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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- 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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Shakey Graves - Wild Card
This version I have taken from the 'Stetson presents' live performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr12xsfDVMw
[Chords]
(All chords are barre chords except the G/F#)
Ebm x68876
Em x79987
C 8 10 10 9 8 8
G 355433
D7 x57575
C7 x35353
Cm7 x35343
Bm x24432
Cm x35543
G/F# 2x0003
Shakey picks it with a plectrum with strumming for certain sections (which I will outline)
and he throws the odd strum in with the picking for varaition/ accentuation etc.
I have been satisfied mostly fingerpicking using a P I P M P I pattern.
So I pick the verse as follows:
Em
e|----------------|
B|--------8-------|
G|--9----------9--|
D|-----9----------|
A|7----------7----|
E|----------------|
C
e|----------------|
B|--------9-------|
G|--10------------|
D|-----10---------|
A|--------------10|
E|8----------8----|
G
e|----------------|
B|--------3-------|
G|--4-----------4-|
D|-----5----------|
A|----------------|
E|3-----------3---|
D7
e|----------------|
B|--------7-------|
G|--5-----------5-|
D|-----7----------|
A|5-----------5---|
E|----------------|
C7 is strummed once at the "Yeah but you emptied my pockets".
Bm section is strummed throughout and picking resumes on the Em.
The G just before the Bm ("you were wild but you were dealt to me" line) is strummed in both
instances.
[Intro]
Em Ebm
(pause, two, three, four)
Em C G D7
Em Ebm
(pause, two, three, four)
[Verse 1]
Em C G D7
I always came to play play play
Em C G D7
well you double down to stay stay stay
Em C G D7
yeah I was betting on getting my way
C7
yeah but you emptied my pockets
while I played for keeps
Em D7 G
well you were wild but you were dealt to me
Em C G D7
yeah got away with the crime crime crime
Em C G D7
oh I still ended up doing my time time time
Em C G G
cut down in my silly old prime
C7
’cause you emptied my pockets
while I played for keeps
Em D7 G
you were wild but you were dealt to me
[Chorus]
Bm Cm
yeah from the start
G Cm G/F#
to the end of the start
Bm Cm G
from the end of the start to the end
G/F# Bm
and from the start
Cm G
to the end of the start
Bm
from the end of the start to the end
Em D7 C7
yeah we played that wild card
Em D7 C7
well we played that wild card
Em D7 C7 Cm7
yeah we played that wild card
Em C G D7
Em C G D7
Em Ebm Em
[Verse 2]
Em C G D7
well I took it all in stride stride stride
Em C G D7
yeah rung it out like the tide tide tide
Em C G D7
yeah nothing really lets them shine
C7
yeah, 'cause you emptied my pockets
while I played for keeps
Em D7 G
well you were wild but you were dealt to me
[Chorus]
Bm Cm
yeah from the start
G Cm G/F#
to the end of the start
Bm Cm G
from the end of the start to the end
G/F# Bm
from the start
Cm G
to the end of the start
Bm
from the start to the end of the start
[Outro]
Em D7 C7
well we played that wild card
Em D7 C7
yeah we played that wild card
Em D7 C7 Cm7
yeah we played that wild card
This version I have taken from the 'Stetson presents' live performance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr12xsfDVMw
[Chords]
(All chords are barre chords except the G/F#)
Ebm x68876
Em x79987
C 8 10 10 9 8 8
G 355433
D7 x57575
C7 x35353
Cm7 x35343
Bm x24432
Cm x35543
G/F# 2x0003
Shakey picks it with a plectrum with strumming for certain sections (which I will outline)
and he throws the odd strum in with the picking for varaition/ accentuation etc.
I have been satisfied mostly fingerpicking using a P I P M P I pattern.
So I pick the verse as follows:
Em
e|----------------|
B|--------8-------|
G|--9----------9--|
D|-----9----------|
A|7----------7----|
E|----------------|
C
e|----------------|
B|--------9-------|
G|--10------------|
D|-----10---------|
A|--------------10|
E|8----------8----|
G
e|----------------|
B|--------3-------|
G|--4-----------4-|
D|-----5----------|
A|----------------|
E|3-----------3---|
D7
e|----------------|
B|--------7-------|
G|--5-----------5-|
D|-----7----------|
A|5-----------5---|
E|----------------|
C7 is strummed once at the "Yeah but you emptied my pockets".
Bm section is strummed throughout and picking resumes on the Em.
The G just before the Bm ("you were wild but you were dealt to me" line) is strummed in both
instances.
[Intro]
Em Ebm
(pause, two, three, four)
Em C G D7
Em Ebm
(pause, two, three, four)
[Verse 1]
Em C G D7
I always came to play play play
Em C G D7
well you double down to stay stay stay
Em C G D7
yeah I was betting on getting my way
C7
yeah but you emptied my pockets
while I played for keeps
Em D7 G
well you were wild but you were dealt to me
Em C G D7
yeah got away with the crime crime crime
Em C G D7
oh I still ended up doing my time time time
Em C G G
cut down in my silly old prime
C7
’cause you emptied my pockets
while I played for keeps
Em D7 G
you were wild but you were dealt to me
[Chorus]
Bm Cm
yeah from the start
G Cm G/F#
to the end of the start
Bm Cm G
from the end of the start to the end
G/F# Bm
and from the start
Cm G
to the end of the start
Bm
from the end of the start to the end
Em D7 C7
yeah we played that wild card
Em D7 C7
well we played that wild card
Em D7 C7 Cm7
yeah we played that wild card
Em C G D7
Em C G D7
Em Ebm Em
[Verse 2]
Em C G D7
well I took it all in stride stride stride
Em C G D7
yeah rung it out like the tide tide tide
Em C G D7
yeah nothing really lets them shine
C7
yeah, 'cause you emptied my pockets
while I played for keeps
Em D7 G
well you were wild but you were dealt to me
[Chorus]
Bm Cm
yeah from the start
G Cm G/F#
to the end of the start
Bm Cm G
from the end of the start to the end
G/F# Bm
from the start
Cm G
to the end of the start
Bm
from the start to the end of the start
[Outro]
Em D7 C7
well we played that wild card
Em D7 C7
yeah we played that wild card
Em D7 C7 Cm7
yeah we played that wild card
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