*From Album, Praire Wind*
Tuning: Double Dropped D Tuning (DADGBD)
CHORDS:
D5 000230
F x33210
C x32010
Am7 x02010
Am x02210
C(v) xx5555
D(vii) xx7777
Bb xx3333
Bb(vi) 880760
G5 550030
The chords for the intro and main picking theme:
D///F/C/
A///D///
Then it's:
D///C///
A///D///
For the "Tick Tock" CHORUS bit:
C(v) D(vii) Bb C(v) D(vii)
D|--5-----7-----3---5----7---|
B|--5-----7-----3---5----7---|
G|--5-----7-----3---5----7---|
D|--5-----7-----3---5----7---|
A|---------------------------|
D|----0-----0-----0---0------|
F/C/D///
C(v) D(vii) Bb C(v) D(vii)
F / / / C / / / G5 / / / Bb(vi) / / /
D///
VERSE:
D5FC
See the bluebird flyin' easy as a dream
Am7D5
dippin' and bobbin' in the sun
D5FC
Could she be the one I saw so long ago
Am7D5
could she be the one to take me home
D5C
This pasture is green I'm walking in the sun
AmD5
It's turning brown I'm standing in the rain
D5C
My overcoat is worn the pockets are all torn
AmD5
I'm moving away from the pain
CHORUS:
C(v) D(vii) Bb C(v) D(vii)
Tick tock the clock on the wall
FCD5
No wonder we're losin time
C(v) D(vii) Bb C(v) D(vii)
Ring ring the old church bell
FC
The bride and her love
G5 Bb(vi) D5
Seeking guidance from above
SOLO with D5 improvisation
VERSE:
D5FC
Amber waves of grain bow in the prairie wind
Am7D5
I'm hearin' Willie singing on the radio again
D5FC
That song from 911 keeps ringin in my head
Am7D5
I'll always remember somethin' Chris Rock said
D5C
Don't send more candles no matter what you do
AmD5
Then Willie stopped singin' and the prairie wind blew
D5C
The grain kept rollin on for miles and miles
AmD5
Fields of fuel rollin' on for miles
CHORUS:
C(v) D(vii) Bb C(v) D(vii)
Tick tock the clock on the wall
FCD5
No wonder we're losin time
C(v) D(vii) Bb C(v) D(vii)
Torn torn the fallen soldier fell
FC
The old church on the hill
G5 Bb(vi) D5
still standin' when so many fell
SOLO with D5 improvisation
VERSE:
D5FC
Back when I was young the birds blocked out the sun
Am7D5
Before the great migration stopped
D5FC
We only shot a few they last the winter through
Am7D5
Mother cooked them good and served them up
D5C
Somewhere a senator sits in a leather chair
AmD5
Behind a big wooden desk
D5C
The caribou he killed mean nothing to him
AmD5
He took his money just like all the rest
CHORUS:
C(v) D(vii) Bb C(v) D(vii)
Tick tock the clock on the wall
FCD5
No wonder we're losin' time
C(v) D(vii) Bb C(v) D(vii)
Ring ring ring the wedding bells
FC
The bride takes the ring
G5 Bb(vi) D5
And the happy people sing