Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Dreamsicle (Guitar Live)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) Video Lesson
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he can hammer on his index finger to make the D/B shape in the little D-to-D/B riff. Play around with the hammer-ons to find the transitions and embellishments that make it sound more like the recording! You can see a video of Jason playing the song at his virtual album release here: D: 000232 D/B: 020232 Eminor: 222000 G: 550033 A: x02220 [Intro] D D/B x4 [Verse 1]
D                     D/B
I guess we’re leaving town again

D                      D/B
We’re moving out and moving in

D                D/B                               A     G
Gotta break the news to all my friends, but they won’t care

D                          D/B
They’ll just find another face

D                          D/B
To fall behind, to take my place

D                           D/B           A      G
To run way out past second base and just stand there
[Chorus 1]
Em                 G                  D          A
Dreamsicle on a summer night in a folding lawn chair

Em                        G                      D      D/B
Witch’s ring around the moon, better get home soon
[Verse 2]
D                D/B
Poison oak and poison ivy

D                D/B
Dirty jokes that blew right by me

D                  D/B        A         G
Mama curling up beside me, crying to herself

D                         D/B
Why can’t Daddy just come home?

D                        D/B
Forget whatever he did wrong

D            D/B                  A    G
He’s in a hotel all alone and we need him
[Chorus 2]
Em               G                   D          A
Dreamsicle on a summer night in a folding lawn chair

Em                G                         D     D/B   D
Still packing up my room, better get home soon

Em                  G
New sneakers on a high school court,

Bm                      A
and you swore you’d be there

Em                            G                       D               D/B
Heart breaking through the springtime, breaking into June
[Verse 3]
D                       D/B
Broken glass and broken vows

D                     D/B
I’ll be eighteen four years from now

D                         D/B                        A        G
With different friends, in a different town, I’ll finally be free

D                     D/B
Call you both some holiday and

D                    D/B
Tell you why I moved away,

D                        D/B                A      G
Say “Everything’s gonna be okay, you can come see me”
[Chorus 3]
Em                 G                 D           A
Dreamsicle on a summer night in a folding lawn chair

Em                 G                           D    D/B     D     D/B
Daddy’s howling at the moon, gotta get home soon

Em                      G
Heat lightning in the evening sky and

Bm             A
My mama’s red hair

Em                          G                     D     D/B
Hearts breaking through the springtime, breaking into June

D             D/B
Breaking into June
[Outro] D D/B