This tab is fairly straightforward, corrections welcome if you have any.
Chord shapes for the song:
G D Em7 Cadd9 Bm
e|--3------3------3------3------2--|
B|--0------3------3------3------3--|
G|--0------2------0------0------4--|
D|--0------X------2------2------4--|
A|--2------0------2------3------2--|
E|--3------0------0------X------2--|
When playing the Cadd9 chord, hammer-on the D string a few times while strumming
before you go back to G if you want to embellish a bit and make it sound more like the recording.
Codeine by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit (Standard Tuning)
VERSE
G D Em7 Cadd9
If there's one thing I can't stand
G D Em7 Cadd9
it's this bar and this cover band
G D Em7 Cadd9
trying to fake their way through 'Castles Made of Sand.'
G D Em7 Cadd9
That's one thing I can't stand.
G D Em7 Cadd9
If there's one thing I can't take
G D Em7 Cadd9
it's the sound that a woman makes
G D Em7 Cadd9
about five seconds after her heart begins to break.
G D Em7 Cadd9
That's one thing I can't take.
BRIDGE
Bm Cadd9
She should be home by now but she ain't.
Bm Cadd9
I should've gone by now but I cain't.
CHORUS
G D Em7 Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
G D Em7 Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
VERSE
G D Em7 Cadd9
Them eyes was big as stars
G D Em7 Cadd9
when I saw you behind the bar.
G D Em7 Cadd9
I guess that's the way to keep on smilin' where you are.
G D Em7 Cadd9
But girl them eyes was big as stars.
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G D Em7 Cadd9
It sounds funny when you say my name.
G D Em7 Cadd9
It's like you're chewing on a foreign thing
G D Em7 Cadd9
and you won't get to sleep 'till dawn if it don't rain.
G D Em7 Cadd9
It sounds so funny when you say my name.
BRIDGE
Bm Cadd9
You oughta come home tonight but you won't.
Bm Cadd9
I wish we knew how to fight but we don't.
CHORUS 2
G D Em7 Cadd9
One of your friends has taken you in and given you Codeine.
G D Em7 Cadd9
One of your friends has taken you in and given you Codeine.
VERSE
G D Em7 Cadd9
Darlin' I'm not one to judge
G D Em7 Cadd9
but if I was then I'd say you don't look so good.
G D Em7 Cadd9
Got no answers of my own
G D Em7 Cadd9
but with you gone, this place looks bigger than it should.
G D Em7 Cadd9
If there's two things that I hate
G D Em7 Cadd9
it's having to cook and trying to date.
G D Em7 Cadd9
Busting ass all day to play 'hurry up and wait.'
G D Em7 Cadd9
That's a few things that I hate.
BRIDGE
Bm Cadd9
If I call when I ain't drunk
Bm Cadd9
This old boat'll still be sunk
CHORUS 3
G D Em7 Cadd9
'cause one of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
G D Em7 Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
G D Em7 Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
G D Em7 Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
