The Crane Wives – Steady Steady (Guitar)

Capo 5
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Chords

Note: Guitar 2 plays standard tuned guitar; transpose chords (below) 5 steps higher (+5) Verses are on 4-time feel Last Chorus may entirely be played using A5 (0xxxxx)for Gtr 1, or D5 (5xxxxx) for Guitar 2 Chords + tabs for guitar 1 (banjo part)
Tabs how to finger-pick the Am and Dm chords for Intro and Chorus parts
    Am                         Dm
e|---------------------|   e|---------1--------1--|
B|------1-3-------1-3--|   B|-------3--------3----|
G|---------------------|   G|---2--------2--------|
D|----2---------2------|   D|-0-------0-----------|
A|0---------0----------|   A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|   E|---------------------|
[Intro] Am 4x [Chorus]
Am
Steady, steady,

    Am
You know when you're ready

Dm
It's a long road walking into the sun

    Dm
The heat can make you lose your head, your sense of direction

   Am
Oh steady, steady

Am
I am ready to be the...
[Verse 1]
Am
one

Am
I can take for better but for worse can't condone

Am                                                      Dm
Most of all for good just makes me ache to be alone, oh uh  oh uh

    Am
How long is forever?

    Am
I'm swimming in the dress like a child in her mother's clothes

     Am                                                         Dm
This ring around my finger's like a chain around my throat,  oh uh  oh uh

                    Am
Are you so sure you tamed me?
[Chorus]
Am
Steady, steady,

    Am
You know when you're ready

Dm
It's a long road walking into the sun

    Dm
The heat can make you lose your head, your sense of direction

   Am
Oh steady, steady

Am
I am ready to ...
[Verse 2]
Am
run...

   Am
We talked about the west by packing up our lives and hopes

      Am                                                    Dm
Ain't it a shame with time our dreams turned into jokes, oh uh  oh uh

                 Am
I won't let that be us

   Am
Nostalgic for the good times like our dreams walked out on us

        Am                                                    Dm
Like we woke up in an empty bed here, and now, and stuck,  oh uh  oh uh

                       Am
I'll chase them down a-lone
[Verse 3]
Am
Don't just watch me go, you fool

Am                         Dm       Am
Run with me, keep up, keep up, keep up

Am
It's not you I'm leaving

Am
Are you listening?

                      Dm       Am
I just can't take the rut, the rut
[Verse 4]
Am                 Am
I won't say I do, 'til you promise me

     Dm                             Am
That though we're gray, we can stay young, and wild, and free

Am
Young and wild and free

           Dm                 Am
And if you can't, don't blame me

           Dm                 Am
And if you can't, don't blame me

           Dm                 Am
And if you can't, don't blame me
[Chorus]
Am
Steady, steady,

    Am
You know when you're ready

Dm/A
It's a long road walking into the sun

    Dm/A
The heat can make you lose your head, your sense of direction

   Am
Oh steady, steady,

Am
We weren't ready