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Save Your Day
Chords and Lyrics
Song By: Jose Gonzalez
Credit to: Arto Schürch for Original Chords
By: A. Parker
Album recording is not capo'd.
Tuning Note: 
Detune E to match open low Ds. 
Fret high e at 2 and detune G to match open F#.
Don't bother with stuff in brackets until you're ready to.  
Chords aren't named conventionally. Each one references the string and fret of the 
root. Pay attention to the chord guide.
A5-4-5-0- is the hammer on sequence that leads to the second half of the progression. 
Chords                    
    D0        D4      D2      A4      A5              D5  
e |-(0)-|--0--|--0--|-(0)-|--0--|--0--|       
B |--3--|--3--|--3--|-(3)-|-(3)-|-(3)-|       
F#|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--0--|       
D |--0--|--4--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--5--|       
A |--0--|-----|-----|--4--|--5--|--5--|       
D |--0--|-----|-----|-----|-----|--5--|       
---Intro
[D0      D4    D2    A4|    A5    A5  A5-4-5-0-|      
|                D5|                 D5]
---Verse1
D0                                   D4        D2  A4  
    Poke the body with a stick roll it down
          A4               A5(A5-A5-4-5-0-)        D5  
Ignore the moaning as it tumbles to the ground
Be D5brave and save your dayD5  
---Verse2
D0                                        D4     D2  A4  
 These days're cold. Numbers rule I've been told
             A4          A5(A5-A5-4-5-0-)        D5  
The pattern is clear better fit in the mould
Be D5brave and save your dayD5  
---Intstrumental
|D0      D4    D2    A4|    A5    A5  A5-4-5-0-|      
|                D5|                 D5|
-Verse3
D0                                     D4       D2  A4  
  To cough up sympathy isn't hard but it costs
                     A4          A5( A5  A5-4-5-0-)            D5  
Hold tight to your lifesavings You have to do what you must
To D5save your dayD5  
D0                                 D4       D2  A4  
   So poke the body and roll it     down
              A4       A5( A5  A5-4-5-0-)     D5  
The grave looks cold but we're still young 
D5We're still young 
Outro
      D7       A4      D5D0
|--0--|-----|-----|--0--|
|--5--|--0--|--3--|--3--|
|--0--|--3--|--0--|--3--|
|--7--|--0--|--5--|--0--|
|--7--|--4--|--5--|--0--|
|--7--|-----|--5--|--0--|

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Save Your Day

by José González

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Save Your Day

Chords and Lyrics

Song By: Jose Gonzalez

Credit to: Arto Schürch for Original Chords

By: A. Parker

Album recording is not capo'd.

Tuning Note:

Detune E to match open low Ds.

Fret high e at 2 and detune G to match open F#.

Don't bother with stuff in brackets until you're ready to.

Chords aren't named conventionally. Each one references the string and fret of the

root. Pay attention to the chord guide.

A5-4-5-0- is the hammer on sequence that leads to the second half of the progression.

Chords

D4 D2 A4 A5 D5

e |-(0)-|--0--|--0--|-(0)-|--0--|--0--|

B |--3--|--3--|--3--|-(3)-|-(3)-|-(3)-|

F#|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--3--|--0--|

D |--0--|--4--|--2--|--0--|--0--|--5--|

A |--0--|-----|-----|--4--|--5--|--5--|

D |--0--|-----|-----|-----|-----|--5--|

---Intro

D4 D2 A4 A5 A5 A5

[D0 | -4-5-0-|

D5 D5

| | ]

---Verse1

D4 D2 A4

Poke the body with a stick roll it down

A4 A5 A5 A5 D5

(--4-5-0-)

Ignore the moaning as it tumbles to the ground

D5 D5

Be brave and save your day

---Verse2

D4 D2 A4

These days're cold. Numbers rule I've been told

A4 A5 A5 A5 D5

(--4-5-0-)

The pattern is clear better fit in the mould

D5 D5

Be brave and save your day

---Intstrumental

D4 D2 A4 A5 A5 A5

|D0 | -4-5-0-|

D5 D5

| | |

-Verse3

D4 D2 A4

To cough up sympathy isn't hard but it costs

A4 A5 A5 A5 D5

( -4-5-0-)

Hold tight to your lifesavings You have to do what you must

D5 D5

To save your day

D4 D2 A4

So poke the body and roll it down

A4 A5 A5 A5 D5

( -4-5-0-)

The grave looks cold but we're still young

We're still young

Outro

D7 A4 D5

|--0--|-----|-----|--0--|

|--5--|--0--|--3--|--3--|

|--0--|--3--|--0--|--3--|

|--7--|--0--|--5--|--0--|

|--7--|--4--|--5--|--0--|

|--7--|-----|--5--|--0--|

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