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Graveyard Shift

Uncle Tupelo
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
* * * * * * * * *
e --------------2------2-h3-3-------------3-------------------------|
B --------3-------3----3----3---3---------3-------------------------|
G --------------------------------0-------0-------------------------|
D 0---------------------------------------------------0h2-0-------0-|
A ------------------------------------------------0h2------h2-0h2---|
E --------------------------------------------0h3-------------------|
 Hometown,  same town blues
 Same  old walls closing in
 Oh  what a life a mess can be
 I'm  sitting here thinking of you once again
 Won't  you talk to me
 
 Well,  time won't wait, better open the gate
 Get  up and start what needs to be done
 
 It's  winding down, there's much you missed
 Working  on that graveyard shift
 
 Well,  I'm not saying  there's nothing wrong  as the day comes  along
 If  what I see  is true  I could learn  to believe
 Can't  look away
 The  powers that be  might take it  all away
 Together  we burn, together  we burn away
 Some say a land of paradise
 Some say a land of pain
 Well, which side are you looking from
 Some people have it all
 Some ?all to gain?
 Well a man in a tie'll bum your dime
 'Fore he breaks his twenty dollar bill
 There's plenty of reasons in this world
 We're no longer standing still
 But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along
 If what I see is true I could learn to believe
 Can't look away
 The powers that be might take it all away
 Together we burn, together we burn away
 
   Dbend
 
 
   Dbend
 
 
 There's too much time spent looking for a reason
 It's the simple ones that ?beat? the most truth
 Oh, what a life a mess can be
 I'm sitting here thinking of you once again
 Give a thought to me
 Well, time won't wait, better open the gate
 Get up and start what needs to be done
 It's running down, there's much you missed
 Working on that graveyard shift
 But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along
 If what I see is true I could learn to believe
 Can't look away
 The powers that be might take it all away
 Together we burn, together we burn away
 
   Dbend
 
 
   Dbend
 
 
 
 
 Notes
 For the D G/D bit the following sounds best to me
G
--------------5--------------------|
7-------7-----7-7---8-------7---7--|
7-------7-----7-7---7-------7---7--|
7-------7-----7-7---5-------7---7--|
5-------5-----5-5---5-------5---5--|
x-------x-----x-x---x-------x---x--|
 For the D Dsus4 D Dbend bit play open chords and just pick the first bit,
 then bend the top 3 strings (ie the fretted ones) up.

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Readable chord sheet for Graveyard Shift by Uncle Tupelo

*       *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *
e --------------2------2-h3-3-------------3-------------------------|
B --------3-------3----3----3---3---------3-------------------------|
G --------------------------------0-------0-------------------------|
D 0---------------------------------------------------0h2-0-------0-|
A ------------------------------------------------0h2------h2-0h2---|
E --------------------------------------------0h3-------------------|

H[D]ometown, same town bl[G]ues

S[D]ame old walls closing in[G]

O[D]h what a life a mess can be[G]

I[D]'m sitting here thinking of you once again

W[G]on't you talk to me

 [D]  [D]  [G]  [C]  [D]  [D]  [G]  [C]

W[D]ell, time won't wait, better open the gate

G[D]et up and start what needs to be done

 [D]  [D]  [G]  [C]

I[D]t's winding down, there's much you missed

W[D]orking on that graveyard shift

 [D]  [D]  [G]  [C]  [D]  [D]  [G]  [C]

W[A]ell, I'm not sa[G]ying there's nothing wro[A]ng as the day [G]comes along

I[A]f what I se[G]e is tru[A]e I could lear[G]n to believe[D]

C[G/D]an't look away[D]

T[G/D]he powers that be[D] might take i[G/D]t all away[D]

T[A]ogether we burn, to[G]gether we burn awa[D]y

Some say a land of paradise
Some say a land of pain
Well, which side are you looking from
Some people have it all
Some ?all to gain?

Well a man in a tie'll bum your dime
'Fore he breaks his twenty dollar bill
There's plenty of reasons in this world
We're no longer standing still
But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along
If what I see is true I could learn to believe
Can't look away
The powers that be might take it all away
Together we burn, together we burn away

 [D]  [Dsus4]  [D]  [Dsus4]  [D]
 [Dsus4] Dbend

 [C]  [G]  [C]  [G]

 [D]  [Dsus4]  [D]  [Dsus4]  [D]
 [Dsus4] Dbend

 [C]  [G]  [C]  [G]

 [Bb]

There's too much time spent looking for a reason
It's the simple ones that ?beat? the most truth
Oh, what a life a mess can be
I'm sitting here thinking of you once again
Give a thought to me

Well, time won't wait, better open the gate
Get up and start what needs to be done
It's running down, there's much you missed
Working on that graveyard shift

But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along
If what I see is true I could learn to believe
Can't look away
The powers that be might take it all away
Together we burn, together we burn away

 [D]  [Dsus4]  [D]  [Dsus4]  [D]
 [Dsus4] Dbend

 [C]  [G]  [C]  [G]

 [D]  [Dsus4]  [D]  [Dsus4]  [D]
 [Dsus4] Dbend

 [C]  [G]  [C]  [G]

 [Bb]

 [D]  [D]  [G]  [C]

 [D]

Notes

For the D G/D bit the following sounds best to me

 [D]        [D]      [D]  [D]    [G]
--------------5--------------------|
7-------7-----7-7---8-------7---7--|
7-------7-----7-7---7-------7---7--|
7-------7-----7-7---5-------7---7--|
5-------5-----5-5---5-------5---5--|
x-------x-----x-x---x-------x---x--|

For the D Dsus4 D Dbend bit play open chords and just pick the first bit,
then bend the top 3 strings (ie the fretted ones) up.

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