Conor Oberst - Desert island questionnaire
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Desert Island Questionnaire (Upside Down Mountain, 2014)
Standard Tuning
Chords Used:
G - 320003
G/B - x20002
C - X32010
D - XX0232
Em - 022000
Am - x02210
I tabbed out the intro riff as well since it comes back to tie all the verses together. The xxxxxx chords are
rakes; just lightly mute the strings with your fretting hand and them strum for the amount of beats.
Listen to the recording for the strumming pattern.
Intro Riff:
Gadd9 G Gmaj7 G Gadd9 Gadd9 G Gmaj7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
G|--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--x-x--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----|
A|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----|
GSay that you were stranded on a desert island
GWhat books you gonna bring what friends would tagG/B aloCng
GSay you had a month and you knew you were dying
GHow would you spend your time
GWhat goodbyes would take G/Btoo Clong
DYou don't like this game and you take exception
DWho wants all this trouble even hypotheticEmal
With the Amcharging sky above
AmAnd the ground below that could Dswallow everyone
Intro Riff
GStaring at your phone at another party
GSpend a lot on clothes got a lot of skinG/B to Cshow
GPeople in the pool like the drowning army
GSmoke along the moats and the hotel loG/Bbby Cglows
DWish that you can dance but you've got no partner
DKeep tapping on your glass because you want to make a toaEmst
To the Amennui of our times
AmTo the selfishness in Deveryone you know
G D Em
CMade a lot of friends but they Dcan't be trusted
GDon't know what their angD/F#le Emis
CPost up at the bar and I?m Ddouble fisted
GTalking to a manD/F#nequiEmn
CI don't know what it means when he Dtakes my pulse
And Gsays that I'm a lot D/F#like Emhim
CI say that's fair enough that's why I'm Dtrying to loosen up
Intro Riff
GEvery lunatic must be well intentioned
GSets himself apart he's an instrumentG/B of Cgod
GTook her from the playground to the farmhouse cellar
GKissed her while he killed her like a good SamG/BaritCan
DThey finally found her body many Autumns after
DInterviewed her mother who said she'd now be 2Em1
And Amalthough we lost her young
AmI know the good lord has a Dplan for all of us
G D Em
CMormons at the door they are Dclean and handsome
GAlways have a good D/F#sales Empitch
CYour little sisters swears that she can Dread my aura
GBut I can't take her sD/F#eriouEms
CNeed something to bring
For this Dhuman nature is Gnot what this condiD/F#tion Emis
CI'm so bored with my life but I'm Dstill afraid to die
CEveryone's asleep in this Dburning building
GAnd I can't wake them up D/F#in tiEmme
CYou go on ahead I'll be Dright behind you
GI'm headed to the finD/F#ish lEmine
I can't Cignore the sun until this is Dover
Intro Riff
GPretend that you were stranded on a desert island
GWhat would be the message that you'd spell out for G/Bthe Cplane
GSay the engine failed when that plane was flying
GIf you were the pilot would you curse or would G/Byou Cpray
DNo one's gonna cry at this John Doe funeral
DNot a lot to say did it even have a naEmme
Light a Amcandle just in case he was someone's friend
AmThrow some Dflowers on the grave
Outro Riff:
Gadd9 G Gmaj7 G Gadd9 Gadd9 G Gmaj7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--------------------------|
G|--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--x-x--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--x-x--0--------------------------|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4--4--4--4--4--0--0--x-x--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--x-x--4---let ring---------------|
A|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--x-x--2--------------------------|
E|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--x-x--3--------------------------|