A very minor-key sad blues ballad!! From the 2011 album You Canīt Teach An Old Dog New Tricks.
Although it opens on Dm, it closes on the chord of Dm/C, so it just hangs there
unresolved, adding to the melancholy.
Notes
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Verse
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on the Dm / Dm C sections. Roll on and off the open top E string to F on the first fret.
Like so....
E ---1--p0-h1----1--p0-h1--|
B ---3---3-------3---3-----|
G ---2---2-------2---2-----|
D -0-----------------------|
A --------------3----------|
E -------------------------|
Refrain
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Little chromatic run on the E string, A to Ab to G, then G to G# to the Am chord (all
marked down below)
OK here we go!
Intro
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Dm Dm/C x4
Verse 1
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Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
When I walk down your street
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
Through your barred windows you look at me
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
And you wonder have I come to ask
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
For one of your precious things that do not last
Refrain 1
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/F /F# G
All your treasures
/G# Am /C
All your treasures
Dm Dm/C x 2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/seasick_steve/treasures_crd.html ]
Verse 2
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Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
You think you know me but you don't know
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
That there's more to this picture than that shows
Dm Dm/C Dm C
And you fear that I come to steal
Dm Dm/C Dm C
Your sec-urity that ain't real
Refrain 2
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/F /F# G
All your treasures
/G# Am /C
All your treasures
Break
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Dm Dm/C x 6
G /G# Am /C
Dm Dm/C x 2
Verse 3
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Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
I will leave now you won't cry
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
With relief now you'll just sigh
Dm Dm/C Dm Dm/C
You'll re-member come one day
Dm Dm/C
And you'll walk out your door
Dm Dm/C
Cos you can't stay
Refrain 3
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/F /F# G
While all your treasures
/G# Am /C
All your treasures slip away
Refrain 4
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/F /F# G
All your treasures
/G# Am /C
All your treasures
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2011
watfordkev@gmail.com
