Well-Dressed - Hop Along
Capo: Fret 1
Tuning: , E A D G B E
Looking at the NPR Tiny Desk Concert on YouTube, I saw that they actually fret some chords differently
and play without a capo. My version lets you use more open strings, which I prefer for acoustic guitars.
See my notes at the very end if you want to play it without a capo.
First, let's talk about some of the CHORDS
(Noted chord names and frets are relative to the capo position, so capo 1st plus noted 7 equals 8th fret.)
Most importantly the opening chord, which I will call Dsus4b5/F#
(I'm terrible at this) until somebody corrects me.
e|----------|
B|--(0)-----|
G|---0------|
D|--(0)-----|
A|---9------|
E|----------|
When this chord is played, the 4& time is usally an Em chord that just leads into the C, played like this:
(Vary the amout of open string sound depending on the part of the song and/or your liking.)
e|----------|
B|--(0)-----|
G|---0------|
D|----------|
A|---7------|
E|----------|
Since this is just a one stroke lead and not strictly necessary,
I will not include it in the tab to keep it more focussed.
There's also a lot of root + third chords, sometimes played over a (optional) different bass note.
I'l write these down as "3" chords.
Example:
Chord: D3 D3/
e|---------
B|---------
G|---------
D|--4----4-
A|--5----5-
E|-------5-
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The song rarely uses full chords with all strings played, it focusses more on the low strings.
I will try to mark that by using *.
An example from the second verse/Chorus-type thing:
Chord: G*
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B|---------
G|--4------
D|--5------
A|--5------
E|--3------
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The Cm is played as an Em shape bar chord, although that's only important to get the high
octave at the end of the second verse. Other than that, do whatever.
Chord: Cm
e|--8------
B|--8------
G|--8------
D|--10-----
A|--10-----
E|--8------
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In the second half of the song, there's a G/B chord ("dark dark web"). I play it like this
Chord: G/B
e|---------
B|-(0)-----
G|---------
D|--5------
A|--5------
E|--7------
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[Intro]
(play half palm muted, 5 chords only as root and 5th, don't add the octave in the first verse yet)
Well-dressed,
but walking in
the wrong dir
ection
Louisiana, my
disordered roa
d always led s
traight back i
nto you
"Ha ha ha," go
es the train
I wanted to le
ave but here I
am again, Lou
isiana!
I don't rememb
er
I don't rememb
er ever shakin
g hands with y
ou-know-who
[Verse 2]
(Play stings more open now, also add the octave in on the 5 chords)
When I was ali
ve, I lived de
spite the law
Now the law ha
s buried me ma
ny, many times
It's built a
freeway all a
round my bed
I saw it once
open its great
mouth wide
But it was so
full of afflic
ted houses and
buildings
I can't rememb
er what it was
saying
[Verse 3]
Dsus4b5/F#
Well-dressed
Well, some of
us are, that i
s
The ones who k
now how, that
is
Some of us are
, that is
The ones who k
now how, that
is, that is, t
hat is, that i
s
[Verse 4]
I read about y
ou and came ho
me to find my
mother
Staring deep i
nto the dark,
dark web
She started be
gging me
Not to give my
social securi
ty number to a
nybody else
There goes the
sound of the
freeway
[Chorus]
"Ha ha ha ha h
a," goes the t
rain
"Ha ha ha ha h
a," goes the t
rain
Well-dressed,
but walking, I
Walking, I
I don't wanna
go back, no, n
o
[Outro]
(Chords from beginning of verse 1)
Dooooo, doo do
odoo dodoo
doo doodoo dod
oo
doo doodoo dod
oo
Dooooo, doo do
odoo dodoo
doo doodoo dod
oo
doo doodoo dod
oo
NOTE:
As mentioned in the beginning, Frances plays this without a capo in the NPR video.
If you want to play it in the right key and without a capo, you basically just have to play that
Dsus4b5/F# chord differently. and move everyhing else up a fret (just click the tanspose +1 button,
UG should do that for you.)
Dsus4b5/F# would become a D#sus4b5/G played like this:
D#sus4b5/G
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|---6------|
A|---10-----|
E|----------|
...where they play the following C#5 like this
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|---6------|
A|----------|
E|---9------|