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Sunken Treasure by Wilco
Sunken Treasure
Capo on the 2nd fret for this one. Also, tune your top "E" string down to a "D"
For this song, the G chord will be played like an Em7 which is 020030.
An Em is played 222000. Play other chords normally. See song for timing
of chord changes. When you come to G, hammer on the A string.
I fingerpick the song but you can use a pick as well.
Intro: D G (x2)
Verse:
D G D G
There's rows and rows of houses
D G D G
With the windows painted blue
D G D G
With the light from a TV
D G D G
Running parallel to you
(same pattern unless noted)
But there is no sunken treasure
Rumored to be
Wrapped inside my ribs
In a sea black with ink
If I had a mountain
I'd try to fold it over
And if I had a boat
You know it would probably roll over
And I leave it on the shore
I'd leave it for somebody
Surely there's somebody
Who needs it more than me
A
I am so
G
I am so
D
out of tune
Em
I am so
A
Out of tune
D
With you
(back to normal verse)
For all the leaves we burn
Autumn fires and then return
For all the leaves we burn
All will return
(once you sing "return" you pluck the top D string. Remember your guitar is tuned
to DADGBE. For the rest of the way you hit just the D string as you sing:
Music is my savior
I was maimed by rock n roll
I was maimed by rock n roll
I was tamed by rock n roll
Got my name from rock n roll
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version 2
Info: After looking at other versions for the album (Being There) version,
and listening to the song, this slight change seems correct to me.
The key to this song is the picked bass line, which indicates the
second chord is a Dmaj7 with a C# as the bass note. Because you are
playing both the C# and the D right next to each other (see chord
chart at bottom), you get the dissonance in that second chord like
the album has, which a F#m doesn™t. Below Intro has the picked bass
line in parentheses. Standard tuning.
Intro: |D(A) (B) Dmaj7(C#) (B) |G(D)
Verse:
|D Dmaj7 |G |D Dmaj7 |G
There's rows and rows of houses, with windows painted blue.
With the light from the TV, running parallel to you.
But there is no sunken treasure, rumored to be.
Wrapped inside my ribs in a sea black with ink.
Chorus:
|A |Bm |G Bm
I am so out of tune with you,
|A |Bm |G
I am so out of tune with you.
|D Dmaj7 |G |D Dmaj7 |G
If I had a mountain I'd try to fold it over
And if I had a boat You know it would probably roll over
And I leave it on the shore I'd leave it for somebody
Surely there's somebody Who needs it more than me
[Chorus]
|D Dmaj7 |G |D Dmaj7 |G
For all the leaves we burn Autumn fires and then return
For all the fire we burn All will return
Music is my savior I was maimed by rock n roll
I was maimed by rock n roll I was tamed by rock n roll
Got my name from rock n roll
D Dmaj7 G
e |--2-----------------|
B |--3------3------0---|
G |--2------2------0---|
D |--0------0------5---|
A |--0----2-4----2-5---| -- bass line
E |----------3---------|
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version 3
Tuning: Drop D
Dsus2 000230
D6sus2 000450
Dmaj9 000670
G6sus2 555755
A5 777xxx
Bmadd4/D 090(11)00
G5 555xxx
F#5 444xxx
E5 222xxx
F5 333xxx
A#aug6/G 5543xx
D#5 111xxx
G/D x20033
intro
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2 x2
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
There's rows and rows of house,
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
with windows painted blue.
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
With the light from the t.v.
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
running parallel to you.
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
But there is no sunken treasure,
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
rumored to be.
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
Wrapped inside my ribs
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
in a sea black with ink.
A5 Bmadd4/D G5 F#5 E5
I am so out of tune with you,
Bmadd4/D G5
I am so our of tune with you.
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2 x2
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
If I had a mountain,
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
I'd try to fold it over.
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
If I had a boat,
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
you know I'd probably roll over.
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
And I leave it on the shore,
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
I'd leave it for somebody.
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
Surely there's somebody
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
who needs it more than me.
A5 Bmadd4/D G5 F#5 E5
I am so out of tune with you,
Bmadd4/D G5
I am so our of tune with you.
F5 E5 A#aug6/G D#5 x6
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
All the leaves will burn
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
and autumn fires then return.
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
All the fires we burn,
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
all will return.
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
Music is my savior,
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
and I was maimed by rock and roll.
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
I was maimed by rock and roll.
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
I was tamed by rock and roll.
Dsus2 D6sus2 Dmaj9 G6sus2
I got my name from rock and roll.
Dsus2 G/D x2
F5 E5 A#aug6/G D#5 x4
Dsus2
| / 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 4
DADGBE, Capo on 2
Fingerpicked
D-G Riff
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------3------------------3------------------3---------------------3-----------|
|-------------2----2-------------2------------------2---------------------0--------|
|-------0-----------------0----------0--------0----------0---------0---------0-0---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------0h2-----------------|
|---0-----------------0------------------0-----------------------------------------|
G/D Em A/D
|---| |---| |---|
|---| |-0-| |-2-|
|-0-| |-0-| |-2-|
|-0-| |-2-| |-2-|
|-2-| |-2-| |-0-|
|-0-| |-2-| |-0-|
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There's rows and rows of houses with windows painted blue
With light from the TV running parallel to you
There is no sunken treasure rumored to be
Wrapped inside my ribs
In a sea black with ink
(play the D chord until halfway through "sea," then switch to G for the rest of the line)
If I had a mountain I'd try to fold it over
If I had a boat
It'd probably roll over
(extend D and G for "probably")
I'd leave it on the shore
I'd leave it for somebody
Surely there's somebody
Who needs it more than me
(extend D and G for "needs")
A G/D
I am so, I am so
D-G riff
Out of tune
Em A/D
I am so out of tune
D-G riff
With you
Insturmental section:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------0---0---0--------0---0---0-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------x-----------------x---------------x-x-x-x-x-------x-x-x-x-x-------------------|
|-------x-----------------x---------------x-x-x-x-x-------x-x-x-x-x-------------------|
|--3-----------------3----------------3----------------3------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------0--0--0--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------0--0--0--------------------|
|------x-x-x-x-x-------x-x-x-x-x---------x-x-x-x-x-------x-2--2--2--------------------|
|------x-x-x-x-x-------x-x-x-x-x---------x-x-x-x-x-------x----------------------------|
|--2---------------2-----------------2-----------------2------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------1---1---1------------1---1---1----------1---1---1----------1---1---1-------|
|----------0---0---0------------0---0---0----------0---0---0----------0---0---0-------|
|------2---2---2---2--------2---2---2---2-------2--2---2---2-------2--2---2---2-------|
|--3--------------------3-------------------3-------------------3---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------0---0---0-----------0---0---0---------0---0---0----------0---0---0----------|
|---------0---0---0-----------0---0---0---------0---0---0----------0---0---0----------|
|------2--2---2---2--------2--2---2---2------2--2---2---2-------2--2---2---2----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2------------------2-------------------2-------------------2-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------1---1---1-----------1---1---1------|
|---------0---0---0-----------0---0---0------|
|------2--2---2---2--------2--2---2---2------|
|--3-------------------3---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------2---2---2-----------2---2---2-----------2---2---2------------2---2---2---2--3-------|
|---------2---2---2-----------2---2---2-----------2---2---2------------2---2---2---2--2-------|
|------2--2---2---2--------2--2---2---2--------2--2---2---2---------2--2---2---2---2--0-------|
|--0-------------------0--------------------0--------------------0----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-G Riff
For all the trees will burn in autumn fires and then return
For all the fires we burn
All will return
(Extend the D for "all")
D
Music is my savior
I was maimed by rock and roll
I was maimed by rock and roll
I was tamed by rock and roll
I got my name from rock and roll
I was saved by rock and roll
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version 5
Tuning: Standard, Capo on 2
~ = Let note ring
This riff is played throughout the entire song except for the ending verse
e|----------------|
B|--------3~------|
G|------2----2--0-| x3
D|----0-------0---|
A|--0-------------|
E|----------------|
then
e|----------------|
B|--------3~------|
G|------0---0--0--|
D|------------0---|
A|--0h2-----------|
E|----------------|
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