493 Ruth
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
D A G (x4)
D G (x3)
D A G
[Verse]
D G
I brought a guitar
D F#m G
I brought a handful of credit cards
D F#m G Em
I filled a van and a trailer up to the top with shit
D A G
That I'll probably never use
D G
I took 95
D F#m G
And then I transferred to the I-85
D F#m G Em
Took it to 441 South to North Ave to Ruth
D A G
Then I drove through my backyard
[Chorus]
D G Bm G
Yeah, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
D G Bm G
I could never understand why people can't begin again
[Verse]
D G
It wouldn't stop raining (we didn't have our key)
D F#m G
'Till we met Helen and JJ (at about 1 AM)
D F#m G Em
They said from LA to London there is no other place
D A G
I would rather live than here
D G
We had to unpack things
D F#m G
Just to get to the mattress and box spring
D F#m G Em
Flopped it down in the center of our shiny new home
D F#m G G#dim
A blue house with no cable and with no telephone
Em A
Just a bottle of champagne and we popped the cork
[Chorus]
D G Bm G
Yeah, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
D G Bm Em
I could never understand how people hate the Minutemen
D F#m G A#dim Bm F#m G Em
How people can't appreciate it takes time to make something great
D F#m G A#dim Bm F#m G Em
Yeah, I know I'm repeating myself here, yeah, I know I'm repeating myself again
[Bridge]
D
Shake the shakes away
Bm
Shake the shakes away
D
Shake the shakes away
Bm
Shake the shakes away
G D F# Bm A
If you're going uphill at a very rapid speed, soon there's nowhere to go but down
G A
So take the time to rise back up and up and up and up and up
[Chorus]
D N.C.
Yeah, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
D G Bm Em
I could never understand why people can't begin again
D G Bm G
Why people can't appreciate it's okay to do something great
D G D A G
Yeah, I know I'm repeating myself again and again and again
How to play 493 Ruth
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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.