Jason Isbell - Dress blues
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Standard Tuning. ("Live From Atlanta" version)
6/4 Time.
[Intro]
| G | Em7 | G | Em7 |
[Verse 1]
GWhat can you see from your Em7window?
GI can't see anything from Em7mine
GFlags on the side of the Em7highway
And Cadd9scripture on groc'ry store Gsigns Dsus4 D
GMaybe eighteen was too Em7early
Maybe Gthirty or forty is Em7too
Did Gyou get your chance to make Em7peace with the man
'Fore he Cadd9sent down his angels for Gyou? Dsus4 D
[Chorus]
And Em7mamas and G/F#grandmamas Glove you
'Cause Em7that's all they G/F#know how to Gdo-G/F#oo
But Em7you never planned on the Bmbombs in the sand
Or Cadd9sleepin' in your Cm. dress Gblues Dsus4 D
[Break]
| G | Em7 | G | Em7 |
[Verse 2]
Your Gwife said this all would be Em7funny
When Gyou came back home in a Em7week
You'd Gturn twenty-two and we'd all Em7celebrate you
In a Cadd9bar or a tent by the Gcreek Dsus4 D
Your Gbaby would just about Em7be here
Your Gvery last tour would be Em7up
But Gyou won't be back, they're all Em7dressin' in black
Drinkin' Cadd9sweet tea in styrofoam GcupsDsus4 D
[Chorus 2]
And Em7mamas and G/F#grandmamas Glove you
AEm7merican G/F#boys hate to Glose G/F#
But Em7you never planned on the Bmbombs in the sand
Or Cadd9sleepin' in your Cm. dress Gblues Dsus4 D
[Bridge]
| G | Em7 | G | Em7 |
| G | Em7 | G | Em7 | G | Em7 | Cadd9 | G Dsus4 D |
| G | Em7 | G | Em7 | G | Em7 | Cadd9 | G Dsus4 D |
[Verse 3]
They got the Ghigh school gymnasium Em7ready
It's full of Gflowers and old legionnEm7aires
GNobody showed up to Em7protest
Just Cadd9sniffle and stare G. Dsus4 D
There's Gred, white, and blue in the rEm7afters
And there's Gsilent old men from the Em7Corps
GWhat did they say when they Em7shipped you away
To fight Cadd9somebody's Hollywood Gwar?Dsus4 D
[Chorus 3]
And Em7nobody G/F#here could forGget you
You Em7showed us what G/F#we had to Glose G/F#
But Em7you never planned on the Bmbombs in the sand
Or Cadd9sleepin' in your Cm. dress Gblues Dsus4 D
No, Em7you never planned on the Bmbombs in the sand
Or Cadd9sleepin' in your Cm. dress Gblues
Notes:
In this video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=euVyT0Qbl0k), Isbell plays the song on
a guitar tuned down 1/2 step.
In the intro, he uses his index finger on the A and D strings to play the
riff. Because he's playing a single bass note followed by strumming the top
three strings, he plays the G chord as 3xx033 and the Em7 chord as x2x033.
Throughout, he uses the chord voicings shown in the chords below.
[Intro Riff from video]
| G | Em7 |
e|---------------|------3--------|
B|---------------|------3--------|
G|---------------|---------------|
D|-------(h)2-0--|---------------|
A|---0-2---------|-2-------------|
E|-3-------------|---------------|
Chords Used:
G = 320033
Em7 = 022033
Cadd9 = x32033
Dsus4 = xx0233
D = xx0232
G/F# = 2x0033
Bm = 224432
Cm = 335543