Sun Kil Moon is the current project of San Francisco, California-based singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, best known for his previous band, Red House Painters. Sun Kil Moon sees Kozelek undertake all the writing, composing, singing and guitar playing accompanied by Anthony Koutsos (also an ex-member of RHP) on drums, and Geoff Stanfield on bass. Tim Mooney also played drums with Sun Kil Moon until his death in June 2012. The band is named after Korean bantamweight boxer Sung-Kil Moon.
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Artist: Sun Kil Moon Song: Glenn Tipton Album: Ghosts of the Great Highway Tabbed by: Don Tago Email: [email protected]
-I know this isn’t EXACTLY the same as the album, but its close enough that you can play chords along and sing! Also, this has my best interpretation of the solo...
Standard Tuning (Capo III)
Intro: D
Verse 1 Chords: DGD Cassius Clay was hated more than Sonny Liston GD Some like KK Downing more than Glenn Tipton GD Some like Jim Nabors, some Bobby Vinton, I like them all
Verse 2: Use verse 1 chords I put my feet up on the coffee table I stay up late watching cable I like old movies with Clarke Gable Just like my dad did
Chorus Chords: AGD Just like my dad did when he was home GEm Staying up late, staying up alone AGD Just like my dad did when he was thinking GD Oh, how fast the years fly
Verse 3: Use verse 1 chords I know an old woman ran a doughnut shop She worked late serving cops But then one morning, baby, her heart stopped Place ain’t the same no more
Chorus Chords: Place ain’t the same no more Not without my friend, Eleanor Place ain’t the same no more Man, how things change
SOLO: (repeat this riff 2x) (played on NON-capo-ed guitar) DGD e|------8-----6-----5----------------------------| B|-8-10---8-8---5-6----6-8--6-5-6-----6-6--------| G|--------------------------------7/9-----6/7-5--| then,
Pre-Verse fill: (repeated a few times with variation leading into solo) D (still NON-capo-ed) e|-----------| B|-----------| G|--5/7------| D|------5-3--|
Verse 4: Use verse 1 chords I buried my first victim when I was nineteen Went through her bedroom and the pockets of her jeans And found her letters that said so many things That really hurt me bad
Chorus Chords: I never breathed her name again But I liked to dream about what could have been I never heard her calls again But I like to dream