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Version 1
Dollar Bill - Screaming Trees
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This is a very simple song so you won't have any trouble
playing it! Mainly it's just 4 chords in normal tuning.
Any comments or questions : (bas)
Chords used:
C Fmaj7 D C7
e|--0---0-----2---0---|
B|--1---1-----3---1---|
G|--0---2-----2---3---|
D|--2---3-----0---2---|
A|--3---3---------3---|
E|--------------------|
C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
Oooh_____________ Ah_______ Ah________
C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
Mm______
That's the chord progression for the next part:
C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
Torn like an old dollar bill__
Girl, let them say what they will And no one should
Hurt yah that's all I seem to do That no one should
desert ya that's all I seem to do I gotta tell ya
Goodbye mama We're tak-in' this too far (No Fmaj this time!)
D Fmaj7 C7
Been tryin' to tell you what's goin' on Yeah
Fmaj7 C7 Fmaj7
tryin' to make it easy on yah tryin' to make it better,
C7 Fmaj7 C7 Fmaj7
make it easy oh, on ya S'all I came to do Oh
C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
S'all I came ___________ to do Oh Ooh
C Fmaj7 C
Now, down the light and I must be dreamin' 'cause I see clearly
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C
I see angels bringin' something to me Mother Mer________cy
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
Told a lie I didn't need it Goodbye mama I've taken this too far
D Fmaj7
Been gone a while, been gone a long
[Guitar solo]
C7 Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
Text during solo:
way_____________________ Oh Oh,yeah
I don't wanna hurt ya S'all I seem to do
Don't wanna desert yah That's all I seem to do I gotta tell yah__
C Fmaj7 C
Good bye mama, I've taken this too far
D Fmaj7 C7
Been down a while, been down a long way
Fmaj7 C7 Fmaj7
tryin' to make it easy on yah tryin' to make it better, make it
C7 Fmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
easy on ya S'all I came to do Ah___ S'all I came to do
C Fmaj7
S'all I came___________to do S'all I came to do
[Slower part] (end)
C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
Ohh ay Oh
C Fmaj7 C
Torn like an old dollar bill
[Solo]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------15--15^1/4^full---15^1/2v-------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------15^1/2v-------------|
D|-17-1/2^full^1 1/2r17--------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
^^^^^^^^
Okay I'll try to explain this:
You start on the 17th fret holding it up half a tone
then push it further up to a full tone, then even further
and finally release it to a clean tone (listen to the CD!!!)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--13-------------------------------10^1/2 r10^1/2 r10---13^full 13-----|full
G|-----------9^1/2 (9) r9----------8--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
9th fret push up 1/2 a tone
hold then release (CD!!!!)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-r13---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------17----17-----17-19--19^1/2-19--19^1/2-r19---19--19-17--------17-|
D|---------17h19-----19------------------------------------------19-17-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------13^1/2 r13------------------|
G|--(17)----------------10^full r10---------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------(10)-------------------------10---|full
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------13^half (13) r-----------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D| r10-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|