Danny Schmidt - This too shall pass
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Capo: 3
Tuning: E A D G B E
This Too Shall Pass by Danny Schmidt
Danny Capos this on 2nd or 3rd fret depending on which concert you look at. In his book he says 2nd fret
looking at videos on youtube I see him capo it on the third fret.
This version takes into accout his style of fingerpicking - which relys on the close
proximity of Am, C, G, Ddim7 and F to each other.
It's a rolling fingerpicking style with a ton of hammer-ons - but it's quite easy to get the hang of. Each
note is plucked and then hammered on soon therafter. I recommend finding a video of him playing it so you can
see his fingers. Once you have the style its the same for each stanza and it repeats.
BTW - this is maybe his most popular song. It's about a time when he had health issues and a friend made
him a ring which helped him get perspective and inspired the story. There is a poster for it on his website
as well that has a great design I just got in the mail.
[Intro]
Am - C - G Am - G ...
[Verse 1]
WeAmll things change fast, But this too shall pass
Better caGrve it on your forehead or tDdim7attoo it on your ass
Cause who can tAmell, when the clFock strikes twCelve
If todGay's become tomorrow or it's all just gone to hell
[Verse 2]
My friend makes riAmngs, she swirls and sings
She's a mysGtic in the sense, that sheDdim7's still mystified by things
But scared to aAmsk, How can notFhing seem to lCast?
Cause like a canGcer in your body, it all just goes too fast
[Verse 3]
We think too bAmig, we think our self is one whole thing
And we claGim that this collection has a nDdim7ame and is a being
But deep insAmide, when eveFry cell divCides
Well it seGts upon the rule that states self-interest is divine
[Verse 4]
And cancer toAmo lives by this golden rule
That you mGust do unto the others as the otDdim7hers unto you
All for the beAmst, cause it's aFll that life acCcepts
So we kiGll it like a buffalo with awe and with respect
[Verse 5]
Don't ask AmGod, just holler at the sky
Cause she'llG tell it to you plainly in the cloDdim7uds that whisper by
And praise the sAmhapes, and praFise the way they cChange
and they'll teGach you not to pray to light without you pray to rain
[Verse 6]
So I pray to hAmands, and I pray to needs
And I pray to blGades of grass to find forgiveDdim7ness in the weeds
But as for heaAmlth, I just neFver did belCieve
So I never prayGed myself except to those that prayed for me
[Verse 7]
The story gAmoes, or the way that I was told
There was a kiGng that always felt too high anDdim7d then he fell too low
So he calAmled all the wisFe men to the hCall
And he begGged them for a gift to end the rises and the falls
[Verse 8]
And here's Amthe thing, they came back with a ring
It was simpleG and was plainly unbefiDdim7tting of a king
Engraved in blAmack, well it haFd no front or Cback
But there weGre words around the band That said,
"Just know: This Too Shall Pass."