Understanding Salesmen by the Eels, from the album Blinking Lights.
Corrections to jamespfennell@gmail.com
A tab is given for the introduction and the first line. Throughout the rest
of the song plucking and strumming go hand in hand. Just emphasize the
lower strings more so than the higher strings. The only part of this tab
that may sound somewhat askew is the D minor, however I attribute this to
the presence of strings in the original recording from Blinking Lights.
Tab:
AAm
e|-------0---------|-------0---------|
B|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|
G|---2---------1---|---2---------1---|
D|-2---------------|-2---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
AC
e|-------0---------|-------0---------|
B|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|
G|---2---------2---|---0---------0---|
D|-2---------------|-2---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
A knock... door means
FCG
e|-------1---------|-------0---------|-------------3---|
B|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-------0---------|
G|---2---------2---|---0---------1---|-----0-----0-----|
D|-3---------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Hello Jesus calls
Full chords:
AAmAmC
A knock on the door means
FCG
Hello jesus calls
AmC
A ring on the phone means
FCG
A trip to niagara falls
DmCDm
Daddy don't let me down this time
CDm
I'm all alone inside my mind
Am
And it's no small thing
FCG
That i must prove to you
ACFCGAmC
A late night card game
FCG
With the guys is alright
AmC
But i would rather
FCG
Take you for a test drive
DmCDm
Daddy don't let me down this time
CDm
I'm all alone inside my mind
Am
And it's no small thing
FCG
That i must prove to you
FCG
While I look out on the passing fields
FCG
The sun through the bugs on the windshield
F
Makes me feel
C
Like I
G
Don't matter
ACFCG
Repeat the "knock on the door" first verse, finishing the song on G.