Owen – I Got High (Guitar)

Open D (D-A-D-F#-A-D) • Capo 9

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Chords

Below, I've provided the names of the chords relative to the capo, as well as how they are voiced. If you don't feel like messing around with retuning your guitar, you can find the absolute chord names by transposing the tab down three half steps and strum along with those instead.

     D   Dmaj9 Em11/D   Gmaj7  Dmaj7 D/A  D *
D |--0---0------0-------0-------0-----0---0---------------------|
A |--0---4------0-------5-------0-----0---5---------------------|
F#|--0---0------1-------0-------0-----0---0---------------------|
D |--0---2------0-------0-------0-----0---4---------------------|
A |--0---0------2-------5-------4-----0---0---------------------|
D |--0---0------0-------5-------0-----7---0---------------------|

These are the chord voicings used throughout the plucked section in the bridge:

     D   D6  Gmaj9  Dmaj9
D |--0---0----0------0-----|
A |--0---0----0------0-----|
F#|--3---0----0------0-----|
D |--4---0----0------2-----|
A |--5---2----0------0-----|
D |--0---0----5------0-----|

I've given the picking pattern for the bridge below (4/4 time, a space of two dashes (--) indicates a sixteenth note). In practice it is not played as precisely as I have written it; the notes are plucked as you are strumming, so there are always open notes resonating. I've also marked out how the plucked chord changes correspond with the lyrics.

     D
D |----------------------------------------------------|
A |--------0--0--------------------------------0--0----|
F#|--------0--0--------------------------3-----0--0----|
D |--------0--0--4h-0--0-----------------------0--0----|
A |--------------------5-----4-----5-------------------|
D |--0-------------------------------------------------|

     D6                      Gmaj9
D |-----------7-----4----------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------7-----5----------|
F#|--0L-0-----------------0--0L-0-----------------0----|
D |--0L-0--0-----------------0L-0--0-------------------| [x4 from first bar)
A |--0h-2----------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------0h-5----------------------|

     Dmaj9                      Gmaj9
D |-----------7-----4----------------------------------|
A |--------0--------------0--0-----------7-----5-------|
F#|--0--------------------0--0--------0----------------| 
D |--0h-2-----------------0--0-------------------------| (x3)
A |--0-------------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------5----------------------|

     Dmaj9                   Gmaj9                        D *
D |-----------7-----4--------------------2h-0----------|--0----|
A |--------0--------------0-----------0----------------|--5----|
F#|--0--------------------0--------0-----------3h-0----|--0----|
D |--0h-2-----------------0----------------------------|--4----|
A |--0-------------------------------------------------|--0----|
D |--------------------------5-------------------------|--0----|

[Intro] D Dmaj9 Em11/D (x4) [Verse 1]

D          Dmaj9
I got high

                  Em11/D
With an art teacher of mine

D
I learned how to paint

Dmaj9                         Em11/D
Portraits and landscapes with perspective

[Verse 2]

D
But I've been sitting here

                   Dmaj9
The better part of eighteen years

                  Em11/D
Blank stare blank canvas

D                Dmaj9
In need of a new view

            Em11/D            D  D
Of some new scenery to render

[Chorus 1]

          Gmaj7 D*
There's a boat  leaving

         Gmaj7
Where it goes

N.C. I don't know [Verse 3] D Dmaj9 Em11/D D Dmaj9 Em11/D

                 D
I've been buried alive

Dmaj9                          Em11/D
      My history teacher by my side

       D
Lest I forget those mistakes

Dmaj9                    Em11/D
That better men have made

                            D
The battles fought and lost

Dmaj9                         Em11/D
      Small victories at what cost?

    D
The curriculum is dated

   Dmaj9
My inspiration fading

Em11/D                    D  D
       A slow setting sun

[Chorus 2]

          Gmaj7  D*
There's a boat   leaving

         Gmaj7
Where it goes

              D*
Well, I don't know

          Gmaj7
But if it floats

    Dmaj7  D/A
I'm get  - ting on

Gmaj7
      With or without you

[Bridge] D D6 Gmaj9 D D6 Gmaj9

D                D6            Gmaj9
   The winds are strong enough

D                          D6      Gmaj9
   Our native tongues will fail us

Dmaj9   Gmaj9            Dmaj9  Gmaj9
Oh, the pleasure I would take

   Dmaj9    Gmaj9             D*
In renaming       everything

[Chorus 3] Gmaj7 D*

          Gmaj7 D*
There are boats leaving

           Gmaj7
Where they go

        D*
I don't know

           Gmaj7
But it's a chance

       Dmaj7  D/A   Gmaj7
To see some - thing new

Dmaj7 D/A          Gmaj7
          Will you come with me?

[Outro] Dmaj7 D/A Gmaj7 Dmaj7 D/A Gmaj7 Dmaj7 D/A Gmaj7