The Presidents Of The United States Of America - Truckstop butterfly
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Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
How do you make it sound like the recording?:
Tune all strings a half-step down if you want to match the recording.
(The hardest part of this song is setting up the tuning. Otherwise
it's three pretty standard chords.) Pretty fun song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRUh8OQ4fp8
What chords should I play?:
Sounds great with straight chords or power chords. Chris seems to
play Em-shape-power chords all the way up the neck of the guitar
on frets 8 & 3 (for showmanship? Maybe some guitar gurus can help
me out here), but you can just play Em-shape-power on fret 3 and
A-shape-power on fret 3. (I'm tabbing out the latter.)
Cool transition tip:
In either case, you can then slide down from Em-shape-power-3 to
Em-shape-power-2 to Em-shape-power-1 to Em for a cool transition.
Tabbed-Out Chords:
Em G C
(Em-shape-power-3) (A-shape-power-3)
Eb|--0-----------x-------------------x----------|
Bb|--0-----------x-------------------x----------|
Gb|--0-----------0-------------------5----------|
Db|--2-----------5-------------------5----------|
Ab|--2-----------5-------------------3----------|
Eb|--0-----------3-------------------x----------|
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Song:
Truckstop butterEmfly
Covered in gasoGline
Truckstop butterEmfly
Kiss you till you're Gclean
CMe and a Gman with a Cmohawk on his Ghead
CFound a dirty Gbutterfly half Emdead Em
CRainbow of Gshiny oil Cslick and stuck on Gwing
CHelpless in a Gpuddle muddy Emthing Em
C Seven-elGeven, cherry Csoda and a Gpie
C30-ton steel Ggrey cloud and the
Csky is dark and Gdripping though we
Cstop and wonder Gwhy
You're Crunning late but Gwhat a great Emalibi Em
Truckstop butterEmfly
Covered in gasoGline
Truckstop butterEmfly
Kiss you till you're Gclean
(get gone!)
[Instrumental / Harmonica solo]
C G C G
C G Em
C G C G
C G Em
CFar out east in Gdeserts there's a Cvein of inky gGold
CHere out west you Gwear it like a Emcoat
C Me and the Gman with a Cmohawk watch you Ggo
CFollow sun and Gleave the melting Emsnow Em Em Em
CMan, how I Gmiss you
CTruckstop butterGfly
CFly so I can't Gsee you
CTruckstop butterGfly
CI hope you Gmade it,
Cand you didn't Gdie
CStill, I do Gmiss you
CTruckstop butterGfly
CTruckstop butterGfly
CTruckstop butterGfly
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Tip: Every once in a while, songs will be a half-step down, which helps with singing sometimes.
If your guitar has good intonation (ie doesn't sound out of tune with a capo on, basically),
you can put a capo on 1 to put your guitar back into standard tuning for some songs, then take
the capo off for these half-step songs to switch quickly during a set. Don't store your guitar
with the capo on the strings though. The downside is that the fret markings might throw you
off for a bit while you get used to it.
peace