Song: Yuma Band: Justin Townes Earle Album: Yuma (EP) Tuning: Standard Capo: 5th fret ----------------------------------------------- The song is played in a modified Travis picking style with a few notes dropped, and a few hammers added, esp. on the Am to make it interesting. Plays very nicely on a Dobro resonator guitar. For timing, every line represents 8 beats. Atypical chords ---------------- C - 332010 (C/G) F - 13321x (not barred) G5 - 32003x Gsus4- 32001x G (320003@1) 32000x Gsus2- 3202xx G' 3200xx ----------------------------------------------- INTRO ------ C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)VERSE 1 ------- C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Well he woke up that mornin' and he called into work C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Put on his daddy's old suit with a 2nd hand shirt F (133211@1) F (133211@1) All un-tucked, shoes un-tied C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) People all snickered as he walked by F (133211@1) F (133211@1) So he stopped into a bar and bought a shot of Stephen's C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) And another F (133211@1) F (133211@1) He bummed a cigarette instead of talkin' with a stranger C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) About the weather Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) And then he paid his bill and he stepped outside C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) And fell down into the street C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) He cursed and he cried as he climbed back up to his F (133211@1) G (320003@1) feet again VERSE 2 ------- C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) So up the road he found a payphone and called his mom C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) He said Mom I think I'll be coming home F (133211@1) F (133211@1) I've been feeling so bad, I'm tired of this city. C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Ain't been the same since I lost my pretty F (133211@1) F (133211@1) Angeline, and Mom I miss her C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) so. F (133211@1) F (133211@1) It's been over a year and there ain't nothin' I fear C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) So much as being alone. Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) And then he hung up the phone without saying good bye C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Stopped in the store and bought a postcard and signed it C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Fare the well, and sent it back home F (133211@1) G (320003@1) To Yuma. (Instrumental transition) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)(4 beats, 2 beats, 2 beats) BRIDGE ------ Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Looking back I'd say, F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) It wasn't so much the girl F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) As it was the booze and the dope Gsus4 (3x0013@1) G (320003@1) And the way he took the weight of the world up upon his Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Shoulders F (133211@1) F (133211@1) And then he washed the blue from his eyes as he grew C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) colder F (133211@1) Gsus4 (3x0013@1) After all those lonely nights there left alone. (Instrumental transition) G5 Gsus4 G Gsus2 (2 beats per chord) G' (4 beats only) VERSE 3 ------- C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) So he was just 23 when he stepped out on that ledge C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) It was his weary heart that pushed him to the edge F (133211@1) F (133211@1) He was tired of living life, looking for love. C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) A weary heart just needs a little touch F (133211@1) F (133211@1) And it is too much to ask, he cried as he stepped into the C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) wind. F (133211@1) F (133211@1) He turned his back on the world and he fell back to earth C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) again. Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) So with the wind in his hair and a smile on his face C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) He crashed through the hood of an Oldes 98 C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) And he lay there and died on a cold winter's day F (133211@1) G (320003@1) All alone C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) All alone. --crookedpath
