Red House Painters – Song For A Blue Guitar (Guitar)
Capo 1
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
"Song for a Blue Guitar" is in 6/8, with a few chords that hold through
measures, and a couple spots where the song drops into half-time. I've
added bar lines where the chord pattern changes to assist in sight
reading, but keep in mind that there are two spots in the refrain where
the song changes to half-time, and I've no clue how to notate that in UG.
In the verses, Mark strums a pattern of hammer-ons/embellishments
similar to below. Pay attention to the stumming pattern, and work
the hammer-on to Dsus2 in on the downstroke, but hammer-on to Asus4
on the upstroke.
D A Em | Em | e|-2----0h2-2-2--0-|-0---0-0-0--0-| B|-3----3---3-3--3-|-2---2h3-3--2-| G|-2----2---2-2--2-|-2---2-2-2--2-| D|-0----0---0-0--0-|-2---2-2-2--2-| A|-----------------|-0---0-0-0--0-| E|-----------------|--------------|
There's also a few spots the bass walks between chords that really
make the song. I've notated these as chord inversion inside bar lines,
but feel free to just play the root chord for a simpler approach.
[Intro]
|D |A |Em |Em |(x6)
[Verse 1]
D A Em When everything we felt failed D A Em And some music soft in distant sails D A Em But it don't sound like it did before D A |Em Em/F#|G |G |D Then I know I'm left with nothing more than my own soul
[Interlude]
|D |A |Em |Em |(x2)
[Verse 2]
D A Em When pretty pictures face back D A Em But your coats aren't hanging on the rack D A Em And blue water turns to D A |Em Em/F#| G | G | D A place that I can't get to, a place that I can't
[Refrain]
(D) A Bm |C C/D C C/A| G Gsus4| % | % | % | In a room all I feel, is the cold that you left D A Bm |C C/D C C/A| G Gsus4| % | % |G G G/F#| Through the air all I see, is your face full of blame Em A |D |D/C Bm| Bm G A | D | D | What's left to see, what's there to see [Solo] D A Em D A Em D A Em D A Em e|-2-2/3\2-0----2-2/5-0-2----2-2/5-5--9--7---3-5----------------| B|-----------3------------3-----------------------3-2--5-3------| G|----------------------------------------------------------5\3-| D|--------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
[Refrain]
(D) A Bm |C C/D C C/A| G Gsus4| % | % | % | In a room all I feel, is the cold that you left D A Bm |C C/D C C/A| G Gsus4| % | % |G G G/F#| Through the air all I see, is your face full of blame Em A |D |D/C Bm| Bm G A | D | D | What's left to see, what's there to see