• Song:

    The Ladder In My Blood

  • Artist:

    Scott Kelly

  • Album:

    The Wake

The Ladder in my Blood - Scott Kelly
Off of "The Wake"
Intro
D5 C/D5 B/G

D5 (xx023x@1)              C/D5   B/G (31333x@1)D5 (xx023x@1)       C/D5    B/G (31333x@1)name="chord_xx023x@1">D5      C/D5       B/GI (31333x@1)walk through fire for you, Your fever it cools me, The ladder in my blood
D5 (xx023x@1)          C/D5         B/G (31333x@1)        C9 (x3233x@1)     B/G (31333x@1)D5 (xx023x@1)name="chord_x3233x@1">C9      B/G (31333x@1)   D5Shows (xx023x@1)the way to my place, Next to you, And I remember,  How you held them,
F/Dm      C9 (x3233x@1)       B/G (31333x@1)       F/Dm         C9 (x3233x@1)    D5 (xx023x@1)  C/D5   B/GYour (31333x@1)eyes pierce the sky, Beckoning, The light brings me in
D5 (xx023x@1)        C/D5  B/G (31333x@1) D5 (xx023x@1)         C/D5   B/G (31333x@1)      D5 (xx023x@1)      C/D5   B/GI (31333x@1)wait forever for you, Our blood is alive, it heals me, Delivers me to dirt
D5 (xx023x@1)        C/D5    B/G (31333x@1)        C9 (x3233x@1)     B/G (31333x@1)name="chord_xx023x@1">D5 C9 (x3233x@1)    B/G (31333x@1)  D5I've (xx023x@1)reached into a netherworld, And I remember, How you held them
F/Dm      C9 (x3233x@1)       B/G (31333x@1)      F/Dm          C9 (x3233x@1)      B/GYour (31333x@1)eyes pierce the sky, Beckoning, The light brings me in
F/Dm       C9 (x3233x@1)      B/G (31333x@1)       F/Dm         C9 (x3233x@1)        D5Your (xx023x@1)eyes pierce the sky, Beckoning, The light brings me in

Here's how he voices all the main chords
e---|  e---|  e---| e---|  e---|  While playing the D5 and C/D5 Hammer the A
B-3-|  B-3-|  B-3-| B-3-|  B-3-|  note on the G string. Listen to the song
G-2-|  G-2-|  G-0-| G-2-|  G-0-|  and you can easily hear how he plays it.
D-0-|  D-0-|  D-0-| D-3-|  D-2-|
A-0-|  A-3-|  A-2-| A-0-|  A-3-|
E---|  E---|  E---| E---|  E---|
 D5 (xx023x@1)   C/D5   B/G (31333x@1) F/Dm    C9 (x3233x@1)While playing the C9 to B/G part while singing "And I remember" and "How you"
e-------------------------------------------------|
B-----------3-------------3-------------------3----|
G---------0---0---------0---0-----------------2----|
D-0h2---2-------2p0---0-----------------0-2-0-0----|
A-----3-------------2---------2p0-0-2-3-------0----|
E--------------------------------------------------|
  C9 (x3233x@1)             B/G (31333x@1)                     D5 (xx023x@1)That's pretty much it, Listen to the song and you can easily get the rhythm
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