Josh Ritter – Noahs Children (Guitar)

Capo 3 Video Lesson
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From the album "I Believe in You, My Honeydew" (2025) Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1FXpn9ZAMSkNXvEmXyp6Y2?si=61fd37252c824f9b [Intro] | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | |============|============|============|============|============|============|============|============| | Em | Bm7 | C | G D/F# | Em | Bm7 | C | G D/F# | | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | |============|============|============|============|============|============|============|============| | Em | Bm7 | C | G D/F# | Em | Bm7 | C | G D/F# | [Verse 1]
 Em                    Bm7
Split-level ranch on a mid-level street

C                           G          D/F#
Mailboxes huddled where the cul-de-sac meets

    Em                             Bm7           C    Em
And nothing ever happens, so we're led to believe

     Em                       Bm7
So I couldn't believe it as I opened the door

    Cmaj7                    G           D/F#
I'd never imagined something like that before

    Em                         Bm7         Cmaj7    Em
And though it was real, it was so much more
[Chorus]
    Cmaj7                             D6             Em
She says the world's ending, but it's ending all the time

D6
Noah's children

Cmaj7                                        Cmaj7
Come out of the water, little wiser down the line
[Verse 2]
   Em                           Bm7
Between him and me, I should've got some gone

       C                        G    D/F#
Always whistling his little song

           Em                             Bm7           C    Em
Thought he had us in his pocket, girl, he got that wrong

        Em                         Bm7
All the way to the water, she just sat and stared

C                                G             D/F#
Perfume that he bought her still caught in her hair

    Em                                  Bm7           C    Em
And neither of us talking 'bout what we got back there
[Chorus]
    Cmaj7                             D6             Em
She says the world's ending, but it's ending all the time

D6
Noah's children

Cmaj7                                        Cmaj7
Come out of the water, little wiser down the line

Em           Bm7          Cmaj7        D6
Mother Mary, Mother Mary, Mother Mary, Mother Mary

Em           D6
Mother Mary, I ain't asked

Em                D6
Much from you now that time's passed

   Em                    D6
Forgive your sisters for what they'll do

       Em                  D6         Em
'Cause you'd have done the same thing too
[Post-Chorus]
      Bm7   C     G
(Same, same thing)

D/F#  Em          Bm7   C     G   D/F#
Same  thing (Same, same thing)

Em    Bm7   C     G   D/F#
(Same, same thing)

Em    Bm7   C     Em
(Same, same thing)
[Instrumental] | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | |============|============|============|============|============|============|============|============| | Cmaj7 | D6 | Em | D6 | Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 | [Verse 3]
Em                   Bm7
Easter time, and the world is new

C                            G         D/F#
Lilies of the valley and the daffodils bloom

         Em                       Bm7           C    Em
And the stone rolled away and the angels singing

      Em                          Bm7
We're back up to the river in the pickup truck

         C                              G       D/F#
He'll be dead for forever, and he ain't getting up

          Em                      Bm7               C    Em
But if he ever comes back, better come back swinging
[Chorus]
    Cmaj7                             D6             Em
She says the world's ending, but it's ending all the time

D6
Noah's children

Cmaj7                                        Cmaj7
Come out of the water, little wiser down the line

Em           Bm7          Cmaj7        D6
Mother Mary, Mother Mary, Mother Mary, Mother Mary

Em           D6
Mother Mary, I ain't asked

Em                D6
Much from you now that time's passed

   Em                    D6
Forgive your sisters for what they'll do

       Em                  D6         Em
'Cause you'd have done the same thing too
[Outro]
                  Bm7   C    G   D/F#
(Same, same thing) Same thing

Em    Bm7   C     Em
(Same, same thing)