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The other tab on here is incorrect in a lot of places, also the video covers I've seen of this song on the Web also have it wrong. I put this together based on the actual videos of Jakob playing this song. I'm pretty sure these chords are correct. You can use a variety of fingerpicking patterns for this song, including Travis-style. Jakob's patterns are very simple, but you can embellish a lot. I can sing this song from start to finish, matching Jakob's melody with these chords. Enjoy. Roger Dale Adkins Will It Grow Jakob Dylan Capo IV Intro (Using straight forward fingerpicking rolls, but you can vary this). The chords for the first part of the intro are Am, F, G, Am (fifth fret): e---------------------------------------------------------| B--------1-------1-------3-------5------------------------| G------2-------2-------4-------5--------------------------| D----2-------3-------5-------7----------------------------| A--0-------0-------0-------0------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------| The intro then moves back to open position C. With your picking hand, move the bass line with your thumb and pick the treble strings with your first or second (or both) fingers(again you can vary the picking pattern if you like as this is an approximation): e-------------------------------------------------| B---------1----------1---------1---------1--------| G-------0---0------0---0-----0---0-----0---0------| D-------------------------------------------------| A----0----------3----------2----------------------| E------------------------------------3------------| The rest of the chords are as follows (I tried to put the changes where they occur, but you can listen to the recordings and watch the videos to work out the exact timing):
AmI made a promise toFmaj7 not let Cgo Our tug of war has only made Gme want you Fmaj7more Steeped in Ghard luck and Cdoomed to rFmaj7oam My love is bGraver than you knAmow
AmMy forefathers, they Fmaj7worked this lCand And I was schooled in the tyranny Gof nature's Fmaj7plans Dressed in Gthunder a Ccloud came aFmaj7round Oh, in the shape of a lion aG hand came dAmown
Chorus:
AmNow, damn this valley anFmaj7d damn this cCold Well, take so long to let meAm know AmIt's plant and reap and Fmaj7plow and Csow CBut tell me, will it Esus4grow?
Play the intro again before the next verse:
Am Dig my ditches in theF golden sCun I'd be robbing these trains if I couGld catch me oFne Now, Sunday, GMonday andC Tuesday's Fgone Got me stone cold sober inG a drought so Amlong
Boarded mansions and ghost filled yards There's a boy in a water tower counting cars Steel trap open in empty stalls Now there's a well-worn saddle but the horse is gone Repeat Chorus Break: Am, G/B, C, G, F Jet black starlit midnight rolls I am down in the garden where I let you go Up on the surface the earth looks round But it's a godless city of cold flat ground Chorus: (Use the same chords as in the break for the final refrains. The embellished "oh" sound in "Will it Grow" moves right through the chord progression.) Am, G/B, C, G, Fmaj7 Will it grow oh grow oh oh x2 Will it grow? The last line is slightly more subdued than the preceding two, but the chords stay the same. End on the intro. A couple of the chords you might not be familiar with: Esus4 e--0------| B--0------| G--2------| D--0------| A--2------| E--0------| Fmaj7 e--0------------| B--1------------| G--2------------| D--3------------| A--3------------| E---------------| C/B (This is really just a transition chord to get from Am to C, it's mostly just a "walk-up" on the bass line: e--------------| B--1-----------| G--0-----------| D--0-----------| A--2-----------| E--------------| Notes on the chords used in the break and final chorus: Am, G/B, C, G, Fmaj7 If you're a good fingerpicker, you can really embellish on the F chord here to find a lot of the trademark notes. What I try to do is distill some of what the second guitar plays into this little break. This is one of the only points where I deviate from Jakob's use of the Fmaj7 chord in order to free up the pinkie on my left hand to play some of the other embellishment notes.