First things first - the tuning.
From low to high it is : CGDFGC
In 'Joni' notation this is : C 7 7 3 2 5
which means start with a C on the bottom string, tune the
5th string to match the 7th fret of the bottom (6th) string, then
tune the 4th string to match th 7th fret on the 5th string, and
so on up the strings at frets 3,2 and 5
I'll just give you the chord shapes - the picking pattern is fairly
similar throughout - start by picking out the bottom 3 strings
(working from top to bottom) then hit one or two of the top
strings. A bit vague I know, but you'll have to listen to the
song to catch all the subtlelties.
To give you a better idea, here is the intro bit in TAB :
C---------------------------------------0----------
G---------------------------------------0----------
F---------0------------0------------0---------0----
D-------2----2-------2----2-------2---2-----2------
G-----2------------2------------2------------------
C--2------------2------------2---------------------
C-------------------------------------------0--------
G-------------------------------------------0--------
F----------0-------------0------------0----------0---
D-------3----3--------3----3-------3-----3-----3-----
G-----3-------------3------------3-------------------
C--3-------------3------------3----------------------
You should get the feel of the picking from this.
By the way - don't be put off by the weird looking chord names.
The names are tricky, but the shapes are easy !
Intro
Dm11 Eb6/ Dm11 Eb6/
Verse :
C6/
I'm travelling on some vehicle
Fsus2add4 FSitting in some cafe
A defector from the petty wars
F Cthat shell shock love away
C6/There's comfort in melancholy
When there's no need to explain
Fsus2add4 FIt's just as natural as the weather
Cin this moody sky today
In our possessive coupling
CSo much could not be expressed
Fdd9So now I am returning to myself
These things that you and I supressed
Gadd9add4 Fdd9I see something of myself in everyone
CJust at this moment of the world
As snow gathers like bolts of lace
Fdd9Waltzing on a ballroom girl
Then back to the intro chords, and another verse...
Shapes :
CGDFGC CGDFGC CGDFGC 555400 777600 777000
Fdd9 Gadd9add4 G9add4
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