Grant Lee Buffalo
Copperopolis - 1996
CHORDS
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Tune guitar down half a step to play along: Eb Bb Gb Db Ab Eb.
12. COMES TO BLOWS
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1. I'm not 100% sure about Bm7 and Am6 in the Chorus.
2. Piano chords
Bass Chords
Gdim G g - bb - db - e
Bbdim Bb bb - db - e - g
D7/C C a - c - d - f#
Gb/Bb (here) Bb bb - db - gb
G5/F F g - d - g
Abmaj7 Ab ab - c - eb - g
3. Guitar chords
Gdim Bbdim D7/C Gb/Bb G5/F Abmaj7
e[0] e[3] e[2] e[2] e[3] e[4]
b[2] b[2] b[3] b[2] b[3] b[6]
g[3] g[3] g[2] g[3] g[0] g[5]
d[5] d[2] d[0] d[x] d[x] d[5]
a[x] a[x] a[3] a[x] a[x] a[x]
e[x] e[x] e[x] e[x] e[1] e[x]
4. All chords in the Ending are played running the fingers
over the strings.
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Verse 1:
G Gdim Bbdim
Whittled me down 'til I was kindling for the fire
G Gdim Bbdim
'Cause I might've found out for myself in a while
Chorus 1:
G
Round and round it goes
Gdim
Soon it comes to blows
G
School house crushed the kid
Gdim D D7/C Bm7 Am6
Snuff his will to flower
Em Eb
But now that the answer has
G Gdim C7 (Gdim)
Been offered oh so eloquently
Verse 1:
G Gdim Bbdim
Pummeled you hard 'til you began to settle in
G Gdim Bbdim
By the end of the day even they took you as one of them
Chorus 2:
G
Round and round it goes
Gdim
Soon it comes to blows
G
You know in the streets below the
Gdim D D7/C Bm7 Am6
High rise is the ghetto
Em Eb
Now that the answer has
G Gdim C7 (Gdim)
Been offered oh so eloquently
Verse 3:
G Gdim Bbdim
Speaker of the house I'll never be as powerful as you
G Gdim Bbdim
As I've only known the humble work that which these hands can do
Chorus 3:
G
Soon it comes to blows
Gdim
In this moment fragile
G
Unearthing Wade and Roe while in
Gdim
The inner city it's a battle
G
Creation Myth and gun control
Gdim
Are all up for grabs and on the mantel
G
It hits a little too close to home for most
Gdim D D7/C Bm7 Am6
I can't turn it around but I can turn the channel
Em Eb
Now that the answer has
G Gdim C7 Bbdim Gb/Bb Gdim
Been offered oh so eloquently
Ending:
G G5/F C7 Abmaj7
Oh
G G5/F C7 Abmaj7
Oh
G G5/F C7 Abmaj7
Oh think I'll just drift away slowly
G G5/F C7 Abmaj7
Oh think I'll just drift away slowly
G G5/F C7 Abmaj7
Oh think I'll just drift away slowly
G G5/F C7 Abmaj7
Oh think I'll just drift away slowly
G G5/F C7 Abmaj7
Oh think I'll just drift away slowly
G G5/F C7 Abmaj7
Think I'll just drift away slowly
G G5/F C7 Abmaj7
Think I'll just drift away slowly
G G5/F C7 Abmaj7
G G5/F C7 Abmaj7
G G5/F C7 Abmaj7 x15
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