Big Thief – Real House (Guitar)

Open D (D-A-D-F#-A-D)
Key
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Chords

Chords used:
   Gadd2/B  Em11   D/F#  Gadd2
D |---0------0------0------0----|
A |---0------0------0------0----|
F#|---1------1------3------5----|
D |---0------0------0------0----|
A |---2------x------x------x----|
D |---x------2------4------5----|
Picking pattern:
D |-------------X-------------X--|
A |----X-------------X-----------|
F#|---------X-------------X------|
D |----X------X------X------X----|
A |------------------------------|
D |-X-----X-------X-----X--------| Adrianne often hammer-on's the 2nd fret on the 5th string when playing the Gadd2/B. Something like this:
D |--------------0-------------0----|
A |-------0-----------0-------------|
F#|----------1-------------1--------|
D |-----0------0------0------0------|
A |-0h2----2-------2-----2----------|
D |---------------------------------|
[Intro] Gadd2/B Em11 D/F# Em11 Gadd2/B [Verse 1]
Gadd2/B             Em11
Do you remember running?

D/F#                  Em11
    The purity of the air around

Gadd2    D/F#              Em11
Braiding willow branches into a crown

Gadd2        D/F#   Em11
That love is all I want
Gadd2/B [Verse 2]
Gadd2/B        Em11  D/F#
I'm a child humming

                       Em11
Into the clarity of the black space

      Gadd2            D/F#        Em11
Where stars shine like tears on the night's face

       Gadd2 D/F# Em11
With a cool wind
Gadd2/B [Verse 3]
Gadd2/B     Em11    D/F#
Mama, what happened?

                   Em11
Never thought we'd go this long

    Gadd2    D/F#       Em11
Now 31 and I don’t feel strong

    Gadd2        D/F#  Em11
And your love is all I want
Gadd2/B [Verse 4]
Gadd2/B    Em11 D/F#
When I was seven

                           Em11
I saw the first film that made me scared

      Gadd2                  D/F# Em11
And I thought of this whole world ending

  Gadd2      D/F#    Em11
I thought of dying unprepared
Gadd2/B [Verse 5]
Gadd2/B            Em11  D/F#
We moved into a real house

               Em11    Gadd2/B
A wild field behind it

                           Em11
I wanted to be an inventor

D/F#                                 Em11
   Collected scraps to make a portal

         Gadd2       D/F#          Em11
I wanted so much for magic to be real
Gadd2/B [Verse 6]
Gadd2/B                 Em11
So many dreams of flying

D/F#               Em11
    Rising high over a crowd

               Gadd2   D/F#            Em11
And they' go “oh man, look at her go”

       Gadd2 D/F# Em11
And I'd go
Gadd2/B [Interlude] Gadd2/B Em11 Gadd2/B Em11 Gadd2/B [Verse 7]
Gadd2/B        Em11  D/F#
Do you remember

                                 Em11      Gadd2/B
Coming to the hospital when I was fourteen?

                                  Em11
My friends all left me there spinning

D/F#                              Em11
    Dad was angry and you saw everything

        Gadd2                D/F#       Em11
And you made me laugh as the nurses undressed me

    Gadd2                D/F#             Em11
You held my hand as they put the needle in me
Gadd2/B [Verse 8]
Gadd2/B            Em11 D/F#
I never saw you cry

                      Em11
Not until our dog died

        Gadd2        D/F#      Em11
And our whole family came back together

   Gadd2                 D/F#           Em11
We held her body as they put the needle in her

Gadd2            D/F#     Em11
     And then I saw you cry

Gadd2            D/F#     Em11
     And then I saw you cry
[Outro] Gadd2 D/F# Em11 x3 Gadd2/B Em11 Gadd2/B