Bartender Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Capo:	no capo

Author elphaba_lives [a] 61. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

Chords

Cadd9

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OK.
 
Now I knooooooow what youre gonna say. "this doesnt sound like the chords regina plays
And youre right. it doesnt. But it works with the melody just as well.
I just really wanted to put this song up, cos i love it so.
 
And its my first tab, so be nice!
And im self taught, so i guess its kinda for novices...feel free to embellish all you
proper guitarry people out there :)
 
Capo can be put anywhere, but I personally think either on 3, or just not all sounds nicest...
 
For this song, i play G as: 320030
 
Intro:
 
G G Caad9 Cadd9 G G Cadd9 Cadd9
 
G          Cadd9
Come on Bartender
G          Cadd9
Wont you be more tender
G          Cadd9
Give me two shots of whiskey
G          Cadd9
And a beer chaser
D                Em
Love will be the death of me
Cadd9 (let it ring...)
Love is so fickle
Cadd9 (finger pick)
Its starts with a flood and ends
 
With a tr-tr-tr-tr-tr-tr-tr-trickle
 
Intro:
 
C          Cadd9
Come on bartender
G                  Cadd9
Just a little more tender
G              Cadd9
I ate all your peanuts
G            Cadd9
Return me to sender
D             Em
I've been too candid
    Cadd9
Now I'm barely standing
Cadd9
Just call me a taxi
 
And prepare me for landing
 
G    D                       Em
Ooh, you have got to kick me back out
         D              Cadd9
Into the cold and nasty weather
G              D
And maybe if i sober up
Em                          D       Cadd9
I will stop pretending that love is forever
D       Cadd9
Love is forever
G          Cadd9
Come on bartender(x3)
(x2)
 
D                Em         Cadd9
Love will be the death of me
D                Em         Cadd9
Love will be the death of me
D                Em         Cadd9
Love will be the death of me
Cadd9
Love is so fickle
 
Cause it starts with a flood
                                                     G
And it ends with a tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr trickle
G (one quick strum only!)
Trickle
G
Trickle
G
Trickle
G
Trickle
G
Trickle
 
G          Cadd9  G
Come on bartender
G          Cadd9  G
Come on bartender
G          Cadd9  G
Come on bartender
 
G Cadd9 G
 
 
There we go chums =] i find it nice, when playing the first part of the verse, play
like this: 320030, and then when you get to "love is so fickle..." play it:: 320033.
just how I do it. :)
And also, i like to instead of all out strumming, pluck the bass E and then strum the
3. So like pluck, strum, pluck strum etc...
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Bartender – Regina Spektor

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4 comments

Yeah, this is pretty off, I'm not going to lie. The chords aren't accurate but they're passable, but when it goes into "Ooh, you are going to kick me back out into the cold and nasty weather," I have no idea what you're playing but it's like it isn't even the same song. I'm not even sure what it should be, but I'll work on transcribing and uploading my own chords.

Okay, here, this at least makes it playable. Your chords are placed in the wrong place which confuses the heck out of me and while these chords might not be fully accurate, they're a hair closer. I feel like there are other chords and transitions that should be added in to make it have the motion the actual song does with the bouncing on the piano but I haven't quite figured them out yet. In the mean time, this plays along well enough with the right strumming pattern and flourish. Hope this helps. G D Am Ooh, you have got to kick me back out Em Into the cold and nasty weather G D Am And maybe if i sober up Em I will stop pretending that love is forever