Author/Artist: Pavement
Title: Strings Of Nashville
Album: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: L.A.'s Desert Origins
Tuning: CGDABE
This song is absolutely beautiful
I found this on a different site and realized it needed to be posted here. Original is here:
https://sites.google.com/site/pavetabs/home/tabs/b-sides-peel-sessions/strings-of-nashville
I've made a few alterations and tips on some of the parts.
Most of the strumming can be done any way you want. On certain parts, don't feel you need to play the exact
notes presented, just play the chords/notes in a rhythmic pattern.
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
A|-----7--------7-5----5-5-5-3-2---|
D|---5----5-5-5---0--0-----0-------|
G|---5----5-5-5---0--------0-----0-|
C|---------------------------------|
Verse (0:08, 2:16):
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|------10----9-9-7-10---7--7-------7--5---5-----5-3-2---|
D|-/9-9----9--7----------5--------5----0-----0-----------|
G|-/9---------7----------5----5-5------0-0-----0-------0-|
C|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
A|------10----9-9-7-10-----7-------7-5----5---5-3-2---|
D|-/9-9----9--7------------5-5---5---0--0-------------|
G|-/9---------7--------7-5-----5-----0------0-------0-|
C|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
A|-/9---10-------7-10--\--7-------7-5---5-----5-3-2---|
D|-/9-9----9---7------------5---5---0-0---0-----------|
G|-/9--------7--------7-5-----5-----0-------0-------0-|
C|----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------10---9-----10-9\7---7------7-5---5-----5-x-2-----5-----5-3-2---|
D|-/9-9--------7-7--------5------5---0-----0---------------2-----------|
G|-/9------9-----7----7\5------5-----0---------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------2-------2---------|
Pre-chorus (0:54, 3:00):
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----4-0---4-0-------4-5-4-0----4-0----4-0--------4-5-4-0-|
G|---------------0---0--------------------------------------|
C|-0---------------------------4-------4-----2--2-2---------|
I know you got a lot of special things to do...
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----4-0----4-0-------4-5-4-0----4-0----4----0-----4-5-4-0-|
G|----------------0---0--------------------------------------|
C|-0--------0-------------------4-------4---2----2-2---------|
I know it's alright sing along, sing along, sing along
Chorus (1:22, 3:27):
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---5-----------5---5-------5---5---5---|
A|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------5-|
D|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
G|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-----|
C|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
(1:40):
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5---5---5-------5---5---5----------5---5-------5---5---5---|
A|-------5---5-----------5---5---5------5---5-------5---5---5-----|
D|---------------5------------------------------5---------------5-|
G|---5---------------5--------------------------------------------|
C|-0---------------0---------------0--------------0---------------|
(1:53):
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5---5---5-------5---5---5-------5---5---5-------5---5---5---|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|
(2:07)
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----5---5---5-------5---5---5-------5---5---5---|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------5-|
C|-0---------------0---------------0---------------|
ALTERNATE WAY TO PLAY CHORUS
For those of you who have a hard time barring (like me), there is a different way of playing the chorus.
Use your index finger for the G string, middle finger for the D string and pinky for the A string, and mute the
B string. You can actually get some nice harmonics that fit well with the song if you play it this way.
Chorus (1:22, 3:27):
E|-------------0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----------0---0-------0---0---0---|
B|-------------x-----x-----x---x-----x-----x---x-----------x---x-------x-----------|
A|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------5-|
D|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------|
G|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-----|
C|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
(1:40):
E|------0--0---0-------0---0---0----------0---0-------0---0---0---|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------5---5-----------5---5---5------5---5-------5---5---5-----|
D|---------------5------------------------------5---------------5-|
G|---5---------------5--------------------------------------------|
C|-0---------------0---------------0--------------0---------------|
(1:53):
E|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0---|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------|
(2:07)
E|-----0--0---0-------0---0---0-------0---0---0----|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------5-|
C|-0---------------0---------------0---------------|
>> Go back to the verse and repeat all parts
