Passenger – Feather On The Clyde (Guitar Intro)
Capo 6
• Video Lesson
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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1.0x
Chords
Attempt to capture the way he plays this one in the February 20, 2021 announcement video for his upcoming
live stream of the full album of All the Pretty Lights:
Note there are some lyrics here that are different from the official version of the song. I think the changes
my have been unintentional, but I captured what he sings in the video linked above.
He plays a triplet rhythm throughout on this song. The chord in the intro indicated as Bm* is an open voicing
he likes to use for finger picking that is much like an Am7 shifted up 2 frets (jGuitar.com lists one of the
names for this voicing as Bm#5add5). jGuitar lists the Em* and G* from the first line of the intro as
(among other names) Emadd11add9 and G6sus2/E.
The timing is a bit tricky for me on this one. Note, for example, that in lines 1 and 3 of verse 1,
the words "there's" and "And" come on beat 4 of the first C chord. In verse 3, the first two words of lines
1, 2, and 3 come during beat 4 of the first chord as pickups to the second measure.
[Chords]
C* x3505x
D* x5707x
Em* 0x707x
G* 0x708x
Bm* x2403x
C x3201x
Dadd4 x5403x
G 3x0003
Gsus4 3x0013
C/G 3x2013
D xx0232
Am7 x0201x
D7 xx021x
[Intro] C* D* Em* G* e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|---5-----5-----5-----5---|---5-----5-----7-----7---|---7-----7-----7-----7---|---8-----8-----8-----8---| G|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-| D|-------5-----5-----5-----|-------5-----------7-----|-------7-----7-----7-----|-------7-----7-----7-----| A|-3-----------------------|-3-----------5-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------| 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - C* Bm* Em G e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B|---5-----5-----5-----5---|---5-----5-----3-----3---|---0-----0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-----0---| G|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-| D|-------5-----5-----5-----|-------5-----------4-----|-------2-----2-----2-----|-------0-----0-----0-----| A|-3-----------------------|-3-----------2-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-3-----------------------| 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 - - 3 - - 4 - -
[Intro]
|C* |C* D* |Em* |G* |
|C* |C* Bm* |Em |G |
[Verse 1]
C C G Gsus4 G Well there's a river that runs to Glasgow Em C G Gsus4 G It makes her and it breaks her and takes her in two parts C C Dadd4 Em G And her current just like my blood flows C Dadd4 G C/G G Down from the hills, that I stand alone, like my restless heart
[Chorus]
C G D Well I would swim but the river is so wide. And, I'm C G D scared I won't make it to the other side. Well, C G D G Gsus4 G God knows I've failed but he knows that I've tried C G D I long for something that's safe and warm. C G D But, all I have is all that is gone. C G D G Gsus4 G I'm as helpless and as hopeless as a feather on the Clyde
[Instrumental]
|C |C Dadd4 |Em |G | (whistle) |C |C Dadd4 |Em |G | (whistle)
[Verse 2]
C C G C/G G Well on one side all the lights glow Em C G C/G G And the kids know where the folks go when the music and the drinking starts C C Dadd4 Em G On the other side where no ca-a-ars go C Dadd4 G C/G G Up to the hills that stand alone like my restless heart
[Chorus]
C G D Well I would swim but the river is so wide. And, I'm C G D scared I won't make it to the other side. Well, C G D G C G God knows I-I've failed but he knows that I've tried C G D I long for something that's safe and warm. C G D But, all I have is all that is gone. I'm C G D G C G as helpless and as hopeless as a feather on the Clyde
[Bridge]
Em G C G Yea-eah Yea-ea-eah Em G C G Hey-ey-ey, hey-ey-ey Em G C G Am7 D7 Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
[Verse 3]
C C G Gsus4 G When the sun sets late in Glasgow Em C G Gsus4 G And the daylight and the city pa-a-art C C Dadd4 Em G And I think of you in Gla-a-asgow C Dadd4 N.C. G You're all that's safe, you're all that's warm in my restless heart