Red House Painters

Song For A Blue Guitar

Red House Painters


Tom: G

   D                 A              Em  | Em  |
E|-2----0h2-2-2--0-|-0---0-0-0--0-|
B|-3----3---3-3--3-|-2---2h3-3--2-|
G|-2----2---2-2--2-|-2---2-2-2--2-|
D|-0----0---0-0--0-|-2---2-2-2--2-|
A|-----------------|-0---0-0-0--0-|
E|-----------------|--------------|

There's also a few spots the bass walks between chords that really
make the song. I've notated these as chord inversion inside bar lines,
but feel free to just play the root chord for a simpler approach.

[Intro]
|D |A |Em |Em |(x6)

[Verse 1]
D      A                  Em
  When everything we felt failed
D          A                     Em
  And some music soft in distant sails
D        A                       Em
  But it don't sound like it did before
D        A                          |Em  Em/F#|G |G  |D
  Then I know I'm left with nothing more than  my own soul

[Interlude]
|D |A |Em |Em |(x2)

[Verse 2]
D             A             Em
  When pretty pictures face back
D          A                           Em
  But your coats aren't hanging on the rack
D          A            Em
  And blue water turns to
D    A                |Em  Em/F#| G      | G | D
  A place that I can't get to, a place that I can't

[Refrain]
(D)    A          Bm          |C    C/D C C/A| G Gsus4| % | % | % |
  In a room all I feel, is the cold that you left
 D            A         Bm          |C       C/D C C/A| G Gsus4| % | % |G  G G/F#|
  Through the air all I see, is your face full of blame
Em      A       |D  |D/C Bm| Bm   G       A      | D | D |
 What's left to see,              what's there to see

[Solo]
   D A      Em  D     A  Em        D  A Em   D A  Em
E|-2-2/3\2-0----2-2/5-0-2----2-2/5-5--9--7---3-5----------------|
B|-----------3------------3-----------------------3-2--5-3------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------5\3-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

[Refrain]
(D)    A          Bm          |C    C/D C C/A| G Gsus4| % | % | % |
  In a room all I feel, is the cold that you left
 D            A         Bm          |C       C/D C C/A| G Gsus4| % | % |G  G G/F#|
  Through the air all I see, is your face full of blame
Em      A       |D  |D/C Bm| Bm   G       A      | D | D |
 What's left to see,              what's there to see