A trip to [C]niagara [G]falls
[Dm] Daddy don't [C]let me down this [Dm]time
I'm all a[C]lone inside my [Dm]mind
And it's no [Am]small thing
[F]That i must [C]prove to [G]you
[Am] [C] [F] [C] [G]
[Am] A late night [C]card game
[F] With the [C]guys is al[G]right
[Am] But i would [C]rather
[F]Take you [C]for a test [G]drive
[Dm] Daddy don't [C]let me down this [Dm]time
I'm all a[C]lone inside my [Dm]mind
And it's no [Am]small thing
[F]That i must [C]prove to [G]you
[F] While [C]I look out [G]on the passing fields
[F] The [C]sun through the [G]bugs on the windshield
Makes me [F]feel
Like [C]I
Don't [G]matter
[Am] [C] [F] [C] [G]
Repeat the "knock on the door" first verse, finishing the song on G.
