Rotten Town Acoustic Chords

by Ludo
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: no capo
Author Unregistered. Last edit on Feb 11, 2014

Chords

Am
Dm
E
G
F
C
A
D
F#m

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Rotten Town (Acoustic)
Ludo
Prepare the Preparations
 
This beginning is borrowed from the intro tab that was previously posted.  Thanks
for the help.  I added the full chords to it.  While the acoustic version
recording clearly has multiple guitar tracks, this sounds good for one person playing.
 
         Am              Dm              Am      E       Am      Am
---------0---------------1---------------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
---------1---------------3---------------1-------0-------1-------1-----|
---------2---------------2---------------2-------1-------2-------2-----|
---------2---------------0-3-7---0-3-7---2-------2-------2-------2-----|
-0-0-0---0-3-7---0-3-7---------0-------0-0-3-7---2-------0-3-7---0-----|
-------0-------0-------0-----------------------0-0-4-7-4-------0-------|
 
(The above is played for the first verse and the first half of the second verse)
 
Verse 1:
      Am                   Dm
'Twas quite the inky black night
        Am
All the weather vanes were turning
        E                             Am
And the constable was burning out his light
     Am                   Dm
When low our anchors went down, barnacle bound
    Am
The men were up and churning
         E                                  Am
Yes, and soon the square was burning to the ground
 
Walkup
   Am    G  Am
|-----------0--|
|--1--1--3--1--|
|--2--2--0--2--|
|--2--2--5-----|
|--0--0--------|
|--------------|
 
 
Prechorus:
 
    Dm                    E
And oh the flames were as gold
 
Chorus:
 
               Am     F
I scowl at the angry moon
     C                    G
I am sick on myself I'm a bum
              Am
What have I become
            F          E
A drunken maroon run aground
               Am     Am Am E Am
In this rotten town
 
Verse 2:
 
     Am                  Dm
It's been a fortnight or two
    Am
The mutineers are plotting against
    E                             Am
the captain as I'm rotting in the goo
 
(palm mute)
    Am
The constable was set to drown while the shabby scabs that went to town were 
Dm
reconnoitering with blades and gun
        Am
But the ale had started spilling
         E                              Am
Yes, and soon the crew was killing everyone
 
(walkup)
 
Prechorus 2:
 
    Dm                          E
And all the streets burned with gold, 
     Dm                    E
But, oh,  my bones were so cold
 
Chorus: (slightly different)
 
               Am     F
I scowl at the angry moon
     C                    G
I am sick on myself I'm a bum
              Am
What have I become
            F          C
A drunken maroon run aground
G              E
In this rotten town
 
Bridge:
 
  A
I stumble down the harbor to the tavern on the square
                                 E
And heard a raucous ruckus as it rang
A
From some foul inebriates
     D
Some men I used to call my mates
     A                E                 A
Were lost in song and this is what they sang
 
They sang,
  A                                      E
"Heigh, hi, yo, ho! O'er the Atlantic we go
A
Drinking 'till we all get sick
    D
And coming up with limericks
       A             E               A
But we never quite remember how they end"
 
      F#m              D
I can see my childhood home
  A                    E
I think of my dear old mum
              Am     Am Am E Am
What have I become
 
Chorus: (same chords as the first chorus)
 
I scowl at the angry moon
I am sick on myself I'm a bum
What have I become
A drunken maroon run aground
In this rotten town (I scowl at the angry moon)
 
I am sick on myself I'm a bum
What have I become
A drunken maroon run aground
In this rotten town (I scowl at the angry moon)
 
I am sick on myself I'm a bum
What have I become
A drunken maroon run aground
In this rotten town (In this rotten)
In this rotten, In this rotten town
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