Song: Loaded Gun in the Closet
Artist: Drive-By Truckers (Mike Cooley sometimes solos this one)
Tuning: Open C
The song is basically three chords, played normally, sus2, and sus4
by moving around 1 fret or two on the "e" and high "c" strings.
Cooley walks among these combinations a lot, and from time to time,
picks the melody on the middle C string, sliding between the notes
while playing a C chord with the remaining srings.
===CHORDS===
Tuning C F G
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e | 0 0 0
c | 0 5 0
G | 0 5 7
C | 0 5 7
G | 0 5 7
C | 0 5 7
F & G chords are usually strummed string-by-string as if they were picked,
playing the "e" as a distinctive drone at the end of the chord.
C-Riff: C with sus2 & sus4
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e | 1p0 0 0 1p0 0 x
c | 0 2 0 0 2 0
G | 0 0 0 0 0 0
C | 0 0 0 0 0 0
G | x x x 0 0 0
C | x x x x x 0
'x'=don't play/mute if 'e' string
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INTRO
[C-Riff] (2x)
[C] (sliding melody on middle C string)
[F] [C-Riff] [G] [F] [C-Riff] [C-Riff]
He's got a [C] loaded gun in the closet
And [C] another one in the dresser drawer
Just in [F]case the one in the closet
Didn't make a big enough [C-Riff] hole.
She had his [C] breakfast ready every morning
And his [C] lunch in a box sitting out by the kitchen [F] door.
She'd make [G] sure he had everything he [F] needed
And hug his [G] neck and tell him how much she [F] loved him
And it was [G] beautiful. You should have [F] seen it.
[C-Riff] (2x)
[ ... Remaining verses, chords are the same ... ]
ENDS WITH
[C-Riff] (1x)
