Actor Out Of Work Acoustic

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  • Try this with a sort of off-kilter bossa nova feel. The verses' chords
    should be quite staccato, with the left hand relaxing/muting the strings
    between immediately after striking the chord. The verses are freely finger-
  • picked with some sustain, but notice the position indications for those
    minor7th chords. Through it all, syncopated alternating bass notes are
    important, as are slides between the bass roots on the chords.
  •  
    CHORD LEGEND
    I'm not certain I've used a standard naming convention for the chords, but
  • the verses' chord shape just looks like this:
     
    C7add6 : [8-10-8-9-10-x-|
  • Ab7add6 : [4-6-4-5-6-x---|
    F7add6 : [1-3-1-2-3-x---|
     
  • ...which is akin to a standard open-position "E7 shape," with a major sixth
    added at the top. That's the key to reproducing the acoustic version's
    tonality. In fact, it's not necessary to bar the chord, if that's
  • uncomfortable, as the note found on the 'D' string is not especially
    necessary to producing Annie Clark's guitar sound. Its staccato quality
    renders audio details like that very difficult to discern anyway.
  •  
    Verse 1:
     
  • n/c C7add6
    You're a supplement, you're a salve
    C7add6
  • You're a bandage, pull it off
    Ab7add6
    I can quit you cut it out
  • C7add6
    You're a patient, iron lung
     
  • Chorus (x2):
     
    C7add6
  • e|-----------------------------------|
    B|-----------------------------------|
    G|-9-9--3--7--0----3--3----5--9------|
  • D|------------------3----------------|
    A|-----------------------------------|
    E|-----------------------------------|
  •  
    Verse 2 (same chords as Verse 1):
     
  • You're a cast, I'm broken arm
    You're an actor out of work
    You're a liar and that's the truth
  • You're an extra, lost in the scene
     
    Pre-Chorus:
  •  
    Em7(VII) C7add6
    Ooooooooooo
  • Em7(VII) Dm7(V) Em7(VII)
    Oooooooooooooooo
     
  • Chorus (x1)
     
    Verse 3 (same chords as Verse 1):
  •  
    You're a boxer in the ring
    With brass knuckles underneath
  • You're the curses through my teeth
    You're the laughter, you're the obscene
     
  • Pre-Chorus
    Chorus (x2)
    Verse 4:
  •  
    You're a supplement, you're a salve
    -------------------------------------|
  • -------------------------------------|
    --------0-------0-------1-------1----|
    ------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
  • ----3-------3-------3-------3--------|
    -------------------------------------|
     
  • You're a bandage, pull it off
    ----------------------------------|
    ----------------------------------|
  • -----2-------2-------3-------3----|
    ---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
    -3-------3-------3-------3--------|
  • ----------------------------------|
     
    F7add6
  • I think I love you, I think I'm mad
     
    (repeat above finger-picking pattern)
  • You're a cast, I'm broken arm
    You're an actor out of work
    I think I love you, I think I'm mad
  • (repeat above finger-picking pattern)
    You're a boxer in the ring
    With brass knuckles underneath
  • I think I love you, I think I'm mad
     
    Outro (x4):
  •  
    C7add6
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