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D5: XX023X and D2: XX0230, or you can play a regular D major
and it sounds fine. The D5 and D2 reflect the accented notes that
(I think) a second guitar plays. I've tried to explain this at
the bottom. If you don't want to go to all that hassle, just strum
a D chord and occasionally lift your finger off the e-string.
A E D5 D2 x2
A E D5 D2
Sin city Please don't take
A E D5 D2
My lover's heart, for mine will break
A E D5 D2
It's no Pittsburg Please don't go
A E D5 D2
O--hi--o
A E D5 D2 x2
A E D5 D2
You can take a tug there, oh, take a train
A E D5 D2
Either way, I ain't going
A E D5 D2
It's no Pittsburg Please don't go
A E D5 D2 D
O--hi--o
G D
And I could see her lying in the valley
A
Down below
G D
And I could smell the green of those hills
E
Those Kentucky hills
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/essex_green/sin_city_crd.html ]
A E D5 D2
You can take a tug there, oh, take a train
A E D5 D2
Either way, I ain't going
A E D5 D2
It's no Pittsburg Please don't go
A E D5 D2
O--hi--o
A E D5 D2 repeat
Notes:
Here's how I play the chords with one guitar and sound
reasonably like the recording. Pluck the notes under the
^ symbol, strum down \, strum up /.
A E D5 D2
^ \ / / \ ^ \ / / \ ^ \ / / ^ ^ \ / / \
-0--------0-0--------0----------2-0--------0------|
----2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0-3--3-3-3------3-3-3-3------|
----2-2-2-2----1-1-1-1----2-2-2------2-2-2-2------|
-2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--------|
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^ \ / / \ ^ \ / / \ ^ \ / / \ ^ \ / / \
-0--------0-0--------0---------------0-----0------|
----2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------|
----2-2-2-2----1-1-1-1----2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2------|
-2--2-2-2---2--2-2-2---0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--------|
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This is the riff played at the end
---7---5-7----------|
-(7)-8-----8--------|
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