Hey guys! Thought I'd post how I play this amazing song.
CAPO on the 2nd fret.
The shapes used are C, Dm (or Dm7), E7, F, and Am.
Where I put Dm, a Dm7 also sounds good. It's a matter of preference, just play around with it.
Right before the chorus (on the G major chord), walk the bassline up from G to C. On the chorus it also sounds
good if you leave the G in the bass for the C major chord.
C Dm C Dm
C
Well I traced shapes in clouds and I saw things I'd never seen
Dm
We moved like renegades down interstates, reload that magazine
C
Almost killed us in that city, it was far too close to call
Dm
So we put money in the bags, ripped wanted posters off the wall
C
Say I'm wanted for the murder of a man I've never seen
Dm
They say I shot him dead, one to his head, somewhere in Holly Springs
C
May have killed a man before, but not the one that they exclaim
Dm G
They'll see the barrel of my gun before they ever see me hang
C E7 F Am
Oh if my southern heart's still pumping blood (still pumping blood)
C E7 F Am
Well I'll bury my money in the mighty Mississippi mud (Mississippi mud)
C E7 F Am
Oh and if my southern lungs won't let me breathe (won't let me breathe)
C E7
Well I'll wait for the cicadas and I'll let 'em push it out for me
C
Well death is always close, there's always vultures on my trail
Dm
And the inside of this hotel's better than a prison cell
C
Well that southern whiskey's stinging, singing words upon my breath
Dm
I was worried 'bout forgetting, so I tattooed it on my chest
C
I'm a southern man forever, like the wind inside the pines
Dm
And my grandma used to sing it, oh to my brother and I
C
How I wish I could get back those precious thoughts and newer skin
Dm G
And we scurried out the window, 'fore the cops they busted in
Chorus
Solo (Tabbed at bottom)
C
We were messengers for millions
We're a midnight masquerade
Dm
We can walk away from all this as the town goes up in flames
C
As civilians in a war, we can die right where we live
Dm
Well you can walk away from all this, go back home to see your kids
C
I've got a knife inside my boot
Yes my brother's got one too
Dm
Yeah bring 'em on, let's have a ball
Not nothing to lose
C
I've got hearts that bend and wings that shake, no one there could see
Dm G
No one there was going faster, no it doesn't bother me
Chorus
Here's the solo I don't think it's exactly what Sam is doing, but it's pretty good.
I'm not sure what he does at the end so I just play a double stop somewhere.
Solo:
e------------------------10-10-----------------------------------------10-----------------10---------|
B--/12---12--10-----10----------12-12-12-10-12-12/15---12-10-12--10-12----12-10-12--10-12----12-10---|
G---------------11---------------------------------------------------------------------------------11|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------10----------------------------------------------------|
B-10-12----12-10------10h12-10h12--12-12-12-10-10h12--10-10h12|
G----------------11-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
Please comment with any comments or corrections and such. Thanks!
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