Alison Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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Amaj7

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This is my acoustic version of my favorite song that I love to strum along to.
 
e|--0--------------0----|
B|--2----4----7----0----|
G|--1----4----7----1----|
D|--2----4----7----2----|
A|--0----2----5----2----|
E|-----------------0----|
  Amaj7  B    D    E
 
[Verse 1]
Amaj7                   B
Listen close, and don't be stoned
B                   Amaj7
I'll be here in the morning
Amaj7          B
Cause I'm just floating
Amaj7                B
Your cigarette still burns
B                         Amaj7
Your messed-up world will thrill me
Amaj7 B
Alison, I'm lost
 
[Chorus]
E                    Amaj7
Alison, I said we're sinking
E                                Amaj7
There's nothing here but that's okay
E                                 Amaj7
Outside your room, your  sister's spinning
Amaj7   D                        E
But she lies, tells me she's just fine
E B                      Amaj7      E
I guess she's out there somewhere
 
[Verse 2]
Amaj7                       B
And the sailors they strike poses
B          Amaj7         B
TV covered walls, and so slowly
Amaj7                      B
With your talking and your pills
B                         Amaj7
Your messed-up life still thrills me
 
[Chorus]
Amaj7   B
Alison, I'm lost
E                       Amaj7
Alison, I'll drink your wine
E                                    Amaj7
I wear your clothes, when we're both high
E                    Amaj7
Alison, I said we're sinking
Amaj7     D                          E
But you laugh and tells me it's just fine
E B                       Amaj7     E
I guess she's out there somewhere
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11 comments

the chords are all actually maj7's. Amaj7 (02120x) Bmaj7 (x0442x) Dmaj7 (2220xx) Emaj7 (x0112x)

I have another way of playing this... It's really simple, because I'd just heard the song and wanted to learn it quickly and easily. Amaj7: x02120 B6: x2x102 E: 022100 D: xx0222 B during chorus: x24440 I don't know if these are the exact chords as recorded by Slowdive, but they sound good and are easy. Also, I really wouldn't use Bmaj7 in this song. It doesn't make any sense musically, the "maj7" note (Bb) doesn't belong in the key of E major. If anything, B is supposed to be a dominant chord like B7.

That E chord should be: [tab]-0- -0-[/tab] And 4satin, it looks like you did those chord notations backwards! They are usually done from the lowest E string to highest E string. Yours may confuse some people. In any case, a Bmaj7 would be more like: [tab]--- ---[/tab] ...as opposed to yours which is just a B5 (power chord).