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City In A Bottle by Shakey Graves
City In A Bottle
The song is played with a capo on the second fret, but you can also play without a
capo or with barre chords if you want.
(The Am-C progression in the verses is played with Am for three bars and C for one)
Verse 1:
E B7 Am C
Well the cold has a hard time finding me
E B7 Am C
Unlike some folks I know
E B7 Am C
Yeah all the men down in union square
E B7 Am
Are worried about the snow
Am
When your pockets fill
C
With dollar bills
Am C
Your heart forgets to eat
E B7
Its a wicked thing
E
It owns this street
Chorus:
E Am C Am C
Yeah fix your boots or take me home says quick monique the freak
E Am C Am C
I need an easy dollar are you trick or are you treat
E
Well if she was six teeth younger and if i had half a mind
B7 E
I’d carry her away from that wicked thing outside
Verse 2:
E B7 Am C
Well i saw a carried bundle
E B7 Am C
that has fingers eyes and toes
E B7 Am C
As a father of deception
E B7 Am
i have never raised a soul
Am C Am C
It’s a purchase captured second hand and cherished more than gold
E B7 E
It’s a shelter from that wicked thing that wanders in the night
Chorus:
E Am C Am C
Yeah fix your boots or take me home says quick monique the freak
E Am C Am C
I need an easy dollar are you trick or are you treat
E
Well if she was six teeth younger and if i had half a mind
B7 E
I’d carry her away from that wicked thing outside
Am C Am C
The water on the dirty streets has all but turned to ice
E B7 E
To pave the road for wicked things that wander in the night
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version 2
Capo: 2
174 bpm
4/4
Swing Feel
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Note: It sounds fine as Em or E but throughout most of
the song, you can’t hear the third, around the chorus
you can hear a minor note, but I like to mute the D
string while playing this song
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Another Note: Throughout the song it gets boring just
strumming E5, if you listen carefully Shakey will mute
the high "e" string every other bar of E5, this adds
more character to the song.
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[Intro]
Top Note: e b e b
Chord: E5 E5 E5 E5 x2
[Verse 1]
E5 B7 Am C
Yeah well the cold, has a hard, time findin’ me
E5 B7 Am C
Unlike, some folks I know
E5 B7 Am C
Yeah all the men down in union square
E5 B7 Am
Are worried about the snow
Am Am7/B
‘cause when your pockets fill,
C
with dollar bills
Am Am7/B
Your heart, forgets
C
to eat
E5 E5/A E5/Bb B7
Yeah it’s a wicked thing mmm
E5 E5 (Stop)
It owns the street
[Chorus]
E5
Oh yes oh fix your boots
or take me home says
Quick Monique the Freak
Am C Am C
Ooh, ooh, ooh
E5
Oh yeah I need an easy dollar
are yah trick, or are yah treat?
Am C Am C
mmm, mmm, mmm
E5
Oh if she was six teeth younger lord
and I had half a mind,
you know I’d carry her away
B7
from that wicked, thing outside
E5 x4
[Verse 2]
E5 B7 Am C
Oh, well I saw a carried bundle
E5 B7 Am
That had fingers, eyes, and toes
E5 B7 Am C
As a father of deception
E5 B7 Am
I had never, raised a soul
Am Am7/B C
Yeah it’s a, purchase captured, secondhand
Am Am7/B C
and cherished more than gold
E5
Yeah it’s a shelter from that wicked thing
E5 (Stop)
that wandered in
[Chorus]
E5
Oh yes oh fix your boots
or take me home says
Quick Monique the Freak
Am C Am C
Ooh, ooh, ooh
E5
Oh yeah I need an easy dollar
are yah trick, or are yah treat?
Am C Am C
mmm, mmm, mmm
E5
Oh if she was six teeth younger lord
and I had half a mind,
you know I’d carry her away
B7
from that wicked, thing outside
[Bridge]
Am Am7/B C
Oh well oh water all, the dirty streets
Am Am7/B C
Oh as all but turns to ice
E5
Oh to pay for all the wicked things
B7 E5
that wander in the night
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