Cadillac Sky - Tired Old Phrases from Letters in the Deep (2010) Other than a couple of Emaj7 embellishments in verses 3 & 4 the chords are the same for the verses and instrumentals. Intro: E E E E E (022100@1) B7 (x21202@1) E (022100@1) EI (022100@1)don't know if I've said anything A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) Ein (022100@1)this life that's worth re-mem-ber-ing A (x02220@1) ENothing (022100@1)bold, nothing brave B7 (x21202@1) C#m7just (x4242x@1)these tired old phrases A (x02220@1) B7 (x21202@1) EAnd (022100@1)I don't know what they mean E (022100@1) B7 (x21202@1) EI've (022100@1)written my old self a letter A (x02220@1) EI've (022100@1)moved on, I already forget her A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B7 (x21202@1) C#m7She's (x4242x@1)gone, we're alone, far from our home A (x02220@1) B7 (x21202@1) Ebut (022100@1)I promised me things will get better instrumental chords: EB7 EE A (x02220@1)A (x02220@1)E (022100@1) A (x02220@1)EB7 C#mA B7E notes: EF# Ab (xx1114@1) C#Eb E (022100@1) C#E F#Ab AB E (022100@1)E (022100@1) B7 (x21202@1) E (022100@1)Emaj7The (021100@1)Devil is laughing at me A (x02220@1) Ehe (022100@1)knows all the evil I've seen A (x02220@1) EAnd (022100@1)though he helped them begin B7 (x21202@1) C#m7I (x4242x@1)own all my sins A (x02220@1) B7 (x21202@1) EAnd (022100@1)the fault lies clearly with me E (022100@1) B7 (x21202@1) E (022100@1) Emaj7I'm (021100@1)tired of coming home smelly A (x02220@1) Ehalf (022100@1)a bottle of Jack in my belly A (x02220@1) EMy (022100@1)eyes red, my throat sore B7 (x21202@1) C#m7My (x4242x@1)young body too worn out to A (x02220@1) B7 (x21202@1) Estill (022100@1)only be in it's twenties instrumental full mellody: E (022100@1) B7 (x21202@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) Ee|----------------------------------------------------------------| (022100@1)B|-9--10--12---10--9---------9-h10-9--------------------------9---| G|--------------------11--11-----------------8--9-9h11--9--11-----| D|------------------------------------9--11-----------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) B7 (x21202@1) C#m7 (x4242x@1) A (x02220@1) B7 (x21202@1) E (022100@1)e|---------------------------------------------------------------0| B|----------------------7--7-h9p-7--9--7--9--10--9h10--9--7-------| G|---------8--9------9--------------------------------------9--8--| D|--9--11--------9------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| E (022100@1) B7 (x21202@1) E... (022100@1)And I'm sorry for being so bad to my dear old mother and dad I threw some fits, they put up with it and now I owe them all that I am Someday when my folks meet their end if by chance I live longer than them For the love that they gave and the music we made I'll be proud to have called them my friends -------------------------------------------------------------------- E (022100@1) xx2100 Emaj7 xx2130 B7 xx1202 A (x02220@1) xx2220 C#m7 xx6454 Picking: something like strings 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 (or 4 3 4 2 1 2 3 2 or 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 ?) E (022100@1) EB7 EE AA EE AE B7 (x21202@1)C#m7 (x4242x@1) AB7 Ee|------0---------2------------0--------------------4--------22---0---0---| (022100@1)B|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0------2-2-2-2--------------5-5-5-5---0-000-000-0-0-0| G|----1---1-----2---2--------2---2--------------------4-----222-2-1-1---1-| D|--2---------1------------2--------------------6---------1-------2-------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Hopefully someone who knows something about bluegrass can verify this or get the picking more exact. tabbed by --Art