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Tuning: E A D G B E
Dan fingerpicks this song. I have tabbed out the intro because it gives a pretty good representation of the pattern and variations he uses throughout the song. The bass is played by alternating the thumb between the lowest and second lowest string every 1/4 note. When he does the walkdown during the verses ["And I buy all my days"], he seems to only hit the bass note of each chord so I have notated it as such. In the "chorus", for lack of a better term, the D-G-D-G parts ["All night long"], he strums the chords. Now on to the bridge. It gets sort of difficult here because the second guitar starts playing a big part and there is also more occasional strumming. At "colored lights", a very distinctive picking pattern appears and I have written it out there. The chord names represent those picking patterns until the end of the bridge, at which point you can return to normal chord forms. You can barre the first two forms but make sure not to hit that D string. Sorry if it is confusing, but I promise I could have made it much worse. I hope my tab does this beautiful song justice. *Lyrics adapted from LyricsMania.com [Intro] C e|----------------|-------0-------|---------------|-----------------| B|--1---------0---|-3---------3---|-----------0---|-----------------| G|--------0-------|---------------|-------0-------|-------0---------| D|------2-------2-|-----2-------2-|-----2-------2-|-----2-----2---2-| A|--3-------3-----|-3-------3-----|-3-------3-----|-3-------3---3---| E|----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------| [Verse 1]
GClose the door on a short night DLift the lid on the daylight Em6:09 West TennesseeC time C /B /A G And I buy all my days GAt the Dsame place where the girl sells her Cnights C /B /A G To a God of ocean tides.
[Chorus]
DAll Gnight Dlong, GWriting Cpoems to CaliGfornia EmMelodies of failure And the Ampeople I have thrown A - Dway, GmeanDwhile, Gsomewhere Cwest of CaroGlina In a Emcongregation of strangers We are A7digging holes to China Then we Cpray to our reflections In the Cwater when it rises.
[Verse 2]
I said Gheadlights pin the highway down DJesus spins the world around And I’ll Emspend all my tomorrows coming Cdown C /B /A G Goodbye all my days. I know I Dsaid I never loved you C C /B /A G But I might just try again tonight.
[Bridge]
D/BTruck stops and Criver gods Gas Dstations of the GCross DFollowing a ghost, AmFollowing a ghost, I Cpray the water Dwash away The Emmemories aDnd the cCmaj7ost. DCarry me soGuth, to the Cadd9sea D/EAlong with your Gmemories of Cmaj7me We are Dborn in the Gwater G /A /B Cadd9 And I will re-turn to Thee.
Csus2 e|----3-------3-----|----3-------3-----|----3-------3-----|----3-------3-----| B|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3-| G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| D|------5-------5---|------5-------5---|------5-------5---|------5-------5---| A|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------|--3-------3-------| E|------------------|------------------|------------=-----|------------=-----| G5/D e|----3-------3-----|----3-------3-----|----3-------3-----|----3-------3-----| B|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3-|--------3-------3-| G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| D|------5-------5---|------5-------5---|------5-------5---|------5-------5---| A|--5-------5-------|--5-------5-------|--5-------5-------|--5-------5-------| E|------------------|------------------|------------=-----|------------=-----| G[2] e|----7-------7-----|----7-------7-----|----7-------7-----|----7-------7-----| B|--------8-------8-|--------8-------8-|--------8-------8-|--------8-------8-| G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| D|------9-------9---|------9-------9---|------9-------9---|------9-------9---| A|--10-----10-------|--10------10------|--10-----10-------|--10------10------| E|------------------|------------------|------------=-----|------------=-----|
Csus2Colored lights And G5/Dbirthday cakes Csus2Candle wax G[2] On paper plates. Csus2Breathe the water G[2] Hush-a-bye, hush-a-bye. You can Csus2see through water G[2] All the way up to the sky.
[Verse 3]
GGods of water, gods of rain DCover up the sun again We are Emcrossing at the MississippiC line C /B /A G And I tried all my days DTo love you just the way you hoped I Cmight, C /B /A G But I’m leaving here to-night. I Dcan’t remember yesterday C C /B /A G I tried, if I said I could GI lied.
[Outro] Em7 Em7[2] Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Cadd9 [Strummed end riff] [Chords] Verse/Chorus C X32010 G 320033 D XX0232 Em 022000 Am X02210 A7 X02020 Bridge D/B X2023X Cmaj7 X32000 Cadd9 X32030 D/E 0X0232 Csus2 X35X33 G5/D X55X33 G[2] X[10]9X87 Outro Em7 020000 Em7[2] 020003