• Song:

    Cemetery Guns

  • Artist:

    Fountains of Wayne

  • Album:

    Sky Full of Holes

From the CD "Sky Full of Holes" (2011)

| D (xx0232@1)A| (x02220@1)G| (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)A| (x02220@1)G| (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)A| (x02220@1)G| (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Dsus4| (xx0233@1)A| (x02220@1)
D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)                    BmElizabeth (x24432@1)that thundercloud is creeping up the Empire Hill
        Em (022000@1)            F#m (244222@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
There's shadows on the over-pass
    Em (022000@1)               F#m (244222@1)GAnd (320003@1)puddles in the old dirt path
  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)              BmPeoria (x24432@1)lay silent still in the belly of the overgrown
    Em (022000@1)          F#m (244222@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
All quiet on the open plain
    Em (022000@1)              F#m (244222@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Footprints to the family  plot
      A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)        F#m (244222@1)  G (320003@1)  
Where evermore will restless sorrow sleep in a broken heap

(F# G A)

G (320003@1)              GCemetery (320003@1)guns go bang, bang, bang
D (xx0232@1)                          GShooting (320003@1)all the sky full of holes
D (xx0232@1)        F#m (244222@1)      GTwenty-one (320003@1)times in a row
        Bm (x24432@1)                  GFor (320003@1)the blue war widow in the gray raincoat
       A (x02220@1)              | D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)|  G (320003@1)|  
On the green grass down below

| D (xx0232@1)A| (x02220@1)G| (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)A| (x02220@1)G| (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Dsus4| (xx0233@1)A| (x02220@1)
D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)                          Bm (x24432@1)Elizabeth our fathers came and settled where the ground was flat
     Em (022000@1)             F#m (244222@1)GDrew (320003@1)water from the Indian wells
    Em (022000@1)               F#m (244222@1)GCut (320003@1)timber from the rolling fells
    D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)                BmGrandaddy-o (x24432@1)bled hearth and home for oiling the comp'ny gears
   Em (022000@1)           F#m (244222@1)GNo (320003@1)rest for the errant ones
   Em (022000@1)              F#m (244222@1)GGodspeed (320003@1)their a-reckless sons
    A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)          F#m (244222@1)   G (320003@1)   
Who evermore play their forefathers' hands on the foreign sands

(F# G A)

G (320003@1)              GCemetery (320003@1)guns go bang, bang, bang
D (xx0232@1)                          GShooting (320003@1)all the sky full of holes
D (xx0232@1)        F#m (244222@1)      GTwenty-one (320003@1)times in a row
        Bm (x24432@1)                  GFor (320003@1)the blue war widow in the gray raincoat
       A (x02220@1)                Bm (x24432@1)  
On the green grass down below

Em (022000@1)             G (320003@1)         ACemetery (x02220@1)guns go bang, bang, bang
D (xx0232@1)                          GShooting (320003@1)all the sky full of holes
D (xx0232@1)        F#m (244222@1)      GTwenty-one (320003@1)times in a row
        Bm (x24432@1)                  GFor (320003@1)the blue war widow in the gray raincoat
       A (x02220@1)              | D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)|  G (320003@1)|  
On the green grass down below

| D (xx0232@1)A| (x02220@1)G| (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)A| (x02220@1)G| (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Dsus4| (xx0233@1)A2| (x02420@1)


F#m in the verse is essentially a walk up from the Em chord to the G chord. It can 
be played as a full chord, or as a bass note.
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