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MORE PILLS (ACOUSTIC)- Amy Ray
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Tabbed by: gschramm
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Tuning: Standard; no capo
This version of Amy Ray's "More Pills" is from a live acoustic version that can be found on her Noise Trade
Sampler (http://noisetrade.com/amyray/the-noisetrade-sampler). The studio version that appears on her album
"Goodnight Tender" sounds completely different (it's a country ballad) and has slightly different lyrics and
includes another repeat of the Chorus at the end of Verse 3.
A note on playing accents: if you listen to the Noise Trade version of the song, you can hear Amy accent
certain notes and employ hammer ons throughout the song, as well as a "walk down" from the C to the Am in
the second line of the Chorus. Instead of tabbing all of that out, just listen to the song and play as
you like. Most of the accent are played inconsistently anyway.
Chords Used: C x32010
Faug xx3011 (I don't know the proper name of this chord)
Am x02210
F 133211
Em 022000
G 320001
/ slide up
\ slide down
h hammer-on
Intro: C - Faug - Am - x2
Verse 1:
C Faug Am
If I had more pills, I'd take ‘em
C Faug Am
If I had more songs to sing
F Em Am
More days for day-breaking
C G C
My heart is aching for you
Verse 2:
C Faug Am
If I had the strength to stay this
C Faug Am
If I had the will to finish
F Em Am
Some way to go the distance
C G C
My heart is breaking for you
Chorus:
F Em
If I could stand in the river
C Am
Walk by the sea
F Em
Be on the mountain
C Am
Sleep under the trees
F G Am
My old song and dance it might stand a chance
C G C
My heart is aching for you
Solo (begins on the last C in the Chorus)
C F G C Am F G Am
e|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------2-4-|-4/5--5\4--4\2---0h2--0-0-0----------------0-2-0----0-2-5-0h2-----|
D|0-0h2-----|----------------------------3-2---0-2-3--3------------------------|
A|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
F G C Am C G C
e|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2-4-|-4/5-----5/7--7--5-7--7-7/9---9-9---7--5--4-5-0---------------------|
D|-------|----------------------------------------------------2-0-------------|
A|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------2-3----|
E|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3:
C Faug Am
So when all this world lay dreaming
C Faug Am
And the stars have set their course
F Em Am
How could I ever think of sleeping
C G C
My heart is breaking for you
F Em Am
How could I ever think of sleeping
C G C
My heart it wakes for you
