Pass You By - Gillian Welch

Tuning: , D A D G B E

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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

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