Tallahassee Chords
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| Difficulty: | intermediate |
|---|---|
| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | no capo |
Author rristuccia [a] 52. 3 contributors total, last edit on Sep 10, 2020
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This song is very easy to play, but Darnielle's awesome chord voicings make
it beautifully satisfying. Most of the credit for this goes to TMG Wiki, but
I fixed a few errors by watching John play it live here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICCWW40Vhog
There's a repeating bass riff (I think? There's definitely a bass playing this on
the 5th & 7th frets, but sound like it's in the guitar octave) tabbed below, and
John usually does some sort of embelishment on the end of each verse, so I put
the most common one below as well.
[Chords]
G/D: x5540x or x55403 (John uses the first)
G: 320033
A5/G: xxx055
G5: xxx033
A/E: x776xx
All others play according to UG pop-ups :)
Bass Ostinato: Dsus2 Lick
e|------------------| e|-0--3p2p0--|
B|------------------| B|-2---------|
G|------------------| G|-3---------|
D|------------------| D|-0---------|
A|-7-5-5-7-5-5-7-5--| A|-----------|
E|------------------| E|-----------|
[Intro]
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2 | (x4)
[Verse 1]
D E G/D Dsus2
Window facing an ill-kept front yard
D E G/D Dsus2
Plums on the tree heavy with nectar
D E G/D Dsus2
Prayers to summon the destroying angel
D E G/D Dsus2
Moon stuttering in the sky like film stuck in a projector
| G | G |
And you
| D | D |
You
[Instrumental]
|A5/G | G5 | D | D |
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
[Verse 2]
D E G/D Dsus2
Twin prop airplanes passing loudly overhead
D E G/D Dsus2
Road to the airport, two lanes clear
D E G/D Dsus2
Half the whole town gone for the summer
D E G/D Dsus2
Terrible silence coming down here
| G | G |
And you
| D | D |
You
[Instrumental]
|A5/G | G5 | D | D |
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
[Verse 3]
D E G/D Dsus2
There is no deadline, there is no schedule
D E G/D Dsus2
There is no plan we can fall back on
D E G/D Dsus2
The road this far can't be retraced
D E G/D Dsus2
There is no punchline anybody can tack on
D E G/D Dsus2
There are loose ends by the score
D E G/D A/E
What did I come down here for?
|G/D |G/D |
You
| D | D |
You
[Coda]
|A5/G | G5 | D | D |
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
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5 comments
Chords looms right, but it drives me crazy why people get lazy and don't list all the lyrics. it doesn't matter that it's a simple progression.
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The progression is Dsus2, Em, and G.
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Actually, its not Dsus. John plays the whole thing omiting the F# from the D major until the end, so playing Dsus2 kind of takes the place of the bass looping E and D when strumming Dsus2. By doing this Dsus2 emits the same airy D and E repetition.
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