Tradesman Chords

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Use the tab I wrote as the main picking part. Chords for the chorus are on there. Hope it helps.Was this info helpful?

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

Author adamg05tg [pro] 62.

2 contributors total, last edit on Aug 28, 2023

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Chords

Cmaj

Fmaj7

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[Intro]
    Cmaj           Fmaj7          Am
e|-----------------------0--------------0-----------------|
B|--8--8--h10--8---1--1-------1---1--1-------1---0---0----|
G|----9-------9-----2-------2-------2------2--------0-----|
D|--10-------------3--------------2-----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------3------7-|
Cmaj = Fmaj7 slid up to the 8th fret
G * = F slid up to the third
 
*** = picking pattern above/instrumental part of the song
 
 
[Verse 1]
Cmaj
No one on this side of town
Fmaj7
Knows a good place for a boy to drown
Am                                 G
They look at me so strange when I talk
Cmaj                                         Fmaj7
I wish I was a tradesman learnin' from some beat down old layman
          Am
On some hillside they ain't named yet
                  G
Sleepin' next to mountain fire smoke
 
 
[Verse 2]
Cmaj
And everyone lately's scarin' me
           Fmaj7
It's all backdoor deals and therapy
         Am                              G
And the only callous I've grown's in my mind
Cmaj                                         Fmaj7
I wish I was a tradesman playin' with some tuned-up tight string band
           Am                                   G
Somewhere out by the badlands way past closin' time
 
 
[Chorus]
                  Am        G          C           F
So if you want to trade I'd say it's a hard earned mile
          Am         G             C      F
I want to sweat like hеll, throw a hammer down
      Am            G           C          F
And know the old feelin' of a five o'clock smilе
     Am      G             C        F    G*
And know I didn't take no easy way out
 
***
 
[Verse 3]
Cmaj
There's something more that I need
     Fmaj7
than accolades and sympathy
                             Am                   G
Fatiguing in the summer heat while they smoke big cigars
Cmaj
So give me something I can't fake
Fmaj7
That rich boys can't manipulate
 
Something real that they can't take
Am                      G
Cause lord I'm not your star
 
 
[Chorus]
                  Am        G          C           F
So if you want to trade I'd say it's a hard earned mile
          Am         G             C      F
I want to sweat like hеll, throw a hammer down
      Am            G           C          F
And know the old feelin' of a five o'clock smilе
     Am      G             C        F
And know I didn't take no easy way out
 
[Outro]
Cmaj
Everyone lately's scarin' me
         Fmaj7
It's all backdoor deals and therapy
    Am                               G
The only callous I've grown is in my mind
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I think there might need to be a capo 1!

Lead guitar in the chorus is based on the C pentatonic scale with a fuzz pedal on. G|--------5---9--7---5--------|----------5-----9------7--|--------5---9--7---5-------|-----9/12----------| D|-5--7-------------------7---|----5--7------------------|5--7-------------------7---|--------------------|