Pass You By - Gillian Welch
Tuning: , D A D G B E
Use the chords as tabbed below in Drop D tuning.
You could play just the main chord (first one listed for each)
or you could play a progression, cycling through each chord variation.
(no progression or variation on the Em7)
Strumming is simple blues, each beat is broken up into 3 parts:
{down, (pause), up} x4 for each measure. Listen to get the feel.
D 0-5-0-5-x-x
D 0-3-0-5-x-x
D 0-0-0-5-x-x
D 0-3-0-5-x-x
G 5-x-0-7-x-x
G 5-7-0-7-x-x
F 3-x-0-5-x-x
F 3-5-0-5-x-x
Em7 2-x-0-4-x-
x
Bb 8-8-8-10-x-
Bb 8-10-8-10-x
x
-x
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I got an old V
-8 from the ye
ar I was born
Don't look lik
e much, just a
flat black Fo
rd
But the engine
's clean, I co
uld paint it s
omeday
But most of th
e time I like
it this way
[Chorus]
Don't turn no
head, don't ca
tch no eye
Just a wind on
the road, gon
na pass you by
[Verse 2]
Well I used to
talk tough, I
used to get l
oud
Want to paint
my name all ov
er this town
But folks line
d up just to d
og my day
Now if I stay
quiet, they st
ay out of my w
ay
[Chorus]
Don't turn no
head, don't ca
tch no eye
Just a wind on
the road, gon
na pass you by
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
I got a brand
new plan, I'm
gonna help mys
elf
'Cause it's a
fat man's town
, I'm gonna sh
are the wealth
Put the money
in the bag, ke
ep your hands
in sight
Turn around, c
ount to ten, a
nd I go back i
nto the night
[Chorus]
Don't turn no
head, don't ca
tch no eye
Just a wind on
the road, gon
na pass you by
Don't call for
help, don’t s
cream don’t cr
y
Just a wind on
the road, gon
na pass you by
[Outro]
I got an old V
-8 from the ye
ar I was born
Don't look lik
e much, just a
flat black Fo
rd