Passenger – Queenstown (Guitar)
Capo 3
• Video Lesson
Key
-
Versions
(4)
Auto-scroll
Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Attempt to capture chords from the YouTube video Passenger posted 17 May 2020:
Capo 5 to play along with the version from Mike's new album "Patchwork":
https://passenger.lnk.to/Patchwork
(all proceeds from streaming and downloading this album go to The Trussel Trust, a UK food bank charity)
He also plays a capo 5 version in his quarantine live stream #10 (song starts at 20:31):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15cAvqCXJ2k
The chord shapes listed below are intended to capture the way he plays things while fingerpicking.
In particular, pay attention to the chord descriptions for the instrumental passage before verse 3. I don't
know if G7sus2 and GmMaj7 are appropriate chords in context, but those were the names I could find for the
3-string voicings he appears to be playing at that point.
He plays all of the Fsus2 chords the same way he would an Fmaj7sus2, but I have only indicated Fmaj7sus2 in
the spot where I can clearly hear him add the open high E string as part of his picking pattern.
[Chords]
C x32010
C* x32013
Cadd11 x32011
G5 3x003x
G 3x0003
Fsus2 1x301x
F6sus2 1x303x
Fmaj7sus2 1x3010
Em/G xx505x
C/G 3x2013
Gadd9 3x0005
Am9 x0x008
A7sus2 x0x007
F* xx3215
G7sus2 xx7x6x
G/B xx9x8x
[Intro]
C Cadd11 C G5 Fsus2 F6sus2 C
Am7 Em/G Am7 G C/G G F Fsus2 G
[Verse 1]
C G When I think back to that morning in Queenstown Fsus2 C my heart starts to ache Am7 G sitting in the shade of the hire car Fsus2 C throwing stones into the lake G we weren't to know that life would throw Fsus2 G Am7 a little more than we could take Fsus2 C if I ever get back to Queenstown Fsus2 G C I won't make the same mistake
[Chorus 1]
F C Do you remember that water on our skin G Am cold as ice and sweet as gin? Fsus2 drunk on love and life, yeah C G Gsus4 G we drank the whole thing down Fsus2 C I remember that soft summer air E7 Am the golden sunlight in your hair Fsus2 singing and laughing C G Gsus4 G driving the coast road down C to Queenstown
[Instrumental]
Cadd11 C G5 Fsus2 F6sus2 C
Am7 G C/G G F Fsus2 G
[Verse 3]
C G Do you remember that evening in Queenstown Fsus2 C walking down by the pier? Am7 G sun going down to the Piano Man Fsus2 C and the moon shining down so clear G drinking wine and feeling fine Fsus2 G Am7 oh, and we had no idea Fsus2 C If I ever get back to Queenstown Fsus2 G C I'll have one for you, my dear
[Chorus 2]
Fsus2 C Do you remember the water that night G Am shimmering under the restaurant lights? Fsus2 drunk on love and life, yeah C G Gsus4 G we drank the whole thing down Fsus2 C I remember the magic in the air E7 Am And the silver moonlight in your hair Fmaj7sus2 making love C G Gsus4 G and sleeping safe and sound
in Queenstown
[Instrumental]
C C* Gadd9 G Am9 A7sus2 F F*
C* G5 Gsus4 F G
C G C/G G Am7 Em/G G7sus2 G/B
C G5 Gsus4 G Fsus2 G
[Verse 3]
C G Life goes fast, now years have passed Fsus2 C and I'm living on my own Am7 I see you now and again G through mutual friends Fsus2 G but we know that bird has flown C G Sitting on the couch in this big old house Fsus2 G Am7 I've never felt so alone Fsus2 C If I ever get back to Queenstown Fsus2 G Am7 I might not make it home Fsus2 C If I ever get back to Queenstown Fsus2 G C I might not come home
[Outro]
Cadd11 C G5
Fsus2 F Gsus4 G C