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Cadillac Sky - Tired Old Phrases
from Letters in the Deep (2010)
I first figured this one out without a capo, but it is easier to play with capo. When David Mayfield
plays this he uses capo 4 (or even 5 sometimes higher) using C chords (C, G, F, Am7). You can hit the
transpose button down to -4 for those chords. When Ross Holmes strums it he uses capo 2 (D A G Bm7,
tranpose -2) And Matt Menefee picks out with no capo though I can't tell if with these chords or
with a guitar tuned down a whole step.
Other than a couple of Emaj7 embellishments in verses 3 & 4 the chords are the same for
the verses and instrumentals.
E xx2100
Emaj7 xx2130
B7 xx1202
A xx2220
C#m7 xx6454 or xx2104
Picking: something like strings 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 (or 4 3 4 2 1 2 3 2
or 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 ?)
E E B7 E E A A E E A E B7 C#m7 A B7 E
e|------0---------2------------0--------------------4--------22---0---0---|
B|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------2-2-2-2--------------5-5-5-5---0-000-000-0-0-0|
G|----1---1-----2---2--------2---2--------------------4-----222-2-1-1---1-|
D|--2---------1------------2--------------------6---------1-------2-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Hopefully someone who knows something about bluegrass can verify this or get the picking
more exact.
tabbed by
--Art
[Intro]
E E E E
E B7 E E
I don't know if I've said anything
A A E E
in this life that's worth re-mem-ber-ing
A E
Nothing bold, nothing brave
B7 C#m7
just these tired old phrases
A B7 E
And I don't know what they mean
E B7 E
I've written my old self a letter
A E
I've moved on, I already forget her
A E B7 C#m7
She's gone, we're alone, far from our home
A B7 E
but I promised me things will get better
[instrumental]
E B7 E E A A E A E B7 C#m A B7 E
(piano) e f# g# c# d# e c# e f# g# a b e
E B7 E Emaj7
The Devil is laughing at me
A E
he knows all the evil I've seen
A E
And though he helped them begin
B7 C#m7
I own all my sins
A B7 E
And the fault lies clearly with me
E B7 E Emaj7
I'm tired of coming home smelly
A E
half a bottle of Jack in my belly
A E
My eyes red, my throat sore
B7 C#m7
My young body too worn out to
A B7 E
still only be in it's twenties
[instrumental]
(full mellody)
E B7 E A A E
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9--10--12---10--9---------9-h10-9--------------------------9---|
G|--------------------11--11-----------------8--9-9h11--9--11-----|
D|------------------------------------9--11-----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A E B7 C#m7 A B7 E
e|---------------------------------------------------------------0|
B|----------------------7--7-h9p-7--9--7--9--10--9h10--9--7-------|
G|---------8--9------9--------------------------------------9--8--|
D|--9--11--------9------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E B7 E
And I'm sorry for being so bad
A E
to my dear old mother and dad
A E
I threw some fits,
B7 C#m7
they put up with it
A B7 E
and now I owe them all that I am
E B7 E
Someday when my folks meet their end
A E
if by chance I live longer than them
A E
For the love that they gave
B7 C#m7
and the music we made
A B7 E
I'll be proud to have called them my friends
from Letters in the Deep (2010)
I first figured this one out without a capo, but it is easier to play with capo. When David Mayfield
plays this he uses capo 4 (or even 5 sometimes higher) using C chords (C, G, F, Am7). You can hit the
transpose button down to -4 for those chords. When Ross Holmes strums it he uses capo 2 (D A G Bm7,
tranpose -2) And Matt Menefee picks out with no capo though I can't tell if with these chords or
with a guitar tuned down a whole step.
Other than a couple of Emaj7 embellishments in verses 3 & 4 the chords are the same for
the verses and instrumentals.
E xx2100
Emaj7 xx2130
B7 xx1202
A xx2220
C#m7 xx6454 or xx2104
Picking: something like strings 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 (or 4 3 4 2 1 2 3 2
or 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 ?)
E E B7 E E A A E E A E B7 C#m7 A B7 E
e|------0---------2------------0--------------------4--------22---0---0---|
B|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------2-2-2-2--------------5-5-5-5---0-000-000-0-0-0|
G|----1---1-----2---2--------2---2--------------------4-----222-2-1-1---1-|
D|--2---------1------------2--------------------6---------1-------2-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Hopefully someone who knows something about bluegrass can verify this or get the picking
more exact.
tabbed by
--Art
[Intro]
E E E E
E B7 E E
I don't know if I've said anything
A A E E
in this life that's worth re-mem-ber-ing
A E
Nothing bold, nothing brave
B7 C#m7
just these tired old phrases
A B7 E
And I don't know what they mean
E B7 E
I've written my old self a letter
A E
I've moved on, I already forget her
A E B7 C#m7
She's gone, we're alone, far from our home
A B7 E
but I promised me things will get better
[instrumental]
E B7 E E A A E A E B7 C#m A B7 E
(piano) e f# g# c# d# e c# e f# g# a b e
E B7 E Emaj7
The Devil is laughing at me
A E
he knows all the evil I've seen
A E
And though he helped them begin
B7 C#m7
I own all my sins
A B7 E
And the fault lies clearly with me
E B7 E Emaj7
I'm tired of coming home smelly
A E
half a bottle of Jack in my belly
A E
My eyes red, my throat sore
B7 C#m7
My young body too worn out to
A B7 E
still only be in it's twenties
[instrumental]
(full mellody)
E B7 E A A E
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9--10--12---10--9---------9-h10-9--------------------------9---|
G|--------------------11--11-----------------8--9-9h11--9--11-----|
D|------------------------------------9--11-----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A E B7 C#m7 A B7 E
e|---------------------------------------------------------------0|
B|----------------------7--7-h9p-7--9--7--9--10--9h10--9--7-------|
G|---------8--9------9--------------------------------------9--8--|
D|--9--11--------9------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E B7 E
And I'm sorry for being so bad
A E
to my dear old mother and dad
A E
I threw some fits,
B7 C#m7
they put up with it
A B7 E
and now I owe them all that I am
E B7 E
Someday when my folks meet their end
A E
if by chance I live longer than them
A E
For the love that they gave
B7 C#m7
and the music we made
A B7 E
I'll be proud to have called them my friends
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