::::::::::::::: GRAVEYARD SHIFT ::::::::::::::: (Farrar/Tweedy) as performed by UNCLE TUPELO Tabbed by Oliver Keeble Here's the riff; it's done with a D shape, going to sus4 then removing your first finger to make G; then lots of hammer-ons. * * * * * * * * * e --------------2------2-h3-3-------------3-------------------------| B --------3-------3----3----3---3---------3-------------------------| G --------------------------------0-------0-------------------------| D 0---------------------------------------------------0h2-0-------0-| A ------------------------------------------------0h2------h2-0h2---| E --------------------------------------------0h3-------------------| D G Hometown, same town blues D G Same old walls closing in D G Oh what a life a mess can be D I'm sitting here thinking of you once again G Won't you talk to me DDGCDDGC D Well, time won't wait, better open the gate D Get up and start what needs to be done DDGC D It's winding down, there's much you missed D Working on that graveyard shift DDGCDDGC A G A G Well, I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along A G A G D If what I see is true I could learn to believe G/D D Can't look away G/D D G/D D The powers that be might take it all away A G D Together we burn, together we burn away Some say a land of paradise Some say a land of pain Well, which side are you looking from Some people have it all Some ?all to gain? Well a man in a tie'll bum your dime 'Fore he breaks his twenty dollar bill There's plenty of reasons in this world We're no longer standing still But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along If what I see is true I could learn to believe Can't look away The powers that be might take it all away Together we burn, together we burn away D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 Dbend C G C G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 Dbend CGCG A# There's too much time spent looking for a reason It's the simple ones that ?beat? the most truth Oh, what a life a mess can be I'm sitting here thinking of you once again Give a thought to me Well, time won't wait, better open the gate Get up and start what needs to be done It's running down, there's much you missed Working on that graveyard shift But I'm not saying there's nothing wrong as the day comes along If what I see is true I could learn to believe Can't look away The powers that be might take it all away Together we burn, together we burn away D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 Dbend C G C G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 Dbend CGCG A# DDGC D ***************************************************************************** Notes For the D G/D bit the following sounds best to me * * * * * DDDDG --------------5--------------------| 7-------7-----7-7---8-------7---7--| 7-------7-----7-7---7-------7---7--| 7-------7-----7-7---5-------7---7--| 5-------5-----5-5---5-------5---5--| x-------x-----x-x---x-------x---x--| For the D Dsus4 D Dbend bit play open chords and just pick the first bit, then bend the top 3 strings (ie the fretted ones) up. Please let me know if I'm way off; email to o.keeble@ic.ac.uk