Good old Tom Waits. I could happily just cover one of his songs every week and never get bored (Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You is coming soon). It’s always interesting bringing piano-driven songs to the guitar, as piano voicings usually map differently onto the guitar. Not my best vocal performance, I must admit, and I did have a senior moment halfway through, but I’m choosing to own the human-ness as a badge of honour. Or too lazy to edit it out. You decide.
We’re back in double drop D tuning again, this time in actual root - no capo - position, for the key of G, a half-step above the record.
As usual I’ll refer to chords by their roman numeral*, but for the perfect pitchers among us: I - G; V - C/D; vi - Em and in the b section: vi - Em; III - B (1st inv.); I - G (2nd inv.) and II - A.
Next week - “Why Aye Man” by Mark Knopfler
* if there’s interest, I’ll do a little primer on understanding chords by their position in the scale, rather than by name. It helps a lot, especially when you get into open tunings, where traditional chord shapes get a bit wiggly
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