**Capo on 1st fret**
Here's a little Feist cover done by a band called Bright Eyes. If you didn't read that
marked note directly above this paragraph, this song IS in fact done with a capo on the
fret. As usual, the chord names are relative to the capo, blah, blah... If you think
fancy and want to use all barre chords and not use the capo, then fine. It's not
though, as I have mentioned the useful using of a capo quite clearly. Stop reading this.
the song now.
Intro
G A (barre chords work best here but open chords are fine also)
D
Helping the kids out of their coats
GD
But wait the babies haven't been born (ohh oh ooo-oo)
D
Unpacking the bags and setting up
GD
And planting lilacs and buttercups (ohh oh ooo-oo)
Em (hold chord)
But in the meantime I've got it hard
D
Second floor living without a yard
Em
It may be years until the day
D
My dreams will match up with my pay
EmF#mBm
Ooo-ooo-oold dirt road
EmF#mBm
Hi-igh Knee deep snow
EmF#mBm
Watching the fire as we grow old
EmF#mGA
Ohh-ohhh-ooo-ooo
DGD
e|----------------|---------------|----------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------|---------------|--3-0-----------------|--------------------|
G|----------------|---------------|------/4-----/4-/4-2--|--------------------|
D|--2h4-4-2-0-0-2-|--2h4-4-2-0-4--|----------------------|----------4--2--0---|
A|----------------|---------------|----------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------|---------------|----------------------|--------------------|
DG
e|-------------|-----------|---------------|-------------------------|
B|----3-3------|-----------|--------3------|-------------------------|
G|-------------|-----------|----2-2--------|------/4----/4-/4-/4--2--|
D|--0-----4-0--|------0----|--0-------4-0--|-------------------------|
A|-------------|--2-0------|---------------|--2-0--------------------|
E|-------------|-----------|---------------|-------------------------|
D
I got a man to stick it out
GD
And make a home from a rented house (ohh oh ooo-oo)
D
And we'll collect the moments one by one
GD
I guess that's how the future's done (ohh oh ooo-oo)
Em (hold chord)
How many acres how much light
D
Tucked in the woods and out of sight
Em
I Wave to the neighbours and tip my cap
D
On a little road barely on the map
**Strum the D 4 hard, short times now
EmF#mBm
Ooo-ooo-oold dirt road
EmF#mBm
Hi-igh Knee deep snow
EmF#mBm
Watching the fire as we grow old
EmF#mBm
Ahh-ahh-ooo-oww
EmF#mGA
Ooo-ooo-oold
D
e||--0-2--0-2-----|-------2------||