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This tab is fairly straightforward, corrections welcome if you have any.

Chord shapes for the song:

G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)   Em7   Cadd9 (x32030@1) Bme|--3------3------3------3------2--| (x24432@1)B|--0------3------3------3------3--|
G|--0------2------0------0------4--|
D|--0------X------2------2------4--|
A|--2------0------2------3------2--|
E|--3------0------0------X------2--|

When playing the Cadd9 chord, hammer-on the D string a few times while strumming 
before you go back to G if you want to embellish a bit and make it sound more like the recording.



Codeine by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit (Standard Tuning)

VERSE
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)               Em7   Cadd9If (x32030@1)there's one thing I can't stand
G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)                Em7       Cadd9it's (x32030@1)this bar and this cover band
G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)                    Em7                       Cadd9trying (x32030@1)to fake their way through 'Castles Made of Sand.'
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)               Em7       Cadd9That's (x32030@1)one thing I can't stand.

G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)               Em7       Cadd9If (x32030@1)there's one thing I can't take
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)               Em7       Cadd9it's (x32030@1)the sound that a woman makes
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)               Em7                     Cadd9about (x32030@1)five seconds after her heart begins to break.
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)               Em7       Cadd9That's (x32030@1)one thing I can't take.

BRIDGE
Bm (x24432@1)                              Cadd9She (x32030@1)should be home by now but she ain't.
Bm (x24432@1)                          Cadd9I (x32030@1)should've gone by now but I cain't.

CHORUS
          G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)              Em7         Cadd9One (x32030@1)of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
          G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)              Em7         Cadd9One (x32030@1)of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.

VERSE
G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)             Em7       Cadd9Them (x32030@1)eyes was big as stars
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)                Em7       Cadd9when (x32030@1)I saw you behind the bar.
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)            Em7                    Cadd9I (x32030@1)guess that's the way to keep on smilin' where you are.
G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)             Em7       Cadd9But (x32030@1)girl them eyes was big as stars.

G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)                   Em7       Cadd9It (x32030@1)sounds funny when you say my name.
G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)                  Em7       Cadd9It's (x32030@1)like you're chewing on a foreign thing
G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)                Em7              Cadd9and (x32030@1)you won't get to sleep 'till dawn if it don't rain.
G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)                   Em7       Cadd9It (x32030@1)sounds so funny when you say my name.

BRIDGE
Bm (x24432@1)                                 Cadd9You (x32030@1)oughta come home tonight but you won't.
Bm (x24432@1)                               Cadd9I (x32030@1)wish we knew how to fight but we don't.

CHORUS 2
            G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)              Em7         Cadd9One (x32030@1)of your friends has taken you in and given you Codeine.
            G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)              Em7         Cadd9One (x32030@1)of your friends has taken you in and given you Codeine.

VERSE
G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)        Em7       Cadd9Darlin' (x32030@1)I'm not one to judge
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)                        Em7     Cadd9but (x32030@1)if I was then I'd say you don't look so good.
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)           Em7       Cadd9Got (x32030@1)no answers of my own
G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)                    Em7            Cadd9but (x32030@1)with you gone, this place looks bigger than it should.

G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)               Em7       Cadd9If (x32030@1)there's two things that I hate
G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)                Em7       Cadd9it's (x32030@1)having to cook and trying to date.
G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)                 Em7                  Cadd9Busting (x32030@1)ass all day to play 'hurry up and wait.'
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)               Em7       Cadd9That's (x32030@1)a few things that I hate.

BRIDGE
Bm (x24432@1)                   Cadd9If (x32030@1)I call when I ain't drunk
Bm (x24432@1)                      Cadd9This (x32030@1)old boat'll still be sunk

CHORUS 3
                 G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)              Em7       Cadd9'cause (x32030@1)one of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
          G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)              Em7        Cadd9One (x32030@1)of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
          G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)              Em7        Cadd9One (x32030@1)of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
          G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)              Em7        Cadd9One (x32030@1)of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
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