Chords for Ed Gerhard @ the 2004 NYGF Guitar Marathon
Tempo:
124.3 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
Abm
Gb
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] Well this is [Db] the Weissenborn we were [B] talking about.
This is actually a copy of the Weissenborn.
The Weissenborns were made back in the 1920s.
And I didn't want to tour with a guitar older than me,
so I got this thing.
[D] [E] [B] I'll give you a little song.
This is an old folk song.
[A] It's about whiskey.
I [B] like a lot of those good old [D] songs, huh?
But it's a great
It's a happy whiskey song, unlike most of the other [Ebm] whiskey songs, which
Paul, you know, you either,
I've got to get me some whiskey.
You know, or
Got to give up the whiskey.
You know, there's like those two.
And then sometimes there's like a third version, which is more of the cautionary tale.
Son, you better leave the whiskey alone!
You [B] know?
This is just
It sort of deals with that, too, but it sort of
is resigned to
you're resigned to your fate as a whiskey lover in the song.
And it's kind of a reverie.
It just kind of says,
Ah, whiskey.
[E]
[Bm] [B] [Abm]
[E] [B] [Gb]
[B]
[Ab] [B]
[Ab] [B] [Abm]
[E]
[B] [E] [B]
[Abm] [E]
[B] [Abm]
[E] [B]
[Abm] [E]
[B] [Abm]
[E] [B]
[Abm] [E]
[B] Sister.
[Abm]
[E] [B] Sister,
[Gb]
Sister.
[E] [B] Sister.
[Abm]
[E] [B] Sister.
Sister.
[Abm] [E]
[B]
[E]
[B] It's kind of an interesting notion of risk being lost
some restarting to do some
[Ab] [B] checks,
some tests to,
and, of course,
this kind [Abm] of thingof death, [E] you know,
we're part [Gb]
[B] [Abm] of that the
we got on our way but
[E] [B] this You
[Abm] [E]
[B] [Abm] [E]
[B]
[Abm] [E] [B]
[Abm] [E]
[B] [Abm]
[E] [B]
[F] [Gb]
[E] [Gb]
[E] [B] [Abm] [E]
[B]
[Abm] [E] [Gb]
[B] [Abm] [E]
[B] [Abm]
[E] [Gb]
[B]
[N]
[B] [Db]
[B] You
Thank you so much
[N]
This is actually a copy of the Weissenborn.
The Weissenborns were made back in the 1920s.
And I didn't want to tour with a guitar older than me,
so I got this thing.
[D] [E] [B] I'll give you a little song.
This is an old folk song.
[A] It's about whiskey.
I [B] like a lot of those good old [D] songs, huh?
But it's a great
It's a happy whiskey song, unlike most of the other [Ebm] whiskey songs, which
Paul, you know, you either,
I've got to get me some whiskey.
You know, or
Got to give up the whiskey.
You know, there's like those two.
And then sometimes there's like a third version, which is more of the cautionary tale.
Son, you better leave the whiskey alone!
You [B] know?
This is just
It sort of deals with that, too, but it sort of
is resigned to
you're resigned to your fate as a whiskey lover in the song.
And it's kind of a reverie.
It just kind of says,
Ah, whiskey.
[E]
[Bm] [B] [Abm]
[E] [B] [Gb]
[B]
[Ab] [B]
[Ab] [B] [Abm]
[E]
[B] [E] [B]
[Abm] [E]
[B] [Abm]
[E] [B]
[Abm] [E]
[B] [Abm]
[E] [B]
[Abm] [E]
[B] Sister.
[Abm]
[E] [B] Sister,
[Gb]
Sister.
[E] [B] Sister.
[Abm]
[E] [B] Sister.
Sister.
[Abm] [E]
[B]
[E]
[B] It's kind of an interesting notion of risk being lost
some restarting to do some
[Ab] [B] checks,
some tests to,
and, of course,
this kind [Abm] of thingof death, [E] you know,
we're part [Gb]
[B] [Abm] of that the
we got on our way but
[E] [B] this You
[Abm] [E]
[B] [Abm] [E]
[B]
[Abm] [E] [B]
[Abm] [E]
[B] [Abm]
[E] [B]
[F] [Gb]
[E] [Gb]
[E] [B] [Abm] [E]
[B]
[Abm] [E] [Gb]
[B] [Abm] [E]
[B] [Abm]
[E] [Gb]
[B]
[N]
[B] [Db]
[B] You
Thank you so much
[N]
Key:
B
E
Abm
Gb
Ab
B
E
Abm
[B] _ _ _ Well this is [Db] the Weissenborn we were [B] talking about.
This is actually a copy of the Weissenborn. _ _ _ _
The Weissenborns were made back in the 1920s.
And I didn't want to tour with a guitar older than me,
so I got this thing. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ I'll give you a little song.
This is an old folk song. _
_ [A] _ It's about whiskey. _ _
I _ [B] _ _ _ like a lot of those good old [D] songs, huh?
But it's a great_
It's a happy whiskey song, unlike most of the other [Ebm] whiskey songs, _ which_
Paul, you know, you either,
I've got to get me some whiskey.
You know, or
_ _ Got to give up the whiskey.
You know, there's like those two.
And then sometimes there's like a third version, which is more of the cautionary tale.
Son, you better leave the whiskey alone!
You [B] know?
_ _ This is just_
It sort of deals with that, too, but it sort of
is resigned to
you're resigned to your fate as a whiskey lover in the song.
And it's kind of a reverie.
It just kind of says,
Ah, whiskey. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ Sister.
[Abm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ Sister,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb]
Sister. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] [B] Sister.
_ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [E] _ [B] Sister. _ _
Sister.
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
[B] It's kind of an interesting notion of risk being lost
_ _ some restarting to do some _ _
_ [Ab] _ [B] _ _ _ _ checks,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
some tests to,
and, of course,
this kind [Abm] of thingof death, _ [E] you know,
we're part _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Abm] of that the
we got on our way but
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ this You _
[Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [E] _ [B] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
[B] _ _ You
Thank you so much
[N] _ _
This is actually a copy of the Weissenborn. _ _ _ _
The Weissenborns were made back in the 1920s.
And I didn't want to tour with a guitar older than me,
so I got this thing. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ I'll give you a little song.
This is an old folk song. _
_ [A] _ It's about whiskey. _ _
I _ [B] _ _ _ like a lot of those good old [D] songs, huh?
But it's a great_
It's a happy whiskey song, unlike most of the other [Ebm] whiskey songs, _ which_
Paul, you know, you either,
I've got to get me some whiskey.
You know, or
_ _ Got to give up the whiskey.
You know, there's like those two.
And then sometimes there's like a third version, which is more of the cautionary tale.
Son, you better leave the whiskey alone!
You [B] know?
_ _ This is just_
It sort of deals with that, too, but it sort of
is resigned to
you're resigned to your fate as a whiskey lover in the song.
And it's kind of a reverie.
It just kind of says,
Ah, whiskey. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ Sister.
[Abm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ Sister,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb]
Sister. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] [B] Sister.
_ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [E] _ [B] Sister. _ _
Sister.
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
[B] It's kind of an interesting notion of risk being lost
_ _ some restarting to do some _ _
_ [Ab] _ [B] _ _ _ _ checks,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
some tests to,
and, of course,
this kind [Abm] of thingof death, _ [E] you know,
we're part _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Abm] of that the
we got on our way but
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ this You _
[Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [E] _ [B] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _
[B] _ _ You
Thank you so much
[N] _ _