1 - Intro
View chords used in this chart
|--------4--------------| |--------------4-----------|
|--2--0--------5--------| |--2--0--5--0-----5--------|
<4> |--------------------0--| |-----------------------0--|
|-----------------0-----| |--------------------------|
|-----------------------| |--------------------------|
|--0--------0-----------| |--0-----------0-----0-----|
|__|_____|_____| |_____|_____|_____|
Have fun,
Ben
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NOTATION:
! - Vibrato.
// - Pick 1st note and slide to 2nd note.
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Intro:
E |----------7--------------|-----5--------------|
B |----------------9--------|-----------7--------|
E |----------------------0--|-----------------0--|
E |-------------------0-----|--------------0-----|
B |-------------------------|--------------------|
E |-------0-----0-----------|--0-----0-----------|
|__|__|_____| |__|__|_____|
|-------4-----------------|-----------4--------------|
|-------------------5-----|--2--0-----------5--------|
|-------------0-----------|-----------------------0--|
|----------0--------------|--------------------0-----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------0--------0-----0--|--0-----0-----0-----------|
|__|_____|_____| |_____|_____|_____|
Verse:
||-------7-----------------| |--5-----------------|
||-------------------9-----| |--------------7-----|
<1> ||o------------0-----------| <2> |--------0-----------|
||o---------0--------------| |-----0--------------|
||-------------------------| |--------------------|
||-------0--------0-----0--| |--0--------0-----0--|
|__|_____|_____| |__|_____|_____|
|-------4-----------------| |-----------4--------------||
|-------------------5-----| |--2--0-----------5--------||
<3> |-------------0-----------| <4> |-----------------------0-o|| (x2)
|----------0--------------| |--------------------0----o||
|-------------------------| |--------------------------||
|-------0--------0-----0--| |--0-----0-----0-----------||
|__|_____|_____| |_____|_____|_____|
||-------------------0-----| |--------------0--------|
||-------0-----------------| |--0--------------------|
<5> ||o------------3-----------| <6> |--------5-----------0--|
||o---------0--------------| |-----0-----------0-----|
||-------------------------| |-----------------------|
||-------3--------3-----3--| |--5--------5-----------|
|__|_____|_____| |__|_____|_____|
|-------10!-------10!----------------|---10!-------10!-----------||
|------------12!----------12!--------|--------12!----------------||
<7> |---------------------------------0--|------------------------0-o|| (x2)
|------------------------------0-----|---------------------0----o||
|------------------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------0-------------0-------------|----0-------------0--------||
|____|________|_______| |____|________|__|
|-----------10!---|
|-----------------|
<8> |-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|--------0--------|
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\______/ (4 beats)
|E<1> |<2>
Four and twenty years ago, I come into this life,
|<3> |<4>
the son of a woman and a man who lived in strife.
|G<5> <6> |A<7>
He was tired of bein' poor,
|G<5> <6> |A<7>
and he wasn't into sellin' door to door,
|G<5> <6> |A<7> |<8>
and he worked like the devil to be more.
A different kind of poverty now upsets me so;
night after sleepless night, I walk the floor and I want to know,
why am I so alone?
Where is my woman, can I bring her home?
Have I driven her away? Is she gone?
Morning comes the sunrise and I'm driven to my bed.
I see it is empty and there's devils in my head.
I embrace the many-colored beast.
I grow weary of the torment can there be no peace?
And I find myself just wishing that my life would simply cease.
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Ben Chang | Internet: ben@george.arc.nasa.gov
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How to play 1 - Intro
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.