Jason Isbell – Children Of Children (Guitar)
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar Tab
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
D Dsus2 Am Em D
[Verse 1]
D Pictures of the farm before us Am Old men in a gospel chorus Em Sepia and saddle horses D Easy on the reins D Eighty-one, a motor-inn Am Your momma's seventeen again Em She's squinting at at the dusty wind D The anger of the plains
[Interlude]
D Dm9 Csus2 G D7sus2 G C D
[Verse 2]
D You and I were almost nothing Am Pray to God the gods were bluffing Em D Seventeen ain't old enough to reason with the pain D Am How could we expect the two to stay in love, Em When neither knew the meaning of D The difference between sacred and profane?
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G I was riding on my mother's hip D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D She was shorter than the corn Cadd9 G And all the years I took from her Asus4 Cadd9 Just by being born
[Interlude]
D Dm9 Csus2 G D7sus2 G C D
D Dm9 Csus2 G D7sus2 G C D
[Verse 3]
D I didn't mean to break the cycle Am At seventeen, I went by Michael Em D No one ever called me by my own name anyway D Five full generations living Am Em All these expectations giving way to one D So late to have a baby on the way
[Chorus]
Cadd9 G You were riding on your mother's hip D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D She was shorter than the corn Cadd9 G And all the years you took from her Asus4 Cadd9 Just by being born
[Outro]
D Am Em D (repeat) [Chords] [Interlude] D Dsus2 Dsus4 Cadd9 Am G Asus4 Em D Dm9 Csus2 G D7sus2 C e|-2----0-----3-----3---0---3---0----0--|--2----0-----3----3---5----0----| B|-3----3-----3-----3---1---3---3----0--|--3----6-----3----3---5----1----| G|-2----2-----2-----0---2---0---2----0--|--2----5-----5----4---5----0----| D|-0----0-----0-----2---2---0---2----2--|-------0-------------------2----| A|-0----0-----0-----3---0---5--------2--|--------------------------------| D|-0----0-----0-------------5--------2--|--------------------------------|
The Em chords are typically hammered on, necessitating the drop D tuning, although
the song can easily be modified to play in standard tuning, which Jason tends to do.