Eskimo Joe – Black Fingernails Red Wine (Guitar Acoustic)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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Key
-
Versions
(5)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Every string is tuned down a semi-tone (E flat guitar).
[Verse 1]
Esus2 C [tab]A I wanna make you all mine Esus2 C A lot of people underground A Esus2 You wanna get there, you gotta go straight down
[Hook]
Bm Oh-oo-Oh G Straight down A Oh-oo-Oh
[Verse 2]
Esus2 C There's a culture everywhere A Smoke clouds hang in the air Esus2 C So loud, can't hear you talk A Esus2 You and I should take a walk downtown
[Hook]
Bm Oh-oo-Oh G Straight down A Oh-oo-Oh Esus2 Downtown Bm Oh-oo-Oh G Straight down A Oh-oo-Oh
[Chorus]
G A Esus2 The argument over God continues D In this house G A Esus2 All of us stand and point our fingers D At the ground G A Esus2 All of us stand and point our fingers
[Hook]
Bm Oh-oo-Oh G Straight down A Oh-oo-Oh
[Verse 3]
Esus2 C Red letter day, black heart A It's gonna tear you all apart Esus2 C So loud, can't hear you call A Esus2 You and I are gonna fall straight down
[Hook]
Bm Oh-oo-Oh G Straight down A Oh-oo-Oh Esus2 Downtown Bm Oh-oo-Oh G Straight down A Oh-oo-Oh
[Chorus]
G A Esus2 The argument over God continues D In this house G A Esus2 All of us stand and point our fingers D At the ground G A Esus2 The argument overall continues D In this house G A Esus2 All of us stand and point our fingers
[Hook]
Bm Oh-oo-Oh G Straight down A Oh-oo-Oh Esus2 Straight down Bm Oh-oo-Oh G Straight down A Oh-oo-Oh
[Verse 4]
Esus2 C Black Fingernails, red wine A I wanna make you all mine Esus2 C A lot of people underground A Esus2 You wanna get there, you gotta go straight down
[Chorus]
G A Esus2 The argument over God continues D In this house G A Esus2 All of us stand and point our fingers D At the ground G A Esus2 The argument overall continues D In this house G A Esus2 All of us stand and point our fingers
[Hook]
Bm Oh-oo-Oh G Straight down A Oh-oo-Oh Esus2 Straight down Bm Oh-oo-Oh G Straight down A Oh-oo-Oh
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Here are the chords with respect to the down-tuned guitar. All chords are
actually a semi-tone lower due to this.
There are several different ways you can play the Esus2 chord. Lead and rhythm
should play Esus2 or Eno3 power chords, while on a solo acoustic you may
prefer to play an open Eno3 or Em.
Esus2 x24400 x79977 xx4450
Eno3 022x00Em 022000
C x32010
D xx0232
Bm x24432
A x02220
G 320003
Notes:
1. Intro and verse chords are played with a bunch of downstrokes as
demonstrated in these videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_8omPjUxQA (Eskimo Joe acoustic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et1PCS4xRrA (Tram series cover)
Intro chords
Esus2 xxx450
C xxx430
A xxx220
Esus2 xxx450
C xxx770
A xxx980
2. For lead guitar only the top two strings are used in the hook with an
alternating picking between B and high E string (see videos above). You mainly
only need to use one finger on the B string sliding up and down. The top E
string is left open throughout. I use two fingers with down strokes for the
final A. The rhythm guitar plays power or bar chords.
Hook chords
Esus2 xxxx50
Bm xxxx70 xxxx30 G xxxx80 xxxx30
A xxx9[10]0
3. There's a guitar lick in the chorus with this tab:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|------5-----7---------8-----7----------------------------------| G|---0-----0---------0-----0-------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|.