Brad Barr - Devil's Harp

[Big Bob]

Capo 2

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Barr Brothers - Devil's Harp

Tuning: EADGBbE (tune second string down 1/2 step)

Capo 2 (chords relative to capo)

chords used:
Gm:   3x000x or 3x0003
Gm/F: 1x000x
Gm/E: 0x000x
D6/Gb:2x020x
Cm7:  x3100x or x31003
Eb:   x6500x
Gm/D: x5500x
Eb/Bb:x1100x
Eb/A "x0100x
C7:   x3200x or x32003  or x32000
Em:   xx2013

additional instrumental chords:
D7:   xx0222
D7b9(no3): xx0555
Ab/D: xx0898
Gm*:  xx0006 or xx0796  (note: different voicing than the Gm in the verse and chorus)
D7/A(no3): 5x054x
Gm/Bb:x1000x


intro and verse:
|Gm       |Gm/F     |Gm/E     |D6/Gb    |x2

|Cm7      |      /Gb|Gm   /F  |Gm/E     |         |

|Eb  Gm/D |Cm7 Eb/Bb|Eb/A D6/Gb|Gm      |         |

chorus:
|Gm       |

|C7       |         |Gm       |         |

|C7       |         |Gm       |         |

|C7       |         |Em       |C7       |

|Gm       |         |

instrumental:
|Gm       |D7       |D7b9(no3)|Gm       |

|Ab/D     |Gm*      |D7b9(no3)|         |

|Gm       |D6/Gb    |D7/A(no3)|Gm       |

|Cm7      |Gm/Bb    |Eb/A D6/Gb|Gm      |

|Gm*      |         |D6/Gb D7/A|Gm      |

|Cm7      |Gm/Bb    |Eb/A D6/Gb|Gm      |

notes:
-transcribed from this video: http://vimeo.com/76729726
-i skipped the last part of the instrumental...you'll see if you watch that video^

Actual chords, in case you want to play along without a capo or on a different instrument:

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Barr Brothers - Devil's Harp

intro and verse:
|Am       |Am/G     |Am/Gb    |E6/Ab    |x2

|Dm7      |      /Ab|Am   /G  |Am/Gb    |         |

|F   Am/E |Dm7  F/C |F/B E6/Ab|Am       |         |

chorus:
|Am       |

|D7       |         |Am       |         |

|D7       |         |Am       |         |

|D7       |         |Gbm      |D7       |

|Am       |         |

instrumental:
|Am       |E7       |E7b9(no3)|Am       |

|Bb/E     |Am       |E7b9(no3)|         |

|Am       |E6/Ab    |E7/B(no3)|Am       |

|Dm7      |Am/C     |F/B E6/Ab|Am       |

|Am       |         |E6/Ab E7/B|Am      |

|Dm7      |Am/C     |F/B E6/Ab|Am       |

[Big Bob]

verse:
I tuned the Devil's harp, it was the last thing that I heard
Before I walked the stretch of road between Nagoya and absurd
I meant to find my lover there, but I found a little bird
She sang me how the world was made, I hung on every word

She told me why the rabbit cries and why some stars were red
Told me where the doepa goes to lay his weary head
That the World was incomplete and the king would soon be dead
She offered me her wing that night, I took the road instead

chorus:
Maybe I'm mad, baby
Maybe I've fallen from the poplar tree
Carry me back, baby

verse:
With borrowed pride I could not hide; I grew a sailor's beard
And as I walked, my innocence, my leaves they disappeared
Rented a room upon the hill where a marble cat appeared
He showed me where the fire was and I had nothing to fear

For all God's good and Brotherhood, we drank 'til I was crowned
Then a Lady from the Everglades pulled my ass up off the ground
She kissed me four times on the cheek, and once upon the brow
For a moment I believed that I had come for what I'd found

INSTRUMENTAL

verse:
Now I sit alone with all the cracks in my guitar
For all the miles I've put behind I haven't come that far
But we are all compelled to look for the wind inside a jar

chorus:
Maybe I'm mad, baby
Maybe I've fallen from the poplar tree
Carry me back, baby

Maybe I'm mad, baby
Maybe I've fallen from the poplar tree
Carry me back, baby