Fleet Foxes – Third Of May (Guitar Solo)
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Guitar Solo
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Chords
Song: Third of May
Artist: Robin Pecknold / Fleet Foxes
using an E shape)
Capo: None
Note on Chords:
Robin uses a lot of different fingerings and he really pays attention to the dynamics of the song.
Some of these chords might seem bizarre at first but try playing them and watch the video, they're actually
very easy changes (except for the breakdown!)
Also, the timing of the changes is primarily directed by his own singing. Some syllables are elongated like
crazy, some are not, so putting these chords on top of words is inherently imperfect.
[VERSE] CHORDS: E5 E D F#m A Asus2 e|-0------0-----2-----2-----0------0 B|-0------0-----3-----2-----2------0 G|-x------1-----2-----2-----2------2 D|-2------2-----0-----4-----2------2 A|-2------2-----------4-----0------0 E|-0------0-----------2------------- [CHORUS 1] CHORDS: F#m G#m *A* Asus4(add9) B (e-barre) A (barre) e|--------2-----4-----0-----0------|-----7------------5 B|--------2-----4-----5-----0------|-----7------------5 G|--------2-----4-----6-----7------|-----8------------6 D|--------4-----6-----7-----7------|-----9------------7 A|--------4-----6------------------|-----9------------7 E|--------2-----4------------------|-----7------------5 [CHORUS out] CHORDS: G(first) F#m G e|--3-----2-----3----| B|--3-----2-----3----| G|--4-----2-----4----| D|- 5-----4-----5----| A|--x-----4-----5----| E|--x-----2-----3----| [Breakdown] CHORDS: Em Em7 Em6 F#m Em7(b9) e|--------x---- x-----x-----x-------x-----| B|--------8-----8-----8-----10-----12-----| G|--------9-----7-----6-----11------x-----| D|--------9-----9-----9-----11-----12-----| A|--------7-----x-----x-----9------10-----| E|--------x-----x(or)0------x-------0-----| [Back to Major] Special CHORDS: F#m(b11) e|--------0------| B|--------0------| G|--------0------| D|--------2------| A|--------0------| E|--------2------|
[Intro]
E5 (one option, mute the G string with pinkie)
N.c.
[Verse]
E D F#m A Asus2 A
Plans written in sand look so ... crystalline
E
And the light is from the east
D
It fell on the fleece
F#m A Asus2 A
Of the ...Palatine
[Chorus 1]
E
And every friend of yours
F#m G#m *A* Asus4(add9) *A* Was just as soon a friend of mine B (barre) A (barre) And we stood, congregated
E5
At the firing line
[Verse 2]
E D F#m A Asus2
No way to control everyone you see
A
No ties ever holding me down
D
Silence would drown (??silenced and drowned??)
F#m A Asus2 A
Everything to be (?)
E
There's no skin around the neck
F#m G#m *A* Asus4(add9) A
That you could sendddddddd theeeeeeee Frontier
B(barre)A(barre) E A(barre)
If it's no different, I'd stay together
B(barre) A(barre) E
Toooooo young, but might roll through the heather
F#m G#m *A* Asus4(add9) *A*
With me [.......vocalizing........]
[Chorus-out]
G *F#m*
Was it too slow?
G F#m
All this change in the night.
A
Second sun,
E
At the firing line
[Verse 3]
D F#m A Asus4 A
Now back in our town as a castaway
E
I'm reminded of the snow,
D
How everything flowed (fell?)
F#m A Asus4 A
On the Third of May
E
As if it were designed
F#m G#m *A*
Painted in sand and then washed away
B(barre) A(barre) E A(Barre)
Is it no more than the story you tell?
B(barre) A(barre) E A(b)
Blind chance and the fighting together
E F#m G#m *A* Asus4add9 *A*
With me [.........Vocalizing........]
[Chorus]
G *F#m*
Was it too slow?
G F#m
All this change in the night.
A
Second sun,
Em (7th fret)
At the firing lineeeee
[Breakdown]
Em -> Em7 ->slide down-> Em6 -> Em7 -> Em
(3x total)
[Final Verse]
Em
I am so in sight
Em
the mask aligned (?the mastermind?)
F#m
Out of whispering night
Em7(b9)
Will you come to life
F#m
And the best that I can say
Em
'Cause you're a friend of mine
[BACK TO MAJOR]
D Em F#m11b9 G
And why should I waste my time
Bm A Asus4 A
Fighting the seasons
D Em F#m11b9 G
And every day, the Third of May,
Bm A Asus4 A
Every season
[Outro]
D Em F#m11b9 G
Bm A
G