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Sad Man's Tongue

Volbeat
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: D}
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
Acoustic
Electric
{section: Bridge}
{sot}D|------------------------|-----------------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------|
F|------------------------|-----------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p--|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p-|{eot}
{sot}D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
F|------------------------|
C|-0-0--0-0--0-0----------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--h3p-h3p-|{eot}
{sot}D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
F|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2—5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5/2-|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2—5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5/2-|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0—3\5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5/3\5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5/3/0-|{eot}
{sot}D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
F|-----------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p-|{eot}
{sot}D|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
F|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
G|-2-2-2-5-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-7-5-|--2-2--2-2-9~-|
C|-2-2-2-5-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-7-5-|--2-2--2-2-9~-|
D|-0-0-0-3-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-5-3-|--0-0--0-0-7~-|{eot}
YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
And the story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue
{section: Bridge}
{sot}D|------------------|
A|------------------|
F|------------------|
C|-2-2--------------|
G|-2-2--------------| Repeat this riff till ‘time’{eot}
D|-0-0--h3p--h3p—h3-|
Singing in the cell 1.40.9.5. No way should I wear guns, I'm
sitting my time
{section: Solo}

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Arrangement source for Sad Man's Tongue by Volbeat

{tuning: D}
{sot}[E] = 0-2-2-1-0-0
[G] = 3-2-0-0-0-3
[B] = 2-2-4-4-4-2{eot}

{sot}[E5] = x-7-9-9-x-x
[D5] = x-5-7-7-x-x
[G5] = 3-5-5-x-x-x
[A5] = 5-7-7-x-x-x
[B5] = 7-9-9-x-x-x{eot}

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down

Acoustic
[E]Well my mama told me: son you better watch out
[E]All those nasty woman gonna rip you dime for dime
[G]But I got my pocket full of real tales, and a broken guitar mode   [E]
[B]And the story keep on rollin', o[E]ut from a sad man's tongue

Electric
[E5]Left my mama and papa's nest, I got the fever rambling my bon[D5]es [E5]
[E5]Papa said: my boy, take my Johnny Cash vinyls and go
Well[G5] I [A5]got my pocket full of real tales,[G5] an[A5]d a broken guitar[D5] mo[E5]de,
[D5]gui[E5]tar mode
[G5]And[A5] th[B5]e story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongu[E5]e

{section: Bridge}
{sot}D|------------------------|-----------------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------|
F|------------------------|-----------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p--|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p-|{eot}

{sot}D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
F|------------------------|
C|-0-0--0-0--0-0----------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2----------|
D|-2-2--2-2--2-2--h3p-h3p-|{eot}

{sot}D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
F|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2—5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5/2-|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2—5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5\7-|-7-7--7-7--7-7/5/2-|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0—3\5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5/3\5-|-5-5--5-5--5-5/3/0-|{eot}

{sot}D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
F|-----------------------|
C|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
G|-2-2--2-2--2-2---------|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0-h3p-h3p-|{eot}

{sot}D|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
F|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
G|-2-2-2-5-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-7-5-|--2-2--2-2-9~-|
C|-2-2-2-5-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9-7-5-|--2-2--2-2-9~-|
D|-0-0-0-3-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-5-3-|--0-0--0-0-7~-|{eot}

YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

[E5]Strollin' down the highway with uncle Sam roaring: rebel kid get
your ass home[D5]   [E5]
[E5]Your ass belongs to me, leave your Johnny Cash songs and get home
But[G5] I [A5]got my pocket full of real tal[G5]es,[A5] and a broken guitar [D5]mod[E5]e,
[D5]gui[E5]tar mode
[G5]\[A5]\[B5]                                                ->bridge
And the story keep on rollin', out from a sad man's tongue

{section: Bridge}
{sot}D|------------------|
A|------------------|
F|------------------|
C|-2-2--------------|
G|-2-2--------------| Repeat this riff till ‘time’{eot}
D|-0-0--h3p--h3p—h3-|

Singing in the cell 1.40.9.5. No way should I wear guns, I'm

sitting my time

[A5]YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

{section: Solo}
[E5]  [B5]

[B5] [A5] [G5]

[E5]

[E5]Left 1.40.9.5 with plenty rock'n'roll songs painting the roa[D5]d  [E5]
[E5]Education sucks, so I sing my song for you
And[G5] I [A5]got my pocket full of real tale[G5]s a[A5]nd a broken guitar m[D5]ode[E5]
[D]gu[E]itar mode
[G5]And[A5] th[B5]e story keep on rollin' out from a glad man's tong[E5]ue

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