Double Drop D Tuning: Tune both E strings down to D so open it’s DADGBD
DADBGD
D 000230
G/B x20030
A7/D 002030 (I will notate just A7)
G 550030
A x02220 (it’s actually Asus4)
Em7 220000
[Intro] D D G/B G (x2)
D D G/B G D D G/B G
She came along like she was hiding some deep secret,
D D G/B A7 D D G/B G
but now she's gone and I carry on to keep it.
D D G/B G D D G/B G
The cow's are grazing, boys, the fishin's getting good.
D D G/B A7 D D G/B A
If fate's an old woodpecker, I'm an old chunk of wood.
G G D D A - G
Some mysteries we will...never know,
G D D Em7 Em7
the turtle dove and the crow ... made a nest.
D D G/B G D D G/B G
We shared a line etched in stone between two years
D D G/B A7 D D G/B G
I aim to pack my grave someday . . . and go see her
D D G/B G D D G/B G
Want to climb that ladder, Jacob won't you hold the door.
D D G/B A7 D D G/B A
Just got to drop me a line this side of Jor...dan.
G G D D A - G
Some mysteries we will...never know,
G D D Em7 A Em7 A
the turtle dove and the crow ... made a nest.
[Instrumental] D D G/B G (X2)
D D G/B G D D G/B G
She came along like she was hiding some deep secret.
D D G/B A7 D D G/B G
She saw the future, boys, and I......was her ticket.
D D G/B G D D G/B G
The American dream ... suited us just fine.
D D G/B A7 D
I'm a-layin down easy in my time of dying.
I've watched them play this in person and on video and I went back and forth on the last
e string, whether it's dropped to D or not. Try it both ways and see what you like. If you leave
the high e string on E, play D normally and G as 550003.
On different videos Andrew seems to vary during the verses, after the G/B, where he either plays
G or A7. I wrote it this way for consistency.
He does so much that I can't notate everything. On the G/B he usually plucks the open A string
then hammers on B. On the last "A" before the instrumental, try climbing from x02220 to x02230 to x02222.
When they sing "The American dream", try 000220. In general, as with everything, try it different
ways and play what you like. Hope this helps get you started.
