Shakey Graves - Word of mouth
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Capo: 6
Awesome artist but not well known. Liked this song and couldn't find a tab so I made one.
This is the Audiotree session version. He does a no capo version as well and its the
exact same chords.
Capo 6
The Bass line follows this pattern and you just pick the chords overtop
Am
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----0-------------------0-------------------0--------3-----0------------0-|
E|-------------0--------3----------0---------3---------------------0-----3---|
The bass changes to follow the C chord. Anything in brackets is optional but it is in
the song.
C
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------(pick)-----(pick)-----(pick)----(pick)---------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------(0)--3---------------(0)--3---------------------------------|
E|--------3------------------3-----------------------------------------------|
(pick just means pick the top strings in the C chord)
The strumming pattern is pretty simple. Listen to the song to get it down.
Intro: Am
Oh, CI see a girl thats blue like the sea
when i go to sleep you know that she sees me, Amtoo
yeah, Cjust standing around like the popular kids
hoping saint peter will let us in, Amtoo
"well," he saysF " if you value your life stay off the drugs
if you Cvalue the drugs stay off the map.
if you Gvalue maps you better travel, son.
F C(single strum) Am
if you dont want to travel then you better run"
ooh, yeah, mmm, oh
yeah, well CI knew a king in his purple throne
oh, and he had some trouble so he's all alone Amnow
well I Cused to bring him little presents from time to time
and hed sit me in his castle and hed pick my Ammind
he said, &Fquot;if you value your heart, oh stay on the road.
if you Cvalue the road, oh stay on the top .
if you Gvalue the top, oh youre gonna suffer son.
F C(single strum) Am
and if you dont want to suffer, then you better run"
(Full strums)
well i Csee my boss in his practical suit
ill toss him in the cellar wont give him no Amfood
(Back to picking)
when Canybody tries to tell him what to do
he holds his breath until he turns Amblue
he says, &Fquot;if you value your job, stay out of crime.
if you Cvalue the crime, stay out of doors.
if you Gvalue them doors you better lock em son.
and if Fyou dont want to lock em, you better Gbuy a gun"
This part speeds up. Its the same Chords but just at a different tempo. Theres a few
riffs here. Theres no real
pattern I can distinguish. He just plays around with the high B and E strings on the
third fret with his pinkie.
He also throws in some bends on the B string.
The new bass riff comes to this.
Am
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------0-----3-----------------0------33--------------------|
E|-------0------3------------------0------3----------------------------------|
yeah, well Ci saw a snake in an apple tree
you know i didnt trust a word that he hissed to me, Amno!
yeah, he said, &quoCt;it must be gettin awful lonely tryin to save the world;
just buy a collared shirt and try and fuck some girAmls."
he said, &Fquot;if you value your limbs, stay in the game.
if you Cvalue the game, stay in the style.
if you Gvalue that style, youre a sinkin son.
if you Fdont want to sink then you better run."
(strumming) C Am C Am
Little ending rif
C F
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------3^------5-------3^----5------------1--1h3-3s5---------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------2----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------3--------------------------------------|
A|-------3------3-------3------3----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro: F
And finish on C