NOTATION FOR BITS WHICH ARE PERHAPS A BIT TRICKIER:
-Bm rhyhthm , repeat through much of the verse:
Bm
e | | ----------------- | |
b | o | -----7-7-----7-7- | o |
g | | -----7-7-----7-7- | |
d | | -----0-0-----0-0- | |
a | o | ---------5------- | o |
e | | -7--------------- | |
-( G , F#m , A ) verse riff (w/Bm lead in & out):
Bm G F#m A Bm
e | | ---------------------------- | | ----------------- | |
b | | -----7-7-------------------- | o | -----7-7-----7-7- | o |
g | | -----7-7-------------------- | | -----7-7-----7-7- | |
d | | -----0-0-------------------- | | -----0-0-----0-0- | |
a | | ---------5---0---2~~~0~~~4~~ | o | ---------5------- | o |
e | | -7---------------3~~~2~~~5~~ | | -7--------------- | |
"...ghost gone."
-use BARRE CHORDS for chorus section,
-the same rhythm as the verse, then the 'chorus riff':
G F#m A Bm G
e | | ---------------- | | ----------------- | |
b | | ---------------- | o | -----3-3-----3-3- | o |
g | | ---------------- | | -----4-4-----4-4- | |
d | | ---------------- | | -----5-5-----5-5- | |
a | | -2~~~0~~~4~~~5~~ | o | ---------5------- | o |
e | | -3~~~2~~~5~~~7~~ | | -3--------------- | |
"mud-dy crawling through"
Verse riff referred to below as ( G , F#m , A ),
Chorus riff notated above the chords as --((chorus riff))--,
this is to make everything clearer,
I hope it works as intended.
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Bm
What do I want with my life now that you're gone?
( G F#m A ) Bm
I want your ghost gone.
Bm
What do I want with this wood now that it's sawn?
( G F#m A ) Bm
I want the stump gone,
( G F#m A ) Bm
and the land it grew on.
A G A
Oh black lagoon, you have my shoe, so I go shoeless.
--((chorus riff))--
G F#m A Bm G Bm
I go mud-dy crawling through.
Bm
What do I want with my home now that I'm gone?
( G F#m A ) Bm
I want the shades drawn,
( G F#m A ) Bm
and the overgrown lawn.
Bm
I would gladly abandon a limb in the trap's jaw,
( G F#m A ) Bm
Just as long as I crawl on,
( G F#m A ) Bm
with no trapper to call on.
A G
Thorough and true, by stem and root,
--((chorus riff))--
A G F#m A Bm G
I know no-one now. Now I say "who?"