Song: Wilco (the song)
Band: Wilco
Album: (Live performance)
Tuning: Standard, down 1 whole step
Note: This was taken from the 10/30/2008 Wilco performance on Comedy
Central's "The Colbert Report". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3XHusLu7SU
The general rhythm of the song is 4:4, 2 chords per measure, all done as
bar chords. The "A G E" sequence is better transcribed as:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A/A/A/A G/G/G/G E/E/F/E -/E/Esus2/E
A 5776xx
G 3554xx
E 0769xx
F 887Txx (T=10)
Esus2 096xxx
It sounds OK using normal shapes, playing the Esus2 as Em. Other bar
chords are documented below:
Am 57755x
B 799877
F#m 244222
(E=11)
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INTRO:
(4x)
VERSE 1:
- Are you under the im--pression
- This isn't your life
- Do you dabble in de--pression
Is someone twisting a knife in your back
- Are you being at--tacked
- Oh this is a fact, that you need to
Know, oh, oh, oh, oh
Wil--co, Wil--co, Wil--co will love you
INSTRUMENTAL:
Baby
VERSE 2:
- When times getting tough,
- All the roads you travel rough,
- Have you had e--nough uh-oh,
- Tired of being ex--posed to the cold,
- Stare at your stereo,
- Put on your head--phones, don't pull out your
Hair, oh, oh, oh, oh
Col--bert, Col--bert, Col--bert will love you
INSTRUMENTAL:
Baby
BRIDGE:
- So many wars that just can't be
Won, ahh ahh, ahh,
- Even before the battles be-
-gun, oh oh, oh,
- This is another with arms open
Wide, a sonic shoulder for you to cry on,
Wil--co, Wil--co will love you
INSTRUMENTAL:
Baby
FINALE:
Is someone twisting a knife in your back
- Are you being at--tacked
- Oh this is a fact, that you need to
Know, oh, oh, oh, oh
Wil--co, Wil--co, Wil--co, Wil--co,
Wil--co will love you
Baby
--crookedpath