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Montezuma by Fleet Foxes - Guitar Chords

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Version 2
            This song can absolutely be played with chords, but some parts could be modified because the song is normally
played with a picking pattern with a slight bass focus. I made this for people who just want to play it with
chords. I didn't watch a live performance when writing this, just wrote what sounded right to me.

An important note to make is the fact that the chorus relies heavily on the "bass" part, which goes to a G at
the second "oh man", but for the sake of a 'chord' part for this song. I personally like to just repeat the
F Em descent in order to follow the vocals. I also play Dsus2 after the first Dm but the note heard in the
song is an A. One could even play F as the bass note, but that doesn't sound right to me played with chords.
I took a number of creative liberties to make this song sound good on one guitar, but I hope it helps you
decide for yourself what sounds and feels best.

[Intro] C


[Verse]

C           G  F
So now I am older
Em              F
Than my mother and father
Em              Dm
When they had their daughter
    G              F         G  G7
Now what does that say about me?
   C           G     F
Oh how could I dream of
Em                  F
Such a selfless and true love
Em             Dm
Could I wash my hands of?
G           F       G  G7
Just lookin out for me


[Chorus]

   F          Em      Dm Dsus2
Oh man what I used to be
   G   F  Dm F  G  G7
Oh man oh my oh me
   F          Em      Dm Dsus2
Oh man what I used to be
   G   F  Dm F  G  G7
Oh man oh my oh me

[Bass part]
F E D A G F D F G


[Verse 2]
C              G  F
In dirth or in excess
Em       F
Both the slave and the empress
Em                Dm
Will return to the dirt I guess
G     F           G
Naked as when they came
C           G    F
I wonder if I'll see
Em         F
Any faces above me
Em                   Dm
Or just cracks in the ceiling
G     F       G
Nobody else to blame


[Chorus]

   F          Em      Dm  Dsus2
Oh man what I used to be, oh
G   F  Dm F  G  G7
man oh my oh me
   F          Em      Dm  Dsus2
Oh man what I used to be, oh
G   F  Dm F  G  G7
man oh my oh me

(E) G   F   G   F  etc...
    Oooooh ooooh oooOOoohooh etc...


[Verse 3]
     C              G    F
Gold teeth and gold jewelry
Em                  F
Every piece of your dowry
Em                  Dm
Throw them into the tomb with me
G         F       G
Bury them with my name
C             G   F
Unless I have someday
Em                  F
Ran my wandering mind away
Em Dm
aaaay
G F G G7
ooooo


[Outro]

   F          Em      Dm
Oh man what I used to be
     F    Em     Dm   Dsus2
Montezuma to tripoli, oh
G   F  Dm F  G
man oh my oh me
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