Chords used:
Em: 022000
Em7: 020000
C7: 332000 OR x32000
D9: x00210
Play the chords on an acoustic guitar,
Play the "Intro/Verse" part on an acoustic guitar, fingerpicked
Intro/Verse
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---0-------0h1-0-----|
G|---0-------0-------0-------0---------------------2/4-------------2-|
D|-2-------2-------0-------0---------2-------2-----------------------|
A|-------------------------------2/3-------3-----3-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
repeat throughout most of the song
Play this on an electric guitar (fingerpicked) between each section of lyrics.
If you listen to the song, you'll know what I'm talking about.
e|-----0---------0-----0-------|
B|---3---3-----3---3-----2-----|
G|-4---------2---------0-----0-|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
And, of course, for those of you who just want the chords:
Em
Do what you like
Em7
You don't have to be nice
C7 D9
Just pour yourself a cup of coffee
Em
Leave anytime
Em7
You don't have to be right
C7 D9
You've gotta live the best you know how
Em
And if you love
Em7
Well that should be enough
C7 D9
Instead it turns your joy into sorrow
Em
And I can't breathe
Em7
with the dust of retreat
C7 D9
I'm choking on the fumes of my wayward back
Em
My woman lied
Em7
She was a witch in disguise
C7 D9
And she dressed her wounds in sackcloth and ashes
Em
The children weep
Em7
At their dead mother's feet
C7 D9
Her husband's drunk; a wolf in a sheepskin coat
Em
And when we kissed
Em7
It didn't feel poisonous
C7 D9
And when you cried, I dried off your blue eyes
Em
She smiles at me
Em7
As she is falling asleep
C7 D9
Says, "we've gotta live the best we know how to."
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Enjoy! :D
This is my favourite song from The Dust of Retreat.
