This is my favourite song of the absolutely brilliant Gregory Alan Isakov. Unfortunately there are no very good tabs around. I have been working on the song for a long time and actually used it to learn some basic picking techniques. I could have tabbed the whole thing but it would not be worth the effort because you only need to know the correct chords and then learn the picking pattern yourself. I don't know it 100% correctly, Greg plays it very differently live, so there is no 100% correct version. Make up your little mix of hammers and pulls, just like I have. I will post a little part of the intro to get you going. Once you have your thumb moving irrespective of your other fingers, a whole new world of guitar playing will open up. That's what this song has done for me. It takes some time, but it is well worth it. Capo 3rd -------------------------------------------------------- (First part of Intro, exemplary picking pattern tabbed. âtâ marks notes played by thumb, 0/2 marks hammer on from open string to 2nd for example. When a note is put right beneath a hammered on note, play that note simultaneously with the hammering) e|----------3----1----------1-------------------------------------------------| B|--------1---1------------------0â-1-----------1-----------------1-----------| G|------0------------0---------------------0/2------2--------0/2-----2--------| D|----2------------0t---------0t--------2t--------2t------2t------------------| A|--3t------------------------------0t-------0t---------0t-----0t-------------| E|---------------3t------3t---------------------------------------------------| C2 G2 Am e|-----------------------------1â0--------------------------------------------| B|--1-----------1---------------------1---1-------3-----1----0----------------| G|--------0/2---------2----------------------------------------------0--------| D|-----3t---------3t-------3t-----3t----------0t----------0t-------0t---------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--1t------1t----------1t-----1t---------3t---------3t--------3t-------3t----| F1 G3 ----- end of picking example --------------------------------- Chords used: e|--0---0---0-------0--------3---1---0---0------5---3----1--------------| B|--1---1---1---1---1--------1---0---3---1------0---1----3--------------| G|--0---0---2---0---2--------0---0---0---0------0---0----2--------------| D|--2---0---2---2---3--------0---0---0---0(2)---3---2----0--------------| A|--3---2---0---x---3--------2---2---2---2----------3-------------------| E|------3-------3---1--------3---3---3---3------------------------------| C1 G3 Am* Am/G F1** G1 G2 G4 G5*** F2 C2 Dm *always hammer on 0/1 on B-sting when switching to this chord **use left hand thumb for bass F! ***hammer on 0/2 and pull off again on D-string (Intro) C2 G2 Am Am F1 F1 G1 G2 C2 G2 Am Am F2 C2 G1 C2 G1 G2 G3 G4

^CWell, it's 3 a.^G3m. again, like it ^Amalways seem^Am7/Gs to be ^F ^G1Driving northbound, ^G2driving homeward, driving win^Amd is drivin^Am/Gg me. ^F ^G1It just seems so f^G2unny how I alwa^Amys end^Am7/G up here ^F ^G1walking outside in ^G2a storm while looking wa^Amy up pas^Am/Gt the treel^Fine. It's bee^G1n some t^G2ime. ^G3 ^G4

Give me ^Amdarkness when I'^Fm dreaming, give^G5 me moonlight when I'm^G5 leaving, ^AmGive me shoes that weren^F't made for stan^G5ding. ^G5 G^Amive me treeline, give m^Fe big sky, give ^G5me snowbound, g^G5ive me rainclouds, gi^Amve me bedtime just some^G1times. ^G2 ^G3 ^G4

Now you're talki^Cng in my ro^G3om, there ain^Am't no^Am7/Gbody here^F, Cause I've been dr^G1iving like a truc^G2ker, I've been we^Amaring thro^Am/Gugh the gear^Fs I've been tr^G1aining like a soldi^G2er, I've been bur^Amning t^Am/Ghrough this ^Fsorrow The onl^G1y talking late^G2ly ^Amis a bac^Am/Gkground^F radio^G1 ^G2 ^G3 ^G4

^DmYou are my fri^Fend and I was a ^G5saint ^G5 ^DmAnd riding tha^Ft hope was like catching some tra^G5in ^G5 ^DmNow I just wal^Fk, but I don't mind the rain ^G5 ^G5 ^DmSinging s^Fo much softer than I did back then ^G5 ^G5 (Interlude)

C2 G2 Am Am F2 C2 G1 C2 G1 G2 G3 G4

Well the^C night I think is darker^G, than ^Amwe can re^Am7/Gally say^F, God's been livi^G1ng in that oce^G2an, sending ^Amus all ^Am/Gthe big wa^Fves And I wi^Amsh I was a sailo^Fr so I could kn^G5ow just how to trust ^G5 Maybe I ^Amcould bring some gra^Fce back home to ^G5dry land for each of us ^G5

^DmSay what yo^Fu see, you say it so^G5 well ^G5 ^DmJust say you will wa^Fit like snow on the ^G5rail ^G5 ^DmCombing that t^Frain yard for some kind of saint ^G5 ^G5 ^DmEven my own se^Flf, it just don't seem mi^G5ne ^G5

Give me ^Amdarkness when I'm dreami^Fng, give me ^G5moonlight when I'm ^G5leaving Give me ^Ammustang horse and muscle^F, oh, I won^G5't be going gentle ^G5 Give me ^Amslandered looks when I'm lyin^Fg, give me finge^G5rs when I'm crying ^G5 I ai^Amn't out there to ch^Feat you, see I k^G5illed that damn coy^G5ote in me

(Outro) Am Am F F G5 G5 G5 G5

Gregory Alan Isakov - 3am