The Arrangements
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: BbCapotraste:
3rd traste
As recorded by Willi Carlisle
(From the 2024 Album CRITTERLAND)
Capo 3rd fret
[Intro]
G D Am G D G
[Verse 1]
G D
He was dead inside my head long before he died
C G
So making the arrangements felt natural, felt nice
D
No medicine for saving him from cigs and booze and salt
Am Cadd9 G D
It was pretty nice to say, I thought his sadness was my fault
[Chorus 1]
D G
So let's pour one out for the bastard
Em
It's still sad when bad men die
Cadd9 G
You can pour your drink out in the sink
D D7
Go on and live your life
G
I hear drunk footfalls through bedroom walls
Cadd9
Find comfort in the sound
G
That I'm my own father now
[Verse 2]
G D
Drooling and foolish the first time that you saw me
Cadd9 G
Said your eyes were like a Jersey cow, your tongue's so clean and country
D
In years of drunk disasters you never felt the same
Am7
You think I want these feelings
G D
Chose my face or chose my name?
[Chorus 2]
D G
So don't ask about blame or forgiveness
D Em
It's still sad when bad love dies
Cadd9 G
Oh, I'm full of shit and you're over it
D
Take the last word in my pride
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
I'm my father's spitting image and I spit upon the mirror
G D G
I see the old man's still here
[Verse 3]
G
I know that I will go soon
D
My heart's also not that strong
Am G
It was written in the stars about a thousand light-years long
D
But I feel the scrawl start to dissolve in a cemetery rain
Cadd9 G D
And I know about a million men who'd feel about the same
[Chorus 3]
D G
So let's pour one out for the bastard
D Em
Even bastards need their friends
Cadd9 G
You can pour your drink out in the sink
D
You got the last laugh in the end
G Cadd9
The arrangements are in order
G Cadd9
I can buy the bar round
G D G
´Cause I'm my own father now
[Outro]
D G
So don't ask about blame or forgiveness
Em
I'm not one for choosing sides
G
He was full of shit and I'm over it
D
I'm glad that I'm alive
G Cadd9
But the earth does not crack open
G Cadd9
No one opens up the clouds
G
It's all right
G
I'm my own father now
Cadd9 G
I'm my own father now
How to play The Arrangements
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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.