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  1. Here's what I used back in the day... from the old altcountrytab.com site

     

     

    intro (D)
    
    shaking sugar from a (G) sugar spoon
    (D) peppermint tea (A) afternoon
    alone alone a-(D)-lone
    taking a shower (G) take another nap
    (D) watching television and (A) taking a bath
    alone alone a-(D)-lone
    
    (D7)
    
    (G) i feel like a book but i (Gaug) just can't start it
    (Em/G) feel like a lover, (E) broken hearted
    (Am) i look in the mirror at the (AmMaj7) face in the glass
    i (Am7) look like a question (D) no one ever asks
    a-(G)-lone
    
    (Cm) like i'm supposed to (G) be
    (Cm) alone lonely a-(G)-lone
    (Cm) like i'm supposed to (G) be (Cm)
    
    (D) go for a walk
    (G) go for a drive
    (D) listen to the stereo and
    (A) staying inside
    alone alone a-(D)-lone
    
    (D7)
    
    (G) i feel like a book but i (Gaug) just can't start it
    (Em/G) feel like a lover, (E) broken hearted
    (Am) i look in the mirror at the (AmMaj7) face in the glass
    i (Am7) look like a question (D) no one ever asks
    a-(G)-lone
    
    (Cm) like i'm supposed to (G) be
    (Cm) alone lonely a-(G)-lone
    (Cm) like i'm supposed to (G) be (Cm)
    
    brief interlude (D)
    
    shaking sugar from a (G) tablespoon
    (D) bitter black coffee be-(A)-neath the moon
    alone alone a-(D)-lone
    
    (D7)
    
    (G) i feel like a book with a (Gaug) big .....
    (Em/G) i didn't finish (E) i didn't start it
    (Am) i look in the mirror at the (AmMaj7) face in the glass
    i (Am7) look like a question (D) no one ever asks
    a-(G)-lone
    
    (Cm) like i'm supposed to (G) be
    (Cm) alone lonely a-(G)-lone
    (Cm) like i'm supposed to (G) be (Cm)
    ooh hoo (G) hoo (Cm)
    
    repeat G-Cm til fade
    ***********************************
    some of them trickier chords (low to high)
    D7 - xx0212
    Gaug - 321003 (i also use 32x043)
    Em/G - 322003 (i also use 32x053)
    AmMaj7 - x02110
    Am7 - x02010
    In the "chorus" part I use:
    (G) i feel like a book but i (002203) just can't start it
    (022003) feel like a lover, (000103) broken hearted
    (C) i look in the mirror at the (C7) face in the glass
    i (Am) look like a question (D) no one ever asks
    

  2. It actually is not very hard to put a guitar together. There are a multitude of vendors (warmoth, musikraft, usa custom guitars, etc.) that will build bodies and necks to your specs. you can then either have them paint it, or send it to a refinishing place. Warmoth uses poly paint, but musikraft uses nitro. You get to pick the neck shape, the woods used, all of that stuff. Then you pick out the parts and electronics you want to use and screw/soulder it all together. You could then either take it in to a tech and have them do the final work ( shape the nut, setup, etc.) or if youve got those skills, you could do that too.

     

    If you want it to be aged, send it in to rs guitarworks to get them to paint it, and they will age it for you too.

     

    You can put together a killer guitar, and it isn't expensive compared to a custom shop guitar. My 69 strat is going to run about 1200 dollars or so.

     

    Also, thanks for the tips on the logo fainting goat. I do not plan on selling mine, I have alot of guitars and I have never sold one. I would be a homeless man pushing a cart full of guitars and still not be able to bear the thought of selling one. What if I needed a strat sound one day??????

     

     

    I put together a replica 52 Tele, with some minor adjustments, and it sounds and plays better than my 'real' telecaster. plus it was half the price than if i bought one of the reissues. It was pretty easy, I think most people would be able to do it.

  3. I got a epiphone "vintage g-400" last year and it is quickly becoming my most played guitar. It has a great beefy tone. It was only like $500 or so. It thought about shelling out the big bicks for a gibson, but this epi sounds awfully good, and for the price it is well worth it. You can add on a trem arm pretty cheaply if you want to be more like mr. tweedy

  4. James Alley Blues

     

    by Rabbit Brown as done by Jeff Tweedy

     

    submitted by Britt Boas and amended by Scott Collings

     

     

    [D]Times right now ain't [G]nothin' like they used to [D]be

    Well [G]times right now ain't nothin' like they used to [D]be

    You know I'll [A7]tell you all the truth; won't you take my word from [D]me

     

    P.S. There is a slight pause in the lyrics between ain't and nothin' on thefirst line, easier to roll to the G. Also, from the D to A7 change, playthe D throughout until you switch to A7.

     

     

    Times right now ain't nothin' like they used to be

    Well times right now ain't nothin' like they used to be

    you know I'll tell you all the truth; won't you take my word from me

     

    Well I seen better days, but I ain't puttin' up with these

    Well I've seen better days, but I ain't puttin' up with these

    I had a lot better time with those women down in New Orleans

     

    Well I was born in the country so she thinks I'm easy to lose

    Well I was born in the country she thinks I'm easy to lose

    She wants to hitch me to a wagon and drive me like a mule

     

    I bought her a gold ring and I pay the rent

    I bought her a gold ring and I pay the rent

    She tried to get me to wash her clothes, but I got good common sense

     

    If you don't want me then why don't you just tell me so?

    Well, If you don't want me then why don't you just tell me so?

    It ain't like I'm a man that ain't got nowhere else to go

     

    I give you sugar for sugar, but all you want is salt for salt

    I give you sugar for sugar, but all you want is salt for salt

    if you can't get along with me, then it's your own fault

     

    Well, you want me to love you, but then you just treat me mean

    oh, you want me to love you, but then you just treat me mean

    You're my daily thought and you're my nightly dream

     

    sometimes I think that you're just too sweet to die

    Ah, sometimes I think that you're just too sweet to die

    And other times I think that you oughta be buried alive

     

     

    hope this helps

    john

  5. I've never heard jeff play it by himself, but this is how I play it, i think it's close to the demo version wilco does

     

    (the spacing is screwed up, but i think you can figure it out)

     

    "Thirteen"

     

    by Big Star

     

    Capo up 3 frets!

     

    G Cadd9 G Cadd9

    G Cadd9 G Cadd9

    Won't you let me walk you home from

    G Cadd9 G Cadd9

    school?

    G Cadd9 G Cadd9

    Won't you let me meet you at the

    Cadd9 G/B Am Am7

    pool? Maybe

    Em Am

    Friday I can Get

    Em Am Am7

    tickets for the dance And I'll

    [2/4 time] [back to 4/4 time]

    D Cadd9 G/B Am

    take you Oooh

    G Cadd9 G Cadd9

    hoo

    G Cadd9 G Cadd9

     

    Won't you tell your dad, "get off my back?"

    Tell him what we said 'bout "Paint It Black" Rock and roll is here to stay

    Come in-side, girl, it's okay

    And I'll shake you Oooh-hoo

    A Cadd9

    E-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-------0---------|-------0--------

    B---2---0---0---0-|---2---0---0---0-|-------3---3-----|-------3---3----

    G---2---2-------2-|---2---2-------2-|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0--

    D-----------------|-----------------|---2-----------2-|---2-----------2

    A-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-3-------3-------|-3-------3------

    E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------

    e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

     

    A D Cadd9 G/B A7sus4

    E-5-5---2---0-----|-5-5---2---0-----|-----------------|----------------

    B-2-2---2---2---2-|-2-2---2---2---2-|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3--

    G-2-2---2---2---2-|-2-2---2---2---2-|---2---2-----0---|-----0-------0--

    D-2-2---2---------|-2-2---2---------|-0---------2---2-|---0---0---2---2

    A-0-0-0-0-0---0---|-0-0-0-0-0---0---|---------3-------|-2-------0------

    E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------

    e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e

     

    G Cadd9 G Cadd9

    Won't you tell me what you're thinking of?

    Would you be an outlaw for my love? If it's over, let me know,

    if it's nowehere, I can go

    I won't make you Oooh -hoo

    G Cadd9 G

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