Keith Caputo - Ramshackle Chords

October 22nd 2007

OK, this song has some of the weirdest chords I've ever played.
Still:  a great song, even with just one acoustic guitar. I added
a few notes here and there to spice up the single strings a little.

Standard E tuning

Verse riff with corrresponding chords. The guitars improvise a lot,
especially on the C chord. 

 Am    Cm9/B   C
|0-----0-------0---------0--------|
|1-----1-------1-----1-----1------|
|2-----0-------0---0---0-----0----|
|2-----0-----0-2---------------2--|
|0---3-2-------3------------------|
|---------------------------------|

Pre-chorus ("Let's just get out...")

Twice                  Third time
 Am   Em               Am    Cm9/B C 
|0----0---------------|0-----0-----0---|
|1----0---------------|1-----1-----1---|
|2----0---------------|2-----0-----0---|
|2----2-------0---2---|2-----0-----2---|
|0----2---0h2---------|0-----2-----3---|
|-----0---------------|----------------|

Chorus ("Pick a tender with no reply" and "pretty us, pretty wild")

 C   Caug Am   Dm  Dm/C# Bm7
|0---0----0----1----1--------|
|1---1----1----3----3-----3--|
|0---1----2----2----2-----2--|
|2---2----2----0----0-----0--|
|3---3----0---------4-----2--|
|----------------------------|

Lyrics:

 
been ramshackled uclers knocking at my door 
ive kept it together trippin in a dead boys orb 

yearning for her snow rose city lights, the seasons swirl 
and i dropped my shiver in light forever.. 

so lets just get out of this mess 

and pick a tender with no reply 
my girl i cant live without her 
her soul ill sink without her 

pretty us, pretty wild, pretty tears 
in her face 

so lets just get out of this mess 

i might have to medicate before i go bezerk 
im down in on empty but i wish i wasnt 

ashes to ashes dust to dust 
i dropped my shiver and light forever.. 

lets just get out of this mess