Please tell my brother

[kamera]

A great tune, just wondering if anyone has anything on this song

 

Many Thanks!

[Outtasite]

I use this ones. I got them from http://www.gumbopages.com/wilco.html

 

 

Enjoy, it's a beautiful song!

 

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Please Tell My Brother

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(Tweedy)

 

Transcribed by Chris Gehrz (christopher.gehrz@yale.edu)

 

Capo at 3rd fret; chords written as if left open.

 

D A D

Please tell my brothers I love them still

D D/C# Bm G

Over the mountains on their phone bill

G D

I should call more often

D/C# G/B

But they know I never will

G D A D

Please tell my brothers I love them still

 

D A D

Please tell my sister I miss her too

D D/C# Bm G

My nieces and nephews and their swimming pools

G D

When I think about her

D/C# G/B

Her skies are blue

G D A D

Please tell my sister I miss her too

 

D A D

Please tell my father I love him still

D D/C# Bm G

Forget the railroad and all those bills

G D

Head for the cooler

D/C# G/B

And drink your fill

G D A D

Please tell my father I love him still

 

D | D

 

D A D

Listen dear mother, I miss you the most

D D/C# Bm G

And as I travel from coast to coast

G D

I feel your love an'

D/C# G/B

I feel your ghost

G D A D

Listen dear mother, I miss you the most

D A D

Listen dear mother, I miss you the most

[Guest zimmerman]

A great tune, just wondering if anyone has anything on this song

 

Many Thanks!

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yha, it's pretty easy.. 3 chords.. C, F, G - I play with the capo on 5th fret..

 

basically goes C F C

C F

C (bass line walk down to - F

F G C

 

you'll have to experiment.. Z.

[ginandcigarettes]

Here's the tab to the version I play which sounds suspiciously like the version Jeff plays on the live performances section of the IATTBYH DVD (I would say it's a tab of that, but that implies some guarantee of accuracy).

 

I capo second fret (which matches the Gumbo Pages key) but IIRC Jeff capos 4th or higher for that version. Just capo where you are comfortable singing.

 

A note on left hand fingering: the chord shapes are basically C G F with some passing chords.

 

A note on right hand fingering: Use your thumb for all the notes on the low E, A, and D strings; your index finger for the G string; and your middle finger for the B string.

 

A note on rhythm: I marked where the beats fall with little plus signs (+) to help. Count the rhythm like this:

One and a Two e and a Three and a Four e and a.

 

 

Enjoy!

 

Please tell...

...+...........+...........+...........+............

 

e--------------------------------------------------|

B-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1--|

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

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

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

E--------------3-----------------------3-----------|

 

 

...+...........+...........+...........+............

 

e--------------------------------------------------|

B-----------3-----------3-----------1-----------1--|

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

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

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

E--3-----------3-----------------------3-----------|

 

 

...+...........+...........+...........+...........

 

e--------------------------------------------------|

B-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1--|

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

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

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

E--------------------------------------3-----------|

 

...+...........+...........+...........+............

 

e--------------------------------------------------|

B-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1--|

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

D--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----|

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

E--1-----------------------1-----------------------|

 

 

...+...........+............

 

e--------------------------|

B-----------1-----------1--|

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

D--------3-----------3-----|

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

E--1-----------------------|

 

 

...+...........+...........+...........+............

 

e--------------------------------------------------|

B-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1--|

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

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

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

E--------------3-----------------------------------|

 

 

...+...........+...........+...........+............

 

e--------------------------------------------------|

B-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1--|

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

D--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3-----|

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

E--1-----------------------1-----------------------|

 

 

...+...........+...........+...........+............

 

e--------------------------------------------------|

B-----------1-----------1-----------3-----------3--|

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

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

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

E--------------3-----------3-----------3-----------|

 

 

...+...........+...........+...........+............

 

e--------------------------------------------------|

B-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1--|

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

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

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

E--------------3-----------------------3-----------|

[kamera]

[dannygutters]

does anyone with the Sunken Treasure dvd know where/if Jeff plays this tune capoed at?

[froggie]

does anyone with the Sunken Treasure dvd know where/if Jeff plays this tune capoed at?

 

 

pretty sure its played open with no capo

[Kalle]

It's played Capooo 5.

[froggie]

> pretty sure its played open with no capo

 

woops, i thought we were talking about the song Sunken treasure

 

please tell my brother is done with the capo at 3 on the studio version... not sure about the sunken treasure dvd version off the top of my head