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Everyman Needs A Companion

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 key:   Ab major
 tempo: Q=85 bpm
Josh tunes his acoustic guitar down one full step (D G C F A D)
and puts capo on the 3rd fret.
You might as well just stay in standard tuning and put capo on the 1st fret.
INTRO:
 4/4             (2/4)
+Bbm=---=---=---=---+Bbm/Ab=---=---+Eb7=---=---=---=---+Eb7=---=---=---=---+
 x02210           3x2210   xx0212
                 (2/4)
+Bbm=---=---=---=---+Bbm/Ab=---=---+Eb7=---=---=---=---+Eb7sus4=---=---=---=---+
                                            xx0213
  This is both melodies, notated for standard tuning without any capo:
   |Bbm--------6-------|Bbm/Ab--------|Eb7----------------|----------------|
   |-------6--------|9---11--|8---------------|----------------|
   |------6-3-------|--------|----------------|----------------|
   |---8---3--------|6---8---|5---------------|----------------|
   |------4---------|--------|----------------|----------------|
   |---6------------|--------|----------------|----------------|
VERSE 1:
                                  (2/4)
+Ab=---=---=---=---+Ab=---=---=---=---+Db/Ab=---=---+
 3x0003                            3x2013
"1.Everyman           needs a com- panion
 2.Everyman           needs a com- panion
                                  (2/4)
+Ab=---=---=---=---+Ab=---=---=---=---+Db/Ab=---=---+
                          Someone to turn his thoughts to
                          Someone to console him
+Ab=---=---=---=---+Ab=---=---=---=---+C7=---=---=---=---+C7=---=---=---=---+
                                   x2120x
                      I know I do
                      Like I need you
VERSE 2
CHORUS
+Fm=---=---C7#5/G=---=---+Ab7=---=---Db=---=---+C7=---=---=---=---+Eb7=---=---=---=---+
 022000  22100x   3x300x  332010
 oooh...
BRIDGE 1
+Db=---=---=---=---+Db=---=---=---=---+Ab=---=---Db/Ab=---=---+Ab=---=---=---=---+
1.John the Baptist took Jesus Christ
2.Joseph Campbell and The Rolling Stones
+Bbm=---=---=---=---+Bbm/Ab=---=---=---=---+Eb7=---=---=---=---+Eb7=---=---=---=---+
 Down to the river on a Friday night
 Couldn't give me a myth, so I had to write my own
                Fm                 Fm   Ab(Db     Ab   DbAb)
+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=----=---=---+=---=---=---=---+
 They talked about Mary like a couple of boys
 Like I'm hung up on religion though I know it's a waste
+Bbm=---=---=---=---+Bbm/Ab=---=---=---=---+Eb7=---=---=---=---+Eb7sus4=---=---=---=---+
 With nothing to lose; too scared to try
 I never liked the name Joshua; I got tired of "J"         (Everyman man...)
                 (2/4)
+Eb7=---=---=---=---+Eb7=---=---+
                 (Everyman man...)
VERSE 1
VERSE 2
CHORUS
BRIDGE 2 (Skip the last 1½ bars of Eb7.)
VERSE 2
ENDING-CHORUS:
        Fm     C7#5/G       Ab7        Db3x                 C7  Eb7  
+:=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---:+ +=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+
  oooh...
OUTRO:
                                   (2/4)
+:Ab=---=---=---=---+Ab=---=---=---=---+Db/Ab=---=---:+   Repeat this line fading out.
 This is the slide guitar lick for standard tuning:
 :--13----15----|Ab15/16~-----------|Ab---------------:
 :--------------|-----------------|---------------:
 :13----15----15|--/17~-----------|---------------:
 :--------------|-----------------|---------------:
 :--------------|-----------------|---------------:
 :--------------|-----------------|---------------:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Everyman Needs A Companion

by Father John Misty

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Bbm

Bbm/Ab

Eb7

Eb7sus4

Db/Ab

C7#5/G

Ab7

key: Ab major

tempo: Q=85 bpm

Josh tunes his acoustic guitar down one full step (D G C F A D)

and puts capo on the 3rd fret.

You might as well just stay in standard tuning and put capo on the 1st fret.

INTRO:

4/4 (2/4)

Bbm Bbm/Ab Eb7 Eb7

+=---=---=---=---+=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+

x02210 3x2210 xx0212

(2/4)

Bbm Bbm/Ab Eb7 Eb7sus4

+=---=---=---=---+=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+

xx0213

This is both melodies, notated for standard tuning without any capo:

Bbm Bbm/Ab Eb7

|--------6-------|--------|----------------|----------------|

|-------6--------|9---11--|8---------------|----------------|

|------6-3-------|--------|----------------|----------------|

|---8---3--------|6---8---|5---------------|----------------|

|------4---------|--------|----------------|----------------|

|---6------------|--------|----------------|----------------|

VERSE 1:

(2/4)

Ab Ab Db/Ab

+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---+

3x0003 3x2013

"1.Everyman needs a com- panion

2.Everyman needs a com- panion

(2/4)

Ab Ab Db/Ab

+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---+

Someone to turn his thoughts to

Someone to console him

Ab Ab C7 C7

+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+

x2120x

I know I do

Like I need you

VERSE 2

CHORUS

Fm C7#5/G Ab7 Db C7 Eb7

+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+

022000 22100x 3x300x 332010

oooh...

BRIDGE 1

Db Db Ab Db/Ab Ab

+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+

1.John the Baptist took Jesus Christ

2.Joseph Campbell and The Rolling Stones

Bbm Bbm/Ab Eb7 Eb7

+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+

Down to the river on a Friday night

Couldn't give me a myth, so I had to write my own

Fm Fm Ab Ab Db

(Db Ab)

+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=----=---=---+=---=---=---=---+

They talked about Mary like a couple of boys

Like I'm hung up on religion though I know it's a waste

Bbm Bbm/Ab Eb7 Eb7sus4

+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+

With nothing to lose; too scared to try

I never liked the name Joshua; I got tired of "J" (Everyman man...)

(2/4)

Eb7 Eb7

+=---=---=---=---+=---=---+

(Everyman man...)

VERSE 1

VERSE 2

CHORUS

BRIDGE 2 (Skip the last 1½ bars of Eb7.)

VERSE 2

ENDING-CHORUS:

Fm C7#5/G Ab7 Db C7 Eb7

+:=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---:+ +=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+

oooh...

OUTRO:

(2/4)

Ab Ab Db/Ab

+:=---=---=---=---+=---=---=---=---+=---=---:+ Repeat this line fading out.

This is the slide guitar lick for standard tuning:

Ab Ab

:--13----15----|15/16~-----------|---------------:

:--------------|-----------------|---------------:

:13----15----15|--/17~-----------|---------------:

:--------------|-----------------|---------------:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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