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Rudy

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1/12

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 12Position: 1

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

(tune 1/2 step down)
Verse Chords
(in order of the progression)
e|---1---|---0---|---0---|---3---|---1---|(---5---)||
B|---3---|---3---|---1---|---0---|---0---|(---0---)||
G|---2---|---2---|---2---|---0---|---0---|(---0---)||
D|---0---|---0---|-------|---0---|---0---|(---0---)||
A|-------|-------|-------|---2---|---2---|(---2---)||
E|-------|-------|-------|---3---|---3---|(---3---)||
         Dmdmb3           Am         G       G7(Gadd2)
~~Try pulling of from the dm to the dmb3 to the am
  And hammering the Gadd2 on then pulling off to the G
  And pulling off from the G to the G7
  (listen to the song and you'll see what I'm saying)
~~as a note you'll have to use two different finger positions 
  to play both G hammer on/pull off parts easily.
  (listen to the song and you'll see what I'm saying)
Chorus Chords
(in order of the progression)
e|---1---|---1---|-------|---0---|---1---|---3---||
B|---1---|---3---|---1---|---3---|---1---|---0---||
G|---2---|---2---|---2---|---2---|---2---|---0---||
D|---3---|---0---|---0---|---0---|---3---|---0---||
A|---3---|-------|---2---|---3---|---3---|---2---||
E|---1---|-------|-------|-------|-------|---3---||
           F        Dm     Dm7        Dsus2  F(2nd)    G  
Intro:
    Dmdmb3  Am   GGadd2  G   G7x1
    Dmdmb3  Am   G       G   G   G7x1
                    Dmdmb3      Am  
I was standing by the village gates
                  GGadd2     G  
When I first heard your name
               Dmdmb3   Am  
The King sent his men to 
seize GGabriels manG7  
(repeat Chord pattern with words)
And when Gabriel he refused
The men took both his daughters
And cut the wedding ring fingers 
from their hands
Next three days I heard three times
Separate similar stories
The King was taking what was ours 
for his own
Deep deep down in the pit of my chest
My fear turned to fury
When I thought about my family 
in my home
FGood kind Rudy stood Dmbefore Dm7the King
        Dsus2  F(2nd)           G  
His mighty sword in his hand
FAll through the valley they could Dmhear him Dm7swing
        Dsus2  F(2nd)           G  
and a joyful cheer filled the land
Fnobody's ever gGonna treat us like that Dmagain
Late that night all the men in the village
Gathered in a clearing in the forest and
We elected King Rudy to lead us now
He decided right away
That the King must die
Heads bent forward as he told us how
We split up in two large groups
and headed for the castle on the hill
My group stormed he front all the guards came running
Rudy's group snuck up from the back and
Laid their ladders up against the castle wall
Nobody ever saw them coming
Then finish with the chorus.

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Rudy

by Mason Jennings

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

Dsus2

(tune 1/2 step down)

Verse Chords

(in order of the progression)

e|---1---|---0---|---0---|---3---|---1---|(---5---)||

B|---3---|---3---|---1---|---0---|---0---|(---0---)||

G|---2---|---2---|---2---|---0---|---0---|(---0---)||

D|---0---|---0---|-------|---0---|---0---|(---0---)||

A|-------|-------|-------|---2---|---2---|(---2---)||

E|-------|-------|-------|---3---|---3---|(---3---)||

Dm Am G G7

dmb3 (Gadd2)

~~Try pulling of from the dm to the dmb3 to the am

And hammering the Gadd2 on then pulling off to the G

And pulling off from the G to the G7

(listen to the song and you'll see what I'm saying)

~~as a note you'll have to use two different finger positions

to play both G hammer on/pull off parts easily.

(listen to the song and you'll see what I'm saying)

Chorus Chords

(in order of the progression)

e|---1---|---1---|-------|---0---|---1---|---3---||

B|---1---|---3---|---1---|---3---|---1---|---0---||

G|---2---|---2---|---2---|---2---|---2---|---0---||

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

A|---3---|-------|---2---|---3---|---3---|---2---||

E|---1---|-------|-------|-------|-------|---3---||

F Dm Dm7 Dsus2 F G

(2nd)

Intro:

Dm Am G G G7

dmb3 Gadd2 x1

Dm Am G G G G7

dmb3 x1

Dm Am

dmb3

I was standing by the village gates

G G

Gadd2

When I first heard your name

Dm Am

dmb3

The King sent his men to

G G7

seize Gabriels man

(repeat Chord pattern with words)

And when Gabriel he refused

The men took both his daughters

And cut the wedding ring fingers

from their hands

Next three days I heard three times

Separate similar stories

The King was taking what was ours

for his own

Deep deep down in the pit of my chest

My fear turned to fury

When I thought about my family

in my home

F Dm Dm7

Good kind Rudy stood before the King

Dsus2 F G

(2nd)

His mighty sword in his hand

F Dm Dm7

All through the valley they could hear him swing

Dsus2 F G

(2nd)

and a joyful cheer filled the land

F G Dm

nobody's ever gonna treat us like that again

Late that night all the men in the village

Gathered in a clearing in the forest and

We elected King Rudy to lead us now

He decided right away

That the King must die

Heads bent forward as he told us how

We split up in two large groups

and headed for the castle on the hill

My group stormed he front all the guards came running

Rudy's group snuck up from the back and

Laid their ladders up against the castle wall

Nobody ever saw them coming

Then finish with the chorus.

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