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There are 2 main chords that repeat throughout the entire song, I figured this out by ear and by watching
some of his acoustic sessions on youtube.
2 cords:
-Bb:
-0---
-3---
-2---
-0---
-1---
-0---
-Eb:
-0---
-0---
-3---
-2---
-1---
-0---
OPENING RIFF: h= hammer on    ho= hammer off
STRUMMING PATTERN: down down down up down up(h) up down(ho) up(h) up down up
-Bb0---------0------Eb0---------0---|
-3---------3------0---------0---|
-0---------2------3---------3---|
-0---------0------0---------2---|
-1---------1------1---------1---|
-0---------0------0---------0---|
CHORDS W/ LYRICS:
(RIFF)
BbExcuses pour out so easily Eband I've never had a trouble 
with the frequency.
BbBut it needs a mate to calm me down,
Ebpostcards and Bbphones calls to a Eblong distance Bbsmall town.
(RIFF)
BbAnd I've never been good with secrets to keep,
Ebbut I can lie white, right through my teeth.
BbThat current takes us, and we Ebbreathe it in.
BbMistakes in old friends to a Ebshort coming, quick end.
BbAn empty-eyed blank stare at Bban atlas,
EbI'm lost without a Bbmap or Ebcompass.
BbAnd I revise Eband I rewrite.
BbI'm drowning in Eblong nights, Bblate drives with Ebold ghosts,
EbI'm an index of footnotes.
BbAnd I'm sick, sick, sick of my complaining, Ebthat rhetoric 
that I've been writing.
BbThat blood red bled from ink to pen, EbI'm blue/black 
backwards, I am paper thin.
(RIFF plays softer towards the end)

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Drowned

by Alcoa

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

There are 2 main chords that repeat throughout the entire song, I figured this out by ear and by watching

some of his acoustic sessions on youtube.

2 cords:

-Bb:

-0---

-3---

-2---

-0---

-1---

-0---

-Eb:

-0---

-3---

-2---

-1---

-0---

OPENING RIFF: h= hammer on ho= hammer off

STRUMMING PATTERN: down down down up down up(h) up down(ho) up(h) up down up

Bb Eb

-0---------0------0---------0---|

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

-0---------2------3---------3---|

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

-1---------1------1---------1---|

-0---------0------0---------0---|

CHORDS W/ LYRICS:

(RIFF)

Bb Eb

Excuses pour out so easily and I've never had a trouble

with the frequency.

But it needs a mate to calm me down,

Eb Bb Eb Bb

postcards and phones calls to a long distance small town.

(RIFF)

And I've never been good with secrets to keep,

but I can lie white, right through my teeth.

Bb Eb

That current takes us, and we breathe it in.

Bb Eb

Mistakes in old friends to a short coming, quick end.

Bb Bb

An empty-eyed blank stare at an atlas,

Eb Bb Eb

I'm lost without a map or compass.

Bb Eb

And I revise and I rewrite.

Bb Eb Bb Eb

I'm drowning in long nights, late drives with old ghosts,

I'm an index of footnotes.

Bb Eb

And I'm sick, sick, sick of my complaining, that rhetoric

that I've been writing.

Bb Eb

That blood red bled from ink to pen, I'm blue/black

backwards, I am paper thin.

(RIFF plays softer towards the end)

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