Sturgill Simpson
Brace For Impact (Live a Litte)
From "A Sailor's Guide To Earth"
Tabbed by thatchadmiller (Twitter)
*All of the G chords in this could be played as Gm since this is in the Gm scale. Sturgill plays in an open
G major tuning with the E string tuned up to G but he's playing it primarily as a G5 (meaning he's only
playing the top three strings)*
[Intro]
G
hammer on 6 on the E string for that quick Bb pretty much every time G is played through the song
(slide part)
E|-----------------------------|
B|--6~~~-----------------------|
G|----5~~7~~~---9>10<9-7~~~~---|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
B|--6~~~--------8>9-<8-6-------|
G|----5~~7~~~---9>10<9-7~~~~---|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
[Main riff]
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|--8h10r8-6h8-6b--3-----------|
(There's a version of this during the verse where they don't hammer on from 8 to 10)
[Verse 1]
Bb
One day you wake up
G
And this life will be over
Bb
Every party must break up
G
For burdens to shoulder
Bb
We're dying to live, living to die
G
No matter what you believe
Bb
And all of us cry
G
For the ones we must leave
[Chorus]
G
So go and live a little
G
Bone turns brittle
G
And skin withers before your eyes (riff)
G
Make sure you give a little
G
Before you go to the great unknown in the sky (riff)
Bb C G riff
Bb C G riff
[Verse 2]
Bb
Some will beg for forgiveness
G
From someone above
Bb
For something they did
G
Someone they love
Bb
Some scream like a baby
G
Some go out crying
Bb
Some bid the world goodbye
G
And welcome to die
[Chorus]
[Solo]
Bb - G
Bb - G
Bb - C
Bb - C
[Outro]
G
Just jam in G with the riffs and some minor pentatonic action.
(I'll tab the solo and outro later if there are requests)
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