Artist: Gretchen Peters Song: Idlewild Tabbed by: DJ 19th Nov 2012 Tuning:Standard CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in key of Cm) A childhood perspective on a family breaking up, with a backdrop of the turbulent events of the early 1960's **************************************************************************** e|----------0---|---3--------| B|--------------|------------| G|----2---------|------------| D|--------------|------------| A|----0---------|------------| E|--------------|------------| Am Am/G Fmaj7 Am Am/G Fmaj7 ||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :|| (Twice) Am Am/G Fmaj7 They're in the front seat, he's got the radio low, Am Am/G Fmaj7 And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes touch down, Am Am/G Fmaj7 He is talking, she's not listening, Am Am/G Fmaj7 She is thinking of her father, who died when she was young! Am Am/G Fmaj7 | / / / / | / / / / | Am Am/G Fmaj7 I'm in the back seat, they think I'm sleeping, Am Am/G Fmaj7 But I am listening for the cracks between their voices, in the dark, Am Am/G Fmaj7 We are a family, we are a shipwreck, Am Am/G Fmaj7 Am Am/G Fmaj7 And we are picking up my Grandma, who is getting... very old! Dm (F) Am And they think she's dying, but I think she's laughing, (Am/G) Dm (F) G I think she's riding 'Halley's Comet', from Fort Lauderdale to here, (G/B) Dm (F) Am (Am/G) But when I see her, I'll keep her secret, Dm (F) G Gsus4 G We all have our secrets that we keep inside ourselves! Am Am/G Fmaj7 | / / / / | / / / / | Am Am/G Fmaj7 They built this airport, but in a few years... Am Am/G Fmaj7 ...They'll name it after Kennedy, the one who died today, Am Am/G Fmaj7 And he will leave her, and she will suffer, Am Am/G Fmaj7 Am Am/G Fmaj7 And they will never really know each other... at---- all! Dm (F) Am They think we're driving, but I know we're drifting, (Am/G) Dm (F) G They think we're off on some ad - venture, where the hero saves the day, (G/B) Dm (F) Am We think we're special, we think we're golden, (Am/G) Dm (F) G Gsus4 G We think we're walking on the moon, but we are dancing in the dark! Am Am/G Fmaj7 Am Am/G Fmaj7 OO---, ooo----! | / / / / | / / / / | Am Am/G Fmaj7 We shoot our rockets, we shoot our presidents, Am Am/G Fmaj7 We shoot the commies, and the n*****s, and the Viet Cong, Am Am/G Fmaj7 Everything changes, everything stays the same, Am Am/G Fmaj7 Am Am/G Fmaj7 And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes... touch----- down! Am Am/G Fmaj7 Am Am/G Fmaj7 ||: OO---, ooo----! | / / / / | / / / / :|| (Repeat) (Suggestion for coda) Am Am/G Fmaj7 G6 Asus2 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / || ^ ^ ^ *************************************************************************** Chords in brackets could be missed out, I don't think Gretchen plays them, but there's the suggestion of them by the bass part on the record. Am = x02210 Am/G = 302210 Fmaj7 = 103210 Dm = xx0231 (F) = 133211 G = 320003 Gsus4 = 320013 (G/B) = x20003 (Am/C) = x32210 G6 = 320000 Asus2 = x02200