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Chords in this song4
capo 3 — sounds 3 semitones higherSong
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Artist: Sarah Harmer
Song Title: Basement Apartment
Submitted by: Tim Lawson (user turinbrakes)
Email: timlawson100@hotmail.com
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Standard Tuning: EADGBe
Capo: 3rd fret
Chords: (written as used without capo)
e|-3----|--3---|--2---|--0---| B|-3----|--3---|--3---|--1---| G|-0----|--0---|--2---|--0---| D|-2----|--0---|--0---|--2---| A|-3----|--2---|--0---|--3---| E|-x----|--3---|--0(2)|--3---|
Okay, so the most 'tricky' part
(as far as you wanna call it tricky)
is the rhythm of the Cadd9 and the G chords.
The rhythm of these two particular chords
is used throughout the whole song except
for the chorus.
e|-------3----3--333-- B|-------3----0--000-- G|-------0----0--000-- D|-----2-2----0--000-- A|---3---3----2--222-- E|-------x----3--333-- (repeated)
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[Intro] (guitar kicks in just before the laughing part)
Cadd9 G D C x2
Verse
You live out where the street ends
in a basement apt. with one of your friends
and the tap drips all night
water torture in the sink
The furnace is burning
but it's still cold I think ___
I can smell the bleach
that they use in the hall
but it can't clean the dirt off of me
It's seeping under the door
in across the floor
it's starting to hurt
Chorus
Everytime I breathe__|
Everytime I try to leave__|
Everytime I breathe_____|
Verse
Now the toaster sticks
and the empties are piled
I haven't been up the stairs in a while now
I gotta wash the sheets on my bed
gotta watch the things that go unsaid
God I wish we'd leave it at this____|
[Repeat Chorus] (except the beginning D & C
chords wich are already
played at the end of verse)
Everytime I breathe__|
Everytime I try to leave__|
Everytime I breathe_____|
Verse
And every evening you open the door
You come down
There's nothing like watching TV all night on the ground
and no one is watching me slide
below street level
C (pump up this chord, get ready for the chorus)
barely alive
[Instrumental] (chords from the chorus)
Everytime I breathe__|
Everytime I try to leave__|
Everytime I breathe_____|
Last Verse
Now we live out where the street ends
in a basement apt. just like our friends
We always said that we were different
Cadd0 G
but you know now that we weren't
'cause there's holes in all the bottles
and my lungs hurt___|
Repeat Chorus
Everytime I breathe__|
Everytime I try to leave__|
Everytime I breathe_____|
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03/05/02
That’s it, a very nice song. You can easily perform this with just an acoustic, that’s
how I first played it. Do you have any comment, suggestions, death threats or marriage
proposals? Email me at timlawson100@hotmail.com.
Comments
Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?
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