Adrianne Lenker – Steamboat (Guitar Fingerpicking Tab)

Capo 6
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Note: In the verses, strum only the bottom three or four strings of the chord, on the sixteenth note and accenting the first and expecially third sixteenth note in each group of four:
            >           >           >           >
      1  e  &  a  2  e  &  a  3  e  &  a  4  e  &  a
   e|-------------------------------------------------|
   B|-------------------------------------------------|
   G|-------------------------------------------------|
   D|-------0-----------2-----------0--------2--2--2--|
   A|-2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--|
   E|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
   I'm just a stran ger I'm on   ly a  walk  er I guess
You can also throw in upstrums on e and a and a little palm-muting. In the chorus, Adrianne is doing a mix of strumming and picking. The pattern is something like this, but play with it.
 One day I'ma be a steamboat baby  One day I can be your freight train lady
e|---------------------------------|-------2-------2-----------------|
B|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-------3-------3-----0---------0-|
G|-----0-------2-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------0---------0-|
D|---2-------0-------0-------0-----|-------------------0---------0---|
A|---------------------------------|-0-------0-----------------------|
E|-0-------2-------3-------3-------|-----------------3-------3-------|
[Intro]
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|
G|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|
D|-----------------2-------2p0-0---|-----------------0-2-----2---0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|
D|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|
A|-----------------0-------2-------|-----------------0-------2-------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-0-3-3-3-3-|
                                                                   Well
[Verse 1] G C/G G C/G I'm just a stranger I'm only a walker G C/G G C/G I guess I am human but sometimes I feel D/F# G D/F# G Like I'm only a ghost like I'm only a wall D/F# G C/G G And if you come around honey I'll probly just follow D/F# G D/F# G you home cause it's all that I know how to do D/F# G C/G G I was born by a body I'll die by one too Em D/F# G C And places are nothing if they ain't got you [Chorus] Em D/F# G And one day I'ma be a steamboat baby D G One day I can be your freight train lady Em D/F# G C I'll roll down the river and the miles won't faze me Em D/F# G Oh I wish I was better at being alone D G Still every night I call you on the phone Em D/F# G C/G Oh I wish I was more than my skin and my bone [Verse 2] G C/G G C/G But I've been arranging each of my movements G C/G G C/G And all of my gestures and trying to fool D/F# G D/F# G Myself into thinking that everything's small D/F# G D/F# G And nothing has reason I woke up and cried C/G G D/F# A convulsion of honesty brought me to life G C/G When I thought I was gone Em D/F# G C/G But I can't put a light in the mouth of a song [Chorus] Em D/F# G And one day I'ma be a steamboat baby D G One day I can be your freight train lady Em D/F# G C/G Roll down the river and the miles won't faze me Em D/F# G Oh I wish I was better at being alone D G Still every night I call you on the phone Em D/F# G C/G Oh I wish I was more than my skin and my bone Em D/F# G C/G Oh I wish I was more than my skin and my bone [Outro]
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|
G|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|
D|-----------------2-------2p0-0---|-----------------0-2-----2---0---|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

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e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------0-----------------------|---------0-----------------------|
D|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|-----0-2-----0-------0-----------|
A|-----------------0-------2-------|-----------------0-------2-------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-0-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-2-2-2-0-3-------|
************************************ [Chords]
    G   C/G   C   D/F#  D   Em
e|--3----0----0----2----2---0---|
B|--0----1----1----3----3---0---|
G|--0----0----0----2----2---0---|
D|--0----2----2----0----0---2---|
A|--2----3----3----0--------2---|
E|--3----3---------2--------0---|
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