Song: Chinatown
Artist: Shakey Graves
Album: Story of My Life
Chords used: C/G C7 F Fm Am G Dm and a chord called F#m7(b5,#5), I'll tab it below.
F#m7(b5,#5):
e|-0-
B|-1-
G|-2- Instead of writing out F#m7(b5,#5) every time it comes up,
D|-0- I'm going to refer to it just as F#m7, but play what's tabbed
A|-0-
E|-2-
In the studio version, he plays it with a capo on the 1st fret, but there are live versions with capos
in different places. This tab was put together with a lot of help from this live performance, where he
puts a capo on the 4th fret: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xeLvv8iQsk
Intro: C/G C7 F Fm Am (bass walk down to) C/G (then) F#m7 F G
C/G
This heart of mine
Keeps decent time
C7
Though my ears may be weak
F
And my eyes may be all but blind
Fm Am C/G F#m7
I still have sense enough to hear
F G
And I'm not much without you near
(pause) C/G
I've paid my dues
Done one or two
C7 F
But still it keeps a boiling down to you
Fm Am C/G F#m7
So choose to be my victory, or vice
F G
Oh either way I still want you here tonight
Instrumental: C/G C7 F Fm Am (bass walk down to) C/G (then) F#m7 F G
Dm Am Dm
Heaven knows it's hard to find another
Am C/G F#m7 ( F
There will come a day
G
When the earth will cease to spin
F
You'll hold me close and say
G
My god where have you been?
C/G
I've been around, old Chinatown
C7 F
Happily lost but oh so easily found
Fm Am C/G F#m7
They're counting the stars above the hill
F G
'Neath some old moon, humming my tune
C or C/G or Riff
I'll see you soon
He actually ends the song just plucking the 2nd Fret of the A song after a short little riff that's
repeated in the song:
e|---------|
B|-----0---|
G|-0-1---1-|
D|---------|
A|---------|
E|---------|
But it also sounds nice to end it on a C or C/G chord
