Post by thedroid on Feb 13, 2017 18:02:24 GMT -5
Hold My Life
Open A tuning: E A E A C# E
Chords written from the low E on the left to the high e on the right, periods between strings, x means don’t play that string.
Dsus2
x.5.5.0.3.0
D
x.5.5.5.x.x
Asus2
x.0.0.2.3.0
A
x.0.0.0.3.0
or
5.x.0.0.3.0
Bsus
x.2.2.2.3.x
or
x.2.2.2.x.0
E
0.2.0.2.3.0
(There's a sour, strangled sound to the E played on the record. Live I can see he plays this, but the record may be something like 0.2.4.0.5.0)
G
3.5.3.5.(3.3)
C#(?)
x.4.4.0.3.x
DaddE
x.5.0.0.3.0
D – Asus2
[Well, well, well, I . . .]
Dsus2 — Asus2
[Found it . . .]
D – A
Etc.
Play around with the A, Asus2, D and Dsus2 chords. He inserts variations there.
Some licks he plays over the vanilla A
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[Time for decisions . . .]
Bsus – A
Bsus – A
Bsus – E
[Razzle, dazzle . . .]
G – A
G – A
[Hold my life . . .]
Dsus2 – C#(?) — G — A
Dsus2 – C#(?) — G — A
Dsus2 - C#(?) - G
Sometimes he plays the A in the chorus like this: 5.x.0.0.3.5 and then moves it up two frets 7.x.0.0.5.7 and slides it back down.
[Because I just might lose it . . .]
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—4————————–––4——–4—————
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—4————————–––4–––––4––2––––––––
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At the end of the above, hit a big Dsus2 – A
[Just might, just might . . .]
Dsus2 — A — Dsus2 — A — Dsus2 — A
B — A
When he plays the B above, he drags it up and down from x.2.2.2.x.x to x.4.4.4.x.x
[Hold my, hold my . . . .]
Dsus2 – DaddE – Dsus2 – DaddE – etc.
Open A tuning: E A E A C# E
Chords written from the low E on the left to the high e on the right, periods between strings, x means don’t play that string.
Dsus2
x.5.5.0.3.0
D
x.5.5.5.x.x
Asus2
x.0.0.2.3.0
A
x.0.0.0.3.0
or
5.x.0.0.3.0
Bsus
x.2.2.2.3.x
or
x.2.2.2.x.0
E
0.2.0.2.3.0
(There's a sour, strangled sound to the E played on the record. Live I can see he plays this, but the record may be something like 0.2.4.0.5.0)
G
3.5.3.5.(3.3)
C#(?)
x.4.4.0.3.x
DaddE
x.5.0.0.3.0
D – Asus2
[Well, well, well, I . . .]
Dsus2 — Asus2
[Found it . . .]
D – A
Etc.
Play around with the A, Asus2, D and Dsus2 chords. He inserts variations there.
Some licks he plays over the vanilla A
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
–––––––––––––0––––––––––––––––––––––––––
––0––2–––0––––––––––––––––2–––0––––––––––––––––––
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––4––––0–––
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
[Time for decisions . . .]
Bsus – A
Bsus – A
Bsus – E
[Razzle, dazzle . . .]
G – A
G – A
[Hold my life . . .]
Dsus2 – C#(?) — G — A
Dsus2 – C#(?) — G — A
Dsus2 - C#(?) - G
Sometimes he plays the A in the chorus like this: 5.x.0.0.3.5 and then moves it up two frets 7.x.0.0.5.7 and slides it back down.
[Because I just might lose it . . .]
—————————————————
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——————————————————
——0—2—3—2—0————0——––0
—4————————–––4——–4—————
——————————————————
—————————————––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––——
—————————————––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
———————————————–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
——–0—2—3—2—0———––0––––––––––——–––––––––
—4————————–––4–––––4––2––––––––
———————————————–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
At the end of the above, hit a big Dsus2 – A
[Just might, just might . . .]
Dsus2 — A — Dsus2 — A — Dsus2 — A
B — A
When he plays the B above, he drags it up and down from x.2.2.2.x.x to x.4.4.4.x.x
[Hold my, hold my . . . .]
Dsus2 – DaddE – Dsus2 – DaddE – etc.