#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Idaho Original Album: Fires Words and Music by Nerina Pallot Copyright ? 2005 Idaho / Echo Records Published by Idaho Records Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) NOTE: This is such a beautiful song: melancholy and strangely uplifting at the same time. Recorded on the piano, here it is transcribed for guitar. If you finger- pick the chords in the basic figure, it sounds quite good but is hard work at this tempo. I play barr? chords everywhere, but see what you think... A cool song from one of the great songwriters out there. Enjoy! INTRO: [play: Dm Bb C G] [x4] VERSE: Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) GIn (320003@1)the back of a car on a road in the dark, Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) GIn (320003@1)the stillicide, silently falling snow, Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)have packed everything that I own in a bag, Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1)GAnd (320003@1)I'm driving, I'm driving to Idaho, [play: Dm Bb C G] [x2] Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) GA (320003@1)poem for leaving, a reason to go, Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1)GSo (320003@1)I'm driving, I'm driving to Idaho. CHORUS: F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Bb'Cause (x1333x@1)I can't be anyone but me, anyone but me, F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) BbAnd (x1333x@1)I can't keep dreaming that I'm free, dreaming that I'm free, Gm (355333@1) C (x32010@1) Gm (355333@1) CI (x32010@1)don't want to fall a-sleep and watch my life from fifty feet, Gm (355333@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) FMy (133211@1)hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Ida-ho, [play: F (133211@1)C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)C] F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C'Cause (x32010@1)I hear it's mighty pretty... VERSE: Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)oh, I've been dumb, I've been perfectly beautiful, Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) GLain (320003@1)on my back buying lovers with stealth, Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) GBut (320003@1)I'm sick of you all, and I'm sick of opinions, Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)I'm sick of this war I wage on myself... BRIDGE: Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) C- (x32010@1)F- (133211@1)CI (x32010@1)don't know why I'm so gripped to go there Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) C- (x32010@1)F- (133211@1)CA (x32010@1)universe riddle that only I know? Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) GMr. (320003@1)Robert says, "It's all in the head!" Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) GTell (320003@1)me, Phaedrus, what's good, is it Ida-ho? CHORUS: F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Bb'Cause (x1333x@1)I can't be anyone but me, anyone but me, F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) BbAnd (x1333x@1)I can't keep dreaming that I'm free, dreaming that I'm free, Gm (355333@1) C (x32010@1) Gm (355333@1) CI (x32010@1)don't want to fall a-sleep and watch my life from fifty feet, Gm (355333@1) Bb (x1333x@1) C (x32010@1) FMy (133211@1)hands are on the wheel so I'm driving to Ida-ho, [play: F (133211@1)C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)C] F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C'Cause (x32010@1)I hear it's mighty pretty... [play: Dm Bb C G] [x4] [repeat CHORUS] [play: F (133211@1)C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)C] F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C'Cause (x32010@1)I hear it's mighty pretty... C (x32010@1) F...in (133211@1)Ida-ho. CHORDS: Dm 557765 Bb 688766 or 113331 C 335553 or 8 10 10 988 G (320003@1) 355433 Gm 355333 F (133211@1) 88 10 10 10 8