Drop-D D A D G B E
CHORDS USED:
G2 G2/F# Am4 Em Dsus4 D F#o G/B Csus2 Gm/Bb G
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------0--|
G|---0----0-----7----0-------------------------------------0--|
D|---7----7-----10---9-----7----7---7----12----12-----12---0--|
A|---10---9-----0----7-----10---9---9----10----10-----10------|
D|-------------------------0----0---10---9-----10-----8----5--|
G2 is a dyad (G-A)
Am4 has no 5th (A-C-D)
F#o is a substitute for D7
Csus2 is an inversion of Gsus4
Open 2nd and 3rd-strings occassionally ring in error
INTRO: (two times)
VERSE-LONG:
When I was a kid I grew up in a house on a
Am4 EmHill not the top not the bottom but the middle and I
G2 G2/F#Still remember where I cracked my head in the
Vacant lot there's a row of tiny houses there
G2 G2/F#Now and we used to light fires in the gutters and
Am4 EmI could cool my head on the concrete steps but the
VERSE-B:
Dsus4 DGirl down the street hit my sister on the head with a
F#o G/B
Stick and we hid behind my father as he knocked on her
Parents' door to tell them what she did but the
F#o G/B
Parents were drunk so they really didn't give a shit
LINK-1:
And the
VERSE:
G2 G2/F#Girl down the street said her dog couldn't bark 'cos a
Man with an axe cut its voice box out but my
G2 G2/F#Older sister told me that it prob'ly wasn't true and I
Am4 EmBelieved what she said 'cos she took me by the hand one
VERSE-B:
Dsus4 DTime when a coupla men drove down the hill in a
F#o G/B
White van said there was a phone box filled with
Money 'round the corner and I would've gone along but she
F#o G/B
Took me by the hand to the house in the middle of the
LINK-2:
Hill the middle of the hill the middle of the
Gm/Bb Gm/BbHill and our
VERSE:
Mother knew the words to a lot of different songs and we
Am4 EmAlways sing the harmonies when we'd sing along she had
G2 G2/F#Cool cool hands when the fever hit then the
Noises that the trains made sounded like people in my
VERSE-B:
Dsus4 DHead and the stories that the ceiling told through the
F#o G/B
Pictures in the grains in the pinewood boards and I could
Dsus4 DStay outside till the sky went red and I could
F#o G/B
Cool my head on the concrete steps and you
CODA:
Dsus4 DNever really see the top from the bottom I don't
F#o G/B
Pay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em you can
Never really see the top from the bottom I don't
F#o G/B
Pay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em I don't
TAG:
Pay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em I don't
Gm/Bb G/BPay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em (I) don't
Csus2 G/BPay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em I don't
Pay enough attention to the good things when I got 'em no
ENDING:
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