Tom: G
[Chords]
D Am G6 C G
E|---0---0----0-----0---3--|
B|---3---1----8-----1---0--|
G|---0---1----0-----0---0--|
D|---4---2----9-----2---0--|
A|---5---0----10----3---2--|
E|----------------------3--|
Note that the band tunes a half-step down for live performances. The studio recording is two steps down.
The chord names are written as if they were in standard tuning - that Am chord in the chorus is actually a Gm,
but it's an Am shape so that's how I've written it.
***** The D is actually a Dadd9add11 (Ultimate Guitar didn't like that).
Just play an open C slid up two frets, meanwhile the G6 is an open C shape rooted on G.
This is Graham's rythym guitar part. Josh plays the same chords in Verse 1, except instead
of the G6 he plays a standard open G (I use standard G because it sounds more full when playing alone).
Josh's solo is based off the verse melody. For reference, I start on the twelfth fret of the B string,
up to the twelfth fret of the E string, then down to the tenth fret of the E string, and work off of that.
[Verse 1]
D
I've been low
I've been down
Am G6
And I don't want to go there anymore
D
The sky is white
The grass is gold
Am G6
And I can't make my shadow out at all
D
Oh babe, they're gonna tell us
What we can and cannot do
Am G6
Babe, they're gonna feed us to the fire
D
I can dance
And you can sing
Am G6
You know that's never going to have us down
[Chorus]
C
I got
G
New blues
C
And my
G
New blues
[Verse 2]
D
A battlecry, a mockingbird
Am G6
The same thing happens every single time
D
It's in my heart
It's in my soul
Am G6
For once I don't want it to be denied
D
Oh, no one's gonna tell us who we will and will not be
Am G6
No one's gonna show us to the door
D
'Cause I've been low
And I've been down
Am G6
And I don't want to go there anymore
[Chorus]
C
I got
G
New Blues
C
Singing
G
New Blues
Hey!
[Solo]
D Am G6 x4
[Chorus]
C
Singin'
G
New blues
C
And my
G
My true blues
[Outro]
C
Yes I did
D
Yes I did
G6 C
Yes I did
C
Yes I did
D
Yes I did
G6
Yes I
C
Yes I did
D
Yes I did
G6 C
Yes I did
C
Yes I did
D
Yes I did
G6
Yes I
C D G6
C D
(end on single strum)
