The Box Chords
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| Difficulty: | intermediate |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | no capo |
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THE BOX - Damien Rice
http://youtu.be/aFg6xl7xkKQ
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Corrections and suggestions are very welcome! carriep63@gmail.com
This is an approximation of the chords he plays (see the video above if you want to
see how he plays it):
G: 355433
D: 557775 or 55433x
Em7: 779787
Bm: 799777
C: 8 10 10 9 8 8
Am(add9): 577500
[Verse]
G D
Don't give me something to hold in my hand
Em7
Something else to believe in
Bm
Cause I'm over it
C
And your reason for wanting to stay
G
Your reason for wanting to change
D Em7
My reason for everything I've done to you...
[Chorus]
Am(add9)
I have tried but I don't fit
Em7
Into this box I'm living with
Am(add9)
I could go wild
Em7
But you might lock me up
Am(add9)
And I have tried but I don't fit
Em7
Into this box you call a gift
Am(add9)
I could be wild and free
Em7
But god forbid then you might envy me
[Verse]
G D
So don't give me love with an old book of rules
Em7
'cause that kind of love is just for fools
Bm
And I'm over it
C
And my reasons for walking away
G
My reasons for wanting to change
D Em7
My reasons for everything I lost with you...
[Chorus]
Am(add9)
I have tried but I don't fit
Em7
Into this box I'm living with
Am(add9)
I could go wild
Em7
But you might lock me up
Am(add9)
And I have tried but I don't fit
Em7
Into this box you call a gift
Am(add9)
I could be wild and free
Em7
But god forbid then you might envy me...
[Chorus/Outro] (some lyrics are just hummed here)==
Am(add9)
I have tried but I don't fit
Em7
Into this box I'm living with
Am(add9)
I could go wild
Em7
But you might lock me up
Am(add9)
And I have tried but I don't fit
Em7
Into this box you call a gift
Am(add9)
I could be wild and free
Em7
But god forbid then you might envy me
Am(add9)
I could be wild and free
But god forbid then you might...
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The Box – Damien Rice
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7 comments
Thanks, Carrie! As you have shown in his other songs, his preferred Em chord for tone and transition is (EADGBe):
079980 or 079780 and hammer the G on the 9th fret
And for the D:
55403X
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCe50sh45G8
Here I see that he plays an Am (and not an Am7) like these:
005775
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the em7 just has to be an em for me, maybe just preference
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