Nerina Pallot – Idaho (Guitar)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Idaho Original Album: Fires Words and Music by Nerina Pallot Copyright © 2005 Idaho / Echo Records Published by Idaho Records Transcribed by Gavin Chart ([email protected]) NOTE: This is such a beautiful song: melancholy and strangely uplifting at the same time. Recorded on the piano, here it is transcribed for guitar. If you finger- pick the chords in the basic figure, it sounds quite good but is hard work at this tempo. I play barré chords everywhere, but see what you think... A cool song from one of the great songwriters out there. Enjoy! INTRO: [play: Dm Bb C G] [x4] VERSE:
       Dm        Bb       C           G
In the back of a car on a road in the dark,

       Dm          Bb       C            G
In the stillicide, silently falling snow,

       Dm          Bb           C        G
I have packed everything that I own in a bag,

        Dm           Bb         C  G
And I'm driving, I'm driving to Idaho,
[play: Dm Bb C G] [x2]
  Dm       Bb         C         G
A poem for leaving, a reason to go,

       Dm           Bb         C  G
So I'm driving, I'm driving to Idaho.
CHORUS:
         F     Dm    Bb
'Cause I can't be anyone but me, anyone but me,

      F     Dm   Bb
And I can't keep dreaming that I'm free, dreaming that I'm free,

                Gm     C                            Gm    C
I don't want to fall a-sleep and watch my life from fifty feet,

                    Gm           Bb         C   F
My hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Ida-ho,
[play: F C F C]
         F         C      F      C
'Cause I hear it's mighty pretty...
VERSE:
    Dm            Bb              C         G
And oh, I've been dumb, I've been perfectly beautiful,

Dm         Bb          C           G
Lain on my back buying lovers with stealth,

        Dm          Bb           C        G
But I'm sick of you all, and I'm sick of opinions,

        Dm           Bb    C         G
And I'm sick of this war I wage on myself...
BRIDGE:
  Dm                 C             Dm       C - F - C
I don't know why I'm so gripped to go there

  Dm       C           Dm     C - F - C
A universe riddle that only I know?

Dm         Bb          C          G
Mr. Robert says, "It's all in the head!"

         Dm               Bb          C   G
Tell me, Phaedrus, what's good, is it Ida-ho?
CHORUS:
         F     Dm    Bb
'Cause I can't be anyone but me, anyone but me,

      F     Dm   Bb
And I can't keep dreaming that I'm free, dreaming that I'm free,

                Gm     C                            Gm    C
I don't want to fall a-sleep and watch my life from fifty feet,

                    Gm           Bb         C   F
My hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Ida-ho,
[play: F C F C]
         F         C      F      C
'Cause I hear it's mighty pretty...
[play: Dm Bb C G] [x4] [repeat CHORUS] [play: F C F C]
         F         C      F      C
'Cause I hear it's mighty pretty...

      C   F
...in Ida-ho.
CHORDS: Dm 557765 Bb 688766 or 113331 C 335553 or 8 10 10 988 G 355433 Gm 355333 F 88 10 10 10 8