Pinegrove – Old Friends (Guitar)

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Use barre chords to make it sound more like the record except for the E chord in the chorus. At the start of the lines where it switches to the A chord, he "walks down" from barring the E chord (which starts on the second fret of the 5th string) by barring the whole second fret (starting on the 6th string) before opening up to the A chord. He doesn't really strum all of the strings, but strums mainly the 6th string and a bit of the 5th. He does the "walk down" part right at the start of the lines that switch to the A chord and then plays the A chord where I have indicated it. [Verse]
E
walking outside labyrinthian over
cracks along under the trees
        A
I know this town grounded in a compass
cardinal landed in the dogwood
E
I keep going over it over and over
my steps iterate my shame
         A
how come every outcome's such a comedown
lately afternoon with the shades drawn down
E
I kept saying I just wanted to see you
saying what's wrong with that?
         A
needles shaking outlines in a compass
every outcome's such a comedown [Chorus]
E                  A
I knew it when I saw it

                      C#m
so I did just what I wanted

F#m       A       
so I go through with this 

F#m           A                   
I knew happiness when I saw it
[Verse]
E
I saw your boyfriend at the port authority
that's a sort of fucked up place
            A
well, so I averted my stride on a quick one
he's coming back from going over your place, huh
E
I feel like we could forget about it
I feel like I could mellow out
        A
I don't feel undone in a big way
there's nothing really bad to be upset about
E
just when I thought I was getting better
I woke up on the ground
   A
an appointment or a disappointment
a setback, oh another comedown [Chorus]
E                A
as if I needed a reminder

                     C#m
oh, I do only what I wanna 

F#m      A
so I go through with this...
[Verse]
E
walking out in the nighttime springtime
needling my way home
      A
I saw Leah on the bus a few months ago
I saw some old friends at her funeral
C#m
my steps keep splitting my grief through

E
these solipsistic moods 

         A
I should call my parents when I think of them
should tell my friends when I love them
E
maybe I should have gone out a bit more
when you guys were still in town
      A
I got too caught up in my own shit
that's how every outcome's such a comedown [Chorus]
E                    A
and I knew it when I saw it 

                     C#m
oh I did just what I wanted

F#m       A
so I go through with this 

F#m           A
I knew happiness when I saw it