The Wooden Sky - Oslo
Capo III
Chords:
G C D Em Cmaj7
e|--------- e|--------- e|-2----2-- e|--------- e|---------
B|-0----0-- B|-1----1-- B|----3--3- B|-0----0-- B|-0----0--
G|----0--0- G|----0--0- G|---2----- G|----0--0- G|----0--0-
D|---0----- D|---2----- D|-0---0--- D|---2----- D|---2-----
A|--------- A|-3---3--- A|--------- A|--------- A|-3---3---
E|-3---3--- E|--------- E|--------- E|-0---0--- E|---------
I don't think these are the exact picking patterns, but they gets to job done I suppose.
Gavin also occasionally adds an 0h2 hammer-on on the A string for G chords and on
the D string for C chords.
Verse 1:
G C G
Well, I woke up this morning with dead leaves inside my bed.
G D
You said "You're better off just where you are than to be stuck in my head.
G C G
You've got to leave it all behind you and give yourself up to chance."
Em D G
So I gave myself to chance.
Verse 2:
G C G
And I packed a little suitcase, brushed my teeth and washed my hands.
G D
I've been bluffing here for years and now I think it's time I showed my hand.
G C Cmaj7
I'm going to move to New York City and set the sky on fire.
Em D G
Oh, don't the night look so alive with it's desire
Chorus 1:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_wooden_sky/oslo_crd.html ]
C G
To cross the River Jordan?
D G
But it just don't feel the same.
C G
When I came home Friday morning
Em D C G
With no one but myself to blame.
Em D G
Verse 3:
G C G
See I have trouble with numbers and paying the ones I owe.
G D
And I put what I had left in the pocket of my coat.
G C G
I went out to find a liquor store and make a home there in the snow,
Em D G
Give myself a little shelter from the cold.
Chorus 2:
C G
See, I was bound here by my choices.
D G
Oh my god how I felt so ashamed.
C G
Still I hoped that you might join us
Em D G
And take this little light of ours out on parade
Melodica Section (played twice):
Em D G C
Em D G G
Verse 4:
G C G
I used to look at others and try to find a way to grow.
G D
And now I just look around and I'm going to reap the seeds I've sown.
G C Cmaj7
And I try to picture myself in Oslo but lord help me if I go.
Em D G
I've been running around and I believe it's starting to show.
Chorus 3:
C G
And so I'll cross the River Jordan
D G
And if it just don't feel the same.
C G
And I'm not home Friday morning
Em D C G
I'll have no one but myself to blame.
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Feel free to check out my cover of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7whLrg2_Po
Thanks. Enjoy.
