Eskimo Joe – Black Fingernails Red Wine (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Key
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Chords

NOTE: Song is played in Eb tuning, if you want to play along to the original recording you will either have to detune your guitar or play each chord 1/2 step down. Palm muted power chords with some distortion, open chords used in chorus. [Intro] E C A A x2 [Verse 1]
E                  C
Black fingernails, red wine

A
I wanna make you, all mine

E                C
A lot of people, underground

A
You wanna get there

                      E          B            G         D
You gotta go straight down   Woh-oh   Staight down  Woh-oh
[Verse 2]
E                  C
There's a culture, everywhere

A
Smoke clouds, hang in the air

E             C
It's so loud, can't hear you talk

A
You and I should take a walk

    E         B             G         D
Downtown, Woh-oh,  Straight down, Woh-oh

    E         B             G         D
Downtown, Woh-oh,  Straight down, Woh-oh
[Chorus]
    G             A              E           D
The argument over god continues,     in this house

G                   A                  E          D
All of us stand and point our fingers,     at the ground

G                   A
All of us stand and point our fingers

E       B            G         D
    Woh-oh, straight down, Woh-oh
[Verse 3]
E                 C
  Red-letter day, black heart

A
Its gonna tear you, all apart

E             C
It's so loud, can't hear you call

A
You and I, are gonna fall straight

E         B             G         D
Down, Woh-oh,  Straight down, Woh-oh

    E         B             G         D
Downtown, Woh-ho,  Straight down, Woh-oh
[Chorus]
    G             A              E           D
The argument over god continues,     in this house

G                   A                  E          D
All of us stand and point our fingers,     at the ground

    G                 A          E           D
The argument over all continues,     in this house

G                   A
All of us stand and point our fingers

E       B            G         D
    Woh-oh, straight down, Woh-oh

         E         B            G          D
Straight down  Woh-oh, straight down  Woo-oh
[Verse 4] N.C. Black fingernails, red wine N.C. I wanna make you, all mine
E               C
A lot of people underground

A
You wanna get there, you gotta go straight down
N.C. Down.... Down.... Down.... Down.... Down.... [Chorus]
    G             A              E           D
The argument over god continues,     in this house

G                   A                  E          D
All of us stand and point our fingers,     at the ground

    G                 A          E           D
The argument over all continues,     in this house

G                   A
All of us stand and point our fingers

E       D            G         A
    Woh-oh, straight down, Woh-oh

         E         D            G         A E
Straight down  Woh-oh, straight down  Woh-oh