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Tired Old Phrases

Cadillac Sky
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
 I don't know  if I've said  anything
 in this life  that's worth re-mem-ber-ing
 Nothing bold,  nothing brave
 just these tired  old phrases
 And I  don't know  what they mean
 I've written  my old  self a letter
 I've moved on,  I already forget  her
 She's gone,  we're alone, far  from our home
 but I promised  me things  will get better
 chords:
 notes:
 The Devil  is laughing  at me
 he knows  all the evil I've seen
 And though he helped  them begin
 I own  all my sins
 And the fault  lies clearly  with me
 I'm tired  of coming  home smelly
 half a bottle  of Jack in my belly
 My eyes red,  my throat sore
 My young body  too worn  out to
still  only be  in it's twenties
instrumental full mellody:
E
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9--10--12---10--9---------9-h10-9--------------------------9---|
G|--------------------11--11-----------------8--9-9h11--9--11-----|
D|------------------------------------9--11-----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------0|
B|----------------------7--7-h9p-7--9--7--9--10--9h10--9--7-------|
G|---------8--9------9--------------------------------------9--8--|
D|--9--11--------9------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 And I'm sorry  for being  so bad
 to my dear old mother and dad
 I threw some fits,
 they put up with it
 and now I owe them all that I am
 Someday when my folks meet their end
 if by chance I live longer than them
 For the love that they gave
 and the music we made
 I'll be proud to have called them my friends
 Picking: something like strings 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 (or 4 3 4 2 1 2 3 2
 or 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 ?)
E
e|------0---------2------------0--------------------4--------22---0---0---|
B|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------2-2-2-2--------------5-5-5-5---0-000-000-0-0-0|
G|----1---1-----2---2--------2---2--------------------4-----222-2-1-1---1-|
D|--2---------1------------2--------------------6---------1-------2-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Hopefully someone who knows something about bluegrass can verify this or get the picking
 more exact.

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Readable chord sheet for Tired Old Phrases by Cadillac Sky

[E] [E] [E] [E]

I don't [E]know if I've [B7]said any[E]thing [E]
in this [A]life that's worth [A]re-mem-ber-[E]ing [E]
Nothing [A]bold, nothing [E]brave
just these [B7]tired old [C#m7]phrases
And [A]I don't [B7]know what they [E]mean

I've [E]written my [B7]old self a [E]letter
I've moved [A]on, I already for[E]get her
She's [A]gone, we're a[E]lone, [B7]far from our [C#m7]home
but I [A]promised me [B7]things will get [E]better

chords: [E] [B7] [E] [E]  [A]  [A]  [E]   [A]  [E] [B7] [C#m] [A] [B7] [E]
notes:  [E] [F#] [Ab]   [C#] [Eb] [E]   [C#] [E] [F#] [Ab]  [A] [B]  [E]

The [E]Devil is [B7]laughing at [E]me [Emaj7]
he [A]knows all the evil I've [E]seen
And though he [A]helped them be[E]gin
I [B7]own all my [C#m7]sins
And the [A]fault lies [B7]clearly with [E]me

I'm [E]tired of [B7]coming home [E]smelly [Emaj7]
half a [A]bottle of Jack in my [E]belly
My eyes [A]red, my throat [E]sore
My young [B7]body too [C#m7]worn out to
[A]still only [B7]be in it's [E]twenties

instrumental full mellody:
          [E]           [B7]           [E]     [A]         [A]          [E]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9--10--12---10--9---------9-h10-9--------------------------9---|
G|--------------------11--11-----------------8--9-9h11--9--11-----|
D|------------------------------------9--11-----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

       [A]         [E]      [B7]          [C#m7]     [A]            [B7]     [E]

e|---------------------------------------------------------------0|
B|----------------------7--7-h9p-7--9--7--9--10--9h10--9--7-------|
G|---------8--9------9--------------------------------------9--8--|
D|--9--11--------9------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

And I'm [E]sorry for [B7]being so [E]bad
to my dear old mother and dad
I threw some fits,
they put up with it
and now I owe them all that I am

Someday when my folks meet their end
if by chance I live longer than them
For the love that they gave
and the music we made
I'll be proud to have called them my friends


Picking: something like strings 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 2  (or  4 3 4 2 1 2 3 2
or 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 3  ?)

    [E]       [E] [B7]       [E] [E] [A] [A]      [E] [E] [A] [E] [B7]  [C#m7]    [A] [B7]      [E]
e|------0---------2------------0--------------------4--------22---0---0---|
B|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------2-2-2-2--------------5-5-5-5---0-000-000-0-0-0|
G|----1---1-----2---2--------2---2--------------------4-----222-2-1-1---1-|
D|--2---------1------------2--------------------6---------1-------2-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Hopefully someone who knows something about bluegrass can verify this or get the picking
more exact.

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