Tuning: open D6 DADF#Bd
Capo: 3rd Fret
Chords relative to capo.
All of the chords are finger picked
Verse: This is the order the chords are played in for the verse. I wrote the
lyrics with the number of the chord above where it is played.
DADF#Bd
1) 00232x
2) 2222xx
3) 00232x
4) 04232x
5) 05000x
6) 04222x
7) 02000x
8) 2222xx
9) 000000
10) 2222xx -> 2422xx -> 2522xx hammer on 4th and 5th fret using same picking pattern
1 2 3
So now I am older,
4 5
Than my mother and father,
6 7
When they had their daughter,
8 9 10
Now what does that say about me.
1 2 3
Oh how could I dream of,
4 5
Such a selfless and true love,
6 7
Could I wash my hands of?
8 9 10
Just looking out for me
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fleet_foxes/montezuma_crd_ver_3.html ]
Chorus:
D |---------------------| finger pick the open strings along
B |---------------------| with this bass line
F# |----------------2-2-2| then play the 10th chord from the verse on "me"
D |----------------2-2-2|
A |5-4-2-----4-2-0-2-4-5|
D |------4-2-------2-2-2|
Oh man what I used to be
Oh man oh my oh me (x2)
The rest of the verses and choruses follow the same pattern.
In dearth or in excess
Both the slave and the empress,
Will return to the dirt I guess,
Naked as when they came.
I wonder if I'll see,
Any faces above me,
Or just cracks in the ceiling,
Nobody else to blame.
Oh man what I used to be,
Oh man oh my oh me (x2)
Gold teeth and gold jewelry
Every piece of your dowry
Throw them into the tomb with me
Bury them with my name.
Unless I have someday,
Ran my wandering
In my underway
Oh man what I used to be
Montezuma to tripoli
Oh man oh my oh me
