Chuck Ragan – Open Up And Wail Live (Ukulele)

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Chords

These are the chords for Chuck Ragan's "Los Feliz" verion of "Open Up and Wail". Chords used:

  E     A     B    C#m   G#5   F#5   E2    A2    B2
|-x-| |-x-| |-x-| |-x-| |-x-| |-x-| |-x-| |-x-| |-x-|
|-x-| |-2-| |-4-| |-5-| |-x-| |-x-| |-9-| |-x-| |-x-|
|-1-| |-2-| |-4-| |-6-| |-x-| |-x-| |-9-| |-6-| |-8-|
|-2-| |-2-| |-4-| |-6-| |-x-| |-x-| |-9-| |-7-| |-9-|
|-2-| |-0-| |-2-| |-4-| |-6-| |-4-| |-7-| |-7-| |-9-|
|-0-| |-x-| |-x-| |-x-| |-4-| |-2-| |-0-| |-5-| |-7-|

Intro: Play E at standard 16ths until he starts singing, listen to song for the strumming pattern, really simple and constant throughout the song.

E
Downright hopelessness

When the wrath of consequence comes

A
Knocking on that old front door

    B
And we count the ways

the seconds that fall into place with

A
the emptiness don’t hold the phone

  E
I know some are counting on

God above or methadone

   A
to kill the wake and take away the pain

  B
I feel for the lost and empathize the cost

       A                    A (let ring)
For calamity from what I’ve seen

            E                B
Open up and wail Open up and cry

               C#m                   A2
We are not the type and far young to die

             E                      B
In a rattled cage heads against the wall

                  C#m
Through dangerous nights

             A2                B2     A2, G#, F#
No more lullabies, open up and wail

E
We’ve got what it takes

                                A
Everything that needs to make a fighting chance

                        B
At carrying the load of falling day to day

                               A
A gruesome cold reality square in the nose

A (let ring) Bleeding to the toes

            E                B
Open up and wail Open up and cry

               C#m                   A2
We are not the type and far young to die

             E                      B
In a rattled cage heads against the wall

                  C#m
Through dangerous nights

             A2
No more lullabies

            E2               B
Open up and wail Open up and cry

               C#m                   A2
We are not the type and far young to die

             E2                     B
In a rattled cage heads against the wall

                  C#m
Through dangerous nights

             A2                B2 (slowing tempo)
No more lullabies, open up and wail

E (let ring) Open up and wail Thanks...