The entire song is in an open ‘D’ (200232) with changing bass notes. After each
bass note, the bottom 3 strings are fingerpicked 3-2-1-2-3 holding the open ‘D’.
The free pinky finger hits the bottom ‘E’ string 5th fret every once in a while
for a single high note (like right before he sings: “I think that’s why your
mommy left us”).
Verse: bass notes
1)—————–
2)—————–
3)—————–
4)—–0–2–0—–
5)—————–
6)–2————–
T
*Thumb curls nick to hold 6th string on 2nd fret.
*Index bars strings 3 and 4 for the 3rd note on the 2nd fret (toggle back and
forth as needed to maintain the open ‘D’).
Pre-Chorus: bass notes
1)———————————————————
2)———————————————————
3)———————————————————
4)—–4–0–4—-2–2—-|—-4–0–4—–2–2—–2–2—
5)4-2———–0——-2-|-2———–0——–2———
6)————————|——————————–
*Beginning transition is little finger 4th fret to index finger 2nd fret on 5th
string.
* Then immediately put little finger on 4th fret of 4th string, let off, then
hold again.
*Index finger bars across strings 5,4,3 as needed to maintain the open ‘D’ as you
change the bass notes.
Chorus: bass notes
1)——————————-
2)——————————-
3)——————————-
4)—–2—–0—|—–2—–0—
5)–0————|–0————
6)——–2——|——–2——
T T
*Again, thumb holds the 6th string 2nd fret and index bars strings 3 and 4
(toggles) as needed to hold ‘D’ note.
Bridge: bass notes
1)————————————————————–
2)————————————————————–
3)————————————————————–
4)–2—–2—–0—–2—–0—–2—–0—–4—–0—–0—–
5)—–2—–2—–0—–2—–0—–2—–0—–2—–0——–
6)————————————————————–
*Index finger is barring strings 4 and 5.
End:
Strum the ‘D’ chord stressing the bass notes in the Chorus progression.
It sounds right when I play along with the CD, but I could be wrong about holding
the 3 bottom strings the entire time because it is hard to tell. But this is what
I think is right.
Erik Bowles, Manhattan, KS [email protected]