Beck – Feel The Strain Of Sorrow Never Ceasing (Guitar)
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There is only one known performance of this song (live on the Morning Becomes Eclectic radio show on KCRW
on January 6, 1995). It's not on any album, but you can find it on YouTube.
The picking, the number of bars, and the timing are pretty free, as you would expect from a song (supposedly)
from the 19th century. Also, the words are sometimes hard to hear.
In the recording, the guitar is tuned down half a step.
[Chords]
Am x02210
G 320003
Em 022000
A x02220
C/G 332010
F 133211
D xx0232
Going from Am to G is usually done by walking over F# in the bass.
G 320003 often alternates with G 320033.
Em 022000 often alternates with Em7 022030.
The chords are not strummed but picked. The pattern is something like this (feel free to vary),
here tabbed for Am:
Am
e|----0-----------0-----------0--- ------0---------0-----------0---|
B|----------1--------------------- 1---------1-----------1---------|
G|-------------------------------- ------------2-----------2-------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2--- ----2-------2-------2-------2---|
A|0-------0-------0-------0------- 0-------0-------0-------0-------|
E|-------------------------------- --------------------------------|[Intro]
Am Am Am Am Am G G G G
Em Em Em Am Am Am Am
[Verse 1]
Am Am Am G G On the old forgotten crossways where the fourteen rivers did meet Em Em Em A A The bones of our elders were lying in the street Am Am Am G G G On the dark and dusty desert like a ghost I've flown Em Em Em A A A A I barely cried wherever I'd ride, I never found a home
[Chorus]
Am Am C/G C/G F F D A A Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm feel the strain of sorrow never ceasing Am Am C/G C/G F F D A A A Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm feel the strain of sorrow never ceasing
Am Am Am Am
[Verse 2]
Am Am Am G G I am a ramshackle, I go from town to town Em Em Em A A And where there is no shelter, I lay down on the ground Am Am Am G G G I killed every reason they gave for me to stay Em Em Em A A Cussed them all and burned the bone and dragged that thing away
[Chorus]
Am Am C/G C/G F F D A A A Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm you feel the peace of sorrow never ceasing Am Am C/G C/G F F D A A A A Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm you feel the strain of sorrow never ceasing
Am Am Am Am
[Verse 3]
Am Am Am G G There's saints and there is animals, they've taken what they could Em Em Em A A And it's written in the pages to do just like they should Am Am Am G G They stood the test and burned the rest and tore them limb from limb Em Em Em A A And it's marked upon their faces, it's written on their skin
[Chorus]
Am Am C/G C/G F F D A A Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm feel the strain of sorrow never ceasing Am Am C/G C/G F F D A Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm feel the strain of sorrow never ceasing