Langhorne Slim is an American singer-songwriter, (born Sean Scolnick on August 20, 1980 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania). He released his first album, entitled Slim Pickens, in 1999. His band (the War Eagles) consists of Jeff Ratner on up-right bass, Malachi DeLorenzo on drums and David Moore on keyboard and banjo.
In August 2006, Langhorne Slim signed to V2 Records, who folded on the deal. He then signed to Kemado Records. In 2009 he released, Be Set Free, which includes guest vocals from Erika Wennerstrom of the Heartless Bastards.
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Notes concerning chord shapes at the bottom of the page.
Intro:
F Fadd11* FCC F Fadd11 FCC F Fadd11 FCC G
Verse 1: F Fadd11 FCC All I wanted was a good song and a fair friend F Fadd11 FCC You came along just then F Fadd11 FCC You gave me crazy love and you whispered, G "You got a bottle and nobody that your missin'."
F Fadd11 FCC I wasn't much of a fighter or a lover F Fadd11 FCC You said, "Don't get excited, but take cover" F Fadd11 FCC We stepped into the light to pictures of each other G Some were in black and white, the others were in color
Chorus: F Fadd11 FGGC Colette, I knew the second we met, you'd go to my head CAmAm we took a breath and leapt into the atmosphere F Fadd11 FGGC and I guess it was something you said, we'll rest when we're dead CAmAm now it must seem pretty clear FCGFCG That I love you. Yes, I do.
(repeat intro and verse 1, lyrics are the same, sing one octave higher)
Break: C/GD5** CFCGG (repeat x8)
Chorus (2x as fast as previously played) F Fadd11 FGGC CAmAm F Fadd11 FGGC CAmAm
F Fadd11 FGGC Colette, I knew the second we met, you'd go to my head CAmAm we took a breath and leapt into the atmosphere F Fadd11 FGGC and I guess it was something you said, we'll rest when we're dead CAmAm now it must seem pretty clear FCGFCC/G That I love you.
* Fadd11 is used as a passing tone, hammer your pinky onto an A# and then immediately release back into F. Chord shape for Fadd11 is simply: -1- -1- -3- -3- -0- ---
** the D5 of the break is used as a passing tone, just release your fingers from the C/G shape and pick the A and D strings. Part is so fast that it won't be noticeable and sounds correct in the context.
Note concerning chord shapes: As with many of Folk musicians, Langhorne Slim uses a slight variation in chord shapes. The chords will usually feel like they are shaped like C, that is: -0- -1- -0- -2- -3- -0-
To form an F Chord, all you would have to do would be to move your 2 fingers from the D and A Strings to the G and D strings, and mute (or don't play) the E strings. So F would be formed like this: --- -1- -2- -3- -0- ---
similarly, G would be played like this: -3- -0- -0- -0- -2- -3-
Note that your pinky is on the high G.
Another note is that for this song, Langhorne plays C with the added 5th, so just keep your pinky like its playing G and your good to go.
The final chord of this song is C/G, the G is the lower G, not the higher one, so the chord would be: -0- -1- -0- -2- -3- -3-
This is the same shape of C/G used in the break section.
Forming these chords is far easier then explaining how to :], but I hope this helped some people who are new to folk chord shapes.