Loaded Gun in the Closet
Song: Loaded Gun in the Closet
Artist: Drive-By Truckers (Mike Cooley sometimes solos this one)
Tuning: Open C
The song is basically three chords, played normally, sus2, and sus4
by moving around 1 fret or two on the "e" and high "c" strings.
Cooley walks among these combinations a lot, and from time to time,
picks the melody on the middle C string, sliding between the notes
while playing a C chord with the remaining srings.
===CHORDS===
Tuning C F G
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e 0 0 0
c 0 5 0
G 0 5 7
C 0 5 7
G 0 5 7
C 0 5 7
F & G chords are usually strummed string-by-string as if they were picked,
playing the "e" as a distinctive drone at the end of the chord.
C-Riff: C with sus2 & sus4
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e 1p0 0 0 1p0 0 x
c 0 2 0 0 2 0
G 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 0 0 0 0 0 0
G x x x 0 0 0
C x x x x x 0
'x'=don't play/mute if 'e' string
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INTRO
C-Riff
(2x)
C
(sliding melody on middle C string)
FCGFCC-Riff
C
He's got a loaded gun in the closet
C
And another one in the dresser drawer
F
Just in case the one in the closet
C-Riff
Didn't make a big enough hole.
C
She had his breakfast ready every morning
C F
And his lunch in a box sitting out by the kitchen door.
G F
She'd make sure he had everything he needed
G F
And hug his neck and tell him how much she loved him
G F
And it was beautiful. You should have seen it.
C-Riff
(2x)
... Remaining verses, chords are the same ...
ENDS WITH
C-Riff
(1x)