Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Codeine (Guitar)

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Chords

This tab is fairly straightforward, corrections welcome if you have any. Chord shapes for the song:
    G      D     Em7   Cadd9   Bm
e|--3------3------3------3------2--|
B|--0------3------3------3------3--|
G|--0------2------0------0------4--|

D|--0------X------2------2------4--|
A|--2------0------2------3------2--|
E|--3------0------0------X------2--| When playing the Cadd9 chord, hammer-on the D string a few times while strumming before you go back to G if you want to embellish a bit and make it sound more like the recording. Codeine by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit (Standard Tuning) [Verse]
G          D                 Em7   Cadd9
If there's one thing I can't stand

G         D                  Em7       Cadd9
it's this bar and this cover band

G         D                      Em7                       Cadd9
trying to fake their way through 'Castles Made of Sand.'

G      D                 Em7       Cadd9
That's one thing I can't stand.

G          D                 Em7       Cadd9
If there's one thing I can't take

G          D                 Em7       Cadd9
it's the sound that a woman makes

G          D                 Em7                     Cadd9
about five seconds after her heart begins to break.

G      D                 Em7       Cadd9
That's one thing I can't take.
[Bridge]
Bm                                Cadd9
She should be home by now but she ain't.

Bm                            Cadd9
I should've gone by now but I cain't.
[Chorus]
          G                     D                Em7         Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.

          G                     D                Em7         Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
[Verse]
G    D               Em7       Cadd9
Them eyes was big as stars

G      D                  Em7       Cadd9
when I saw you behind the bar.

G                  D              Em7                    Cadd9
I guess that's the way to keep on smilin' where you are.

G             D               Em7       Cadd9
But girl them eyes was big as stars.

G         D                     Em7       Cadd9
It sounds funny when you say my name.

G                D                    Em7       Cadd9
It's like you're chewing on a foreign thing

G             D                  Em7              Cadd9
and you won't get to sleep 'till dawn if it don't rain.

G            D                     Em7       Cadd9
It sounds so funny when you say my name.
[Bridge]
Bm                                   Cadd9
You oughta come home tonight but you won't.

Bm                                 Cadd9
I wish we knew how to fight but we don't.
[Chorus 2]
            G                     D                Em7         Cadd9
One of your friends has taken you in and given you Codeine.

            G                     D                Em7         Cadd9
One of your friends has taken you in and given you Codeine.
[Bridge 2]
Bm                     Cadd9
Darlin' I'm not one to judge

         G                                  D
but if I was then I'd say you don't look so good.

Bm                   Cadd9
Got no answers of my own

             G                                     D
but with you gone, this place looks bigger than it should.

G          D                 Em7       Cadd9
If there's two things that I hate

G              D                  Em7       Cadd9
it's having to cook and trying to date.

G       D                   Em7                  Cadd9
Busting ass all day to play 'hurry up and wait.'

G        D                 Em7       Cadd9
That's a few things that I hate.
[Bridge]
Bm                     Cadd9
If I call when I ain't drunk

Bm                        Cadd9
This old boat'll still be sunk
[Chorus 3]
                 G                     D                Em7       Cadd9
'cause one of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.

          G                     D                Em7        Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.

          G                     D                Em7        Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.

          G                     D                Em7        Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.