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If The Brakeman Turns My Way

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Bright Eyes is an indie rock band consisting mainly of American singer, guitarist, and songwriter Conor Oberst. Bright Eyes also features multi-instrumentalist/producer Mike Mogis, keyboard player Nate Walcott and a rotating lineup of collaborators drawn primarily from Omaha, Nebraska, United States' indie music scene. Having been deeply influenced early on by singer-songwriters David Dondero and Simon Joyner, Conor Oberst has been recording music since the age of 13.

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If the Brakeman Turns My Way - Bright Eyes
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Tabbed by: Yoshima
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard
Capo: 4th

>>> This song is played on a piano which is more flexible in the chord
building department than a guitar is. Therefore to get the best harmony
to go under the melody different inversions of the chord are needed.
These are explained below. Also try and strum more to the lower notes,
seems to work better.

Chords used relative to capo on 4th....

.....G......C.....D/F#....Em.....D.....Am....
e|-------------------------------2------0---|
B|---3------1------3------0------3------1---|
G|---0------0------2------0------2------2---|
D|---0------2------0------2------0------2---|
A|---2------3------0------2------0------0---|
E|---3------0------2------0-------------0---|

NOTE: Inversions...

>>>The D/F# and D chords contain the same notes, the D/F# chord has a 3rd
on the low E string as oppose to the D chord which has a 3rd on the high E.
So basically the D/F# chord is an inversion of the D chord and so the two
are switchable.

>>>An inversion of the C chord can also sound better at some points.
Instead of leaving the low E string open hold the 3rd fret. (332010)
Its up to you if you use this inversion or not.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

>>>Verse

.....G..............................C.................G...
When panic grips your body and your heart is a hummingbird

G.............................................C.............D/F#..
Raven thoughts blacken your mind until you're breathing in reverse

....C....................Em.............G........D/F#....C........
And all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse

Em.......C.............Em.............C....
Every reassurance just magnifies the doubt

.......G.......D/F#....Em.......D/F#....G..
Better find yourself a place to level out

.....Em..D/F#.....

>>>

......G...............................C...............G..
Got a cricket for a conscience always looks the other way

..G...................................C.......D/F#.
A cocaine soul starts seeming like an empty cabaret

.....C..................Em....................G.....D/F#....C...
Hey, where have all the dancers gone? Now the music doesn't play

.........Em............C.............Em..................C....
Tried to listen to the river but you couldn't shut your mouth

.......G......D/F#...Em......D/F#....G
Better take a little time to level out

C....................G......
..I never thought of running

C......................D....
..My feet just led the way

>>>

>>>Chorus

G.................
..Mixed up Signals

C.............
..Bullet Train

G..............................D.........
..Cars are switched out in the crazy rain

G..................C........
..I could meet you any place

.......D/F#..G..C.....G..
If the Brakeman turns my way

...Em...D/F#...

>>>

>>>Verse

.........G........................C.............G....
All this automatic writing I have tried to understand

.......G.........................C.............D/F#..
From a psychedelic angel who was tugging on my hand

........C..........Em...............G.......D/F#...C...
It's an infinite coincidence but it doesn't form a plan

.......Em.............C..............Em...........C....
So I'm headed for New England or the Paris of the South

......G....D/F#.......Em.......D/F#....G..
Gonna find myself somewhere to level out

...Em...D/F#...

>>>

.........G...............................C...........G...
Are your brothels full, Oh Babylon, with merry Middlemen?

......G.......................................C..........D...
Never peer out of their periscopes from those deep opium dens

.........C...................Em.................G.......D/F#..C...
All this death must need a counterweight always someone born again

........Em................C..............Em.........C....
First a mother bathes her child then the other way around

...........G......D/F#...Em.....D/F#....G..
The Scales always find a way to level out

>>>

C......................G.....
..I tried to pass for nothing

.....C................D...
But my dreams gave me away

>>>

>>>Chorus

G.................
..Mixed up Signals

C.............
..Bullet Train

G...........................D..........
..People snuffed out in the brutal rain

G................C.......
..I could live to any age

.......D/F#..G..C........G..
If the Brakeman turns my way

>>>

>>>Bridge

.........Am.....................D/F#....
It is an old world it's hard to remember

.......G...............Em
Like a dime store mystery

.......C..................D/F#..
I'm a repeat first time offender

........C.........D/F#..G....
Who has rewritten history

>>>

>>>Chorus

(G)..................
..Mixed up tea leaves

C.............
..Phantom Pain

G....................D.........
..Fuzzy logic in the crazy rain

G...............C.........
..Getting better every day

.......D/F#..G..C........G..
If the Brakeman turns my way

>>>

G.................
..Mixed up Signals

C.............
..Bullet Train

G..............................D............
..Cars are switched out in the blinding rain

G.......................C.............
..He'll be smiling as he seals my fate

.........D/F#..G..C........G.............
When the Brakeman turns my way

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