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A Sad Song About A Girl I Barely Remember by Khaki Cuffs
A Sad Song About A Girl I Barely Remember
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
Key: D
Chords in the song:
Dmaj7(sus2) F#m F#m5 F#m7 A/F# F#m(add9)
e|-----------|--------|--------|--------|---------|-------|
B|-2---------|-2------|-2------|-5------|-10------|-9-----|
G|-2---------|-2------|-2------|-2------|-2-------|-2-----|
D|-2---------|--------|--------|--------|---------|-------|
A|-----------|-9------|-4------|-4------|-9-------|-9-----|
E|-10--------|-2------|-2------|-2------|-2-------|-2-----|
The majority of the song is just using left-handed muting techniques
To play the song the way it’s written, I mute the high E string with my palm for the whole song.
When I play the Dmaj7(sus2), I fret the 10th fret with the tip of my middle finger and mute the A string
with the pad of my finger, and I do the same thing with my index finger when I play the F#m chord that comes
after it.
The strumming pattern is down-up-down-up-down-up-down-up for the whole first half of the song
For the bridge, the strumming pattern is up-down-up-down
For the “breakdown”, the strumming pattern is like the first half, but there is a little bit of right-handed
muting going on to fit the half-time rhythm.
Bonus: our bassist wrote a cool bassline (in drop D) after the song was recorded, here that is
A |-----------------------------------| |----------------| |---------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------|x2 |----------------|x2 |---------------------------------|
A |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------| |----------------| |-------------0-0-0-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
D |-----------------------------4-4-4-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4| |-4-4-4-6-6-6---------------------|
Since you left, the spring hasn't felt as refreshing as it did
I can't hold down myself, much less a relationship
So did the ends justify the means when we had our ups and downs?
Or am I romanticizing broken hearts and forgiving empty sounds?
Every word I sang I meant in those records that you hated
Having to listen to cause you knew that my breath was never bated
And as you walked away from me, I noted every stride
As the distance between us grew and I died a little bit inside
Though the February sun still shines, the skies are as grey as they were
When I walked to class alone and passed by Purnell Hall
Are these words I mean or am I just blinded by the fact
That I feel my sense of self fading as these last years fade to black
I won't indulge in toxic things, I'm not that person anymore
But what I wouldn't give for just one second of forgetting being yours
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