Biography:
Shakey Graves, aka Alejandro Rose-Garcia from Austin, Texas, plays a gnarly composite of blues and folk as a one-man-band of epic sonic proportions. The sound emitted from his hollow body guitar, mildly distorted amp and suitcase drum belie the young singer’s lean frame. He fingerpicks while keeping time with a double-pedal kick drum, hitting a snare fitted into his suitcase drum and a tambourine fashioned to its side. And when he sings, Rose-Garcia unleashes an unearthly howl.
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Other songs:
- Built To Roam
- Call It Heaven
- Dearly Departed
- Family And Genius
- Georgia Moon
- Hard Wired
- A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
- Big Time Nashville Star
- Bullys Lament
- Calendar Girl
- Chinatown
- City In A Bottle
- Climb On The Cross
- Cops And Robbers
- Counting Sheep
- Daisy Chains
- Dining Alone
- Doe Jane
- Excuses
- Family Tree
- Good Police
- House Of Winston
- I Am An Animal
- Kids These Days
- Kiss The Girl
- Late July
- Love Patiently
- Mansion Door
- O Death
- Oh My Poison
- Once In A While
- Only Son
- Pansy Waltz
- Pay The Road
- Proper Fence
- Roll The Bones
- Rotten Ol Me
- Seeing All Red
- Stereotypes Of A Blue Collar Male
- The Daily All
- The Donor Blues
- The Perfect Parts
- The Waters
- To Cure What Ails
- Tomorrow
- Unlucky Skin
- War Horn
- Wild Card
- Wolfman Agenda
- Word Of Mouth
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These are not the exact way that Shakey plays it since he uses a unique tuning and such, however this is
accurate using a closer to standard tuning.
[Chords]
Em D G A (G and A should be played as 5-5-5-x-x-x and 7-7-7-x-x-x on the D-A-D-G-B-E strings respectively)
Transition: D->Em when transitioning from D to Em during interludes play the following on the low D string:
---5-3-2---
Shakey doesn't play this transition all the time, and also plays this rif intermittently during D chords in
certain parts. I suggest watching the video to really figure this out!
[Intro]
D(with riff sometimes) Em D
[Verse]
D
well there you see her
oh sittin there across the way
Em
well she don't got a lot to say
D
but there's something about her
[Chorus]
G
and you don't know why
A
oh you're dying to try
D
mhmm you just gotta kiss the girl
Em D
oohooh ooh
D
oh yes, you want her
well look at her, you know you do
Em
well its possible she wants you too
there is one way to ask her
G
oh an it don't take a word
A
no not a single word
D
yeah you just gotta kiss the girl
G
oh me oh my
A
look like the boy too shy
D
oh he's gonna miss the girl
G
yeah well ain't that sad?
A
Ain't it a shame? too bad
D
he's gonna miss that girl
D
yeah so now's your moment
oh floating in a blue lagoon
Em
well cause boy, you better do it soon
D
yeah no time will be better
G
I'm tellin you it dont take a word
A
no not a single word
D
you just gotta kiss that girl
D
yeah you just gotta kiss that girl
[kissing noises if you choose, followed by explosions and one strummed D!]
accurate using a closer to standard tuning.
[Chords]
Em D G A (G and A should be played as 5-5-5-x-x-x and 7-7-7-x-x-x on the D-A-D-G-B-E strings respectively)
Transition: D->Em when transitioning from D to Em during interludes play the following on the low D string:
---5-3-2---
Shakey doesn't play this transition all the time, and also plays this rif intermittently during D chords in
certain parts. I suggest watching the video to really figure this out!
[Intro]
D(with riff sometimes) Em D
[Verse]
D
well there you see her
oh sittin there across the way
Em
well she don't got a lot to say
D
but there's something about her
[Chorus]
G
and you don't know why
A
oh you're dying to try
D
mhmm you just gotta kiss the girl
Em D
oohooh ooh
D
oh yes, you want her
well look at her, you know you do
Em
well its possible she wants you too
there is one way to ask her
G
oh an it don't take a word
A
no not a single word
D
yeah you just gotta kiss the girl
G
oh me oh my
A
look like the boy too shy
D
oh he's gonna miss the girl
G
yeah well ain't that sad?
A
Ain't it a shame? too bad
D
he's gonna miss that girl
D
yeah so now's your moment
oh floating in a blue lagoon
Em
well cause boy, you better do it soon
D
yeah no time will be better
G
I'm tellin you it dont take a word
A
no not a single word
D
you just gotta kiss that girl
D
yeah you just gotta kiss that girl
[kissing noises if you choose, followed by explosions and one strummed D!]
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