Dear Chicago Chords

by Ryan Adams
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: 4th fret
Author Floor Demon [a] 1,706. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

Chords

C
Am
Asus4
F
Em
G

Strumming

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From the Demolition album.
 
There are various ways I've seen of playing this, depends where you have/put a
capo and I'm not sure how Ryan himself does it, but this is one way at least.
 
Capo 4th fret
 
Chords used, relative to capo:
 
C - X32010
F - 133211
Am - X02210
Asus4 - X02230
Em - 022000
G - 320033
 
 
 
Intro: (C)
 
The C's are played with hammer ones like this:
 
e|----0----0-------------------0----0-----------------|
B|----1----1-------------------1----3p1---------------|
G|----0----0h2--and sometimes--0----0-----------------|
D|----0h2--0-------------------0h2--2-----------------|
A|----3----3-------------------3----3-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
 
There are a few hammers on etc on other chords, such as
the F occasionally, but its nothing unusual, the usual
bits used with those chords.
 
C
Dear Chicgo
 
 
You'll never guess
 
 
You know the girl you said I'd meet some day
 
 
Well I got something to confess
 
                    F
She picked me up on Friday
 
 
Asked me if she reminded me of you
 
       C
I just laughed and lit a cigarette
 
 
Said that's impossible to do
 
                 F
Life's gotten simple since
 
 
And it fluctuates so much
 
C
Happy and sad and back again
 
 
I'm not crying out to much
 
                F
Think about you all the time
 
 
It's strange and hard to deal
 
                C
Think about you lying there
 
 
Those blankets lie so still
 
             Am
Nothing breathes here in the cold
 
 
Nothing moves or even smiles
 
                          F
I've been thinking some of suicide
 
 
But theres bars out here for miles
 
               Am
Sorry about the every kiss
 
 
Every kiss you wasted bad
 
                     F
I think the thing you said was true
 
                                  C
I'm going to die alone and sad
 
C
The wind's feeling real these days
 
 
Baby, it hurt's me some
 
 
Never thought I'd feel so blue
 
 
New York City, you're almost gone
 
Asus4         Em         F        G
think that I've fallen out of love 
 
Asus4         Em         F        G
think that I've fallen out of love 
 
Asus4         Em         F        G
I think that I've fallen out of love 
 
     C
With you
 
 
Thats it. You may have a different way of playing it, but I
think this way works with the capo in place. I'm not to sure
about the Asus4 etc part, so any comments on that or the rest
of it to correct are welcome.
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2 comments
purpl3haze44
i have a suggestion for the part where he says "sorry about the every kiss" on the Am chord: if you listen to the song you can hear a higher note being hit that is him hitting the e string on the seventh fret on a few of the strums to make an Am7 chord. so relative to the capo(on the 4rth) you can hit a few strums like this(an Am7) e-3 b-1 g-2 d-2 a-- e--
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StephaneFitch
Nice work. Though until the end, I believe it's better to play an Fmaj7 chord than almost everywhere (except the end) than a straight F. Also, he got one of the chords at the end wrong. It should be like so: Dm7 Em F G think that I've fallen out of love Dm7 Em F G think that I've fallen out of love Dm7 Em F G I think that I've fallen out of love C With you
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