Adrianne Lenker - Steamboat
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Capo: 6
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo 6 (key of G + 6 = Db)
Note:
In the verses, strum only the bottom three or four strings of the chord,
on the sixteenth note and accenting the first and expecially third
sixteenth note in each group of four:
> > > >
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------0-----------2-----------0--------2--2--2--|
A|-2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--|
E|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
I'm just a stran ger I'm on ly a walk er I guess
You can also throw in upstrums on e and a and a little palm-muting.
In the chorus, Adrianne is doing a mix of strumming and picking.
The pattern is something like this, but play with it.
One day I'ma be a steamboat baby One day I can be your freight train lady
e|---------------------------------|-------2-------2-----------------|
B|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-------3-------3-----0---------0-|
G|-----0-------2-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------0---------0-|
D|---2-------0-------0-------0-----|-------------------0---------0---|
A|---------------------------------|-0-------0-----------------------|
E|-0-------2-------3-------3-------|-----------------3-------3-------|
[Intro]
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|
G|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|
D|-----------------2-------2p0-0---|-----------------0-2-----2---0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|
D|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|
A|-----------------0-------2-------|-----------------0-------2-------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-0-3-3-3-3-|
Well
[Verse 1]
GI'm just a strC/Ganger I'm Gonly a wC/Galker
I gGuess I am hC/Guman but sGometimes I fC/Geel
Like I'm D/F#only a ghGost like I'm D/F#only a wGall
And if you D/F#come around hGoney I'll prC/Gobly just fGollow
you hD/F#ome cause it's Gall that I knD/F#ow how to dGo
I was bD/F#orn by a bGody I'll dC/Gie by one tGoo
And plEmaces are nD/F#othing if they aGin't got yCou
[Chorus]
And Emone day D/F#I'ma be a stGeamboat baby
DOne day I can be your frGeight train lady
I'll rEmoll down the rD/F#iver and the mGiles won't fCaze me
Oh I wEmish I was bD/F#etter at bGeing alone
Still Devery night I call you Gon the phone
Oh I wEmish I was mD/F#ore than my skGin and my bC/Gone
[Verse 2]
But GI've been arrC/Ganging eGach of my mC/Govements
And Gall of my gC/Gestures and trGying to fC/Gool
MysD/F#elf into thGinking that D/F#everything's smGall
And nD/F#othing has rGeason I wD/F#oke up and crGied
A convC/Gulsion of hGonesty brD/F#ought me to life
When I Gthought I was gC/Gone
But I cEman't put a lD/F#ight in the mGouth of a sC/Gong
[Chorus]
And Emone day D/F#I'ma be a stGeamboat baby
DOne day I can be your frGeight train lady
REmoll down the rD/F#iver and the mGiles won't fC/Gaze me
Oh I wEmish I was bD/F#etter at bGeing alone
Still Devery night I call you Gon the phone
Oh I wEmish I was mD/F#ore than my skGin and my bC/Gone
Oh I wEmish I was mD/F#ore than my skGin and my bC/Gone
[Outro]
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|
G|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|
D|-----------------2-------2p0-0---|-----------------0-2-----2---0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
rit.
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|
D|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|
A|-----------------0-------2-------|-----------------0-------2-------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-0-3-------|
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[Chords]
G C/G C D/F# D Em
e|--3----0----0----2----2---0---|
B|--0----1----1----3----3---0---|
G|--0----0----0----2----2---0---|
D|--0----2----2----0----0---2---|
A|--2----3----3----0--------2---|
E|--3----3---------2--------0---|
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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