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Bullet Girl by John Butler Trio
Bullet Girl
Tuning:D A D F# A D
Capo:no capo
The tuning is pretty messy so if you're not willing to tune down all of your 6 strings,
I propose you just play it in drop D, which sounds really nice too with the usual chords:
Bm [ X 2 4 4 3 2 ]
a barre slide to the G [ 5 5 5 X X X ] ( or more tricky [ 5 5 0 4 (0) (0) ] )
Asus4 [ X 0 2 2 3 0 ] (replacing the D/A)
D [ 0 0 0 2 3 2 ]
D/F# [ 4 0 0 2 3 0 ]
Bm/E [ 2 2 4 4 3 2 ]
You can take the picking you like mostly everything can fit but
I suggest starting by strumming the bass string first.
On the tape John turns around the F# string a lot, just saying.
Tuning: Open D (major) [ D A D F# A D ]
Chords:
Bm7 [ 9 X 0 0 0 0 ] / [ 9 X 0 12 0 0 ] / [ 9 X 0 0 12 0 ] (Both played next to each other is more dynamic)
D/G [ 5 X 0 0 0 0 ]
D/A [ 7 0 0 0 0 0 ]
D [ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ]
D/F# [ 4 0 0 0 0 0 ]
Bm/E [ 2 2 0 0 2 0 ] -or- [ 2 2 0 0 0 0 ] for Bm7/E
There is 2 main melodic riffs in this song one at the vibraphone [riff I]
and the other at the guitar [riff II] that I wrote next to each other here.
Just play the finger positions of the chords above with the picking below
and you can add any of the 0 you'd like to play in between all the sequences
or the bass note to fulfill the sound, everything fits in the harmonies
and it's a lot better when it's played freely.
Bm7 D/G D/A [X00000] D
| 0 ― ― ― ― 0 ― ― | ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― | ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― | ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― |
| ― ― 0 ― ― ― ― 0 | ― ― ― ― ― 0 ― ― | ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― | ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― |
| ― 0 ― ― ― ― 0 ― | ― ― ― ― ― ― 0 ― | ― ― ― ― 3/5 -/3| ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― |
| ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― | ― ― ― 2 ― ― ― ― | ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― | ― ― ―4/2 4 2 0 |
| ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― | ― ― ― 0 ― ― ― ― | ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― | ― ― ― ― ― ― ―(5)| -> Optional 'cause it's the same as
| 9 ― ― ― ― ― ― ― | 5 ― ― ― ― ― ― ― | 0 ― ― ― ― ― ― ― | ― ― ― ― ― ― ― ― | the D on the string below, but
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + played live for sure
[――――――――――――――Riff I――――――――――――――] [―――――――――Riff II―――――――――]
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INTRO :
(Could be the melodic riffs above)
Bm7 ― ― ― | D/G - D/A - ― | D ― ― ― | ― ― ― ―| [ X4 ― Hold at the end ]
|-> Very cool & easy to improvise on all these free times
VERSE I & II :
Bm7 D/G D/A D
I can't believe what happened here tonight
Bm7 D/G D/A D
I know those things I said, you know those things were not right
Bm7 D/G D/A D
Anger coursing through my blood and corroding all my veins
Bm7 D/G D/A D [Hold]
I'm hanging on for dear life, I'm just trying to find my reins
Bm7 D/G D/A D
Cause when you left me girl, baby, lying on the floor
Bm7 D/G D/A D
Festering like a bullet wound that I caught in the civil war
Bm7 D/G D/A D
Ever since I've known you girl, you've been always on the run
Bm7 D/G D/F# Bm/E
Yeah you are the bullet girl, and you know I've been your gun
Bm7 D/G D/A D [Hold]
You are the bullet girl, and you know I've been your gun
CHORUS :
Bm7 D/G D/A D [riff II]
(Ouhhhhhhh ouhh ouhhhhh) Don't go, I'm counting on you
Bm7 D/G D/A D
(Ouhhhhhhh ouhh ouhhhhh) Don't go, I'm counting on you
Bm7 D/G D/A D
(Ouhhhhhhh ouhh ouhhhhh) Don't go, I'm counting on you
Bm7 D/G D/A D
VERSE III:
Bm7 D/G D/A D
Wish I could just get a grip on the hourglass of time
Bm7 D/G D/A D
Turn that baby upside down, watch her sliding in rewind
Bm7 D/G D/A D
Because the truth of it, it is pounding down my doors
Bm7 D/G D/F# Bm/E
Rev'ling like a renegade, I can't hold it back no more
Bm7 D/G D/A D [Hold]
Rev'ling like a renegade, I can't hold it back no more
CHORUS :
Bm7 D/G D/A D
(Ouhhhhhhh ouhh ouhhhhh) Don't go, I'm counting on you [ X4 ]
SOLO [ Bm7 D/G D/A D ] [ X4 ]
CHORUS (solo continues) :
Bm7 D/G D/A D
(Ouhhhhhhh ouhh ouhhhhh) Don't go, I'm counting on you [ X4 ]
VERSE IV:
Bm7 D/G D/A D
I can't believe what happened here tonight
Bm7 D/G D/A D
I know those things I said, you know those things were not right
Bm7 D/G D/A D
Ever since I've known you, girl, you've been always on the run
Bm7 D/G D/F# D
Yeah you are the bullet girl, and you know I've been your gun
Bm7 D/G D/A D
You are the bullet girl, and you know I've been your gun
[END]
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