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Jukebox Romeo
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PostSubject: Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?   Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis? Icon_minitimeWed Jan 28, 2009 4:59 pm

Tuned down one full step
Played with mostly -6 chords (see Gaslight tendencies page for details) or full barre chords

Intro:
F#m E D E x4

"I cut my teeth..."
F#m A E x4

"And the breath from my chest..."
D E F#m x4

"And I got half a mind..."
A E F#m x3
D E

"Walkin' in my own skin..."
Intro part x2

"Now I got scars..."
F#m A E x4

"Between the minor chord..."
D E F#m x4

"And I got nothing for you, darling..."
A E F#m x3
D E

"Walkin' in my old man's shoes..."
A E F#m x3
D E

"Because I've been dyin'..."
Power chords work best here
F#m E D x3
A E

"Walkin' in my oooh oooh ooh ooh oooh..."
Power chords again
F#m E D x3
A Ab F#m
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PostSubject: Re: Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?   Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis? Icon_minitimeSun Nov 22, 2009 6:36 pm

How do you play the F#m in this?
e--2-
B--5-
G--2-
D--2-
A--4-
E--2-

????
Thanks, and thanks for all the tabs
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PostSubject: Re: Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?   Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis? Icon_minitimeSun Nov 22, 2009 10:09 pm

well, it's played down a full step, and Brian doesn't play the 6th string on any of the chords for the first half or so of the song. so the F#m is played like this:

e|-4-|
B|-4-|
G|-4-|
D|-6-|
A|-6-|
E|---|

actual tuning of those strings is d, A, F, C, G, D from top to bottom
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PostSubject: Re: Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?   Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis? Icon_minitimeSun Nov 22, 2009 10:27 pm

Right... just used to writing EADGBe. Sounds good - thanks. This song as really grown on me- one of my favorites now
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PostSubject: Re: Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?   Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis? Icon_minitimeThu Dec 03, 2009 3:28 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWeqj7EvN4g

any chance someone can figure out this version? I think it sounds great.
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PostSubject: Re: Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?   Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis? Icon_minitimeTue Apr 13, 2010 8:57 pm

JerseyDevil wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWeqj7EvN4g

any chance someone can figure out this version? I think it sounds great.

I was just about to ask the same exact thing until I seen yours, please someone tab it out, I love this version a lot
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