Capo: 5 Tuning: E A D G B E

This is from Isakov's new album "Evening Machines". I love this song because of how effective the atmosphere is portrayed through the scant instrumentation and short run time. The song is over before you even know it! Down to business: -Capo 5 in G. (Song is in C, but Isakov plays it capo'd up more for a higher register sound.) -Song is in a quick waltz tempo (3/4). Another thing to note is his usage of muted strumming. I use my thumb to strum down, while pulsing my fret hand to get this effect. If you don't know basic palm-muting, you probably want to learn that for this song to play it "correctly". Oh, and you can check out me playing it on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGhmneu_7tQ [Intro] C [Verse 1]

Oh my ^Cdrunken ^Emsouthern^C star^Em How you ^Ctried to ^Emhide in ^Cdarkn^Gess Slipped from ^Corb^Git Now you’re ^Ddangero^Cusly ^Gclose^C ^G

[Verse 2]

Come ^Cout, come ^Emout From all your ^Chiding ^Emout We’ll ^Cdig in our ^Emheels Salute the ^Cbattle^Gfields Where our ^Dbroken ^Chearts were ^Gborn, o^Ch ^G

[Chorus]

And the ^Cstorm clouds are thirsty ^EmI can see them bursting, ^Cwatch them gathering ^Emlight And the ^Cwalls in the bedroom ^Emnow are pounding ou^Dt ^C Were we ^Cbroken open baby,^Em maybe just a crac^Ck ^Em ^CSwore I heard you whisper ^Emthat you preferred ^Dus like ^Cthat^G, o^Ch ^G

[Intrumental] C Em C Em C Em D C C Em C Em C Em D C G C G [Verse 3]

My ^Cbroken ^Emopen ^Cchild^Em Were we ^Cthirsty, ^Emthorned with ^Cwild ^Geyes ^CStill, we are ^Gslaves to the ^Dsirens of the ^Csalty ^Gsea O^Ch, ^G o^Ch, ^G o^Ch, ^G

Gregory Alan Isakov - Southern star