Chord shapes for the song:
GDECBmd9
e --3------3------3------3------2--
B --0------3------3------3------3--
G --0------2------0------0------4--
D --0------X------2------2------4--
A --2------0------2------3------2--
E --3------0------0------X------2--
When playing the Cadd9 chord, hammer-on the D string a few times while strumming
before you go back to G if you want to embellish a bit and make it sound more like the recording.
Codeine by Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit (Standard Tuning)
VERSE
GDEm7Cadd9
If there's one thing I can't stand
GDEm7Cadd9
it's this bar and this cover band
GDEm7Cadd9
trying to fake their way through 'Castles Made of Sand.'
GDEm7Cadd9
That's one thing I can't stand.
GDEm7Cadd9
If there's one thing I can't take
GDEm7Cadd9
it's the sound that a woman makes
GDEm7Cadd9
about five seconds after her heart begins to break.
GDEm7Cadd9
That's one thing I can't take.
BRIDGE
BmCadd9
She should be home by now but she ain't.
BmCadd9
I should've gone by now but I cain't.
CHORUS
GDEm7Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
GDEm7Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
VERSE
GDEm7Cadd9
Them eyes was big as stars
GDEm7Cadd9
when I saw you behind the bar.
GDEm7Cadd9
I guess that's the way to keep on smilin' where you are.
GDEm7Cadd9
But girl them eyes was big as stars.
GDEm7Cadd9
It sounds funny when you say my name.
GDEm7Cadd9
It's like you're chewing on a foreign thing
GDEm7Cadd9
and you won't get to sleep 'till dawn if it don't rain.
GDEm7Cadd9
It sounds so funny when you say my name.
BRIDGE
BmCadd9
You oughta come home tonight but you won't.
BmCadd9
I wish we knew how to fight but we don't.
CHORUS 2
GDEm7Cadd9
One of your friends has taken you in and given you Codeine.
GDEm7Cadd9
One of your friends has taken you in and given you Codeine.
VERSE
GDEm7Cadd9
Darlin' I'm not one to judge
GDEm7Cadd9
but if I was then I'd say you don't look so good.
GDEm7Cadd9
Got no answers of my own
GDEm7Cadd9
but with you gone, this place looks bigger than it should.
GDEm7Cadd9
If there's two things that I hate
GDEm7Cadd9
it's having to cook and trying to date.
GDEm7Cadd9
Busting ass all day to play 'hurry up and wait.'
GDEm7Cadd9
That's a few things that I hate.
BRIDGE
BmCadd9
If I call when I ain't drunk
BmCadd9
This old boat'll still be sunk
CHORUS 3
GDEm7Cadd9
'cause one of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
GDEm7Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
GDEm7Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.
GDEm7Cadd9
One of my friends has taken her in and given her Codeine.