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Lord I'm Discouraged by The Hold Steady
Lord I'm Discouraged
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Intro - E-A-B-A (Clean Electric - 12 String)
E A .... A B A
e|-0---2--0-----0------5-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--------2---2------5--------------4------5p4-4---------2-----5p2-2-------|
G|-1------------2------6-----6-----4-----4----------4----2---2----------2----|
D|-2------------2------7---7-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2------------0------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E A .... A B A
e|-0---2-4-0-----0------5--------------------2h4-----------------------------|
B|-0--------2----2------5--------------4-------------4-----2-----5p2-2-------|
G|-1-------------2------6-----6-----4-----4-------4------2---2---------------|
D|-2-------------2------7---7------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-------------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E A .... A B A
e|-0---2h4-0----0------5-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--------2---2------5--------------4------5p4-4---------2-----5p2-2-------|
G|-1------------2------6-----6-----4-----4----------4----2---2----------2----|
D|-2------------2------7---7-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2------------0------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E A .... A B A
e|-0---2-4-0----0------5-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--------2---2------5--------------4------5p4-4---------2-----5p2-2-------|
G|-1------------2------6-----6-----4-----4----------4----2---2----------2----|
D|-2------------2------7---7-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2------------0------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse (Clean Electric - 12 String)
E A .... A B A
e|-0---2h4-0----0------5-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--------2---2------5--------------4------5p4-4---------2-----5p2-2-------|
G|-1------------2------6-----6-----4-----4----------4----2---2----------2----|
D|-2------------2------7---7-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2------------0------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E A .... A B A
e|-0---2-4-0----0------5-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--------2---2------5--------------4------5p4-4---------2-----5p2-2-------|
G|-1------------2------6-----6-----4-----4----------4----2---2----------2----|
D|-2------------2------7---7-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2------------0------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E A .... A B A
e|-0---2h4-0----0------5-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--------2---2------5--------------4------5p4-4---------2-----5p2-2-------|
G|-1------------2------6-----6-----4-----4----------4----2---2----------2----|
D|-2------------2------7---7-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2------------0------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E A .... A B A
e|-0---2-4-0----0------5-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--------2---2------5--------------4------5p4-4---------2-----5p2-2-------|
G|-1------------2------6-----6-----4-----4----------4----2---2----------2----|
D|-2------------2------7---7-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2------------0------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus (Clean Electric - 12 String)
E Dsus2 A E
e|-0----0----0----0----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0----3----2----0----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1----2----2----1----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2----0----2----2----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---------0----2----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0--------------0----------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge (Clean Electric - 12 String)
F#m A Dsus4 B
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----6---------6------7p6-6----7p6-6--4------------------------------------|
D|--4-----4---7-----7---------7----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#m A Dsus4 B
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----6---------6------7p6-6----4-6-4---------------------------------------|
D|--4-----4---7-----7---------7----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo (Distorted - 6 String)
E A B A
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------Pick slide--------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----////////////////////////////////////////////////////////---------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-~---12-~--12--12--12-----------12br9-10-12-9-10-9h10-9h10-9~-----------|
G|-11b~---11b~--11b-11b-11br9-11-9~------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------9-----9-------------12-11-9---9-------------------------------------|
B|-----9-----9-----------------------12--12-9----9----9----------------------|
G|-11b---11b----11br9-11-9~-------------------11---11---11-11br9-11-9~-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------9----9~--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9h11---11-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------10~------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------13p11p9-13p11p9-13p11p9-13p11p9-13p11p9-13p11p9-13p11p9---|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------19b-19--19b-19--19b-19-17-16-17-19-17-16-----|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13p11p9-13p11p9-13p11p9---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---16-----------19b-19-17-16-17-19-17-16----16-----------------------------|
B|-19---19--17~----------------------------19----19b~------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------12------------------------------9h12------------------------------|
G|------9--11b-------9-----9------9----11b---------11br9-11-9~---------------|
D|-9h11---------9h11---9h11---9h11-------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E A B
e|---0----------0-----------2------------------------------------------------|
B|---0----------2-----------4------------------------------------------------|
G|---1----------2-----------4------------------------------------------------|
D|---2----------2-----------4------------------------------------------------|
A|---2----------0-----------2------------------------------------------------|
E|---0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro
F# Esus2 B
e|------2------------0-----------2-------------------------------------------|
B|------2------------0-----------4-------------------------------------------|
G|------3------------4-----------4-------------------------------------------|
D|------4------------4-----------4-------------------------------------------|
A|------4------------2-----------2-------------------------------------------|
E|------2------------0-------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
E A
Lord, I'm discouraged
B A
The circles have sucked in her eyes
E A
Lord, I'm discouraged
B A
Her new friends have shadowed her life
E A
Lord, I'm discouraged
B A
She ain't come out dancing for some time
E A
And I'm trying to light candles
B
But they burn down to nothing
A
And she keeps coming up with
Chorus
E Dsus2 A E
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
E Dsus2 A E
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
E Dsus2 A E
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
E Dsus2
There's a house on the south side
A~ E
Where she stays in for days at a time
Verse 2
I know I'm no angel
I ain't been bad that way
Can't you hear her?
She's that sweet missing songbird
When the choir sings on Sundays
And I'm almost busted
But I bought back the jewellery she sold
And I come to your altar
And then there's just nothing
And she keeps insisting
Chorus 2
The sutures and bruises are none of my business
She says that she's sick
But she won't get specific
The sutures and bruises are none of my business
This guy from the north side
Comes down to visits
His visits, they only take five or six minutes
Solo
Bridge
F#m A Dsus2 B
Lord, I'm sorry to question your wisdom
But my faith has been wavering
Won't you show me a sign,
And let me know that you're listening?
Outro
F# Esus2 B F#
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
F# Esus2 B F#
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
F# Esus2 B F#
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
F# Esus2 B F#
I know it's unlikely she'll ever be mine
Esus2 B F#
So I mostly just pray she don't die
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ let ring
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| br Bend and release
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version 2
Intro: E - F#m - B - A x4
Verse 1:
E F#m
Lord, I'm discouraged,
B A
the circles have sucked in her eyes.
E F#m
Lord, I'm discouraged,
B A
her new friends have shadowed her life.
E F#m
Lord, I'm discouraged,
B A
she ain't come out dancin' for some time.
E F#m
I tried to light candles
B
but they burned down to nothin'.
A
She keeps comin' up with
Chorus:
E D2 A E
Excuses, and half truths, and fortified whine.
E D2 A E
Excuses, and half truths, and fortified whine.
E D2 A E
Excuses, and half truths, and fortified whine.
E D2
There's a house on the south side,
A E
she stays there for days at a time.
Verse 2: E - F#m
B
I know I'm no angel,
A
I ain't been bowed that way.
E F#m
Can't you hear her?
B
She's that sweet missing song bird
A
when the choir sings on Sunday.
E F#m
And I'm almost busted,
B A
but I bought back the jewelry she sold.
E F#m
And I come to your alter
B
and then there's just nothin'
A
and she keeps insistin'
Chorus:
E D2
the sutures and bruises
A E
are none of my buisness.
E D2
She says that she's sick,
A E
but she won't get specific.
E D2
the sutures and bruises
A E
are none of my buisness.
E D2
This guy from the north side
A E
comes down to visit.
E D2
The visits, they only take
A E
five or six minutes.
Solo:E - F#m - B - A x 4
E - F#m - A
Bridge: F#m - A - Bm x4
F#m A
Lord I'm sorry
Bm
to question your wisdom,
F#m A Bm
but my faith has been waverin'.
F#m A
Won't you show me a sign?
Bm
Let me know that your listening.
F#m - A - Bm
Chorus:
E D2 A
Excuses, and half truths, and fortified whine.
E D2 A
Excuses, and half truths, and fortified whine.
E D2 A
Excuses, and half truths, and fortified whine.
E D2
I know it's unlikely
A
she'll ever be mine.
E D2 A
So I mostly just pray she don't die.
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version 3
Intro E “ A “ B “ A
E A
Lord, I'm discouraged
B A
The circles have sucked in her eyes
E A
Lord, I'm discouraged
B A
Her new friends have shadowed her life
E A
Lord, I'm discouraged
B A
She ain't come out dancing for some time
E A
And I'm trying to light candles
B
But they burn down to nothing
A
And she keeps coming up with
E Dsus2 A
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
E Dsus2
There's a house on the south side
A
Where she stays in for days at a time
I know I'm no angel
I ain't been bad that way
Can't you hear her?
She's that sweet missing songbird
When the choir sings on Sundays
And I'm almost busted
But I bought back the jewellery she sold
And I come to your altar
And then there's just nothing
And she keeps insisting
The sutures and bruises are none of my business
She says that she's sick
But she won't get specific
The sutures and bruises are none of my business
This guy from the north side
Comes down to visits
His visits, they only take five or six minutes
F#m A Dsus2 B
Lord, I'm sorry to question your wisdom
But my faith has been wavering
Won't you show me a sign,
And let me know that you're listening?
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
I know it's unlikely she'll ever be mine
So I mostly just pray she don't die
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version 4
Intro E “ A “ F#m “ A
E A
Lord, I'm discouraged
F#m A
The circles have sucked in her eyes
E A
Lord, I'm discouraged
F#m A
Her new friends have shadowed her life
E A
Lord, I'm discouraged
F#m A
She ain't come out dancing for some time
E A
And I'm trying to light candles
F#m
But they burn down to nothing
A
And she keeps coming up with
E Dsus2 A
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
E Dsus2
There's a house on the south side
A
Where she stays in for days at a time
I know I'm no angel
I ain't been bad that way
Can't you hear her?
She's that sweet missing songbird
When the choir sings on Sundays
And I'm almost busted
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But I bought back the jewellery she sold
And I come to your altar
And then there's just nothing
And she keeps insisting
The sutures and bruises are none of my business
She says that she's sick
But she won't get specific
The sutures and bruises are none of my business
This guy from the north side
Comes down to visits
His visits, they only take five or six minutes
Bm C#m A (Not sure about this part)
Lord, I'm sorry to question your wisdom
But my faith has been wavering
Won't you show me a sign,
And let me know that you're listening?
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
Excuses and half-truths and fortified wine
I know it's unlikely she'll ever be mine
So I mostly just pray she don't die
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