Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
This tab is based off Julien's performance on NPR music tiny desk concert which can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tADWPTqR_4A
To play this song all together a loop pedal is required but just chording along also sounds fine.
Intro:
-This part is looped through out the entire song.
-Let the bass notes ring.
D Bm
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|---<7>------|----<7>-----|---<7>------|----<7>-----|
G|-------<7>--|--------<7>-|-------<7>--|--------<7>-|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|0-----------|0-----------|9-----------|9-----------|
Em G
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------|------------|------------|------------||
B|---<7>------|----<7>-----|---<7>------|---<7>------||
G|-------<7>--|--------<7>-|-------<7>--|-------<7>--||
D|------------|------------|------------|------------||
A|7-----------|7-----------|------------|------------||
D|------------|------------|5-----------|5-----------||
Verse/Chorus:
-This is played over top of the intro loop.
D Bm
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|--------7---|--------7---|--------7---|--------7---|
G|-------7---7|-------7---7|-------7---7|-------7---7|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|0-----------|0-----------|9-----------|9-----------|
Em G
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------|------------|------------|------------||
B|--------7---|--------7---|--------8---|--------8---||
G|-------7---7|-------7---7|-------7---7|-------7---7||
D|------------|------------|------------|------------||
A|7-----------|7-----------|------------|------------||
D|------------|------------|5-----------|5-----------||
Post Chorus:
D Bm
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|--5p0-----0-|----0-10----|--5p0-----0-|----0-9-----|
B|------7-----|------------|------7-----|------------|
G|7-------7---|6h7-/-9-----|7-------7---|6h7-/-9-----|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
Em G
1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 +
e|--5p0-----0-|----0-7-----|--------0---|--------0---||
B|------7-----|------------|--------8---|--------8---||
G|7-------7---|6h7-/-7-----|7-----7---7-|------7---7-||
D|------------|------------|------------|------------||
A|------------|------------|------------|------------||
D|------------|------------|------------|------------||
Chords and Lyrics:
Intro x2
D Bm Em G
Wish I could write songs about anything other than death
D Bm Em G
But I can't go to bed without drawing the red, shaving off breaths;
D Bm
Each one so heavy, each one so cumbersome
Em G
Each one a lead weight hanging between my lungs
D
Spilling my guts
Bm Em
Sweat on a microphone, breaking my voice
G D
Whenever I'm alone with you, can't talk but
Bm Em
"Isn't this weather nice? Are you okay?"
G D
Should I go somewhere else and hide my face?
Bm Em
A sprinter learning to wait
G D Bm Em
A marathon runner, my ankles are sprained
G D Bm Em
A marathon runner, my ankles are sprained
Post Chorus
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| <> Harmonics
