Grant Lee Phillips
LITTLE MOON - 2009
CHORDS

Transcribed by Vladimir Roman - All credit to him
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2. STRANGEST THING

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Comments:
1. Parts of Riff 1 also sound in some Verses.
2. Piano chords:
         Bass    Chord
Em/B (012000@1)     B (x2444x@1)   g (355333@1)-  B (x2444x@1)-  eEm/D       D (xx0232@1)   g (355333@1)-  B (x2444x@1)-  eD/F#       F# (244322@1)  D (xx0232@1)-  D (xx0232@1)-  F#3. (244322@1)Guitar chords:
Em/B  Em/D  D/F#
e[0]  e[0]  e(x)
b[3]  b[3]  b[3]
g[4]  g[2]  g(0)
d[4]  d[0]  d[0]
a[2]  a[2]  a[0]
e[2]  e[x]  e[2]
4. Riff 1 is played on the piano. The guitar chords and notes 
below are, of course, a very simplified transcription.
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Riff 1: x3 (There's a pause between the 2nd and the 3rd time,
            where just the G chord + b[--0h3p0h30...-] sound 
            for serveral bars.)

    g (355333@1)            Em/B (012000@1)     g (355333@1)            Em/Be[--------------------0-0-0-0-------------------0-0-0-0--] (012000@1)b[--0h3p0h3p0h3p0h3p0---------0h3p0h3p0h3p0h3p0----------]

    Em7            Em/D (010000@1)e[--------------------0-0-0-0--]
b[--0h3p0h3p0h3p0h3p0----------]


Verse 1:

g (355333@1)         Bm (x24432@1)  g (355333@1)      Bm (x24432@1) Strangest thing   days I feel like dirt
           Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)              gAnd (355333@1)then I see the diamond dust on everything
g (355333@1)         Bm (x24432@1)  g (355333@1)         Bm (x24432@1) Strangest thing   something plucks my nerve
           Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)               gD/F# EmD Cg DAnd (xx0232@1)then I hear a hundred chords a-shimmering

Verse 2:

g (355333@1)         Bm (x24432@1)  g (355333@1)            Bm (x24432@1)  
  Strangest thing   the way that one guitar
    Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)        gCan (355333@1)move me more than any symphony
g (355333@1)         Bm (x24432@1)  g (355333@1)       Bm (x24432@1) Strangest thing   when it stars to pour
           Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)             gD/F# EmD Cg DI (xx0232@1)feel the sadness and the pain go out of me

Chorus:

  g (355333@1)        D/F# (200232@1)   Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)   gD
I don't feel sad when Cash wears black I hear the train comin'
g (355333@1)         D/F# (200232@1)   Em (022000@1)     D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)        g (355333@1) DGood (xx0232@1)things down the railroad track ya gotta believe in somethin'

Riff 1: x1

Verse 3:

g (355333@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)  g (355333@1)      Bm (x24432@1) Yeah the strangest thing   that assassin' gun
         Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)          gIt (355333@1)was a-trained to fire away on anyone
g (355333@1)         Bm (x24432@1)  g (355333@1)         Bm (x24432@1)              Em (022000@1)          
  Strangest thing   the way a stranger wept for him
            D (xx0232@1)                gD/F# EmD Cg DAnd (xx0232@1)how she spilt a tear of love
g (355333@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)  g (355333@1)            Bm (x24432@1)            Em (022000@1)  Yeah the strangest thing   the way that hope can hide itself
           D (xx0232@1)             gD/F# EmD Cg DBehind (xx0232@1)the walls of anything

Chorus:

  g (355333@1)        D/F# (200232@1)   Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)   gD
I don't feel sad when Cash wears black I hear the train comin'
g (355333@1)         D/F# (200232@1)   Em (022000@1)     D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)        g (355333@1) DGood (xx0232@1)things down the railroad track ya gotta believe in somethin'

Riff 1: x1

Verse 4:

g (355333@1)         Bm (x24432@1)  g (355333@1)      Bm (x24432@1)        Em (022000@1) Strangest thing   like a potion to unspell
             D (xx0232@1)        gThe (355333@1)curse of human suffering
g (355333@1)        Bm (x24432@1)  g (355333@1)         Bm (x24432@1) Stangest thing   strangest things befall
         Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1) gD/F# EmD Cg DEven (xx0232@1)the strongest of us all

Ending:

g D/F# Em D C g D
g D/F# Em D C