Counterfeiters Blues
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
COUNTERFEITER'S BLUES
As recorded by Corb Lund
(From the 2014 Album COUNTERFEIT BLUES)
Corb Lund plays this in Open G tuning.
Here it is arranged for Standard tuning.
[Intro]
G N.C.
Three, four..
G C G
[Verse 1]
G
He said "Drink deeply of the wine, my friend, breathe fully in the smoke"
G
"Eat the fish that he conjured, this is the bread that Jesus broke"
C
This is grape juice and cheap vodka, man, this isn't even wine
G
I'm smokin' shredded cardboard, eating sawdust baked with lime
D
This is not the truth you tell me, but some terrible, evil joke
C N.C. G C
It sounds to me like the counterfeit blues have got you by the throat
[Verse 2]
G
There seem to be an awful lot of charlatans round here
G
Hustlers, cheats and anglers, fixers, sharps and mutineers
C
The factory and subterfuge and corporato cheat
G
Conspire to fast reduce us to the stamping of our feet
D
The lords of mass producto mass product at quite a pace
C N.C. G
It won't be long them counterfeit blues'll run the whole damn place
[Interlude]
G C G C G
[Guitar Solo]
G C G D
N.C.
[Verse 3]
G
These notes that you've been paying with are a little bit too green
G
The printing's off, the ink has got a polyester sheen
C
Well, your bill has grown too large and now you'll have to work it off
G
And your snout will have to make its way from the far end of the trough
D
You got suckered in tryin' to make your make your money overnight
D N.C. G C G C
It looks to me like the counterfeit blues'll be doggin' you all of your life
[Verse 4]
G
The worn out western hat I got no longer smells like horse
G
I can't afford to keep one around now that rooster's gone, of course
C
I guess I've left it all behind me now except for when I write
G
And sing ancestral praises of the ones who knew that life
D
Well, years of RocknRolla have extracted quite a fee
C N.C.
Maybe them old counterfeit blues have been creepin' up on me
[Outro]
G C G C G
How to play Counterfeiters Blues
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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.