Langhorne Slim - Colette
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Capo: 2
Colette - Langhorne Slim
Tabbed by: Nate Mitchell
Email: nmitchell076@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Capo on 2
Notes concerning chord shapes at the bottom of the page.
Intro:
F Fadd11* F C C
F Fadd11 F C C
F Fadd11 F C C
G
Verse 1:
FAll I wanteFadd11d was aF gCood song and a Cfair friend
FYoFadd11u cameF aClong jCust then
FYou gave meFadd11 crazy FloCve and you whisCpered,
G"You got a bottle and nobody that your missin'."
FI wasn't mFadd11uch of Fa Cfighter or a loCver
FYou said, "Fadd11Don't gFetC excited, but tCake cover"
FWe stepped Fadd11into thFe Clight to picturCes of each other
GSome were in black and white, the others were in color
Chorus:
CoFlette, I knew the Fadd11second Fwe Gmet, you'd Ggo to my Chead
we Ctook a breath and Amleapt into the Amatmosphere
anFd I guess it was sFadd11omething Fyou Gsaid, we'll Grest when we're Cdead
Cnow it Ammust seem Ampretty clear
That FI Clove Gyou. FYes, CI Gdo.
(repeat intro and verse 1, lyrics are the same, sing one octave higher)
Break:
C/G D5** C F C G G
(repeat x8)
Chorus (2x as fast as previously played)
F Fadd11 F G G C
C Am Am
F Fadd11 F G G C
C Am Am
CoFlette, I knew the Fadd11second Fwe Gmet, you'd Ggo to my Chead
we Ctook a breath and Amleapt into the Amatmosphere
anFd I guess it was sFadd11omething Fyou Gsaid, we'll Grest when we're Cdead
Cnow it Ammust seem Ampretty clear
F C G F C C/G
That I love you.
* Fadd11 is used as a passing tone, hammer your pinky onto an A# and then
immediately release back into F. Chord shape for Fadd11 is simply:
-1-
-1-
-3-
-3-
-0-
---
** the D5 of the break is used as a passing tone, just release your fingers from
the C/G shape and pick the A and D strings. Part is so fast that it won't be
noticeable and sounds correct in the context.
Note concerning chord shapes:
As with many of Folk musicians, Langhorne Slim uses a slight variation in chord
shapes. The chords will usually feel like they are shaped like C, that is:
-0-
-1-
-0-
-2-
-3-
-0-
To form an F Chord, all you would have to do would be to move your 2 fingers from
the D and A Strings to the G and D strings, and mute (or don't play) the E
strings. So F would be formed like this:
---
-1-
-2-
-3-
-0-
---
similarly, G would be played like this:
-3-
-0-
-0-
-0-
-2-
-3-
Note that your pinky is on the high G.
Another note is that for this song, Langhorne plays C with the added 5th, so just
keep your pinky like its playing G and your good to go.
The final chord of this song is C/G, the G is the lower G, not the higher one, so
the chord would be:
-0-
-1-
-0-
-2-
-3-
-3-
This is the same shape of C/G used in the break section.
Forming these chords is far easier then explaining how to :], but I hope this
helped some people who are new to folk chord shapes.