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Song: Wilco (the song)
Band: Wilco
Album: (Live performance)
Tuning: Standard, down 1 whole step
Note: This was taken from the 10/30/2008 Wilco performance on Comedy
Central's "The Colbert Report". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3XHusLu7SU
The general rhythm of the song is 4:4, 2 chords per measure, all done as
bar chords. The "A G E" sequence is better transcribed as:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A/A/A/A G/G/G/G E/E/F/E -/E/Esus2/E
A 5776xx
G 3554xx
E 0769xx
F 887Txx (T=10)
Esus2 096xxx
It sounds OK using normal shapes, playing the Esus2 as Em. Other bar
chords are documented below:
Am 57755x
B 799877
F#m 244222
C#m 9EE999 (E=11)
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INTRO:
[A] [G] [E] (4x)
VERSE 1:
[A] - Are you [G] under the im-[E]-pression
[A] - This [G] isn't your [E] life
[A] - Do you [G] dabble in de-[E]-pression
[Am] Is someone twisting a [E] knife in your back
[B] - Are you being at-[E]-tacked
[B] - Oh this is a [F#m] fact, that you need to
[A] Know, oh, oh, oh, oh
Wil-[E]-co, Wil-[E]-co, Wil-[E]-co will love you
INSTRUMENTAL:
[A] Baby [G] [E]
[A] [G] [E]
VERSE 2:
[A] - When [G] times getting [E] tough,
[A] - All the [G] roads you [E] travel rough,
[A] - Have you [G] had e-[E]-nough uh-oh,
[Am]- Tired of being ex-[E]-posed to the cold,
[B] - Stare at your [E] stereo,
[B] - Put on your head-[F#m]-phones, don't pull out your
[A] Hair, oh, oh, oh, oh
Col-[E]-bert, Col-[E]-bert, Col-[E]-bert will love you
INSTRUMENTAL:
[A] Baby [G] [E]
[A] [B] [C#m]
BRIDGE:
[C#m] - So many wars that just can't be
[E] Won, ahh [F] ahh, [E] ahh,
[C#m] - Even before the battles be-
[E]-gun, oh [F] oh, [E] oh,
[C#m] - This is another with arms open
[F#m] Wide, a sonic shoulder for you to [A] cry on,
Wil-[E]-co, Wil-[E]-co will love you
INSTRUMENTAL:
[A] Baby [G] [E]
[A] [G] [E]
[A] [G] [E]
FINALE:
[Am] Is someone twisting a [E] knife in your back
[B] - Are you being at-[E]-tacked
[B] - Oh this is a [F#m] fact, that you need to
[A] Know, oh, oh, oh, oh
Wil-[E]-co, Wil-[E]-co, Wil-[E]-co, Wil-[E]-co,
Wil-[E]-co will love you
[A] Baby [G] [E]
--crookedpath