Talking To Myself
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste:
4th traste
Written by Justin Townes Earle. As arranged / performed by Jeff Davis
link to performance: https://youtu.be/NjvXoNqic4Q?si=xeLgzQfpVsQKiaXm
[Capo 4]
G = 320003
G2 = 32003x
F = x3321x
[Intro]
Dm G C Cadd9 x2
[Verse]
Dm
I'll admit I'm lonely
G
And need someone to hold me
C Cadd9 (riff 1)
Just to sleep at night
Dm
But I'd rather be alone
G
Rather wake up on my own
C (riff 2)
Come morning time
[Chorus]
Am (riff 3) G G2
The days pass so slowly and it never fades
Am (riff 3) G G2
Evening comes, I'm looking for somebody else
F G C Cadd9 (riff 1)
These are things I say only when I'm talking to myself
[Verse]
Dm G C Cadd9 (riff 1)
Despite my best efforts to try and learn to forgive
Dm G C (riff 2)
I find me haunted by the ghosts of all those that I just can't forget
Dm G C Cadd9 (riff 1)
And I know better than to think that it can be fixed
Dm G C (riff 2)
Best that I can do is just to learn to live with this
[Chorus]
Am (riff 4) G G2
I'm in a lot of pain and I need some help
Am (riff 3) G G2
I don't dare tell nobody else
F G C Cadd9 (riff 1)
These are things I say only when I'm talking to myself
[Solo]
Dm G C Cadd9 x2
[Bridge]
G F C Cadd9 (riff 1)
I rarely go out, and when I go
G F G G2 (riff 5)
I always hope I don't see anyone I know
[Verse]
Dm G C Cadd9 (riff 1)
'Cause the drinks bring no joy to me, I just can't remember when
Dm
All the drugs begin to fail me,
G C (riff 2)
Left me only with a lonely child to fend
[Chorus]
Am (riff 4) G G2
I tried to love and I failed
Am (riff 3) G G2
I've put my heart on a shelf
F G C Cadd9 (riff 1)
These are things I say only when I'm talking to myself
F G C Cadd9 (riff 1)
These are things I say only when I'm talking to myself
(S) = JTE-style percussive slap / strum
[Intro]
Dm G C
(S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)
Cadd9
(S) (S)
E|--------2--2--------2--|-----------3--3--------3--|----------0-----------0--|--0------
B|--------3--------3--3--|--0--------0--------0--0--|--0h1-----1--1--------1--|--------3
G|-----2--2-----------2--|--------0--0-----------0--|-------0--0--------0--0--|---------
D|--0-----0-----0-----0--|-----------0-----------0--|----------2-----------2--|---------
A|-----------------------|-----------2-----------2--|----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3---
E|-----------------------|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-------------------------|---------
--0-----------0--|
--3--1--------1--|
--0--------0--0--|
--2-----------2--|
--3-----3-----3--|
-----------------|
Dm G C
(S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)
Cadd9
(S) (S)
E|----------2--2--------2--|-----------3--3--------3--|----------0-----------0--|--0----
B|--0h3-----3--------3--3--|--0--------0--------0--0--|--0h1-----1--1--------1--|-------
G|-------2--2-----------2--|--------0--0-----------0--|-------0--0--------0--0--|-------
D|----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----------0-----------0--|----------2-----------2--|-------
A|-------------------------|-----------2-----------2--|----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3-
E|-------------------------|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-------------------------|-------
----0-----------0--|
-3--3--1--------1--|
----0--------0--0--|
----2-----------2--|
----3-----3-----3--|
-------------------|
[Verse example]
Dm G C
(S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)
E|----------2-----------2--|-----------3-----------3--|----------0-----------0--|--
B|--0h3-----3--2--------3--|--0--------0--0--------0--|--0h1-----1--1--------1--|--
G|-------2--2--------2--2--|--------0--0--------0--0--|-------0--0--------0--0--|--
D|----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----------0-----------0--|----------2-----------2--|--
A|-------------------------|-----------2-----------2--|----3-----3-----3-----3--|--
E|-------------------------|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-------------------------|--
[Riff 1]
Cadd9
(S) (S)
E|--0--------0-----------0--|--
B|--------3--3--1--------1--|--
G|-----------0--------0--0--|--
D|-----------2-----------2--|--
A|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|--
E|--------------------------|--
[Riff 2]
C
(S) (S)
E|-----------0--0--------0--|--
B|--1--------1--------1--1--|--
G|--------0--0-----------0--|--
D|-----------2-----------2--|--
A|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|--
E|--------------------------|--
[Riff 3]
Am
(S) (S)
E|----------0-----------0--|--
B|--0h1-----1--1--------1--|--
G|-------2--2--------2--2--|--
D|----------2-----------2--|--
A|----0-----0-----0-----0--|--
E|-------------------------|--
[Riff 4]
Am
(S) (S)
E|-----0--0-----------0--|--
B|-----1--1--1--------1--|--
G|-----2--2--------2--2--|--
D|-----2--2-----------2--|--
A|-----0--0-----0-----0--|--
E|-----------------------|--
[Riff 5]
G G2
(S) (S)
E|-----------3--------------|--
B|--0--------0--3--------3--|--
G|--------0--0--------0--0--|--
D|-----------0-----------0--|--
A|-----------2-----------2--|--
E|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|--
[Solo]
Dm G C
(S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)
Cadd9
(S) (S)
E|----------2--2--------2--|-----------3--3--------3--|----------0-----------0--|--0----
B|--0h3-----3--------3--3--|--0--------0--------0--0--|--0h1-----1--1--------1--|-------
G|-------2--2-----------2--|--------0--0-----------0--|-------0--0--------0--0--|-------
D|----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----------0-----------0--|----------2-----------2--|-------
A|-------------------------|-----------2-----------2--|----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3-
E|-------------------------|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-------------------------|-------
----0-----------0--|
-3--3--1--------1--|
----0--------0--0--|
----2-----------2--|
----3-----3-----3--|
-------------------|
Dm G C
(S) (S) (S) (S) (S) (S)
Cadd9
(S) (S)
E|----------2--2--------2--|-----------3--3--------3--|----------0-----------0--|--0----
B|--0h3-----3--------3--3--|--0--------0--------0--0--|--0h1-----1--1--------1--|-------
G|-------2--2-----------2--|--------0--0-----------0--|-------0--0--------0--0--|-------
D|----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----------0-----------0--|----------2-----------2--|-------
A|-------------------------|-----------2-----------2--|----3-----3-----3-----3--|-----3-
E|-------------------------|-----3-----3-----3-----3--|-------------------------|-------
----0-----------0--|
-3--3--1--------1--|
----0--------0--0--|
----2-----------2--|
----3-----3-----3--|
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