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Drag by Lagwagon
Drag
Tuning: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Tuning: Drop C#
Alrighty folks, this song starts out with a fairly obvious palm mute, somewhere around the fifth fret.
Then the verse kicks in, and it goes something like this:
e|---x-x-x--x--x-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---x-x-x--x--x-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---x-x-x--x--x--7--7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-5-3--3--3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3--------|
D|---x-x-x--x--x--7--7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-5-3--3--3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3--------|
A|---x-x-x--x--x--5--5--5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-3-1--1--1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1-1--------|
E|---x-x-x--x--x-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5--5--5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-7--7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-5-----------------------|
D|---5--5--5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-7--7--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-5-----------------------|
A|---3--3--3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3-3-5--5--5-5-5-5--5-5--5-3-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play that verse part twice, holding the D chord in the last bar on the second time around, and then continue
to what is something of a pre-chorus:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---3--3-3--3-3--5--5-5--5-5------------------------------------------------|
D|---3--3-3--3-3--5--5-5--5-5---3--3-3--3-3--7--7-7--7-7--8--8-8--8-8--10----|
A|---1--1-1--1-1--3--3-3--3-3---3--3-3--3-3--7--7-7--7-7--8--8-8--8-8--10----|
E|------------------------------3--3-3--3-3--7--7-7--7-7--8--8-8--8-8--10----|
Revert immediately back to the verse part, playing it twice, exactly the same way as the first verse. After
that, run through the pre-chorus part again. Then, comes something of a "chorus" part (really just Joey
saying "drag", but here it is:
e|---x-x-x--x--x------x-x-x--x--x------x-x-x--x--x---------------------------|
B|---x-x-x--x--x------x-x-x--x--x------x-x-x--x--x---------------------------|
G|---x-x-x--x--x--7---x-x-x--x--x--3---x-x-x--x--x--5------------------------|
D|---x-x-x--x--x--7---x-x-x--x--x--3---x-x-x--x--x--5------------------------|
A|---x-x-x--x--x--5---x-x-x--x--x--1---x-x-x--x--x--3------------------------|
E|---x-x-x--x--x------x-x-x--x--x------x-x-x--x--x---------------------------|
Then do a pick slide into this lead part
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0--7-7-7-5-3-0--7-7-7-5-3-----7-7-7-5-3----7-7-7-5-3-----7-7-7-5-3------|
A|------------------------------1------------1-------------3-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------7-7-7-5-3--0--7-7-7-5-3-0--7-7-7-5-3-----7-7-7-5-3---7-7-7-5-3-------|
A|---3----------------------------------------1------------1-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------7-7-7-5-3-5--7-5-3-5-3-2~--------------------------------------------|
A|---3-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then both guitars come back in with this chordy part, played twice:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-0-3--8-0---3-10---0-0-0-3--8-0--0-0-0--0--0-------------------------|
A|---0-0-0-3--8-0---3-10---0-0-0-3--8-0--0-0-0--0--0-------------------------|
E|---0-0-0-3--8-0---3-10---0-0-0-3--8-0--0-0-0--0--0-------------------------|
Cut that last part short three quarters of the way through, and then the bass goes into a solo part. The
guitar mostly emulates that, once the full band kicks in. It sounds something like this:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---3--3-3--3-3--5--5-5--5-5--7--7-7--7-7-----------------------------------|
D|---3--3-3--3-3--5--5-5--5-5--7--7-7--7-7--7--7-7--7-7--8--8-8--8-8--10-----|
A|---1--1-1--1-1--3--3-3--3-3--5--5-5--5-5--7--7-7--7-7--8--8-8--8-8--10-----|
E|------------------------------------------7--7-7--7-7--8--8-8--8-8--10-----|
Then the song goes back to the quasi-chorus part. Then, to this:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---7--7-7-7-7---7-7-7--3--3-3-3-3---3-3-3---5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--------------|
D|---7--7-7-7-7---7-7-7--3--3-3-3-3---3-3-3---5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--------------|
A|---5--5-5-5-5---5-5-5--1--1-1-1-1---1-1-1---3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3--------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The song then goes back into the part after the solo/lead part from earlier, the real chordy-sounding one.
It ends on a brisk and abrupt "open" C# after that.
I'm not growing younger
And it's a short drive to an accident
I'm not sure when we'll get there
Just be patient
Oxygen waning
And someday we'll have to fight for air
Devoted to wheezing
A lover so fair
I have a feeling Colorado's air is not worth breathing now
I quit when I was 30
I quit when my baby girl was born
I quit, I can't afford any bills
New year farewells
The drag on the next one
Is something I can look forward
Something to slow the synapse
Something to do with my hands
I have a feeling Colorado's air is not worth breathing now
Drag, drag, drag
Oxygen clouding in my black lung, my black lung
Oxygen clouding in my black lung, my black lungs
Oxygen waning, there's no way to reverse this affliction now
Drag, drag, drag
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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version 2
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
E - 022100
B - x24442
G# - 466544
Verse 1:
C#m B
I'm not growing younger
A
and it's a short drive
B
to an accident I'm not
sure when we'll get
C#m B(hold)
there just be patient
C#m B A
oxygen waning and
someday we'll have
B
to fight for air
devoted to wheezing
C#m
a lover so fair
Refrain 1:
A B
I have a feeling
E
Colorado's
G#
air is not worth
A B(hold)
breathing now
Verse 2:
C#m B
I quit when I was 30
A
I quit when my baby
B
girl was born I quit
I can't afford any
C#m B(hold)
bills new year farewells
C#m B
the drag on the next one
A
is something I can look
B
forward to something
to slow the synapse
C#m
something to
do with my hands
(Repeat Refrain 1)
Chorus 1:
C#m
drag
A
drag
B
drag
Guitar Solo: C#m--A--B--C#m--A--B-G#-
Breakdown:
C#m--E-A-C#m--E-B-C#m--E-A-C#m--
C#m--E-A-C#m--E-B-C#m--E-G#-
Bridge:
Bass Only:
A B
oxygen clouding in my
E G#
black lung my black lung
A B
oxygen clouding in my
E G#
black lung my black lungs
Guitar Enters:
A B
oxygen waning there's
C#m
no way to reverse
G# A B(hold)
this affliction now
Chorus 2:
C#m
drag
A
drag
B
drag
C#m
drag
A
drag
B
drag
Outro:
C#m--E-A-C#m--E-B-C#m--E-A-C#m--
C#m--E-A-C#m--E-B-C#m--E-A-C#m(hold)
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