Jackson Browne – My Opening Farewell (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
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Chords

[Chords]
D       0-0-0-7-7-0
D9      0-0-0-5-5-0
G       5-x-0-0-0-0
A       x-0-2-2-2-x
Bm      x-2-4-4-3-x
Bm/G    5-x-4-4-3-x
F#m     4-4-4-2-x-x
Asus4/2 x-0-2-2-0-0

[Intro]
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----10--------10---------------------9-----9-----------------8---8--------------|
G|-11--------11----------------------9-----9-----------------9----9----------------|
D|-------------------0-------------------------------------------------5--7--5--4--|
A|------------------------5-7-5-------------------5-7-5----------------------------|
D|-0----------------------0---0------0------------0---0------0---------0--0--0--0--|
D D9 G A Bm A G
(figure 1)
d|----7-7-----5-----|
B|-7------7-----5---|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------0-----|
D|-0----------------|

[Verse 1]
   D     E7/D  Em/D  D     G/D   D     E7/D  Em/D   D    E7/D   Em/D  D     G/D   D     Em/D  D
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------0----------------------------------------------|
G|-2-----1-----0-----2-----4-----2-----1-----0--2---2-----1-----0-----2-----4-----2-----0-----2--|
D|-0-----2-----2-----0-----5-----4-----2-----2------0-----2-----2-----0-----5-----4-----2-----0--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|

D       E7/D             Em/D          D
 A lady stands before an open window

G/D      D    E7/D   Em/D
 Staring so   far away

D           E7/D                  Em/D       D
 She can almost feel the southern wind blow

G/D     D            Em/D      D
 Almost touching her restless day
[Bridge]
Bm/G    A              G            D
    She turns from her window to me
G F#m Asus4/2 Sad smile her apology
                         G
Sad eyes reaching to the door
[Verse 2]
D           E7/D             Em/D          D
 Daylight loses to another evening

G/D            D             E7/D    Em/D
 And still she spares me the word goodbye

D               E7/D                   Em/D       D
 And sits alone beside me fighting her feelings

G/D           D                Em/D         D
 Struggles to speak but in the end can only cry
[Bridge]
Bm/G       A         G       D
     Suddenly its so hard to find
G F#m Asus4/2 The sound of the words to speak her troubled mind G F#m Asus4/2 So I'm offering these to her as if to be kind: [Chorus]
          D          G/D  Em/D          D
There's a train everyday leaving either way

D       E7/D            Em/D
There's a world, you know

D                D9
There's a way to go

G                  A                     Bm    A
And you'll soon be gone - that's just as well

G
This is my opening farewell

D   D9  G   A   Bm   A   G
(figure 1) [2x]
[Verse 3]
D           E7/D                      Em/D       D
 A child's drawings left there on the table

G/D            D          E7/D   Em/D
 And a woman's silk lying on the floor

D                      E7/D           Em/D       D
 And I would keep them here if I were able

G/D         D          Em/D      D
 Lock her safe behind this open door
[Bridge]
Bm/G           A         G        D
    But suddenly it's so clear to me
G F#m Asus4/2 That I'd asked her to see what she may never see G F#m Asus4/2 And now my kind words find their way back to me [Chorus]
          D          G/D  Em/D          D
There's a train everyday leaving either way

D         E7/D             Em/D
There's a world, you know

D                  D9
You got a way's to go

G                 A                  Bm    A
And I'll soon believe - it's just as well

G
This is my opening farewell
[Outro] D D9 G A Bm A G
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------12*-----0--|
B|-----10--------10------------------9-----0-----------------8---8--8----------3--|
G|-11--------11-------------------9-----9-----------------9----9---9-----------2--|
D|-------------------0-----0---0-------------0----0---0------------------------0--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------0--|
D|-0---------------------0---0----0-------------0---0-----0--------------------0--|
*Harmonic