Jeff Tweedy - Ashes of american flags
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Tuning: D A D G B E
This is a tab I learned by ear listening to Tweedy's new solo acoustic album - Together At Last (2017).
This song is a bit more difficult with the open D tuning. You could modify it with standard tuning to
make it
easier. I didn't tab all of the strumming in the tablature portions, just the major riffs and stuff.
Listen to
the song while learning to figure it out.
This is my first tab.
Modified chords:
D
E|--2-- E|--2--|
B|--3-- B|--3--|
G|--2-- or G|--2--|
D|--0-- D|--0--|
A|----- A|--0--|
D|----- D|--0--|
Tweedy switches it up throughout the song.
G
E|--3-- E|--3--|
B|--3-- B|--3--|
G|--0-- or G|--0--|
D|--0-- D|--0--|
A|--2-- A|--2--|
D|----- D|--0--|
EmE|--0--
B|--0--
G|--0--
D|--2--
A|--2--
D|-----
AE|--0--
B|--2--
G|--2--
D|--2--
A|--0--
D|-----
BmE|--2--
B|--3--
G|--4--
D|--4--
A|--2--
D|-----
F#m
E|--2-- E|--2--|
B|--2-- B|--2--|
G|--2-- or G|--2--|
D|--4-- D|--4--|
A|--4-- A|--4--|
D|----- D|--0--|
D6sus2/BE|-----
B|-----
G|-----
D|--2--
A|--2--
D|--0--
A7E|--0--
B|--2--
G|--0--
D|--2--
A|--0--
D|-----
Intro
E|--2------------3-------3--3-------3--3---|
B|--3------------3-------3--3-------3--3---|
G|--2------------4-------0--0-------0--0---|
D|--0------------5-------------0h2---------| x2
A|---------------5--0h2--------------------|
D|---------4--5--5-------------------------|
Verse 1:
DThe cash machine Gis blue and green
DFor a hundred in twenties Gand a small service fee
EmI could spend three dollarsA and sixty-tBmhree cents
DOn Diet Coca-Cola and Gunlit cigarettes
E|--2------------3-------3--3-------3--3-----2------------3----2--0-----|
B|--3------------3-------3--3-------3--3-----3------------3----2--0-----|
G|--2------------4-------0--0-------0--0--2--2------------4----2--0-----|
D|--0------------5-------------0h2--------0--0------------5----4--2-----|
A|---------------5--0h2-----------------------------------5----4--2-----|
D|---------4--5--5----------------------------------4--5--5----0-----0--|
Verse 2:
EmI wonder why we listen to poets, Awhen nobody Bmgives a fuck
DHow hot and sorrowful,G this machine begs for luck
Chorus 1:
F#mAll my lieGs are only wishBmes
EmI knoD6sus2/Bw I would A7die if I could come back new
E|--2---------------3----------------2---------------3--------------------|
B|--3---------------3----------------3---------------3--------------------|
G|--2---------------0------2p0-------2---------------0------2p0-----------|
D|--0---------------0-----------4--------------------0-----------4p0------|
A|-------------0h2--2---------------------------0h2--2--------------------|
D|---------------------------------0---------------------------------0----|
Verse 3:
DI want a good life,G with a nose for things
BmA fresh wind and bright sky, D6sus2/Bto enjoy my suffering
EmA hole without a key, Aif I break Bmmy tongue
DSpeaking of tomorrow, Ghow will it ever come?
Chorus 2:
F#mAll my lieGs are always Bmwishes
EmI knoD6sus2/Bw I would A7die if I could come back new
E|--2---------------3-----------------2---------------3--|
B|--3---------------3-----------------3---------------3--|
G|--2---------------0------2p0--------2---------------0--|
D|--0---------------0-----------4---------------------0--|
A|-------------0h2--2----------------------------0h2--2--|
D|---------------------------------0---------------------|
Verse 4:
EmI'm down on my hands and knees, AEvery time the doorbell Bmrings
DI shake like a toothache, GWhen I hear myself sing
Chorus 3:
F#mAll my lieGs are only Bmwishes
EmI knoD6sus2/Bw I would A7die if I could come back new
E|--2------------3-------3--3-------3--3---|
B|--3------------3-------3--3-------3--3---|
G|--2------------4-------0--0-------0--0---|
D|--0------------5-------------0h2---------| x2
A|--0------------5--0h2--------------------|
D|--0------4--5--5-------------------------|
DI would like to salute, the Gashes of American flags
DAnd all the fallen leaves, Gfilling up shopping bags
The rest is just some finger picking emphasising the open D. I just play around with it.
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