Mandolin Orange - Gospel shoes
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Capo: 4
Tuning: E A D G B E
Main melody. With a bit of work you can integrate it into the chord progression.
I highlighted how to play the transitioning chord Dm/E in the tablature.
Basically you take your middle finger off the G-String and use it to
play an E on the D string instead(all relative to the capo, of course)
e |----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
b |----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
G |--------------------0-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
D |--0h-2--------2h-0--------2-----------2-----0-------|--------------------0-----0h-2--------2h-0----------|
A |----------------------------------------------------|--3--------0--3-----------------------------3-------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
C Em F C
e |-------------(1)------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
b |-------------(3)------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
G |-------------(0)------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------||
D |--0-----------0h-2-----0----------------------------|--------------------0-------------------------------||
A |--------------------------3-----0-----------0-------|--------------0h-2--------3-------------------------||
E |----------------------------------------------------|--3--------3----------------------------------------||
Dm Dm/E F G C
[Intro]
|: C | Em | F | C | Dm Dm/E | F | G | C :|
[Verse 1]
CSome set their heads to Emswimming, Fnothing to Close
DmDrift aDm/Ebout their Fgood times, Gslivers in their Cboots
CSome walk the straight and Emnarrow, only Fpassing thrCough
DmTrading Dm/Ethis world oFver for a Gpair of gospel Cshoes
[Bridge]
| C | Em | F | C | Dm Dm/E | F | G | C |
[Verse 2]
CGospel shoes are Emlaced with Fshackles and Cchains
DmFitted fDm/Eor the Fpoor Grunners of the Crace
CNow every hand is Emfolded Fshape of a Cgun
DmTarget's Dm/Eever cFhanging but the Gwar it rages Con C/B
[Chorus]
AmSo the armies march ConwaCmaj7rd for the Cmother and the Gson
AmAs this world of screaming Ccolor is bleached in the Gblood
[Mandolin Solo]
|: C | Em | F | C | Dm Dm/E | F | G | C :|
[Verse 3]
CFreedom was a Emsimple word so Freverent and Ctrue
A Dmlong Dm/Etime aFgo, it Gmeant the right to Cchoose
CWho you love and Emhow to live, Fnow it's so misCused
DmTwisted Dm/Eby the Fpolitics of Gmen in gospel Cshoes C/B
[Chorus]
AmSo the armies march ConwaCmaj7rd for the Cmother and the Gson
AmAs this world of screaming Ccolor is bleached in the Gblood
Fmaj7Our mother she is Gcrying,C her C/Bbroken Fmaj7heart is blue
Fmaj7'Cause we're too busy GdyingC to love this C/Blife we Fmaj7lose
Fmaj7She's growing weary of the Glying
Fmaj7She's tired of all this Gfighting in the name of goCspel shoes
[Outro]
|: C | Em | F | C | Dm Dm/E | F | G | C :| C C/B |
|: Am | Am | C | Cmaj7 | C | Cmaj7 | G | G :|
Song is basically over after this point and the chords start to diverge
from the chorus and verse progressions until the fade out.