Cover Me Up Chords
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| Difficulty: | intermediate |
|---|---|
| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | 1st fret |
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Cover Me Up (Jason Isbell)
3/4 time
"Southeastern" version, Capo: 1
"Live from the Ryman" version, Capo: 2
[Intro]
| D | D | D | G | G | D | D |
[Verse]
|D |D |D |D |G
-- A heart on the run keeps a hand on the gun
|G |D | D | D |
It can't trust anyone
|D |D |D |G
I was so sure what I needed was more
|G |D | D |
Tried to shoot out the sun
|D |D/C# |Bm7 |Bm7 |G
-- In days when we raged we flew off the page
|G |D | D |
Such damage was done
|D |D |D |D |G
-- But I made it through 'cause somebody knew
|G |D | D | D |
I was meant for someone
[Chorus]
|D |D |D |G
-- So, girl, leave your boots by the bed
|G |D | D | D |
We ain't leavin' this room
|D |D |D |G
-- 'Til someone needs medical help
|G |D | D | D |
Or the magnolias bloom
|D |Em7 |Em7 |
-- It's cold in this house and I
|G |G |Bm7 | Bm7 |
Ain't going out to chop wood
|Bm7 |D |D |D |G
-- So cover me up and know you're enough
|G |D | D | D |
To use me for good
[Bridge]
| D | D | D | G | G | D | D |
[Chorus]
|D |D |D |D |G
-- Put your faith to the test when I tore off your dress
|G |D | D |
In Richmond on high
|D |D |D |D |G
-- But I sobered up and I swore off that stuff
|G |D | D |
Forever this time
|D |D/C# |Bm7 |Bm7 |G
-- The old lover's sing, "I thought it'd be me
|G |D | D |
Who helped him get home"
|D |D |D |D |G
-- But home was a dream one that I'd never seen
|G |D | D | D |
'Til you came along
[Chorus]
|D |D |D |G
-- So, girl, hang your dress up to dry
|G |D | D | D |
We ain't leavin' this room
|D |D |D |G
-- 'Til Percy Priest breaks open wide
|G |D | D | D |
And the river runs through
|D |Em7 |Em7 |
-- And carries this house on the
|G |G |Bm7 | Bm7 |
Stones like a piece of driftwood
|Bm7 |D |D |D |G
-- Cover me up and know you're enough
|G |D | D | D |
To use me for good
[Break]
| D | D | D | G | G | D | D |
| D | D | D | G | G | D | D |
[Chorus]
|D |D |D |G
-- So, girl, leave your boots by the bed
|G |D | D | D |
We ain't leavin' this room
|D |D |D |G
-- 'Til someone needs medical help
|G |D | D | D |
Or the magnolias bloom
|D |Em7 |Em7 |
-- It's cold in this house and I
|G |G |Bm7 | Bm7 |
Ain't going out to chop wood
|Bm7 |D |D |D |G
-- So cover me up and know you're enough
|G |D | D | D |
To use me for good
|D |D |D |G
Cover me up and know you're enough
|G |D | D | D |
To use me for good
[Outro]
| D | D | D | G | G | D | D |
Intro:
D D/C# D G2 G2 D D
e |--3--------|-2-----|-------|-3-----|-------|-3-----|-3-----|
B |--2--------|-2-----|-------|-3-----|-------|-2-----|-2-----|
G |--3-h5-3-0-|-3-----|-------|-0-----|-------|-3-----|-3-----|
D |--0--------|-4-----|-4-2-0-|-0-----|-0---0-|-0-----|-0-----|
A |-----------|-------|-------|-2-----|---4---|-------|-------|
E |-----------|-------|-------|-3-----|-------|-------|-------|
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2 comments
Nice addition to include the Intro. It appears to me that when Jason Isbell plays his version of G he plays it so that he fingers the E string at the 5th fret, mutes the A string with the ring finger that is fretting the E string, then uses his index finger to fret the B string at the 3rd fret with all other strings open. 5-x-0-0-3-0. Great tab!
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