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Feel The Strain Of Sorrow Never Ceasing - Beck Chords

Chords: Am, G, Em, A, C/G, F, D, Em7

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Genre: grunge, alternative, indie


There is only one known performance of this song (live on the Morning Becomes

Eclectic radio show on KCRW

on January 6, 1995). It's not on any album, but you can find it on YouTube.

The picking, the number of bars, and the timing are pretty free, as you would

expect from a song (supposedly)

from the 19th century. Also, the words are sometimes hard to hear.

In the recording, the guitar is tuned down half a step.

[Chords]
Am x02210
G 320003
Em 022000
A x02220
C/G 332010
F 133211
D xx0232

Going from Am to G is usually done by walking over F# in the bass.
G 320003 often alternates with G 320033.
Em 022000 often alternates with Em7 022030.

The chords are not strummed but picked. The pattern is something like this

here tabbed for Am:
Am
e|----0-----------0-----------0--- ------0---------0-----------0---|
B|----------1--------------------- 1---------1-----------1---------|
G|-------------------------------- ------------2-----------2-------|
D|----2-------2-------2-------2--- ----2-------2-------2-------2---|
A|0-------0-------0-------0------- 0-------0-------0-------0-------|
E|-------------------------------- --------------------------------|
(feel free to vary),

[Intro]
Am Am Am Am Am G G G G
Em Em Em Am Am Am Am

[Verse 1]
Am Am Am G G
On the old forgotten crossways where the fourteen rivers did meet
Em Em Em A A
The bones of our elders were lying in the street

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