View Guitar Chords for The donor blues - chords ver. 1
d=downstroke u=upstroke. Listen to the song and youâll get the rhythm. Intro/Verse Every other time he goes through this riff he puts heavy emphasis on the high notes of the G. D C G E||-2-2-2--0-0--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3----------------------| B||-3-3-3--1-1--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0----------------------| G||-2-2-2--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0----------------------| D||-0-0-0--2-2--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0----------------------| A||-x-x-x--3-3--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2----------------------| E||-x-x-x--x-x--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3----------------------| D D u D u D u D u D u D u Riff: He leads into the chorus with this. E||---------------| B||---------------| G||---------------| D||---------------| A||---------0-----| E||-0-2-3-4-------| And in case you didnt know: Am: x02210 F#: 244xxx VerseDFound my Cfingers Gup north in the forest of the DferCn G DYeah I blame them Cwords Gfor all Ive learnDed C GDWell I watched my Cwits Gwalk west where the money is DearCnedG DJust to strut my Cstuff Gand wait my tuDrn C GRiff then Chorus (Am) G And I have often thought that these old bonesShould just Dgo on ahead and break if they gonna AmThese Gold teeth should just Dgo on and give outAmThey're Grunning the jail Dfor profit Cthese Gdays DThats what Cthey GsayVerse 2DLost my Clungs Glong ago in the belly of the DbeaCst G DYeah I got my Cgall Gfrom the boys back eaDst C GDYeah I sing sweet Csongs Gwith the throat that belongs to DherC G DYeah she wears my Cheart Gand wears my worDds C GPre-Chorus/Interlude Part?F#Got these lips from the girl next door The only Gproblem is they only beg for morDe C G D C GF#Sold my skin for some fancy clothes I thought Id Gget a better deal but thats the way it goDes C G D C GRiff then Chorus (Am) G And I have often thought that these old bonesShould just Dgo on ahead and break if they gonna AmThese Gold teeth should just Dgo on and give outAmThey're Grunning the jail Dfor profit Cthese Gdays DThats what Cthey Gsay D D D DOutroF#Put all the rest in a hollow tree Yeah Gfill it with cement and let me beD C G D C GNote: Before those last Dâs in the outro he plays the E string on the 2nd fret and then he plays the high E string open. I like to screw around plucking the strings in a different pattern for that last part instead of just strumming. His still sounds a lot better and he screws with the rhythms and plucking little notes and stuff. But you can still use this to play and sing the barest form of the song