Patchwork Girlfriend
Punch Brothers
Tabber: gnomieowns
email: gnomieowns@hotmail.com
This song is great for guitar or mandolin! Hope you're comfortable with chromatics.
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Intro
vamp on Dm / atonal improv
Verse 1
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 Dm6 Dm - E7
I run my fingers through her blackish blondish hair
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 Dm6 Dm A7
Look into her brown blue eyes and touch her skin so dark and fair
D7 - G7 - C - (C7)
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 Dm6 Dm E7
Because I like how she encourages and scolds me
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 Dm6 Dm A7
How even as her left hand pushes me away her right arm holds me
Fm - (chromatic walk B to D) - C+(#5)
Chorus
F C Am Dm Gm A7
It's nice to know she's always waiting for me at the dead ends
F C Am Dm Gm C(7) Am
Guess I need a little love from every little square of my sweet little patchwork girlfriend
Dm Gm C(7) F (chromatic walk A to D)
Of my sweet little patchwork girlfriend
Interlude
vamp on Dm / atonal improv
Verse 2
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 Dm6 Dm E7
I can't tell if she would rather take or leave me
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 Dm6 Dm A7
And I'm not sure what I'm saying but I'm sure I want her to believe me
D7 - G7 - C - (C7)
-- This part is basically Dm with a descending chromatic line; strum every beat --
Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 Dm6 Dm(5) Dm11 Dm Dm9 Dm
So I run my fingers through her blackish blondish brownish reddish grayish (grayish?!) hair
Dmmaj7 Dm7 Dm6 Dm A7
And tell her I won't mess around with other girls unless they're
Fm - (chromatic walk B to D) - C+(#5)
her
Chorus
F C Am Dm Gm A7
It's nice to know she's always waiting for me at the dead ends
F C Am Dm Gm C(7) Am
Guess I need a little love from every little square of my sweet little patchwork girlfriend
Dm Gm C(7) F (chromatic walk A to G)
Of my sweet little patchwork girlfriend
Bridge
Gm Gmmaj7 Gm7 Gm6 Eb F Bb
Though I'm no more boy scout than boyfriend I could see tying the knot
Eb Cm Gm Eb Dbsus4 Db
Instead it's my hands that are tied because that'd be against the law
(chromatic tremolo from D to F?)
even in Utah
Final Chorus
F C Am Dm Gm A7
It's nice to know she's always waiting for me at the dead ends
F C Am Dm Gm A7
Guess I need a little love from every little square of my sweet little patchwork girl-friend-
F C Am Dm Gm A7
She's anywhere I could ever go ain't no false start or dead end
F C Am Dm Gm C(7) Am
That could take me away from, couldn't bring me back to my sweet little patchwork girlfriend
Dm Gm C(7) Am
Or my big bitter patchwork girlfriend
Dm Gm C(7) Bbm -> Bbm
Or my sweet little patchwork girlfriend
(chromatic walks to F)
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/punch_brothers/patchwork_girlfriend_chords_1703751