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Graveyard Shift

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Here's the riff; it's done with a D shape, going to sus4 then removing
your first finger to make G; then lots of hammer-ons.
  *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *       *
e --------------2------2-h3-3-------------3-------------------------|
B --------3-------3----3----3---3---------3-------------------------|
G --------------------------------0-------0-------------------------|
D 0---------------------------------------------------0h2-0-------0-|
A ------------------------------------------------0h2------h2-0h2---|
E --------------------------------------------0h3-------------------|
DHometown, same town Gblues
DSame old walls closing Gin
DOh what a life a mess can Gbe
DI'm sitting here thinking of you once again
Won't you Gtalk to me
D D G C D D G C
Well, Dtime won't wait, better open the gate
DGet up and start what needs to be done
D D G C
DIt's winding down, there's much you missed
DWorking on that graveyard shift
D D G C D D G C
AWell, I'm not Gsaying there's nothing Awrong as the Gday comes along
AIf what I Gsee is Atrue I could Glearn to beDlieve
G/DCan't look awDay
G/DThe powers that Dbe might takG/De it all Daway
ToAgether we burn, toGgether we burn awDay
Some say a land of paradise
Some say a land of pain
Well, which side are you looking from
Some people have it all
Some ?all to gain?
Well a man in a tie'll bum your dime
'Fore he breaks his twenty dollar bill
There's plenty of reasons in this world
We're no longer standing still
But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along
If what I see is true I could learn to believe
Can't look away
The powers that be might take it all away
Together we burn, together we burn away
 D   Dsus4   D   Dsus4   D   Dsus4Dbend 
C G C G
 D   Dsus4   D   Dsus4   D   Dsus4Dbend 
C G C G
A#
There's too much time spent looking for a reason
It's the simple ones that ?beat? the most truth
Oh, what a life a mess can be
I'm sitting here thinking of you once again
Give a thought to me
Well, time won't wait, better open the gate
Get up and start what needs to be done
It's running down, there's much you missed
Working on that graveyard shift
But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along
If what I see is true I could learn to believe
Can't look away
The powers that be might take it all away
Together we burn, together we burn away
 D   Dsus4   D   Dsus4   D   Dsus4Dbend 
C G C G
 D   Dsus4   D   Dsus4   D   Dsus4Dbend 
C G C G
A#
D D G C
D
For the D G/D bit the following sounds best to me
*       *       *       *       *
D--------D------D5-D----G---------------|
7-------7-----7-7---8-------7---7--|
7-------7-----7-7---7-------7---7--|
7-------7-----7-7---5-------7---7--|
5-------5-----5-5---5-------5---5--|
x-------x-----x-x---x-------x---x--|
For the D Dsus4 D Dbend bit play open chords and just pick the first bit,
then bend the top 3 strings (ie the fretted ones) up.

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Graveyard Shift

by Uncle Tupelo

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G/D

Dsus4

Here's the riff; it's done with a D shape, going to sus4 then removing

your first finger to make G; then lots of hammer-ons.

* * * * * * * * *

e --------------2------2-h3-3-------------3-------------------------|

B --------3-------3----3----3---3---------3-------------------------|

G --------------------------------0-------0-------------------------|

D 0---------------------------------------------------0h2-0-------0-|

A ------------------------------------------------0h2------h2-0h2---|

E --------------------------------------------0h3-------------------|

D G

Hometown, same town blues

D G

Same old walls closing in

D G

Oh what a life a mess can be

I'm sitting here thinking of you once again

Won't you talk to me

D D G C D D G C

Well, time won't wait, better open the gate

Get up and start what needs to be done

D D G C

It's winding down, there's much you missed

Working on that graveyard shift

D D G C D D G C

A G A G

Well, I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along

A G A G D

If what I see is true I could learn to believe

G/D D

Can't look away

G/D D G/D D

The powers that be might take it all away

A G D

Together we burn, together we burn away

Some say a land of paradise

Some say a land of pain

Well, which side are you looking from

Some people have it all

Some ?all to gain?

Well a man in a tie'll bum your dime

'Fore he breaks his twenty dollar bill

There's plenty of reasons in this world

We're no longer standing still

But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along

If what I see is true I could learn to believe

Can't look away

The powers that be might take it all away

Together we burn, together we burn away

D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4

Dbend

C G C G

D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4

Dbend

C G C G

There's too much time spent looking for a reason

It's the simple ones that ?beat? the most truth

Oh, what a life a mess can be

I'm sitting here thinking of you once again

Give a thought to me

Well, time won't wait, better open the gate

Get up and start what needs to be done

It's running down, there's much you missed

Working on that graveyard shift

But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along

If what I see is true I could learn to believe

Can't look away

The powers that be might take it all away

Together we burn, together we burn away

D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4

Dbend

C G C G

D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4

Dbend

C G C G

D D G C

For the D G/D bit the following sounds best to me

* * * * *

D D D D G

--------------5--------------------|

7-------7-----7-7---8-------7---7--|

7-------7-----7-7---7-------7---7--|

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

5-------5-----5-5---5-------5---5--|

x-------x-----x-x---x-------x---x--|

For the D Dsus4 D Dbend bit play open chords and just pick the first bit,

then bend the top 3 strings (ie the fretted ones) up.

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