Death Song - Robbie Basho Chords
Chords: C#, G#, E, A, F#, B
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Genre: folk, blues, experimental
(credit to Glasgow's finest Fergus Clark for uploading this version)
(thanks friend)
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My advice is to ignore the suggested chords that UG puts
as it probably won't help for this song.
Tuning: C# G# C# G# C# E
I don't know if this is exactly the right tuning it just sounds close to me.
Also, these are just the chords I hear.
Basho does some fingerstyle playing which you can listen for
if you want to imitate the recording. Please consult your doctor
before trying any sort of American primitivism.
When making these chords you can fret the lowest three strings
and leave the highest three strings open, like this
E |-----0---------0----0----0----0-0-----0----|
C#|-----0---------0----0----0----0-0-----0----|
G#|-----0---------0----0----0----0-0-----0----|
C#|-----0--------12----8----3----5-8----12----|
G#|-----0--------12----8----3----5-8----12----|
C#|-----0--------12----8----3----5-8----12----|
C# C# A E F# A C#
These are most of the chords you will need for the song. At
one point there is a B (which is 10th fret) in this tuning.
You get the idea. It's a bit like playing DADGAD tuning except not really.
The way that Basho sings "the" sounds like "a" in some of the lines hence
the lyric is sometimes transcribed "a heart is happy" although I don't think
that is correct.
Towards the end the lyrics are not really as transcribed but more like
pained screaming with parts of words recognisable and others not.
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