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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- 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
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- Late July
- Love Patiently
- Mansion Door
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- 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
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- Wild Card
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d=downstroke u=upstroke. Listen to the song and you’ll get the rhythm.
Intro/Verse
Every other time he goes through this riff he puts heavy emphasis on the high notes of
the G.
D C G
E||-2-2-2--0-0--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3----------------------|
B||-3-3-3--1-1--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0----------------------|
G||-2-2-2--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0----------------------|
D||-0-0-0--2-2--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0----------------------|
A||-x-x-x--3-3--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2----------------------|
E||-x-x-x--x-x--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3----------------------|
D D u D u D u D u D u D u
Riff: He leads into the chorus with this.
E||---------------|
B||---------------|
G||---------------|
D||---------------|
A||---------0-----|
E||-0-2-3-4-------|
And in case you didnt know:
Am: x02210
F#: 244xxx
Verse
D C G D C G
Found my fingers up north in the forest of the fern
D C G D C G
Yeah I blame them words for all Ive learned
D C G D C G
Well I watched my wits walk west where the money is earned
D C G D C G
Just to strut my stuff and wait my turn
Riff then Chorus
(Am) G
And I have often thought that these old bones
D
Should just go on ahead and break if they gonna
Am G D
These old teeth should just go on and give out
Am G D C G
They're running the jail for profit these days
D C G
Thats what they say
Verse 2
D C G D C G
Lost my lungs long ago in the belly of the beast
D C G D C G
Yeah I got my gall from the boys back east
D C G D C G
Yeah I sing sweet songs with the throat that belongs to her
D C G D C G
Yeah she wears my heart and wears my words
Pre-Chorus/Interlude Part?
F#
Got these lips from the girl next door
G D C G D C G
The only problem is they only beg for more
F#
Sold my skin for some fancy clothes
G D C G D C G
I thought Id get a better deal but thats the way it goes
Riff then Chorus
(Am) G
And I have often thought that these old bones
D
Should just go on ahead and break if they gonna
Am G D
These old teeth should just go on and give out
Am G D C G
They're running the jail for profit these days
D C G D D D D
Thats what they say
Outro
F#
Put all the rest in a hollow tree
G D C G D C G
Yeah fill it with cement and let me be
Note: Before those last D’s in the outro he plays the E string on the 2nd fret and
then he plays the high E string open. I like to screw around plucking the strings in a
different pattern for that last part instead of just strumming.
His still sounds a lot better and he screws with the rhythms and plucking little notes
and stuff. But you can still use this to play and sing the barest form of the song
Intro/Verse
Every other time he goes through this riff he puts heavy emphasis on the high notes of
the G.
D C G
E||-2-2-2--0-0--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3----------------------|
B||-3-3-3--1-1--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0----------------------|
G||-2-2-2--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0----------------------|
D||-0-0-0--2-2--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0----------------------|
A||-x-x-x--3-3--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2----------------------|
E||-x-x-x--x-x--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3----------------------|
D D u D u D u D u D u D u
Riff: He leads into the chorus with this.
E||---------------|
B||---------------|
G||---------------|
D||---------------|
A||---------0-----|
E||-0-2-3-4-------|
And in case you didnt know:
Am: x02210
F#: 244xxx
Verse
D C G D C G
Found my fingers up north in the forest of the fern
D C G D C G
Yeah I blame them words for all Ive learned
D C G D C G
Well I watched my wits walk west where the money is earned
D C G D C G
Just to strut my stuff and wait my turn
Riff then Chorus
(Am) G
And I have often thought that these old bones
D
Should just go on ahead and break if they gonna
Am G D
These old teeth should just go on and give out
Am G D C G
They're running the jail for profit these days
D C G
Thats what they say
Verse 2
D C G D C G
Lost my lungs long ago in the belly of the beast
D C G D C G
Yeah I got my gall from the boys back east
D C G D C G
Yeah I sing sweet songs with the throat that belongs to her
D C G D C G
Yeah she wears my heart and wears my words
Pre-Chorus/Interlude Part?
F#
Got these lips from the girl next door
G D C G D C G
The only problem is they only beg for more
F#
Sold my skin for some fancy clothes
G D C G D C G
I thought Id get a better deal but thats the way it goes
Riff then Chorus
(Am) G
And I have often thought that these old bones
D
Should just go on ahead and break if they gonna
Am G D
These old teeth should just go on and give out
Am G D C G
They're running the jail for profit these days
D C G D D D D
Thats what they say
Outro
F#
Put all the rest in a hollow tree
G D C G D C G
Yeah fill it with cement and let me be
Note: Before those last D’s in the outro he plays the E string on the 2nd fret and
then he plays the high E string open. I like to screw around plucking the strings in a
different pattern for that last part instead of just strumming.
His still sounds a lot better and he screws with the rhythms and plucking little notes
and stuff. But you can still use this to play and sing the barest form of the song
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