Avant Gardener Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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[Intro]
G    G    F    C    x4
 
[Verse 1]
G
I sleep in late
G
Another day
F
Oh, what a wonder
C
Oh, what a waste
G
It's a Monday
G
It's so mundane
F
What exciting things
C
Will happen today?
G
The yard is full of hard rubbish, it's a mess and
F                           C
I guess the neighbours must think we run a meth lab
G
We should amend that
G
I pull the sheets back
F
It's 40 degrees
C
And I feel like I'm dying
 
G
Life's getting hard in here
G
So I do some gardening
F                        C
Anything to take my mind away from where it's 'sposed to be
G
The nice lady next door talks of green beds
F                               C
And all the nice things that she wants to plant in them
G
I wanna grow tomatoes on the front steps
F                          C
Sunflowers, bean sprouts, sweet corn and radishes
G
I feel proactive
G
I pull out weeds
F
All of a sudden
    C                        G
I'm having trouble breathing in
                             F
I'm having trouble breathing in
    C                        G
I'm having trouble breathing in
                             F    C7  C
I'm having trouble breathing in
 
[Break]
G     Dm     C     Bb  F
G     Dm     F     Bb  C
 
G     G     F     C    x2
 
[Verse 2]
G
My hands are shaky
G
My knees are weak
F
I can't seem to stand
C
On my own two feet
G
I'm breathing but I'm wheezing
G
Feel like I'm emphysem-in
F
My throat feels like a funnel
             C
Filled with Weet-Bix and kerosene and
G
Oh no, next thing I know
G
They call up triple O
F                            C
I'd rather die than owe the hospital
 
Till I get old
G
I get adrenaline
G
Straight to the heart
F
I feel like Uma Thurman
     C
Post-overdosing kick start
 
G
Reminds me of the time
G
When I was really sick and I
F
Had too much pseudoephedrine and I
C
Couldn't sleep at night
G
Halfway down high street, Andy looks ambivalent
F                                       C
He's probably wondering what I'm doing getting in an ambulance
G
The paramedic thinks I'm clever cos I play guitar
F                             C
I think she's clever cos she stops people dying
G
Anaphylactic and super hypochondriactic
F
Should've stayed in bed today
C
I much prefer the mundane
G
I take a hit from
G
An asthma puffer
F
I do it wrong
      C                     G
I was never good at smoking bongs
                               F
I'm not that good at breathing in
    C                          G
I'm not that good at breathing in
                               F    C7  C
I'm not that good at breathing in
 
[Outro]
G     Dm     C     Bb  F
G     Dm     F     Bb  C
G     Dm     C     Bb  F
G     Dm     F     Bb  C
 
G
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Avant Gardener – Courtney Barnett

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Great tab of a great song. I think the 2nd chord in the progression after "having trouble breathing in" should be Dm, not D. Thanks

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Hey, something neat you can do with these chords. Try transposing down one and putting the capo on the 1st fret. You can then raise and lower your finger on the 3rd fret on the E string during the verses to get that fantastic G and F bassline.

So perfect, I was just playing along with the song, with that G-F-C progression, and what a ya know, that's correct. I agree with Mr Apple here, the D is definitely a Dm. I play the chords like this (but it really doesn't matter how you play it): G:35543x F:13321x C:x355xx Dm:xx7765 Bb:x133xx