Like his brothers,
he emptied himself,
and played it safe,
like their father,
he wanted to remember,
but he almost always forgot,
what he was gonna say.

Black Eye / /
Black Eye

When he’d realized,
that this one was here to stay,
he took down all the mirrors in the hallway,
and thought only of his younger face.

Black Eye / /
Black Eye

Cold Shoulder
(Uncle Tupelo from “still feel gone”)
transcribed by Jsramek@sun.iwu.edu

Doesn?t matter what you?ve said
Or what you?ve done
When you?ve lost your head
You?re lookin for a new one
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/uncle_tupelo/cold_shoulder_crd_ver_2.html )
Chorus:
Your heaven looks just like my hell
Beautiful, as far as I can tell
but your heaven looks just like my hell

Verse:
Just as I drown
then you see it?s real
So I hold myself down
cause I like the way it feels

(Chorus)

How could I have ever needed
such a cold heart to count on
and how could I have ever wanted
such a cold shoulder to cry on

For the end, Tweedy goes through the one verse of chords (G?D?F#m?G) then one
verse of the chorus (Bm?A?G?A).

I wish my baby was born

sittin’ on his papa’s knee

and you poor girl

were dead and gone

green grass growin’ over thee

not no saint

nor I never shall be

till a sweet apple grows

from a sour apple tree

I still hope

the day will come

when you and I

will walk as one

(over and over and out)

My Lord told his disciples
After I’m risen and gone
You’ll meet with troubles and trials
Bear your rebukes and scorns

My warfare will soon be ended
My race is almost run
My warfare will soon be ended
I’m comin’ home

You can rebuke me all you want to
I’m travelin’ home to God
I’m well-acquainted with the crosses
And all my ways are hard

They say my Lord is the Devil
They call his saints the same
I don’t expect much more down here
Grief and scorn and shame

God bless them holiness people
The Presbyterians too
Those good old shoutin’ Methodists
Those prayin’ Baptists too

And when you get to Heaven
I want to see you there
I when I say “Amen”
I want you to say so too

My warfare will soon be ended
My race is almost run
My warfare will soon be ended
And I’m comin’ home
And I’m comin’ home
And I’m comin’ home

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

‘Whiskey Bottle’ – Uncle Tupelo
from the album ‘No Depression’

standard tuning (EBGDAE)

chords
A – x02220 E – 022100
Bm – x24432 Esus4 – 022200
D – xx0232 F#m – 244222
Dsus4 – xx0233 G – 320003
(chords are played cleanly during verses,
and heavily distorted during chorus)

Intro chords: D-A-G-D-D-A (1x)
A-G-D-D-A (2x)
Bm-D-E-Esus4 (2x)

persuaded paraded inebriated in doubt
still aware of everything
life carries on without
but theres one too many faces
with dollar sign smiles
I’ve gotta find the shortest path
to the bar for awhile

(chorus) a long way from happiness
in a three hour away town
whiskey bottle over jesus
not forever just for now
not forever just for now

well theres a trouble around
its never far away
the same troubles been around
for a life and a day
now I can’t forget the sound
cause its here to stay
the sound of people chasing money
and money getting away

(play chorus again)

chords during solo: A-D-A-F#m-E-Esus4-D-A-D-E-Esus4

in between the dirt and disgust there must be
some air to breathe
and something to believe
liquor and guns the sign says quite plain
somehow life goes on
in a place so insane

(play chorus again)

ending chords: A-D-A-F#m-E-Esus4-D-A

…questions, comments and corrections

Pretty much all this song is is three chords repeated – C, G, F

Standard Tuning

Fear the hearts of men are failing
These our latter days we know

The great depression now is spreading
God’s word declared it would be so

I’m going where there’s no depression
To a better land that’s free from care

I’ll leave this world of toil and trouble
My home’s in heaven
I’m going there

( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/uncle_tupelo/no_depression_crd.html )
In this dark hour, midnight nearing
The tribulation time will come
The storms will hurl the midnight fear
And sweep lost millions to their doom

I’m going where there’s no depression
To a better land that’s free from care

I’ll leave this world of toil and trouble
My home’s in heaven
I’m going there

I’m going where there’s no depression
To a better land that’s free from care

I’ll leave this world of toil and trouble
My home’s in heaven
I’m going there

So thats it! Really easy to play! i have to say uncle tupelo are awesome! and if you
already check out there albums!!

Peace out!

No Depression
Uncle Tupelo

transcribed:

verse

Down here where we’re at
Sweat drips from the tip of your nose
You wear loose clothes and you try to stay cool
We all had a lotta fun. Never saw much school

chorus
Down here where we’re at
Everybody is equally poor
Down here we don’t care
We don’t care what happens outside the screen door.

transcribed:
Marcus Winfree

This song is sung for anyone that’s listening
This song is for the broken-spirited man
This song is for anyone left standing
Am C G D (pick D chord)
After the strain of a slow sad end

(5) –3—2—0

It seems everybody wants what someone else has
And there’s sorrow enough for all, just go in any bar and ask
With a beer in each hand and a smile in between
All around’s a world grown mean

(chorus)
Well we’ve all had
Our ups and downs
It’s been mostly down around here

(5) –0–0 H2–2–2 H3–3–3 P2–2–0

Now this whole damn mess should be becoming quite clear

Looks like we’re all looking [G/F#]for a life worth livin’
That’s why we drink ourselves to sleep
We’re all looking [G/F#]for a life worth livin’
That’s why we pray for our souls to keep

There’s nothing left now but broken pieces
Of one man’s broken will to care
And in the end before all is said and done
How many others might follow him there

(same chords as chorus)
But midnight is coming round
It’s still mostly down around here
Now this whole damn mess is becoming quite clear

Looks like we’re all looking for a life worth livin’
That’s why we drink ourselves to sleep
We’re all looking for a life worth livin’
That’s why we pray for our souls to keep

Anodyne
Uncle Tupelo

Intro – Never leave [G(F#)]on your own
Verse – Where you’re from a[G(F#)]nd where you’re goin’
Em G D Em 0 1 2 1 0 (E str)
I know these things like I know you hate me now
Catch yourself in midair thinking your dreams c[G(F#)]an never be bought
I couldn’t help then I guess I can’t help you now

continue with next verse

When jousting is for pleasure and pleasure is way out of hand
The time is right for getting out while we still can (C chord here)

chorus
Chickamauga’s where I’ve been
Solitude is where I’m bound
F C x20010 Am G
I don’t ever want to taste those tears again
F C x20010 Am G F
I don’t ever want to taste those tears again

Then back to the verse starting on D. The G(F#) means play a G chord
with a F# in the bass (low E string). Just walk it down. Same type of
thing on the chorus with the C chord into the x20010 chord. Just
move your finger a half step down on the A string. The 01210 after the
Em on the verses is just a little run on the low E string.

Still Feel Gone
Uncle Tupelo

transcribed:

When you find you can somehow
Make it like all the rest
Won’t need to scrounge around
for someone else
Torn between the unknown
And a place that you call home
And a life you want but have never known

Chorus
There was a time could put it out of your mind
Leave it all behind
There was a time
D G 320303 D Dsus4 D
That time is gone

verse
Well whats life in 50 years in this town done for you
Except to learn you name and place on a barstool
Spent your whole life in this county
You’ve never been out of state
Say your gonna make out before its too late

chorus

bridge
There was a time when nothing seemed to make much sense
Now thats turned more intense
And all the crutches(?) you kept around
Are now nowhere to be found

obligatory solo 🙂

verse
When you find you somehow make it like all the rest
Won’t need to scrounge around for someone else
But now its … life in some kind of trap looking for a way out
You keep movin’ on that’s what its all about

chorus

END!

Notes: There are some places where you need to fake a couple of runs
like on the G’s during the verses. And a couple of D’s and A’s lift
your finger place on the highest string – meaning the high e when
playing a D and the b when playing an A. When playing the bridge I
sometimes don’t play the G (turned more intense) part. The
320303 chord requires you bend the G string up a half step to get that
nice country octave effect.

Have fun!