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Sacramento by Meredith Axelrod
Sacramento
Tuning: D G C F A D
Capo: 1st fret
Key: B
Tab is in C Major. The reference video plays in B Major, achieved by tuning the guitar a whole step down.
This is D Standard tuning, and you must add your capo. on 1st f r e t.
Alternatively, just tune the guitar a half step down to Eb Standard tuning and play in C; no capo necessary.
All notes, unless indicated, are "Q" = quarter notes. I have marked "E" = eitgth notes where necessary.
↑ and ↓ (Upstrokes and Downstrokes are suggestions, you can alternate pick this as well).
Picking pattern is simple. First pick your root note, then strum the rest of the chord.
Note that the guitar is not playing the vocal melody, only accompanying it. So the tab will
sould hollow without you voicing the lead notes. I could not sync the lyrics to their exact spots.
Time sginature: 2/4
BPM :204 (quarter notes)
INTRO.:
Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
D|-----0--0--0-----------0--0--0-----------------------------0--|
A|-----1--1--1-----------1--1--1--------------------1-----1--1--|
F|-----2--2--2-----------2--2--2--------------2--------2-----2--|
C|-----2--2--2-----------2--2--2--------2--------2-----------2--|
G|--0-----------------3--------------0-----3--------------------|
D|-----------------0--------------------------------------------|
VERSE 1:
Stars are bright, and the moon is shining down the val - ley
E E E E E E
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
D|-----0-----0-----1--1--1-----------------------------------|
A|-----1-----1-----3--3--3-----------------------------------|
F|-----2-----2-----2--2--2--------0--2-----0-----------------|
C|-----2-----2--0--------------3--------3-----2--3--0--2-----|
G|--3-----0-----------------------------------------------3--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
One fine night, in the far off Gol - den We - st
E E E E E E
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
D|-----0-----0-----1--1--1-----1--------0-----1-----0--------|
A|-----1-----1-----3--3--3-----3--------1-----0-----1-----3--|
F|-----2-----2-----2--2--2-----2--------0-----0-----0--1--1--|
C|-----2-----2--0--------------0--0-----2-----3-----2-----2--|
G|--0-----3--------------------------3--------2--3--------2--|
D|-----------------------------------------3--3--------------|
Cow - boy sighs. He is pleading with his sweet-heart Sally
E E E E E E
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
D|-----0-----0-----1--1--1-----------------------------------|
A|-----1-----1-----3--3--3-----------------------------------|
F|-----2-----2-----2--2--2--------0--2-----0-----------------|
C|-----2-----2--0--------------3--------3-----2--3--0--2-----|
G|--0-----3-----------------------------------------------3--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Sees her eyes, and he knows she loves him best
E E E E E E
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
D|-----0-----0-----1--1--1--------------1--------------------|
A|-----1-----1-----3--3--3--------------0--2--3--3-----------|
F|-----2-----2-----2--2--2--------------0--3--4--4-----------|
C|-----2-----2--0--0--0--0-----0-----3-----2--3--3-----------|
G|--0-----3--------------------------2-----------------------|
D|--------------------------------3--------------------------|
PRE CHORUS 1:
We’ll ride away, dear. At break of day, dear
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
D|--1-----1-----------------------------------------|
A|--------0-----------------------1--------1-----1--|
F|-----2-----0-----5-----4-----0--0--------2-----0--|
C|--------------4-----3-----4--------2--1-----2-----|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
He whispers low. Don’t answer “No.”
E E E E
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
D|-----1--1--1--------------------0--0--0-----------------|
A|-----0--0--0--------------------1--1--1-----------------|
F|-----0--0--0-----------------0-----0--0--0--------0--2--|
C|--3-----------3--0--2--3--4--------2--2-----2--3--------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
Just tell me where dear. And we’ll go there, dear
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
D|--------1--------1-----1--------0-----------------|
A|--0-----0--------0-----0--------1--------1-----1--|
F|-----3-----2--0--------------0-----------2-----0--|
C|--------------------3-----4--------2--1-----2-----|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
She says, there’s only, only just one place to go
E E E E
↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
D|-----3--3--3-----------3--3-----2--2--2--2--------1-----|
A|-----0--0--0--------0--0--0-----1--1--1--1--------0-----|
F|-----0--0--0-----------0--0-----2--2--2--2--------3-----|
C|--0--0--0--0-----0-----0--0--0--------------------0-----|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------3-----------|
CHORUS:
Sa - cra - men - to. That’s the only place I know.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑
D|-----------------------------------------------------2--2--2--------2--2--2--2--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------1--1--1--------1--1--1--1--|
F|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2--|
C|--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--0-----------0-----------------|
G|--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Honest, I would be content to live and die in Sacramento
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
D|-----1--1-----------------------------------------|
A|-----0--0-----------------------------0-----------|
F|-----0-----------0-----------------0-----2--------|
C|-----3--3--------0--3--0--2--3--4-----------3--0--|
G|-----2--2--2--2--2--2-----------------------------|
D|--3--3--3-----------3-----------------------------|
Hi there, Hoop - la! Hop up, and a - way we go.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
↓
↓ ↓
D|-----------------------------------------------------2--2--------2-----2-----2-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------1--1--------1-----1-----1-----|
F|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----2--2--2-----2-----2-----2-----|
C|--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--0-----------0--------------------|
G|--7--7--7--7--6--6--6--6--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
All aboard for Sunny Sac - ra - men - to.
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
D|-----1--1--1--1-----1--1--1-----------------3--3--3--3--|
A|--0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0-----------------1--1--1--1--|
F|-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0-----5-----4--0--0--0--0--0--|
C|--------------------3--3--3--4-----3-----2--2--2--2--2--|
G|--------------------2--2--2-----------------------------|
D|-----------------3--3--3--3-----------------------------|
TRANSITION TO VERSE 2:
E E E E E E E E
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
D|-----3--3--------3-----------0--0--0-----------0--0--0-----------------------------0--|
A|-----1--1--------1-----------1--1--1-----------1--1--1--------------------1-----1--1--|
F|-----0--0--------0-----------2--2--2-----------2--2--2--------------2--------2-----2--|
C|-----2--2-----2--2-----------2--2--2-----------2--2--2--------2--------2-----------2--|
G|--3-----------------3--2--0-----------------3--------------0-----3--------------------|
D|-----------3-----------------------------0--------------------------------------------|
VERSE 2:
Sun comes out, and the yell goes ringing down the valley
Wild west shout from the top of yonder hill
Cow-boy greets with a loud “Hello!” his sweetheart Sally
His heart beats, when she cries “I’ll be there, Bill.”
PRE-CHORUS 2:
Oh, how he meets her kiss when he greets her
Ain’t she his beau, she don’t say no
Roses are prancing, two hearts are glancing
They feel so happy, happy, as away they go
CHORUS x2
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