St Gabriel
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
From the album "Blue House" (1994)
Youtube link. https://youtu.be/NPDSxyIi60g
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1YIMR6yBK2lZukfdCc9Ww1?si=63d30f46a4e5485f
[Intro]
| Cm | Cm | G7 | G7 |
| Fm | Fm | G7 | G7 |
| Cm | Fm | Cm | G7 |
[Verse 1]
Cm
All the sad songs about leaving
G7
Not about coming home
Fm
I've been down in St. Gabriel
G7
Nowhere to go, oh
Cm
The sun sets in St. Gabriel
G7
Fiery red
Fm
And the fields all around
G7
Are brown and dead
Cm Fm
In St. Gabriel
Cm G7
St. Gabriel
[Verse 2]
Cm
They said I killed a man
G7
That threatened my life
Fm
But I went to prison
G7
Because I was his wife
Cm
And I had stood it
G7
As long as I could
Fm
Oh, I went down, I went down to St. Gabriel
G7
What I had to do
Cm Fm
Oh, St. Gabriel
Cm G7
St. Gabriel
[Solo]
| Cm | Cm | G7 | G7 |
| Fm | Fm | G7 | G7 |
| Cm | Cm | G7 | G7 |
| Fm | Fm | G7 | G7 |
| Cm | Fm | Cm | G7 |
[Verse 3]
Cm
It's a hopeless life
G7
And it's a crying shame
Fm
It was me or him
G7
And I took the blame, yeah
Cm
You can feel the rythmn
G7
Through the walls
Fm
It shakes the leevee
G7
It shakes us all
Cm Fm
In St. Gabriel
Cm G7
St. Gabriel
[Verse 4]
Cm
Now they say I'm right
G7
And I'm free to go
Fm
So I'm standing out here
G7
By the side of the road
Cm
All the sad songs about leaving
G7
Not about coming home
Fm
Oh, I've been down, I've been down in St. Gabriel
G7
With nowhere, nowhere to go
Cm Fm
In St. Gabriel
Cm Fm
St. Gabriel
Cm G7
St. Gabriel
[Outro]
| Cm |
How to play St Gabriel
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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