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Jason Isbell- Children of Children
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Tabbed by: Jdn031
Tuning: Standard
Strumming and timing aren't included but you get the gist.
Intro & Verse chords
D Dsus2 Am Em D5
e|-2---0--|---------------|------------|----------------------------------------|
B|-3---3--|--0h1-1-0-----0|----1-0-----|--0h3-3-3-3-----------------------------|
G|-2---2--|--0h2-----2-0--|0-0-----2-0-|--0h2-2-4-2-----------------------------|
D|-0---0--|--0h2----------|0h0---------|--0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------|
A|-0------|--0-0----------|0h2---------|----------------------------------------|
D|-0------|---------------|0-2---------|----------------------------------------|
D Dsus2
Pictures of the farm before us
Am
Old men in a gospel chorus
Em D5
Sepia and saddle horses Easy on the reins
D Dsus2
‘81 a motor inn your
Am
Mama’s 17 again
Em D5
She’s squinting at the dusty wind the anger of the plains
e|---2--/-0-|--3-3-x-3---|-5-5-x-3---|--0-0-x-2---|--------------------------|
B|---3--/-6-|--5-5-x-5---|-5-5-x-5---|--1-1-x-3---|--------------------------|
G|---2--/-5-|--5-5-x-4---|-5-5-x-4---|--2-2-x-2---|--------------------------|
D|---0--/-0-|--0-0-x-0---|-0-0-x-0---|--0-0-x-0---|--------------------------|
A|----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------|
D|----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------|
D Dsus2
You and I were almost nothing
Am
Pray to God that God was bluffing
Em D5
17 ain’t old enough to reason with the pain
D Dsus2
How could we expect the two to
Am
stay in love when neither knew the
Em D5
meaning of the difference between sacred and profane
Chorus Chords
C9 G/B D Dsus4 Dsus2 A7 G/B
e|---3-----|----3-----|----2----|---3-----|---0----|----3----|----3----------|
B|---3-----|----3-----|----3----|---3-----|---3----|----3----|----3----------|
G|---0-----|----0-----|----2----|---2-----|---2----|----0----|----0----------|
D|---2-----|----0-----|----0----|---0-----|---0----|----2----|----x----------|
A|---3-----|----2-----|---------|---------|--------|----0----|----2----------|
D|---------|----------|---------|---------|--------|---------|---------------|
C9 G/B
I was riding on my mother’s hip
D Dsus4 Dsus2 D
She was shorter than the corn
C9 G/B
All the years I took from her
A7 G/B C9
Just by being born
e|---2--/-0-|--3-3-x-3---|-5-5-x-3---|--0-0-x-2---|--------------------------| x2
B|---3--/-6-|--5-5-x-5---|-5-5-x-5---|--1-1-x-3---|--------------------------|
G|---2--/-5-|--5-5-x-4---|-5-5-x-4---|--2-2-x-2---|--------------------------|
D|---0--/-0-|--0-0-x-0---|-0-0-x-0---|--0-0-x-0---|--------------------------|
A|----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------|
D|----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------|
D Dsus2
Didn’t mean to break the cycle
Am
At 17 I went by Michael
Em D5
No one ever called me by my own name anyway
D Dsus2
Five full generations living
Am Em
All these expectations giving way to one
D5
Late to have a baby on the way
Chorus
C9 G/B
You were riding on your mother's hip
D Dsus4 Dsus2 D
She was shorter than the corn
C9 G/B
All the years you took from her
A7 G/B C9
Just by being born
Outro is same as intro. Repeated
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| / 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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