Los Campesinos! – Drop It Doe Eyes (Guitar)

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Chords

This is a good song by quite a well known Indie-Pop band called Los Campesinos, it's simple to play the chords, but to play the chords and synth melody together may some practice. Intro: Down-Up-Down strums for the E chord, followed by the melody.
E|-0-0-0--4-0-2-0--0-0-0--4-0-2-4--0-0-0--4-0-2-0--0-0-0--7-7-4-5--|
B|-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-----------0-0-0-----------0-0-0-----------|
G|-1-1-1-----------1-1-1-----------1-1-1-----------1-1-1-----------| x2
D|-2-2-2-----------2-2-2-----------2-2-2-----------2-2-2-----------|
A|-2-2-2-----------2-2-2-----------2-2-2-----------2-2-2-----------|
E|-0-0-0-----------0-0-0-----------0-0-0-----------0-0-0-----------|
Followed by:
E|-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| x4
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
using the little finger to hammer on at the 4th fret. Alternatively, just strum a regular E chord. Verse:
E
You expected my war diaries

    B
But time ran out and I, I let you down

        A
A small thanks note written in French

           B
is no shorthand for this thing gave me writers cramp.

E
Another dream about shapeshifting

     B
Well we move with such elegance

          A
With such grace

                           B
With all our dignity just in place
For the Chorus, play a high E barre chord, and finger-pick.
E|-7-|
B|-9-|
G|-9-|
D|-9-|
A|-7-|
E|-0-|

E
Deer die
With their eyes wide open Eyes wide open Eyes wide open Deer die With their eyes wide open Verse:
        E
Drawing tiny little pictures of skeletons

        B                             A
To get across a sense of impending doom

                                   B
And the leaves like the artwork to Major Leagues

                                      E
look like dead foxes on the hard shoulder
And for some reason I think that I attributed
     B                                            A
This story to the bypass of a town I haven't visited

                                                    B
So goes the backing track of all the sighs we ever sighed
[Chorus] Breakdown: (Play an E chord, building up gradually)
E
Drawing tiny little pictures of skeletons
To get across a sense of impending doom And I am seventeen pages through this notebook now And there are little more than pictures of how I see you on an x-ray machine That's more like a television screen and you're in a rut And I know that you know what I mean And the realisation hits that Not even two gospel choirs can save us now. (At the end of the breakdown, there's a big mess of noise, I use a C major barre chord just mess around really, there's no set thing to do here, just make the chord sound as as possible.) Post-Chorus: (Play a high E Barre chord, and follow the melody of the vocals by switching to a high A at the end of each line)
   E   A
E|-7---12-|
B|-9---14-|
G|-9---14-|
D|-9---14-|
A|-7---12-|
E|-0------|

E               A
Turn up on your doorstep

E            A
Feeling like roadkill

E            A
Tasting like postage stamps

E               A           E              A
And when I turn to you, you fold like an envelope

E                      A
With everything I ever wrote

E           A
Pouring out of your mouth.
End on E