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 key:   A minor
 tempo: Q=94 bpm
Josh tunes his acoustic guitar down one full step (D G C F A D)
and puts capo on the 2nd fret.
You might as well then just stay in standard tuning without capo.
   x_C_o_o     xoAm___o     _C/Gx_o_o     Fmaj7x____o     _xG7ooo_     o_Em_ooo     xoD7o___
   ||||●|     ||||●|     ||||●|     ||||●|     ||||||     ||||||     ||||●|
   ||●|||     ||●●||     ||●|||     |||●||     ||||||     |●●|||     |||●|●
   |●||||     ||||||     ●|||||     |●●|||     ●||||●     ||||||     ||||||
   ||||||     ||||||     ||||||     ||||||     ||||||     ||||||     ||||||
                                                          – = same chord again
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A:         | C     | -     | -     | -     |
   These are the guitar lines in this part A, played by two separate guitars:
   (This is notated for standard tuning.)
   |C----12b13--r12----|C------------------|C----12b13--r12----|C------------------|
   |------------------|-------------13---|------------------|------------------|
   |----12b14--r12----|14---12-14--------|----12b14--r12----|14---12-14b17-----|
   |------------------|12---10-12---14---|------------------|12---10-10--------|
   |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
   |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B:         |     Am|    C/G|  Fmaj7| -     |
           |     Am|    C/G|  Fmaj7| -     |
          " No crickets, no creatures are a stirring
            On the last night of the Chinese year
C:         |      C| -     |     G7| -     |
           |      C| -     |     G7| -     |
          " I need a warm hand
            over the water
            Ever since I lost mine
            Fireworks disaster
D:         |     Am|     Em|     D7| -     |
           |     Am|     Em|     D7| -     |
           |     D7| -     |
          " ooh
            I laid up wide awake
            Gonna take my life
            Gonna take my life back one day
A
          B" Now I'm watching you changing in the mirror
            And I'm unable to move
          C" When all my girlfriends
            appear in the doorway
            I don't know how they got here
            I don't know what to say about this
          D" ooh
            And they all go that way
            Gonna take my life
            Gonna take my life back one day
Ending:    | C     | -     | -     |
         ||: Am    | Em    | D7    | -     :|| repeat through fade out
   The guitar parts in the Ending end a bit differently:
   |C----12b13--r12----|C------------------|C----12b13--r12--16|Amb17---:
   |------------------|-------------13---|------------------|------:
   |----12b14--r12----|14---12-14--------|----12b14--r12----|------:
   |------------------|12---10-12---14---|----------------12|b14---:
   |------------------|------------------|------------------|------:
   |------------------|------------------|------------------|------:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Maitinin "

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Mistys Nightmares 1 And 2

by Father John Misty

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

Fmaj7

key: A minor

tempo: Q=94 bpm

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

and puts capo on the 2nd fret.

You might as well then just stay in standard tuning without capo.

C Am C/G Fmaj7 G7 Em D7

x__o_o xo___o _x_o_o x____o _xooo_ o__ooo xoo___

||||●| ||||●| ||||●| ||||●| |||||| |||||| ||||●|

||●||| ||●●|| ||●||| |||●|| |||||| |●●||| |||●|●

|●|||| |||||| ●||||| |●●||| ●||||● |||||| ||||||

|||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||

– = same chord again

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

A: | C | - | - | - |

These are the guitar lines in this part A, played by two separate guitars:

(This is notated for standard tuning.)

C C C C

|----12b13--r12----|------------------|----12b13--r12----|------------------|

|------------------|-------------13---|------------------|------------------|

|----12b14--r12----|14---12-14--------|----12b14--r12----|14---12-14b17-----|

|------------------|12---10-12---14---|------------------|12---10-10--------|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

Am C/G Fmaj7

B: | | | | - |

Am C/G Fmaj7

| | | | - |

" No crickets, no creatures are a stirring

On the last night of the Chinese year

C G7

C: | | - | | - |

C G7

| | - | | - |

" I need a warm hand

over the water

Ever since I lost mine

Fireworks disaster

Am Em D7

D: | | | | - |

Am Em D7

| | | | - |

| | - |

" ooh

I laid up wide awake

Gonna take my life

Gonna take my life back one day

" Now I'm watching you changing in the mirror

And I'm unable to move

" When all my girlfriends

appear in the doorway

I don't know how they got here

I don't know what to say about this

" ooh

And they all go that way

Gonna take my life

Gonna take my life back one day

Ending: | C | - | - |

||: Am | Em | D7 | - :|| repeat through fade out

The guitar parts in the Ending end a bit differently:

C C C Am

|----12b13--r12----|------------------|----12b13--r12--16|b17---:

|------------------|-------------13---|------------------|------:

|----12b14--r12----|14---12-14--------|----12b14--r12----|------:

|------------------|12---10-12---14---|----------------12|b14---:

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

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

Maitinin "

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