Biography:
Dan McCarthy has remained Omaha's best-kept secret for the past five years-or-so, despite having toured with the likes of Mayday, Neva Dinova, The Good Life, Orenda Fink, Maria Taylor, and Bright Eyes, and despite having recorded with Cursive and Tilly and the Wall (Keys on the former's "Happy Hollow," and accordion! on the latter's "Bottoms of Barrels").
McCarthy Trenching is what Dan does when he is not lending a hand (or both) to his friends, and Trenching's epoymous debut may force McCarthy to finally forfeit his secret status.
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There's a simple lead riff that repeats throughout the song.
Note that the Ab played on the 4th fret of the E string is usually bent;
The ~ notation isn't very clear.
Guitar tab:
e|----------6-5--------------4~--4~4~--|----------6-5-------------4~~~~~~~--|
b|-6-5---6--------5--6-5---6-----------|-6-5---6--------5--6----------------|
G|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bouzouki/Octave Mandolin tab (if you're so inclined;
regular mandolin should probably go down an octave):
e|----------6-5--------------4~--4~4~--|----------6-5-------------4~~~~~~~--|
A|-8-7---8--------7--8-7---8-----------|-8-7---8--------7--8----------------|
D|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Intro/Fill chords (repeat twice for intro, once for fill):
F / Dm / Bb / A
F / Dm / A / C
F Dm Bb C (barre)
I believe everything I read
F Dm Bb C
And I read indiscriminately
F Dm Bb C
I've been watching so much TV
F Dm Bb C (open)
I've got a laugh track in my dreams
Am Bb
Don't know why I'm so listless
Am Bb
But I've got myself convinced
Am Bb
Yeah, I've got myself convinced
C (hold)
It's got nothing to do with the drinking
(Fill: F / Dm / Bb / A / F / Dm / A / C)
F Dm Bb C (barre)
No, I don't think you're funny: I'm just hung over and laughing
F Dm Bb C
About something that happened yesterday
F Dm Bb C
I don't find you too attractive, but that's all right
F Dm Bb C
I don't like my friends to be that way
Am Bb
Don't know why I'm so listless
Am Bb
But I've got myself convinced
Am Bb
Yeah, I've got myself convinced
C (hold)
It's got nothing to do with the drinking
(Fill: F / Dm / Bb / A / F / Dm / A / C)
F Dm Bb C
Did I ever tell you about the time
F Dm Bb C
I dived downstairs twice in one night?
F Dm Bb C
Or about the occasion when I got a concussion
F Dm Bb C
Walking home in broad daylight?
Am Bb
Don't know why I'm so listless
Am Bb
But I've got myself convinced
Am Bb
Yeah, I've got myself convinced
C (hold)
It's got nothing to do with the drinking
(End on an arpeggiated and slow-strummed F.)
Note that the Ab played on the 4th fret of the E string is usually bent;
The ~ notation isn't very clear.
Guitar tab:
e|----------6-5--------------4~--4~4~--|----------6-5-------------4~~~~~~~--|
b|-6-5---6--------5--6-5---6-----------|-6-5---6--------5--6----------------|
G|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Bouzouki/Octave Mandolin tab (if you're so inclined;
regular mandolin should probably go down an octave):
e|----------6-5--------------4~--4~4~--|----------6-5-------------4~~~~~~~--|
A|-8-7---8--------7--8-7---8-----------|-8-7---8--------7--8----------------|
D|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Intro/Fill chords (repeat twice for intro, once for fill):
F / Dm / Bb / A
F / Dm / A / C
F Dm Bb C (barre)
I believe everything I read
F Dm Bb C
And I read indiscriminately
F Dm Bb C
I've been watching so much TV
F Dm Bb C (open)
I've got a laugh track in my dreams
Am Bb
Don't know why I'm so listless
Am Bb
But I've got myself convinced
Am Bb
Yeah, I've got myself convinced
C (hold)
It's got nothing to do with the drinking
(Fill: F / Dm / Bb / A / F / Dm / A / C)
F Dm Bb C (barre)
No, I don't think you're funny: I'm just hung over and laughing
F Dm Bb C
About something that happened yesterday
F Dm Bb C
I don't find you too attractive, but that's all right
F Dm Bb C
I don't like my friends to be that way
Am Bb
Don't know why I'm so listless
Am Bb
But I've got myself convinced
Am Bb
Yeah, I've got myself convinced
C (hold)
It's got nothing to do with the drinking
(Fill: F / Dm / Bb / A / F / Dm / A / C)
F Dm Bb C
Did I ever tell you about the time
F Dm Bb C
I dived downstairs twice in one night?
F Dm Bb C
Or about the occasion when I got a concussion
F Dm Bb C
Walking home in broad daylight?
Am Bb
Don't know why I'm so listless
Am Bb
But I've got myself convinced
Am Bb
Yeah, I've got myself convinced
C (hold)
It's got nothing to do with the drinking
(End on an arpeggiated and slow-strummed F.)
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