• Song:

    The Escape Artist

  • Artist:

    Richard Walters

  • Album:

    Regret Less

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

The lyrics and the chords are taken from the SoulKitchenFR-Session from youtube and a
live performance I attended.
Originally he plays the Dsus chord but for me personally I prefer the Dsus4 as I can
strum more freely. To my untrained ear it sounds pretty much the same. As the graph below
shows, you may not play the E and A string when playing Dsus, whereas when playing 
Dsus4, you simply mute the A string with your index finger(which you put on the E-string, 2nd
fret) and can play all strings basically.
All chords are played for 4 beats apart when marked by [chord1]->[chord2], this is the
case when Em7 is followed by Dsus, then you play Em7 for 3 beats and Dsus for 1 beat,
apart from the second last line of the verses, where it's 2 beats Em7 and 2 beats Dsus. 
Also, in Bridge 1, when Dsus is followed by G, it's 3 beats Dsus and 1 beat G. Watch and more
importantly LISTEN to the video if you're not sure.

Em7    022033
Dsus   xx0233
(Dsus4  2x0233)
Cadd9  032033
G (320003@1)    320033
D/G    300032

Intro

Em7->Dsus G Cadd9 Dsus | x2

Verse 1

Em7->Dsus    G
Tie my hands behind my back
  Cadd9 (x32030@1)              DsusI'll (xx0233@1)close my eyes and think of England
Em7->Dsus
Bring the sack down
GPull (320003@1)the ropes round
C (x32010@1)             Em7->D
Push me into crates and boxes
C (x32010@1)            GAs (320003@1)you always do

Chorus 1

D/G (300232@1)                Em7
If this ever goes the wrong way
        Cadd9 (x32030@1)                   GSave (320003@1)me from the where are they now
        D/GIf (300232@1)they ever figure out
  Em7          Cadd9Let (x32030@1)chains be ashes
      Em7        DsusOh (xx0233@1)let chains be ashes

Instrumental

Em7->Dsus G Cadd9 Dsus | x2

Verse 2

Em7->Dsus        GCall (320003@1)the papers, radio stations
Cadd9
Flash ball blimey
Dsus
Make me famous
Em7->Dsus      G
Build a temple of my body
Cadd9 (x32030@1)          Em7->Dsus
Burn my name in New York City
C (x32010@1)            GAs (320003@1)I need you to

Chorus 2

D/G (300232@1)                Em7
If this ever goes the wrong way
        Cadd9 (x32030@1)                   GSave (320003@1)me from the where are they now
        D/GIf (300232@1)they ever figure out
  Em7          Cadd9Let (x32030@1)chains be ashes
      Em7        DsusOh (xx0233@1)let chains be ashes
Em7              Cadd9Let (x32030@1)these chains be ashes
Em7              Cadd9Oh (x32030@1)let chains be ashes

Bridge 1

Cadd9      Dsus
I'm inside the blackest light
Cadd9 (x32030@1)     DsusThe (xx0233@1)outside is mine tonight
Cadd9      Dsus
I'm inside the blackest light
Cadd9 (x32030@1)        Dsus->G
The outside is mine tonight

Chorus 3

D/G (300232@1)                Em7
If this ever goes the wrong way
        Cadd9 (x32030@1)                   GSave (320003@1)me from the where are they now
        D/GIf (300232@1)they ever figure out
  Em7          Cadd9Let (x32030@1)chains be ashes
      Em7        DsusOh (xx0233@1)let chains be ashes
Em7              Cadd9Let (x32030@1)these chains be ashes
Em7              Cadd9Oh (x32030@1)let chains be ashes
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