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Capo is on fret 4 but only frets 5 of the strings and leaves the low E open, so playing all the strings open
with the capo on and without fretting with your fingers it would look like: 044444
The numbers in my chord tabs from this point on will be numbered in relation to the capo (as normal) and as if
the capo is fretting all strings.
My tab is based on the version from the Xoa album, but live and on "The Brightness" album she often plays it
all one fret up (achieving this by putting a capo on the first fret and the "partial" capo on the 5th)
and also plays the beautiful picked bridge section as an intro to the song.
[Chords]
 E9- 030010
 A9/C#- x03010
 Esus- 033010
 E- 032010
 E/Eb- x20010
 C#m- x02210
 A- 133211
 B- 355433
 A9- xx3010
A9* - xx3013
 B5- 3x003x
 Bsus- 3x001x
B* - 3x000x
 Bm- 3x033x
 A13- xx3030
 C9- x02200
[Intro]
(Strummed with fingers)
E9   A9/C#   Esus   E
[Verse 1]
E9Hey, uncle Louie, I wrote you a song
A9/C#I'm glad you got your heart out of pawn
E9I'm glad you got your king out of check
At least, A9/C#that's how things stood when I saw you last
Esus   E
[Verse 2]
E9It was New Orleans before the flood
You had A9/C#just met a girl! You were falling in love!
She E9lived on the levee and knew the blues
And A9/C#played harmonica better than you
Esus   E
[Chorus]
In a A9/C#neighbourhood bar
E9In the middle of summer
A9/C#Shoulder-to-shoulderE9  
Sitting like sister and brA9/C#other
All of the sorrows yE9ou tolE/Ebd each C#mother
ARose like Bsmoke from the EsusroomE  
[Verse 3]
The E9heat and the bourbon was in your head
You were A9/C#talking in tongues! You were back from the dead!
And the E9girl and the city were one and the sameA9/C#  
And last call never came
[Bridge]
(Fingerpicked)
        A9  A9*   A9    B5    C#m  A9*              B5   Bsus  B*
And I can see you swimming out into the street
    A9  A9*    A9    B5      Bm    A9   A13   C#m      C9      A   A9  
I can hear you singing, "When I die, don't cry for me"
(play same chords around again without singing)
[Verse 4]
E9Hey, uncle Louie, the city is spinning
A9/C#She sure is pretty, you sure are grinning
E9She's leading you home from the heat of the bar
To A9/C#lie on the levee and look at the stars
Esus  E
[Chorus]
You can A9/C#hold her handE9  
You can kiss her face
Go A9/C#slow if you canE9  
Cause the world is a very saA9/C#d place
And when she leaE9ves, she'll leave E/Ebno tC#mrace
And the Aworld will Bstill be EsusthereE  
[Verse 5]
E9The sky is colored in purple and yellow
You A9/C#lie on the levee with stones for pillows
And E9you and the girl and the city make love
A9/C#With the harlequin sky up aE9bove

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Out Of Pawn

by Anaïs Mitchell

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

A9/C#

Esus

E/Eb

C#m

Bsus

A13

Capo is on fret 4 but only frets 5 of the strings and leaves the low E open, so playing all the strings open

with the capo on and without fretting with your fingers it would look like: 044444

The numbers in my chord tabs from this point on will be numbered in relation to the capo (as normal) and as if

the capo is fretting all strings.

My tab is based on the version from the Xoa album, but live and on "The Brightness" album she often plays it

all one fret up (achieving this by putting a capo on the first fret and the "partial" capo on the 5th)

and also plays the beautiful picked bridge section as an intro to the song.

[Chords]

- 030010

A9/C#

- x03010

Esus

- 033010

- 032010

E/Eb

- x20010

C#m

- x02210

- 133211

- 355433

- xx3010

* - xx3013

- 3x003x

Bsus

- 3x001x

* - 3x000x

- 3x033x

A13

- xx3030

- x02200

[Intro]

(Strummed with fingers)

E9 A9/C# Esus E

[Verse 1]

Hey, uncle Louie, I wrote you a song

A9/C#

I'm glad you got your heart out of pawn

I'm glad you got your king out of check

A9/C#

At least, that's how things stood when I saw you last

Esus E

[Verse 2]

It was New Orleans before the flood

A9/C#

You had just met a girl! You were falling in love!

She lived on the levee and knew the blues

A9/C#

And played harmonica better than you

Esus E

[Chorus]

A9/C#

In a neighbourhood bar

In the middle of summer

A9/C# E9

Shoulder-to-shoulder

A9/C#

Sitting like sister and brother

E9 E/Eb C#m

All of the sorrows you told each other

A B Esus E

Rose like smoke from the room

[Verse 3]

The heat and the bourbon was in your head

A9/C#

You were talking in tongues! You were back from the dead!

E9 A9/C#

And the girl and the city were one and the same

And last call never came

[Bridge]

(Fingerpicked)

A9 A9 A9 B5 C#m A9 B5 Bsus B

* * *

And I can see you swimming out into the street

A9 A9 A9 B5 Bm A9 A13 C#m C9 A A9

I can hear you singing, "When I die, don't cry for me"

(play same chords around again without singing)

[Verse 4]

Hey, uncle Louie, the city is spinning

A9/C#

She sure is pretty, you sure are grinning

She's leading you home from the heat of the bar

A9/C#

To lie on the levee and look at the stars

Esus E

[Chorus]

A9/C# E9

You can hold her hand

You can kiss her face

A9/C# E9

Go slow if you can

A9/C#

Cause the world is a very sad place

E9 E/Eb C#m

And when she leaves, she'll leave no trace

A B Esus E

And the world will still be there

[Verse 5]

The sky is colored in purple and yellow

A9/C#

You lie on the levee with stones for pillows

And you and the girl and the city make love

A9/C# E9

With the harlequin sky up above

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