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by Son Volt


Son Volt - "Bandages and Scars"
off of the record "Okemah and the Melody of Riot"

Taken from watching Jay Farrar play this one on the Best Buy exclusive live DVD

Standard tuning (eBGDAE)

Chords used:
/7sus - 03045x
/7 - 03055x
G - 330023
Em7 - 030220
 - 2320xx
 - 0320xx
C - 010230
C/G - 010233
Cmaj7/G - 000233

Intro: [/7sus] [/7] x2

[] [] [] [] [] [C/]

[G]Can't taste holy water
[G]Can't find it in the well
[Em7]Been doing lot of [D]thinking
[C]Thinking about [C/G]hell

[G]Thinking about the ozone
[G]Thinking about lead
[Em7]Thinking about the [D]future
[C]And what to do [C/G]then

CHORUS
[D] [Dsus2] [D]The words of Woody [Dsus2]Guthrie ringing [C/G]in my [Cmaj7/G]head [C/G] [Cmaj7/G]
[D] [Dsus2] [D]The words of Woody [Dsus2]Guthrie ringing [C/G]in my [Cmaj7/G]head [C/G] [Cmaj7/G]

Break (same as intro)

[G]Blame it on the system
[G]Or those that came before
[]Updated []consciousness
[C]Knocking on [C/G]doors

[G]Piecemeal solutions
[G]Will only leave scars
[Em7]Bandages for [D]nosebleeds
In this [C]city of [C/G]artificial [D]stars

CHORUS
[Dsus2] [D]The words of Woody [Dsus2]Guthrie ringing [C/G]in my [Cmaj7/G]head [C/G] [Cmaj7/G]
[D] [Dsus2] [D]The words of Woody [Dsus2]Guthrie ringing [C/G]in my [Cmaj7/G]head [C/G] [Cmaj7/G]

Intro again

--Play [G] over and over and end with Chorus chords,