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Wooden Nickels

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1/18

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                    Eels - Wooden Nickels
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Album : Daisys Of The Galaxy (2000)
Tempo : 120
E-mail: [email protected]
Tabbed by: newg    (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/newg/)
Capo 7
See my Guitar Pro tab for more
Chords : (play arpeggio)
     C: x320xx
     G: x200xx
     F: xx321x
   G/D: xx000x
 Gadd9: 300003
[Intro]
e|--C-----------G---------------|--F------------G/D--------------|
B|----------------------------|--------1-----------0-------|
G|--------0-----------0-------|-----2-----2-----0-----0----|
D|-----2-----2-----0-----0----|--3-----------0-------------|
A|--3-----------2-------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------| x2
[Verse]
CWent down Gby the Fold courtG/Dhouse
CStumbling Gthrough the FstreetsG/D  
CHad to Gget out Fof the G/Dhouse
CHad to Guse my FfeetG/D  
And Fyou may not think Ammuch of Gme now
But Fi think so damn Ammuch of GyouGadd9  G  
[Chorus]
CDon't take Gany Fwooden G/Dnickels
CWhen you Gsell your FsoulG/D  
A Cdevil Gof a Ftime aG/Dwaits you
FWhen the party's Amover, You're on your Gown
C G F G/D
[Verse]
CTrash truck Gcoming Fup the roadG/D  
CPicking Gup the FtrashG/D  
CRiding Gto a Fbetter G/Dplace
CHoping Gwe don't FcrashG/D  
FThinking how things Amhave turned Gout
I Fnever would've Amguessed it this GwayGadd9  G  
[Chorus]
CDon't take Gany Fwooden G/Dnickels
CWhen you Gsell your FsoulG/D  
A Cdevil Gof a Ftime aG/Dwaits you
FWhen the party's Amover, You're on your Gown
[Instrumental]
 C   G   F   G/Dx4
And Fyou may not think Ammuch of Gme now
But Fi think so damn Ammuch of GyouGadd9  G  
[Chorus]
CDon't take Gany Fwooden G/Dnickels
CWhen you Gsell your FsoulG/D  
A Cdevil Gof a Ftime aG/Dwaits you
FNow the party's Amover, I'm on my Gown 
[Outro]
 C   G   F   G/Dx2
da da da 
 C   G   F   G/Dx2
C

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Wooden Nickels

by Eels

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 7 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

G/D

Gadd9

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Eels - Wooden Nickels

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Album : Daisys Of The Galaxy (2000)

Tempo : 120

E-mail: [email protected]

Tabbed by: newg (http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/newg/)

Capo 7

See my Guitar Pro tab for more

Chords : (play arpeggio)

: x320xx

: x200xx

: xx321x

G/D

: xx000x

Gadd9

: 300003

[Intro]

C G F G/D

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|

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

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

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

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

E|----------------------------|----------------------------| x2

[Verse]

C G F G/D

Went down by the old courthouse

C G F G/D

Stumbling through the streets

C G F G/D

Had to get out of the house

C G F G/D

Had to use my feet

F Am G

And you may not think much of me now

F Am G Gadd9 G

But i think so damn much of you

[Chorus]

C G F G/D

Don't take any wooden nickels

C G F G/D

When you sell your soul

C G F G/D

A devil of a time awaits you

F Am G

When the party's over, You're on your own

C G F G/D

[Verse]

C G F G/D

Trash truck coming up the road

C G F G/D

Picking up the trash

C G F G/D

Riding to a better place

C G F G/D

Hoping we don't crash

F Am G

Thinking how things have turned out

F Am G Gadd9 G

I never would've guessed it this way

[Chorus]

C G F G/D

Don't take any wooden nickels

C G F G/D

When you sell your soul

C G F G/D

A devil of a time awaits you

F Am G

When the party's over, You're on your own

[Instrumental]

C G F G/D

F Am G

And you may not think much of me now

F Am G Gadd9 G

But i think so damn much of you

[Chorus]

C G F G/D

Don't take any wooden nickels

C G F G/D

When you sell your soul

C G F G/D

A devil of a time awaits you

F Am G

Now the party's over, I'm on my own

[Outro]

C G F G/D

da da da

C G F G/D

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