George Washington Tabs & Lyrics by Hope of the States
George Washington
guitar tabs lyrics
This is a great song, from Hope of the State's first album.
The timing is a bit off, but its quite easy to pick up if you listen to the song.
A reasonable starting strumming pattern for the chord sections is D D D U
(D=Down, U=Up)
Many thanks to the person who produced ver 1 ([email protected])
Tuning; Standard
Into / "Chorus" (played with a slightly bouncy rhythm)
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-9-7-11-11-11-9-7-9-4-4-4-7-4-2-2-2-0-0-| x2
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0 -0 -0 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
D Bm A
I am burning in a smoke-choked house but
D Bm A
Tonight is empty of warm glows and whispered good nights
D Bm A D Bm A
Riot, disorder. Set the banks on fire.
Pre Chorus
D, Bm, A, G
Then Play Chorus
Verse 2
D Bm A
Some old war song used to play here
D Bm A
Once I heard it and the sound it made was sad but hopeful
D Bm A (straight into pre-chorus)
Stand up be counted, no-ones buying me
Pre Chorus
D, Bm, A, G x 2 then D... (let ring)
Break
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------5-7-0--|
G|-------------4---------------4---4-7-4-7-4-7-4---4-7-4-7-4-7--------|
D|-4-7-4-7-4-7---7-4-7-4-7-4-7---7---------------7--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Instrumental / Outro
D, Bm, A, G, x2 then D... (let ring)
Hope this helps.
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