(Intro- intro riff, Am riff, solo before 1st verse)
1st verse
[Am]I made a p[C]romise to [F]not let [Fmaj7]go
Our tug of w[C]ar has only made me [C/G]want you mo[F]re
[C]Steeped in [C/G]hard luck and d[F]oomed to [Fmaj7]roam
F Am riff
My love is braver than you know
2nd verse
My forefathers they worked this land
And I was schooled in the tyranny of natures plans
Dressed in thunder a cloud came round
In the shape of a lion a hand came down
Chorus-
[F]Damn this va[C]lley
[F]Damn this co[C]ld
[C]Take so [C/G]long to l[F]et me k[Am]now
Its pla[F]nt and r[C]eap and p[F]low and s[C]ow
C Am7 or B7
But tell me will it grow
(intro riff x2)
(mini solo)
3rd verse
Dig my ditches in the golden sun
Id be robbing these trains if I could catch me one
Sunday Monday now Tuesdays gone
Got me stone cold sober in a drought so long
Boarded mansions and ghost filled yards
Theres a boy in a water tower counting cars
Steel traps open and empty stalls
Theres a well worn saddle but the horse is gone
Chorus
(intro riff x2)
(Solo 2)
4th verse
Jet black starlit midnight rolls
I am down in the garden where I let go
Here on the surface the earth looks round
But its a godless city of cold flat ground
Chorus
(End the song on the intro riff)
KEY
Intro riff (x2)
[F]
-----------------------I---------------
----1-0/1------3---5---I--1---1---1----
---------2----4-4---5--I------2--------
----------3--5----7--7-I---------------
-0---0-----------------I-0-0-3-3/2-2---
-----------------------I------------3--
Am riff (x4)
------------
--1-0/1-----
-------2----
--------2---
-0-0-----0--
------------
Solo before 1st verse
--5/3/0-----------
-------3/5/3-0----
--------------5---
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Verses
Pick these chords switching off between your thumb and your middle finger
[Am] [C] [F] [Fmaj7] [C] [C/G] [F]
-------------I------------
-1--1--1--1--I-1--1--1----
-2--0--2--2--I-0--0--2----
-2--2--3--3--I-2--0--3----
----3-----3--I-3--2--0----
-------------I----3-------
At this part you can use either Am7 or B7. Try them both and see what you think!
[Am7]
[--5--]
[--5--]
[--5--]
[--5--]
[--7--]
[--5--]
--0[B7]--
--0--
[--2--]
[--1--]
[--2--]--0--
Mini solo (# - slide)(^ - bend and vibrate)(/ - hammer on)
----3--------------------------------------
-3#5-3^-1-1---------------------0-3-0-----
------------0/2---0/2---0/2---0-2------2-0-
---------------5-2---5-2---5-2-------------
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Solo 2
Pick these chords over the solo (repeat a bunch of times)
(The note should overlap with the bold 3 when it is played)
F, C, C/G, note
------3-----------------------
-5-3-1---1-1-----1-1--0-0-1-1-
------------2-------2---------
--------3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3----
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Note
[--3--]
[--3--]--x--
--x--
--x--
--x--
After solo 2 he decides to play the Am a little differently (more country)
(strum up and down, each time the Am is played it gets two strums- 1 up, 1 down)
----------------------
---1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-
---2-2-1-1---1-1-1-1-
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
------0---------0-----
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1st verse
[Am]I made a p[C]romise to [F]not let [Fmaj7]go
Our tug of w[C]ar has only made me [C/G]want you mo[F]re
[C]Steeped in [C/G]hard luck and d[F]oomed to [Fmaj7]roam
F Am riff
My love is braver than you know
2nd verse
My forefathers they worked this land
And I was schooled in the tyranny of natures plans
Dressed in thunder a cloud came round
In the shape of a lion a hand came down
Chorus-
[F]Damn this va[C]lley
[F]Damn this co[C]ld
[C]Take so [C/G]long to l[F]et me k[Am]now
Its pla[F]nt and r[C]eap and p[F]low and s[C]ow
C Am7 or B7
But tell me will it grow
(intro riff x2)
(mini solo)
3rd verse
Dig my ditches in the golden sun
Id be robbing these trains if I could catch me one
Sunday Monday now Tuesdays gone
Got me stone cold sober in a drought so long
Boarded mansions and ghost filled yards
Theres a boy in a water tower counting cars
Steel traps open and empty stalls
Theres a well worn saddle but the horse is gone
Chorus
(intro riff x2)
(Solo 2)
4th verse
Jet black starlit midnight rolls
I am down in the garden where I let go
Here on the surface the earth looks round
But its a godless city of cold flat ground
Chorus
(End the song on the intro riff)
KEY
Intro riff (x2)
[F]
-----------------------I---------------
----1-0/1------3---5---I--1---1---1----
---------2----4-4---5--I------2--------
----------3--5----7--7-I---------------
-0---0-----------------I-0-0-3-3/2-2---
-----------------------I------------3--
Am riff (x4)
------------
--1-0/1-----
-------2----
--------2---
-0-0-----0--
------------
Solo before 1st verse
--5/3/0-----------
-------3/5/3-0----
--------------5---
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Verses
Pick these chords switching off between your thumb and your middle finger
[Am] [C] [F] [Fmaj7] [C] [C/G] [F]
-------------I------------
-1--1--1--1--I-1--1--1----
-2--0--2--2--I-0--0--2----
-2--2--3--3--I-2--0--3----
----3-----3--I-3--2--0----
-------------I----3-------
At this part you can use either Am7 or B7. Try them both and see what you think!
[Am7]
[--5--]
[--5--]
[--5--]
[--5--]
[--7--]
[--5--]
--0[B7]--
--0--
[--2--]
[--1--]
[--2--]--0--
Mini solo (# - slide)(^ - bend and vibrate)(/ - hammer on)
----3--------------------------------------
-3#5-3^-1-1---------------------0-3-0-----
------------0/2---0/2---0/2---0-2------2-0-
---------------5-2---5-2---5-2-------------
-------------------------------------------
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Solo 2
Pick these chords over the solo (repeat a bunch of times)
(The note should overlap with the bold 3 when it is played)
F, C, C/G, note
------3-----------------------
-5-3-1---1-1-----1-1--0-0-1-1-
------------2-------2---------
--------3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3----
------------------------------
------------------------------
Note
[--3--]
[--3--]--x--
--x--
--x--
--x--
After solo 2 he decides to play the Am a little differently (more country)
(strum up and down, each time the Am is played it gets two strums- 1 up, 1 down)
----------------------
---1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-
---2-2-1-1---1-1-1-1-
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
------0---------0-----
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