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The Saint Of Lost Causes by Justin Townes Earle
The Saint Of Lost Causes
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:3rd fret
[Intro]
Am F Em
Am F Em
Am F Em
Am F Em
[Verse 1]
Am F Em
I'm a bad dream I’m not a nightmare
Am F Em
I'm too pretty for that
Am F Em
Let's just say I'm the last thing you wanna see coming
Am F Em
I'm the reason they say watch your back
Am F Em
But for so long, I was like a wounded hound
Am F Em
Backed into a chain-link fence
Am F Em
The world at large was just a big, mean kid
Am F Em
Poking me through the fence with a stick
Am F Em
Ain't nobody goin' back
Am F Em
It takes a whole lotta hurt
Am F Em
To realize one of life's biggest lessons
Am F Em
Ain't got nothing to do with deserving
[Chorus]
Dm F Em Am F Em
Just pray to the Saint of Lost Causes
[Instrumental]
Am F Em
[Verse 2]
Am F Em
Now it's a cruel world
Am F Em
But it ain't hard to understand
Am F Em
You got your sheep, got your shepherds
Am F Em
Got your wolves amongst men
Am F Em
It can be hard to tell
Am F Em
You might find a wolf in shepherd's clothes
Am F Em
And now and then you're gonna find sheep
Am F Em
In amongst all those troubled souls
Am F Em
You know the folks that's most afraid of the wolf
Am F Em
If you really stop and think
Am F Em
Throughout time, between a wolf and a shepherd
Am F Em
Who do you think has killed more sheep?
Am F Em
Nah, there's nothing can be done
Am F Em
It's just the way it goes
Am F Em
First you get bad, then you get mean
Am F Em
Then there's nothing left but to grow cold
[Chorus]
Dm F Em Am F Em
And pray to the Saint of Lost Causes
[Instrumental]
Am F Em
[Bridge]
Dm Am
Some will say I've got no feeling
Em Am
No heart, and surely no shame
Dm Am
Truth is that this has been with me so long
Em
That I, I must admit I kinda like the pain
[Instrumental]
Am F Em
Am F Em
Am F Em
Am F Em
[Verse 3]
Am F Em
How many encounters do you ever have
Am F Em
But again, how many wolves you ever seen?
Am F Em
You got about as much chance of seeing one of them
Am F Em
As you do running into me
Am F Em
Still take nothing for granted
Am F Em
Might live on the best block in Beverly Hills
Am F Em
Be sure you lock up tight at night
Am F Em
You know poor folks ain't got nothing to steal
[Chorus]
Dm F Em Am F Em
Just pray to the Saint of Lost Causes
[Outro]
Am F Em
Am F Em
Am F Em
Am F Em
Am F Em
Am F Em
Am F Em
Am F Em
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
Justin doesnt play on verse one or three. For verse one I have included the acoustic guitar, as well as the
second electric guitar licks for verse 3. There is also a small part of the second electrics part in verse 6.
[Intro]
e|--3~-------------|----------------------|
B|--4~-------------|--(3)-(4)---(3)-(4)---|
G|--5~-------------|---3---5-----3---5----|
D|--5~-------------|---3---5-----3---5----|
A|--3~-------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------|----------------------|
[Verse 1]
e|---------------------|----------------------------|
B|---4\3---------------|----4\3-------------------3-|
G|----------5---3------|---------3-----5-----3------|
D|---------------------|-------------------5--------|
A|---------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------------|
e|-------------------|----------------|--------------|---------|
G|---4\3-------------|----------------|----4\3-------|--4------|
G|----------5--------|--5--------3----|--------------|--5------|
D|-------------------|----------------|--------------|--5------|
A|-------------------|----------------|--------------|---------|
E|-------------------|----------------|--------------|---------|
[Verse 2]
e|----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|---3--4---------|---3--4---------|---4\3\1-----3--4--|---4\3\1-----3--4--|---3--4--------4\3-|
G|---3--5---------|---3--5---------|---3-3-3-----3--5--|---3-3-3-----3--5--|---3--5--------3-3-|
D|---3--5---------|---3--5---------|-------------3--5--|-------------3--5--|---3--5------------|
A|----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
[Chorus]
e|---4------3-------|----------------|-------------------------------------------|
B|---4------3-------|----------------|---------------7\6\4----6-4----------------|
G|---5------3-------|-5/8------------|---(8)----(8)--5---5----5-5----------------|
D|---6------5-------|----------------|-------------------------------------------|
A|------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------|
E|------------------|----------------|-------------------------------8--(8)\-----|
[Verse 3]
e|------------------------|------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------4----|
G|--------------1---------|----------------5-|
D|--------1-3-1---1-3-----|------------------|
A|----(3)-------------3---|--------1-2-------|
E|------------------------|-1-3-4------------|
[Verse 4]
e|-------------------|----------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------|
B|---3--4------------|---4\3\1--3--4--|-----4\3------|-------------------|----------------|
G|---3--5------------|---3-3-3--3--5--|-----3-3------|---5---4-----------|--5-3-5---------|
D|---3--5------------|----------3--5--|--------------|---4---4-----------|--3-1-3---------|
A|-------------------|----------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------|
E|-------------------|----------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------|
e|---------------------------|--------------|--/8--8--8------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|--------------|--/11-11-11------8----------------------|
G|--5-5-5~~--5~~~---5-5-5-5~-|----12\-------|-----------------------8----------------|
D|--5-5-5~~--5~~~---5-5-5-5~-|--------------|---------------------------10-----10----|
A|---------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------|----------------------------------------|
[Verse 5]
e|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
B|--4-------3--4-----|-(4)-----3-4-----------|------------------------|
G|--5-------3--5-----|-(5)-----3-5-----------|--10b\8-----------------|
D|--5-------3--5-----|-(5)-----3-5-----------|--------8---------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------------|----------8-------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|------------11b---------|
[Chorus]
e|-----------------|--4---3-----3/8----|---(8)--10-11-10--11\10-8---8-----(8)|
B|---------9-(9)---|--4---3-------8----|---(8)-------------------------------|
G|-------8---------|--5---3------------|--------10-11-10--11\10-8---8-----(8)|
D|----10-----------|--6---5------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|
[Bridge]
e|---------------------------3--------------3--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------3---3----------4----------------------------------|
G|-------5-------5-------3-------3------5------------------------------------|
D|-----6---6---5-------5--------------5----------5---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------4-----3------------6----------------------------------------------|
B|---------6-----4----------3------------------------------------------------|
G|-------5-5-----5--------3--------------------------------------------------|
D|---3-6----------------5----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Solo]
e|--8-8-8-8-8---(8)---(8)----8--8--8--8-----------(8)----13--13--13--13------|
B|--8-8-8-8-8---(8)----------8--8--8--8--(8)------(8)-13---------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--13--13--13--(13)\11--11--13--15-11--13-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------13--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------10\8b-------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------10~~~~~~----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---8-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---8\7--5------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------8--5------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 6]
Guitar 1
e|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--5----------------|----------------------|-10\8----8\7---5\3--3/5-----5\3-|
D|------5------------|-(5)------(5)--4/3----|-10\8----8-8---5\3--3/5-----5\3-|
A|-------------------|--------------------6-|--------------------------------|
E|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|----------------------|-----------------------|
G|----------------------|-----------------------|
G|----------------------|-----------------------|
D|----------------------|-------3---------------|
A|-1b------1-----1------|--3-6--------------1-3-|
E|-----------4-----4--1-|----------1--1---------|
[Chorus]
e|-------------------|-4---3---3/8---(8)---|--10-11-10---11-10-8----8--(8)--|
B|---------9-(9)-----|-4---3-----8---(8)---|--------------------------------|
G|-------8-----------|-5---3---------------|--10-11-10---11-10-8----8--(8)--|
D|----10-------------|-6---5---------------|--------------------------------|
A|--8----------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|
e|--8----10-11-10---11-10-8----8--(8)--|
B|--8----------------------------------|
G|-------10-11-10---11-10-8----8--(8)--|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
[Outro]
e|---11-(11)------|------------------|---11-11-11--------------------------------------------------------|
B|---11-(11)------|---4\3-----3--4---|---11-11-11---8-------------------------------11\------------------|
G|----------------|---3-3-----3--5---|----------------8---10-8-10----10-8-10-8-------------8-------------|
D|----------------|-----------3--5---|--------------------------------------------------------10---------|
A|----------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------|------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------|
B|--4-------3--4----|------4\3\1-------|-(1)--4\3\1-----4\3\1--3---4----|----------3----------|
G|--5-------3--5----|------3-3-3-------|-(3)--3-3-3-----3-3-3--3---5----|--7-8-7--------------|
D|--5-------3--5----|------------------|-----------------------3---5----|--8-8-8--------------|
A|------------------|------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------|
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|--4-------3--4----|--4-------3--4----|--4-------3--4----|
G|--5-------3--5----|--5-------3--5----|--5-------3--5----|
D|--5-------3--5----|--5-------3--5----|--5-------3--5----|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|
I'm a bad dream
I'm not a nightmare, I'm too goody for that
Let's just say I'm the last thing you wanna see coming
I'm the reason they say watch your back
But for so long, I was like a wounded hound
Backed into a chain-link fence
The world at large was just a big, mean kid
Poking me through the fence with a stick
Ain't nobody goin' back
It takes a whole lotta hurt
Paralyze one of life's biggest lessons
Ain't got nothing to do with dessert
Just pray to the Saint of Lost Causes
It's a cruel world
But it ain't hard to understand
You got your sheep, got your shepherds
Got your wolves amongst men
It can be hard to tell
You might find a wolf in shepherd's clothes
And now and then you're gonna find sheep
In amongst all those troubled souls
You know more folks that's most afraid of the wolf
If you really stop and think
Throughout time, between a wolf and a shepherd
Who do you think has killed more sheep?
Nah, there's nothing can be done
It's just the way it goes
First you get bad, then you get mean
Then there's nothing left but to grow cold
And pray to the Saint of Lost Causes
Some will say I've got no feeling
No heart, and surely no shame
Truth is that this has been with me so long
That I, I must admit I kinda like the pain
How many encounters do you ever have?
Better yet, how many wolves you ever seen?
You got about as much chance of seeing one of them
As you do running into me
Still take nothing for granted
Might live on the best block in Beverly Hills
Be sure you lock up tight at night
'Cause you know poor folks ain't got nothing to steal
Just pray to the Saint of Lost Causes
| b Bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
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version 3
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
Solo
e|--8-8-8-8-8---(8)---(8)----8--8--8--8-----------(8)----13--13--13--13------|
B|--8-8-8-8-8---(8)----------8--8--8--8--(8)------(8)-13---------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--13--13--13--(13)/11--11--13--15-11--13-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------13--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------10/8b-------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------10~~~~~~----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---8-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---8/7--5------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------8--5------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I'm a bad dream
I'm not a nightmare, I'm too goody for that
Let's just say I'm the last thing you wanna see coming
I'm the reason they say watch your back
But for so long, I was like a wounded hound
Backed into a chain-link fence
The world at large was just a big, mean kid
Poking me through the fence with a stick
Ain't nobody goin' back
It takes a whole lotta hurt
Paralyze one of life's biggest lessons
Ain't got nothing to do with dessert
Just pray to the Saint of Lost Causes
It's a cruel world
But it ain't hard to understand
You got your sheep, got your shepherds
Got your wolves amongst men
It can be hard to tell
You might find a wolf in shepherd's clothes
And now and then you're gonna find sheep
In amongst all those troubled souls
You know more folks that's most afraid of the wolf
If you really stop and think
Throughout time, between a wolf and a shepherd
Who do you think has killed more sheep?
Nah, there's nothing can be done
It's just the way it goes
First you get bad, then you get mean
Then there's nothing left but to grow cold
And pray to the Saint of Lost Causes
Some will say I've got no feeling
No heart, and surely no shame
Truth is that this has been with me so long
That I, I must admit I kinda like the pain
How many encounters do you ever have?
Better yet, how many wolves you ever seen?
You got about as much chance of seeing one of them
As you do running into me
Still take nothing for granted
Might live on the best block in Beverly Hills
Be sure you lock up tight at night
'Cause you know poor folks ain't got nothing to steal
Just pray to the Saint of Lost Causes
| (n) Ghost note
| b Bend
| / Slide up
| ~ Vibrato
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