Sturgill Simpson – Turtles All The Way Down (Guitar Tab)
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This song is basically just 3 chords + specific voicings / variations.
He plays E normally, but the A and B7 are a little weird.
If you're struggling, watching these videos closely/on half speed could help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5cMqD0WqYE
Lastly, play this song dirty. It's ok to hit some strings/notes that aren't listed below. He plays loose.
Here's how he plays the A (index finger bars D through E and pinkie is on both the E and B) e|-5-| B|-5-| G|-2-| D|-2-| A|-0-| E|---| And this is his B7 (basically a normal B7 but no pinkie on high E) e|-0-| B|-0-| G|-2-| D|-1-| A|-2-| E|---|
Here are some of the most prominent fills/voicings in the song.
(He plays other ones only once or twice but you can play the whole song with just these)
E fill
e|---0-------------0----|
B|---0-------------0----|
G|---1-------------1----|
D|---2----0h2-0----2----|
A|---2-0h2---------2----|
E|-0-0----------2b-0----|
A fill #1
e|---5---------|
B|---5---------|
G|---2------2--|
D|---2-0h3h4-4-|
A|-0-----------|
E|-------------|
A fill #2 (this is usually played after the above A fill, but not played every time)
Again, index finger is barring from D down
e|-------------4---|
B|-4---4---4---4---|
G|-4---4---4---2---|
D|-7-7-6-6-4-4-2---|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
B7 step down to E
e|-0---------------0--|
B|-0---------------0--|
G|-2---------------1--|
D|-1---------------2--|
A|-2-0h1h2-0-------2--|
E|-0----------s4-2-0--|There are 2 more chords (call them G#m and F#m) that he only plays once, but you need 'em.
They're played on the "Turtles All the Way Down The Line" verse.
Again, the index is barring
G#m e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--4------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--4------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--6------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| F#m e|-----| B|-2---| G|-2---| D|-4---| A|-4---| E|-----|
E
I've seen Jesus play with flames, in a lake of fire
A
That I was standing in
B7
Met the devil in Seattle
E
And spent nine months inside the lions... den
E
Met Buddha yet another time
A
And he showed me the glowing light within
B7
But I swear that God is there, every time I glare
E
Into the eyes of my best... friend
[Refrain]
A
Says my son, it's all been done
E
Someday you're gonna wake up old and... gray
A
So go and try to have some fun, showing warmth to everyone
B7 (walk down)
You meet and greet... and cheat along the way
E
There's a gateway in our minds that leads somewhere out there
A
Far beyond this plane
B7
Where reptile aliens made of light
E
Cut you open, pull out all your pain
E
Tell me how you make illegal
A
Something that we all make in our brain
B7
Some say you might go crazy
E
Then again, it might make you go... sane
A
Every time I... take a look... inside that old and... fabled book
A
I'm blinded and... reminded of...
E
The pain caused by some old man in the sky
A
Marijuana... LSD... psilocybin... DMT...
A
They all changed... the way I see...
A B7 (walk down)
But love's the only thing... that ever saved my life
E
So, don't waste your mind on nursery rhymes or fairy tales of blood and wine
A G#m F#m
It's turtles all the way down the line
A
So to each their own til' we go home... to other realms our souls must roam
A B7 E
To and through... the myth that... we all call... space and time
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| h Hammer-on
| b Bend
| s Slide
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