The other Gasoline tab is spot on with the chords, but I wanted to throw this one up with the tabs for the
second guitar. This track is from the deluxe release of O' Be Joyful (original version on Shovels and Rope).
A lot of the second guitar part is just about feeling it. Don't be scared to make it your own, you can't go
wrong. It's ShoRo!
"Gasoline"
by Shovels & Rope
'O' Be Joyful' (Deluxe Edition)
Guitar 1:
Intro: G
G C G
Pack em up Charlie gonna leave this place
D G
Turn our shoulders to an empty space
C G
It don't matter if you're gone today
D G
Long as everybody stay away
C G
Rich is rich and poor is poor
D G
And the money you had ain't good no more
C G
Wait in a line, wait in a line
D G
Hey mister can I buy a little time
D Am C
Everything you planted has gone to rot
G
And no one around to buy the little you got
D Am C
Four big wheels American steel
G
Pouring gasoline on the killing field
G C G D G x2
C G
March them soldiers down that line
D G
March them boys in straight time
C G
Them poor boys are like fuel on the fire
D G
Bad news comin' down the AP Wire
C G
Taciturn, do your fingers burn
D G
What if anything did you earn
C G
Ain't a taste that can satisfy
D G
The blood lust of the youth gone wild
D Am C
Everything you planted has gone to rot
G
And no one around to buy the little you got
D Am C
Four big wheels American steel
G
Pouring gasoline on the killing field
G C G D G x2
G C G
Everybody's sick there's a fever goin' around
Set it on fire and burn the whole thing down
G C G
Go somewhere to start a new town
D G
Where no one has to hear that terrible sound
D Am C
Everything you planted has gone to rot
G
And no one around to buy the little you got
D Am C
Four big wheels American steel
G
Pouring gasoline on the killing field
G
Pouring gasoline on the killing field
G
Pouring gasoline on
G C D G
Guitar 2:
Intro (Not perfect. A lot of hopping between e and G.):
e]--3-3-3?-3p0-------3-3p0--------3p0-------3-3-3--3p0------
B]-----------------------------------------------------1/---
G]-------------3p0-2-------222222-----3p0-2------------2/---
D]----------------------------------------------------------
A]----------------------------------------------------------
E]----------------------------------------------------------
Verse: G C G D G
Sometimes throughout the verses, the 2nd guitar does something in place of the D chord, like one of these:
e]------------ e]------------ e]------------|
B]-2p0-------- B]------------ B]------------|
G]-----2p0---- -or- G]-2s3s2p0-0-- -or- G]-2222-2222--|
D]------------ D]------------ D]------------|
A]------------ A]------------ A]------------|
E]---------3-- E]------------ E]------------|
Chorus: D Am C G
Between first chorus and third verse:
G C G D G
E]------------------------------------/7-7-7--6/7-7-7--6-7-7/--3-3-3-3p0----------|
B]------------------------------------/6-6-6--5/6-6-6--5-6-6/---------------------|
G]------------------------?2s3s2p0-0--/7-7-7--6/7-7-7--6-7-7/------------3p0-2b-0-|
D]----------0h2p0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A]----0h2-3------------0h2--------------------------------------------------------|
E]--3-------------3--3------------------------------------------------------------|
Between the second chorus and the last verse:
G C G D G
E]----------------------------------/7-7-7?-6-5-4-3-2----6-7-7/-~|
B]----------------------------------/6-6-6?-5-4-3-2-1----5-6-6/-~|
G]------------------------?3p2p0-0--/7-7-7?-6-5-4-3-2----6-7-7/-~|
D]----------0h2p0-----------------------------------------------~|
A]----0h2-3------------0h2--------------------------------------~|
E]--3-------------3--3------------------------------------------~|
G C G
E]~-3-3-3p0----------------------------------------|
B]~------------------------------------------------|
G]~---------3p2p0-----0----------------------------|
D]~---------------0h2---2p0------------------------|
A]~-------------------------1b----------3p0-3p0----|
E]~----------------------------3--1-2-3---------3--|
