Southern Star - Gregory Alan Isakov
Capo: Fret 5
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
This is from Isakov's new album "Evening Machines". I love this song because of how effective the atmosphere
is portrayed through the scant instrumentation and short run time. The song is over before you even know it!
Down to business:
-Capo 5 in G. (Song is in C, but Isakov plays it capo'd up more for a higher register sound.)
-Song is in a quick waltz tempo (3/4).
Another thing to note is his usage of muted strumming. I use my thumb to strum down, while pulsing my fret
hand to get this effect. If you don't know basic palm-muting, you probably want to learn that for this song to
play it "correctly".
Oh, and you can check out me playing it on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGhmneu_7tQ
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Oh my drunken
southern star
How you tried
to hide in dar
kness
Slipped from o
rbit
Now you’re dan
gerously close
[Verse 2]
Come out, come
out
From all your
hiding out
We’ll dig in o
ur heels
Salute the bat
tlefields
Where our brok
en hearts were
born, oh
[Chorus]
And the storm
clouds are thi
rsty
I can see them
bursting, wat
ch them gather
ing light
And the walls
in the bedroom
now are pound
ing out
Were we broken
open baby, ma
ybe just a cra
ck
Swore I heard
you whisper th
at you preferr
ed us like tha
t, oh
[Instrumental]
e|-5-3-0---0-3
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
-5-3-0---5-3-0
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-3-1-3--3--1-3
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e|-5-3-0---0-3
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
-5-3-0---5-3-0
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-3-1-3--3--1-3
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-3--1--------|
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[Verse 3]
My broken open
child
Were we thirst
y, thorned wit
h wild eyes
Still, we are
slaves to the
sirens of the
salty sea
Oh, oh, oh
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