Father John Misty – Ballad Of The Dying Man (Guitar)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
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Chords
EDIT: After watching several videos of Josh playing this song live, I realized a few chord
inversions were off, so I went ahead and corrected them.
This is my favorite of the singles we've heard from "Pure Comedy" so far, so I figured
I'd take a minute to transcribe the chords.
in the song where it sounds like he might even be downtuned to Db, but I haven't seen him
do that yet, so we'll stick with D for now.
F Fmaj7 F7 Bb _xooo_ _xooo_ x_ooo_ x__o_o
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F/A Gm Gm7 Abdim7 x_oo_o xo___o xo___o x__o_x
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Dm Eb Am Dbaug o__ooo ______ x_____ _x_oo_
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G7 C Ab xo_o_o x_o___ x_____
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[Intro]
The intro is the same chord sequence as the chorus. I like to accent my strumming in a
way that mimics the high notes of the piano part. On the second F in the sequence, try
moving your pinky up to the fifth fret of the high D string (3x0005) and back down to
the third fret (3x0003) in order to follow the piano. Throughout the song, I also alternate
between Gm and Gm7 (which I've marked in parentheses) toward the end of phrases in order
to get the higher F-note of the keys, even though it sounds like Josh plays it as a
straight Gm.
F Fmaj7 F7 F Bb F/A Gm Abdim7 Gm (Gm7)
[Verse 1]
F Dm Eb Gm (Gm7) Naturally the dying man wonders to himself: F Dm Eb Gm (Gm7) Has commentary been more lucid than anybody else? Am F7 And had he successively beaten back the rising tide Dm Dbaug Of idiots, dilettantes, and fools Abdim7 Gm On his watch while he was alive F Abdim7 Db Dm Lord, just a little more time
[Chorus 1]
F Fmaj7 F7 F Oh, in no time at all Bb F/A Gm This'll be the distant past G7 Gm (Gm7) Ooh
[Verse 2]
F Dm Eb Gm (Gm7) So says the dying man once I'm in the box F Dm Eb Gm (Gm7) Just think of all the overrated hacks running amok Am F7 And all of the pretentious, ignorant voices that will go unchecked Dm Dbaug The homophobes, hipsters, and 1% Abdim7 Gm The false feminists he'd managed to detect F Abdim7 Db Dm Oh, who will critique them once he's left?
[Chorus 2]
F Fmaj7 F7 F Oh, in no time at all Bb F/A C This'll be the distant past
[Bridge]
Ab C F Bb What he'd give for one more day to rate and analyze Gm C F Bb The world made in his image as of yet to realize Dm Gm C What a mess to leave behind
[Verse 3]
F Dm Eb Gm (Gm7) Eventually the dying man takes his final breath F Dm Eb Gm (Gm7) But first checks his news feed to see what he's 'bout to miss Am F7 And it occurs to him a little late in the game Dm Dbaug We leave as clueless as we came Abdim7 Gm From rented heavens to the shadows in the cave F Abdim7 Db Dm We'll all be wrong someday
[Outro]
While Josh sings the "Oh oh oh" bit and the choir comes in, just repeat this sequence
until the end of the song:
Bb F/A Gm (Gm7)