Rattlin' Bones tabs
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RATTLIN' BONES
Written by Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson
Shane plays the guitar part with two capos:
The 5/6 capo at the third fret transposes the guitar-friendly
D-chords to the key of F while leaving the 6th-string open to
extend the range of the bass. A second capo at the first fret
allows the 6th-string to be played open sounding an F-note.
The sound can be duplicated with one capo using Drop-D tuning
but requires a fingering shift to play the G-chord.
Alternatively, use a 5/6 capo at Fret-2 dropping the key to E.
4 beats per chord _ = hold Beat-1
` = 2 beats . = Csus2 passing chord on Beat-4
(capo at third fret)
INTRO:
D5 `Dsus4 `Dm11 D5 `Dm7 `D7sus4
D5 `Dsus4 `Dm11 D5. D5.
CHORUS:
D5 D5 A7sus4 D5
Smoke don't rise fuel don't burn sun don't shine no more
D5 D5 A7sus4 D5
Late one night sorrow come 'round scratching at my door but I
D5 D5 A7sus4 D5
Cut my hands and break my back draggin' this bag of stones 'til they
D5 D5 `A7sus4 `G5
Bury me down be-neath the ground with the dust and rattlin'
RE-INTRO:
D5 `Dsus4 `Dm11 D5 `Dm7 `D7sus4
Bones
D5 `Dsus4 `Dm11 D5. D5.
VERSE:
D5 D5 A7sus4 D5
Left my home and left my love caught on a rusty nail
D5 D5 A7sus4 D5
Devil rose up heavy with gold my soul's not for sale then a
D5 D5 A7sus4 D5
Holy man in a house of God he offered me a book of prayer but when I
D5 D5 `A7sus4 `G5 D5
Left my home and left my love I left my faith back there
CHORUS:
(as before)
RE-INTRO:
(as before)
VERSE:
D5 D5 A7sus4 D5
Shut my eyes and hang my head darkness makes no sound
D5 D5 A7sus4 D5
Climbin' up a bottleneck hurts on the way back down when a
D5 D5 A7sus4 D5
Sadness falls on the morning bird wonder what the day will bring but I
D5 D5 `A7sus4 `G5 D5
Shut my eyes and hang my head at least that bird can sing
CHORUS:
(as before)
TAG:
D5
Bones till they
D5_ N.C. N.C.
Bury me down be-neath the ground with the dust and rattlin'
(slightly slower)
OUTRO: (a tempo)
D5 `Dsus4 `Dm11 D5 `Dm7 `D7sus4
Bones
D5 `Dsus4 `Dm11 D5. D5
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TUNING: 6 5 4 3 2 1
Drop-D D A D G B E
CHORDS: 5/6 CAPO:
D5 Dsus4 Dm11 Dm7 D7sus4 A7sus4 G5 Csus2 G5
E|-------------------------------------------------| E|-----|
B|--3-----8-----3-----6-----3-------3-----3-----3--| B|--3--|
G|--2-----7-----0-----5-----0-------0-----0-----0--| G|--0--|
D|--0-----0-----3-----0-----0-------2-----0-----0--| D|--0--|
A|--0-----0-----0-----0-----3-------0-----------3--| A|-----|
D|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------5--------| E-2|--3--|
Names are used for identification rather than descr i ption.
D-chords and A-chords are minor in the ensemble.
VERSE/CHORUS:
Basic strumming pattern:
D5
1 2 3 + 4 +
E|-----------------| - 1st-string muted
B|-----3-----3-3-3-| h = hammer-on
G|-----2-----2-2-2-| p = pull-off
D|-----0-----0-0-0-| ~ = slight bend and vibrato
A|-----------------| d = down-strum
D|-0-------0-------| u = up-strum
d d d u d u
TAB shows loudest notes only - all chord-tones may ring.
INTRO:
D5 Dsus4 Dm11 D5 Dm7 D7sus4
1 2 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 + 4 +
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----3-----3-----|-----8~----3---3-|-----3-----3-----|-----6~----3---3-|
G|-----2-------0h2-|-----7~----0---0-|-----2-------0h2-|-----5~----0---0-|
D|-----------------|---------0---3---|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|-------------3---|
D|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
D5 Dsus4 Dm11 D5 Csus2 D5 Csus2
1 2 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 + 4 +
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----3-----3---3-|-----3-----3---3-|
G|------- -------|-----2-----2---0-|-----2-----2---0-|
D|------- (as before) -------|-------------0---|-0-------0---0---|
A|------- -------|---------0---3---|-------------3---|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
Note the one-beat passing chord and moving bass-line in Bar-7-8.
Suggest keeping ring-finger on 2nd-string.
In the changes on Beat-3 the middle-finger waits until Beat-4 to
fret the alternate bass-notes at Fret-3.
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Banjo part can be played on guitar with 1st-string tuned down to D.
5th-string would be tuned in unison with 3rd-string (same octave)
but it is not played although it sometimes rings. This part adds
the seventh to the D-chords and the minor-third to the A-chords.
TUNING: 5 4 3 2 1
G D G B D
Played with fingers
(capo at third fret)
INTRO:
D5 Dsus4 Dm11 D5 Dm7 D7sus4
D5
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D|-----0-------0---|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------|
B|-----3-------1h3-|------ O / -----|------ O / -----|-----3---1-------|
G|-----2-----2-----|------ / -----|------ / -----|-------2---2-----|
D|-0-------0-------|------ / O -----|------ / O -----|-0-----------3~--|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
VERSE/CHORUS:
D5 Asus4 Asus4 G5 D5
1 2 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D|-----0-------0---||-----0-------0---||-----0-------0---|-----0-----------|
B|-----3-------1h3-||-----3-------1h3-||-----3-------3---|-----3---1-------|
G|-----2-----2-----||-----2-----2-----||---2---2---0---0-|-------2---2-----|
D|-0-------0-------||-2-------2-------||-2-------0-------|-0-----------3~--|
G|-----------------||-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
Suggest little-finger on 2nd-string fret-3.
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Electric guitar adds melodic figures at times hitting a low Eb with
vibrato and sliding up to F. This could be played either in Drop-D
tuning or in the key of G with all strings tuned a whole step down.
In the CMAA performance the player was in Drop-D tuning with a capo
at the third fret which cannot duplicate that low seventh.
Using Double-Drop-D tuning a solo performance can incorporate ideas
Waynus Of Uranus
July 2008
April 2011 Corrected Banjo part and added Capo-fret-2 suggestion