Cadillac Sky - Tired Old Phrases

      
 
 Cadillac Sky - Tired Old Phrases
 from Letters in the Deep (2010)
 
 Other than a couple of Emaj7 embellishments in verses 3 & 4 the chords are the same for
 the verses and instrumentals.
 
 Intro: E E E E
 
         E            B7      E    E 
 I don't know if I've said anything
         A                 A          E  E 
 in this life that's worth re-mem-ber-ing
         A             E    
 Nothing bold, nothing brave
            B7        C#m7   
 just these tired old phrases
     A       B7             E   
 And I don't know what they mean
 
      E          B7         E     
 I've written my old self a letter
            A                E      
 I've moved on, I already forget her
       A            E     B7           C#m7 
 She's gone, we're alone, far from our home
       A           B7              E     
 but I promised me things will get better
 
 instrumental
 chords: E B7 E E A A E A E B7 C#m A B7 E
 notes: E f# g# c# d# E c# E f# g# A b E
 
     E        B7          E Emaj7 
 The Devil is laughing at me
    A                       E   
 he knows all the evil I've seen
               A             E  
 And though he helped them begin
   B7         C#m7 
 I own all my sins
         A          B7           E 
 And the fault lies clearly with me
 
     E        B7          E     Emaj7 
 I'm tired of coming home smelly
        A                    E    
 half a bottle of Jack in my belly
         A              E   
 My eyes red, my throat sore
          B7       C#m7       
 My young body too worn out to
 A          B7         E       
 still only be in it's twenties
 
 instrumental full mellody:
 E B7 E A A E 
       

 e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 B|-9--10--12---10--9---------9-h10-9--------------------------9---|
 G|--------------------11--11-----------------8--9-9h11--9--11-----|
 D|------------------------------------9--11-----------------------|
 A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 A E B7 C#m7 A B7 E 
    

 e|---------------------------------------------------------------0|
 B|----------------------7--7-h9p-7--9--7--9--10--9h10--9--7-------|
 G|---------8--9------9--------------------------------------9--8--|
 D|--9--11--------9------------------------------------------------|
 A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 E B7 E ...
 And I'm sorry for being so bad
 to my dear old mother and dad
 I threw some fits,
 they put up with it
 and now I owe them all that I am
 
 Someday when my folks meet their end
 if by chance I live longer than them
 For the love that they gave
 and the music we made
 I'll be proud to have called them my friends

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 E xx2100
 Emaj7 xx2130
 B7 xx1202
 A xx2220
 C#m7 xx6454
 
 Picking: something like strings 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 (or 4 3 4 2 1 2 3 2
 or 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 ?)
 
 E E B7 E E A A E E A E B7 C#m7 A B7 E 
                 

 e|------0---------2------------0--------------------4--------22---0---0---|
 B|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------2-2-2-2--------------5-5-5-5---0-000-000-0-0-0|
 G|----1---1-----2---2--------2---2--------------------4-----222-2-1-1---1-|
 D|--2---------1------------2--------------------6---------1-------2-------|
 A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 Hopefully someone who knows something about bluegrass can verify this or get the picking
 more exact.
 
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 --Art