Biography:
Jason Isbell is an alt-country singer /songwriter /guitarist from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Best known for his years with the Drive-By Truckers where he played with his then wife, bassist Shonna Tucker. Isbell - who joined the Truckers in 2001 - left the band in early 2007 around the same time as his divorce from Tucker was finalized.
In addition to being a gifted songwriter, Isbell is regarded as an exceptional guitar player. His style is mostly in the alt-country genre, but is also infused with rock and blues elements.
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Other songs:
- Alabama Pines
- Codeine
- We've Met
- 24 Frames
- Anxiety
- Chaos And Clothes
- Chicago Prominade
- Children Of Children
- Cigarettes And Wine
- Cover Me Up
- Cumberland Gap
- Daisy Mae
- Danko Manuel
- Decoration Day
- Devil Is My Running Mate
- Different Days
- Dress Blues
- Elephant
- Flagship
- Flying Over Water
- Go It Alone
- God Is A Working Man
- Goddamn Lonely Love
- Good
- Grown
- Heart On A String
- Hope The High Road
- How To Forget
- However Long
- Hudson Commodore
- Hurricanes And Hand Grenades
- I Follow Rivers
- If I Needed You
- If It Takes A Lifetime
- If We Were Vampires
- Last Of My Kind
- Live Oak
- Molotov
- Mutineer
- Never Could Believe
- New South Wales
- Old Flame
- Outfit
- Palmetto Rose
- Relatively Easy
- Save It For Sunday
- Seven Mile Island
- Shotgun Wedding
- Soldiers Get Strange
- Something More Than Free
- Something To Love
- Songs That She Sang In The Shower
- Speed Trap Town
- Stockholm
- Stopping By
- Streetlights
- Sunstroke
- Super 8
- The Blue
- The Devil Is My Running Mate
- The Last Song I Will Write
- The Life You Chose
- The Magician
- The Pilgrim
- To A Band That I Loved
- Tour Of Duty
- Traveling Alone
- Tupelo
- Weve Met
- White Mans World
- Yvette
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Seven Mile Island
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Tuning: Drop-D (DADGBe)
[Intro]
| D | D ||: D | D | D | D :||
(band in)
[Verse 1]
|D |D
Take my body to Seven Mile Island
|D |G Em
Lay my head down where Indians sleep
|D |D
Take your shoes off and walk across the water
|D |G Em |
It's been so long since I heard a man speak
[Interlude]
||: D | D | D | D :||
[Verse 2]
|D |D
Watch the spillways when the water starts risin'
|D |G Em
Take your hat off when the sun goes down
|D |D
Keep your eyes on that concrete tower
|D |G Em |
Maybe one day it'll crumble to the ground
[Interlude]
||: D | D | D | D :||
[Chorus 1]
|Bm |G
. Mary's cryin' 'cause she can't hold water
|D |A A/Bb |
And her clothes don't fit her right ... &
|Bm |G
. She used to say that she wanted a daughter
|D |A | A |
Now she only wants a Saturday night
[Verse 3]
|D |D
There were days when that dusty cave was empty
|D |G Em
Back before this city made a claim
|D |D
On that hotel for wanderers and strangers
|D |G Em |
Back before you could live off of your name
[Interlude]
||: D | D | D | D :||
[Chorus 2]
|Bm |G
. We all live in an Airstream trailer
|D |A |
About three-hundred yards up the lake
|Bm |G
. Call the doctor, Mary's goin' into labor
|D |A |A
And you can't raise a baby on shake ...
[Verse 4]
|D |D
So take my body to Seven Mile Island
|D |G Em
Lay some stones down on top of my grave
|D |D
Tell my lady I just couldn't bear to see her
|D |G Em |
Tell my daughter I just couldn't be saved
[Outro]
|D |D |D |D |
.... Just couldn't be saved .... couldn't be saved
||: D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D :|| D | D |
(fade)
CHORDS for Drop D tuning
A = x02220
Bm = 024432
D = 000232
Em = 222000
G = 5x0003
There's a great alternative to open Drop D tuning:
• I keep my guitar tuned down 1 step (DGCFAd). This gives it a huge sound, and reduces the stress on the neck.
• If I play a song in standard tuning (EADGBe), I use a capo on the 2nd fret.
• For Drop D songs like this one, I use a Kyser Drop D cutaway capo on the 2nd fret and play all the chords
as if it were in standard tuning. That gives me the bottom D note, but doesn't require new or awkward chord
shapes.
Charted by Dexex
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Tuning: Drop-D (DADGBe)
[Intro]
| D | D ||: D | D | D | D :||
(band in)
[Verse 1]
|D |D
Take my body to Seven Mile Island
|D |G Em
Lay my head down where Indians sleep
|D |D
Take your shoes off and walk across the water
|D |G Em |
It's been so long since I heard a man speak
[Interlude]
||: D | D | D | D :||
[Verse 2]
|D |D
Watch the spillways when the water starts risin'
|D |G Em
Take your hat off when the sun goes down
|D |D
Keep your eyes on that concrete tower
|D |G Em |
Maybe one day it'll crumble to the ground
[Interlude]
||: D | D | D | D :||
[Chorus 1]
|Bm |G
. Mary's cryin' 'cause she can't hold water
|D |A A/Bb |
And her clothes don't fit her right ... &
|Bm |G
. She used to say that she wanted a daughter
|D |A | A |
Now she only wants a Saturday night
[Verse 3]
|D |D
There were days when that dusty cave was empty
|D |G Em
Back before this city made a claim
|D |D
On that hotel for wanderers and strangers
|D |G Em |
Back before you could live off of your name
[Interlude]
||: D | D | D | D :||
[Chorus 2]
|Bm |G
. We all live in an Airstream trailer
|D |A |
About three-hundred yards up the lake
|Bm |G
. Call the doctor, Mary's goin' into labor
|D |A |A
And you can't raise a baby on shake ...
[Verse 4]
|D |D
So take my body to Seven Mile Island
|D |G Em
Lay some stones down on top of my grave
|D |D
Tell my lady I just couldn't bear to see her
|D |G Em |
Tell my daughter I just couldn't be saved
[Outro]
|D |D |D |D |
.... Just couldn't be saved .... couldn't be saved
||: D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D :|| D | D |
(fade)
CHORDS for Drop D tuning
A = x02220
Bm = 024432
D = 000232
Em = 222000
G = 5x0003
There's a great alternative to open Drop D tuning:
• I keep my guitar tuned down 1 step (DGCFAd). This gives it a huge sound, and reduces the stress on the neck.
• If I play a song in standard tuning (EADGBe), I use a capo on the 2nd fret.
• For Drop D songs like this one, I use a Kyser Drop D cutaway capo on the 2nd fret and play all the chords
as if it were in standard tuning. That gives me the bottom D note, but doesn't require new or awkward chord
shapes.
Charted by Dexex
