Jason Isbell – Dress Blues (Guitar Live)
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
6/4 Time.
[Intro]
| G | Em7 | G | Em7 |
[Verse 1]
G Em7 What can you see from your window? G Em7 I can't see anything from mine G Em7 Flags on the side of the highway Cadd9 G Dsus4 D And scripture on groc'ry store signs G Em7 Maybe eighteen was too early G Em7 Maybe thirty or forty is too G Em7 Did you get your chance to make peace with the man Cadd9 G Dsus4 D 'Fore he sent down his angels for you?
[Chorus]
Em7 G/F# G And mamas and grandmamas love you Em7 G/F# G G/F# 'Cause that's all they know how to do-oo Em7 Bm But you never planned on the bombs in the sand Cadd9 Cm G Dsus4 D Or sleepin' in your . dress blues
[Break]
| G | Em7 | G | Em7 |
[Verse 2]
G Em7 Your wife said this all would be funny G Em7 When you came back home in a week G Em7 You'd turn twenty-two and we'd all celebrate you Cadd9 G Dsus4 D In a bar or a tent by the creek G Em7 Your baby would just about be here G Em7 Your very last tour would be up G Em7 But you won't be back, they're all dressin' in black Cadd9 G Dsus4 D Drinkin' sweet tea in styrofoam cups
[Chorus 2]
Em7 G/F# G And mamas and grandmamas love you Em7 G/F# G G/F# American boys hate to lose Em7 Bm But you never planned on the bombs in the sand Cadd9 Cm G Dsus4 D Or sleepin' in your . dress blues
[Bridge]
| G | Em7 | G | Em7 |
| G | Em7 | G | Em7 | G | Em7 | Cadd9 | G Dsus4 D |
| G | Em7 | G | Em7 | G | Em7 | Cadd9 | G Dsus4 D |
[Verse 3]
G Em7 They got the high school gymnasium ready G Em7 It's full of flowers and old legionnaires G Em7 Nobody showed up to protest Cadd9 G Dsus4 D Just sniffle and stare . G Em7 There's red, white, and blue in the rafters G Em7 And there's silent old men from the Corps G Em7 What did they say when they shipped you away Cadd9 G Dsus4 D To fight somebody's Hollywood war?
[Chorus 3]
Em7 G/F# G And nobody here could forget you Em7 G/F# G G/F# You showed us what we had to lose Em7 Bm But you never planned on the bombs in the sand Cadd9 Cm G Dsus4 D Or sleepin' in your . dress blues Em7 Bm No, you never planned on the bombs in the sand Cadd9 Cm G Or sleepin' in your . dress blues
Notes:
a guitar tuned down 1/2 step.
In the intro, he uses his index finger on the A and D strings to play the
riff. Because he's playing a single bass note followed by strumming the top
three strings, he plays the G chord as 3xx033 and the Em7 chord as x2x033.
Throughout, he uses the chord voicings shown in the chords below.
[Intro Riff from video] | G | Em7 | e|---------------|------3--------| B|---------------|------3--------| G|---------------|---------------| D|-------(h)2-0--|---------------| A|---0-2---------|-2-------------| E|-3-------------|---------------|
Chords Used:
G = 320033
Em7 = 022033
Cadd9 = x32033
Dsus4 = xx0233
D = xx0232
G/F# = 2x0033
Bm = 224432
Cm = 335543