Chords for Chris Whitley "Indian Summer & Wild Country"
Tempo:
146.8 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [F#] [F]
[D]
[G] [D] [Am]
[D] [B]
[D]
[Bm] [D] [Am]
Raining through the distance
Let [G] me out of these heavy clothes
[D] I beg of you
Give [Bm] me a sliver
[A] I need some silver [G] Silver
To [Bm] get a woman
So [D] easy to be a virgin
[Bm] Down on the [A] pavement
And the lawns are burned [G] So hard
To [B] get a woman
So easy [D] to be a virgin
On the major corner
Of the city love had a broken lawn
[D] I said there's too much ice around here
[E] To find no solid [D] ground
So I had to squeeze a season
From this neighborhood
I pray to the burning tires
[G] I wrap my feet in grass
Now I'm dead
[D] [Bm] Give me a sliver
[A] I need some silver
[G] Silver
To get [B] a woman
So [D] easy to be a virgin
[F#] [Bm] Down on the [A] pavement
And the lawns are burned So [F#] hard
To get a woman
[D] So [B] [D]
easy
[C]
[G]
[F#] [D]
[F#]
[D] [A#]
[A] [D]
to be a virgin
The street is sweating [F#m] tears
[D]
Coming in at the station
[Bm]
For a million grinding years
[D] While I ride out this century
I'm dancing
[F#m]
[Am] Church of [D] the mercenaries
[G] You hate the virgin spring I'm singing
[D] Give [Bm] me a sliver
[A] I need some silver Silver
[G] To [B] get a woman
So [D] easy to be a virgin
[F#] [Bm] Down on the [A] pavement
And the lawns are burned [G] So hard
To [B] get a woman
So easy [D] to be a virgin
[G] To [B] get a woman
So easy [D] to be a virgin
[D]
[N]
[D#m]
[F#]
[Fm] [G#] [D]
I love that part Hold [A] on
[D] [A]
[D]
[A]
[G] [D]
[Bm]
[B] [G]
[A]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] [A] Breaking rocks [D] all day on the avenue
[G] It's [D] hard to unearth [G] anything [D] that's true
Soon [F#] I'm gonna drop this [G] jackhammer
[E] Return to [D] the wild where I'm from
[A] There's piles of stone, [D] jackhammer in my hand
[A] This compromise [G] is I can't [D] comprehend
Soon I'm gonna [B] lose these racks [G] and run
Return [A]
to [D] the wild where I'm from
[A] Return to [G] the wild where [D] I'm from
[C]
[F#m] [D]
[E]
[B] [D]
[Bm]
[F#] [G]
[A]
[G] [D]
[F#]
[Bm] [D] Between the bricks you'll hear the children play
[A] The calluses [F#m] get [G] harder day by [D] day
[Bm] Between the cracks [F#] you'll notice where I've [G] gone
[A] I'm returning to [D] the wild where I'm from
[G] [D] [Bm] Soon [F#m] I'm gonna [B] lose these [G] racks and run
[A]
[D] Return to the wild where I'm from
[A] Return to the [G] wild where [D] I'm from
[Bm] [D]
[D]
[G]
[D] [F#] [F]
[D]
[G] [D] [Am]
[D] [B]
[D]
[Bm] [D] [Am]
Raining through the distance
Let [G] me out of these heavy clothes
[D] I beg of you
Give [Bm] me a sliver
[A] I need some silver [G] Silver
To [Bm] get a woman
So [D] easy to be a virgin
[Bm] Down on the [A] pavement
And the lawns are burned [G] So hard
To [B] get a woman
So easy [D] to be a virgin
On the major corner
Of the city love had a broken lawn
[D] I said there's too much ice around here
[E] To find no solid [D] ground
So I had to squeeze a season
From this neighborhood
I pray to the burning tires
[G] I wrap my feet in grass
Now I'm dead
[D] [Bm] Give me a sliver
[A] I need some silver
[G] Silver
To get [B] a woman
So [D] easy to be a virgin
[F#] [Bm] Down on the [A] pavement
And the lawns are burned So [F#] hard
To get a woman
[D] So [B] [D]
easy
[C]
[G]
[F#] [D]
[F#]
[D] [A#]
[A] [D]
to be a virgin
The street is sweating [F#m] tears
[D]
Coming in at the station
[Bm]
For a million grinding years
[D] While I ride out this century
I'm dancing
[F#m]
[Am] Church of [D] the mercenaries
[G] You hate the virgin spring I'm singing
[D] Give [Bm] me a sliver
[A] I need some silver Silver
[G] To [B] get a woman
So [D] easy to be a virgin
[F#] [Bm] Down on the [A] pavement
And the lawns are burned [G] So hard
To [B] get a woman
So easy [D] to be a virgin
[G] To [B] get a woman
So easy [D] to be a virgin
[D]
[N]
[D#m]
[F#]
[Fm] [G#] [D]
I love that part Hold [A] on
[D] [A]
[D]
[A]
[G] [D]
[Bm]
[B] [G]
[A]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] [A] Breaking rocks [D] all day on the avenue
[G] It's [D] hard to unearth [G] anything [D] that's true
Soon [F#] I'm gonna drop this [G] jackhammer
[E] Return to [D] the wild where I'm from
[A] There's piles of stone, [D] jackhammer in my hand
[A] This compromise [G] is I can't [D] comprehend
Soon I'm gonna [B] lose these racks [G] and run
Return [A]
to [D] the wild where I'm from
[A] Return to [G] the wild where [D] I'm from
[C]
[F#m] [D]
[E]
[B] [D]
[Bm]
[F#] [G]
[A]
[G] [D]
[F#]
[Bm] [D] Between the bricks you'll hear the children play
[A] The calluses [F#m] get [G] harder day by [D] day
[Bm] Between the cracks [F#] you'll notice where I've [G] gone
[A] I'm returning to [D] the wild where I'm from
[G] [D] [Bm] Soon [F#m] I'm gonna [B] lose these [G] racks and run
[A]
[D] Return to the wild where I'm from
[A] Return to the [G] wild where [D] I'm from
[Bm] [D]
Key:
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G
A
Bm
F#
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[D] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
Raining through the distance
Let [G] me out of these heavy clothes
[D] I beg of you
Give [Bm] me a sliver
[A] _ I need some silver _ _ [G] Silver
_ To [Bm] get a woman
_ So [D] easy to be a virgin _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] Down on the [A] pavement
And the lawns are burned _ [G] So hard
To [B] get a woman
So easy [D] to be a virgin _ _
_ On the major corner
Of the city love had a broken lawn _
[D] I said there's too much ice around here
[E] To find no solid _ [D] ground
So _ I had to squeeze a season
_ From this neighborhood _ _
I pray to the burning _ tires
[G] I wrap my feet in grass
Now I'm dead
[D] _ _ [Bm] Give me a sliver
[A] I need some silver
_ _ [G] Silver
_ To get [B] a woman
_ So [D] easy to be a virgin
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Down on the _ [A] pavement
And the lawns are burned _ So [F#] hard
To get a woman
_ _ _ [D] So _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
easy _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ to be a virgin _
The street is sweating [F#m] tears
_ [D] _
Coming in at the station
_ [Bm]
For a million grinding years
[D] While I ride out this century _
I'm _ dancing
_ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [Am] Church of [D] the _ mercenaries
[G] You hate the virgin _ spring I'm singing
[D] _ Give [Bm] me a sliver
[A] I need some silver _ _ Silver
[G] _ _ To [B] get a woman
_ So [D] easy to be a virgin
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Down on the [A] pavement
And the lawns are burned _ [G] So hard
To [B] get a woman
_ _ So easy [D] to be a virgin
_ _ _ [G] _ To [B] get a woman
So easy [D] to be a virgin
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ love that part _ Hold [A] on _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] Breaking rocks [D] all day on the avenue
_ _ [G] It's [D] _ _ hard to unearth [G] anything [D] that's true
_ _ _ Soon _ _ _ [F#] I'm gonna drop this _ [G] jackhammer
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Return to [D] the wild where I'm from
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] There's piles of stone, [D] _ jackhammer in my hand
_ _ _ _ [A] This compromise [G] is I can't [D] _ comprehend
_ _ Soon _ _ _ I'm gonna [B] lose these racks [G] and run
_ Return _ _ [A] _ _ _
to [D] the wild where I'm from
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Return to [G] the wild where [D] I'm from
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ Between the bricks you'll hear the children play
_ _ _ _ _ [A] The calluses [F#m] get [G] harder day by [D] day
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Between the cracks [F#] you'll notice where I've [G] gone
_ _ _ _ [A] I'm _ returning to [D] the wild where I'm from
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] Soon [F#m] I'm gonna [B] lose these [G] racks and run
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] Return to the wild where I'm from
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Return to the [G] wild where [D] I'm from _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
Raining through the distance
Let [G] me out of these heavy clothes
[D] I beg of you
Give [Bm] me a sliver
[A] _ I need some silver _ _ [G] Silver
_ To [Bm] get a woman
_ So [D] easy to be a virgin _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] Down on the [A] pavement
And the lawns are burned _ [G] So hard
To [B] get a woman
So easy [D] to be a virgin _ _
_ On the major corner
Of the city love had a broken lawn _
[D] I said there's too much ice around here
[E] To find no solid _ [D] ground
So _ I had to squeeze a season
_ From this neighborhood _ _
I pray to the burning _ tires
[G] I wrap my feet in grass
Now I'm dead
[D] _ _ [Bm] Give me a sliver
[A] I need some silver
_ _ [G] Silver
_ To get [B] a woman
_ So [D] easy to be a virgin
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Down on the _ [A] pavement
And the lawns are burned _ So [F#] hard
To get a woman
_ _ _ [D] So _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
easy _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ to be a virgin _
The street is sweating [F#m] tears
_ [D] _
Coming in at the station
_ [Bm]
For a million grinding years
[D] While I ride out this century _
I'm _ dancing
_ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [Am] Church of [D] the _ mercenaries
[G] You hate the virgin _ spring I'm singing
[D] _ Give [Bm] me a sliver
[A] I need some silver _ _ Silver
[G] _ _ To [B] get a woman
_ So [D] easy to be a virgin
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Down on the [A] pavement
And the lawns are burned _ [G] So hard
To [B] get a woman
_ _ So easy [D] to be a virgin
_ _ _ [G] _ To [B] get a woman
So easy [D] to be a virgin
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ love that part _ Hold [A] on _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] Breaking rocks [D] all day on the avenue
_ _ [G] It's [D] _ _ hard to unearth [G] anything [D] that's true
_ _ _ Soon _ _ _ [F#] I'm gonna drop this _ [G] jackhammer
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Return to [D] the wild where I'm from
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] There's piles of stone, [D] _ jackhammer in my hand
_ _ _ _ [A] This compromise [G] is I can't [D] _ comprehend
_ _ Soon _ _ _ I'm gonna [B] lose these racks [G] and run
_ Return _ _ [A] _ _ _
to [D] the wild where I'm from
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Return to [G] the wild where [D] I'm from
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ Between the bricks you'll hear the children play
_ _ _ _ _ [A] The calluses [F#m] get [G] harder day by [D] day
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Between the cracks [F#] you'll notice where I've [G] gone
_ _ _ _ [A] I'm _ returning to [D] the wild where I'm from
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] Soon [F#m] I'm gonna [B] lose these [G] racks and run
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] Return to the wild where I'm from
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Return to the [G] wild where [D] I'm from _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _