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Looking for 'The Family Gardener' chords from The Minus 5 Down with Wilco album.

Jeff plays it on the Sunken Treasure DVD but I can quite make out the progression.

Need help. Thanks!

~nico

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Its capo 5, the chords are:

 

some sort of modified G, don't know the exact name

e-0

B-3

G-0

D-0

A-2

E-3

 

Anyway we'll call this G*.

The chords go G* -> Bm -> G* -> C/G (332010) -> regular G (320033) -> F -> G*

 

You should be able to figure out how the chords are picked through by watching the DVD. He does something a little different with the G* though that is worth tabbing:

 

e|------0-----0-----0------------------
B|--------3-----3----------0-----------
G|----------0-----0----0h3---0---------
D|-0-0---------------------------------
A|-2-2---------------------------------
E|-3-3---------------------------------

 

Verses go like this:

(G*) The family garden is a special place

In sun and shade there, (Bm) I was raised

(G*)Voices fade away and (C/G)rooms are rearranged

(G)Now I'm the family (F)gardiner (G*)

 

If anyone knows what the ending chords to the song are please let me know.

 

Thought I'd mention that One by One is played capo 5 also, intro chords G F Em C. On the DVD Jeff adds a somewhat fancy element to the song that makes it sound really good - hes sounding the B string harder while strumming the chords. For the G and C chords he is pulling off the B string before changing to the next chord. Sounds awesome to me.

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  • 5 months later...

Okay here is a shot at the middle and end of this song:

 

Middle

 

G F G

When you're the Family Gardener

 

G F Em

And I'm the Family Gardener

 

C

As I Look down with my two eyes

 

G

And my two green thumbs, I despise

 

Em G(1)

The people who walk on the green green grass

 

F(1) C

That I grew with my watered love

 

F(1) D(1) G(1)/G#

 

 

End:

 

G F G

When you're the Family Gardener

 

G C Em

And I'm the Family Gardener

 

C D(1) G#

Yeah, I'm the Family Gardener

 

G(2) G

 

G(1) = 320000

G(2) = 320300

F(1) = 103200

D(1) = 05403x

 

Does it sound right to you?

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