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MORE PILLS (ACOUSTIC)- Amy Ray
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Tabbed by: gschramm
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Tuning: Standard; no capo
This version of Amy Ray's "More Pills" is from a live acoustic version that can be found on her Noise Trade
Sampler (http://noisetrade.com/amyray/the-noisetrade-sampler). The studio version that appears on her album
"Goodnight Tender" sounds completely different (it's a country ballad) and has slightly different lyrics and
includes another repeat of the Chorus at the end of Verse 3.
A note on playing accents: if you listen to the Noise Trade version of the song, you can hear Amy accent
certain notes and employ hammer ons throughout the song, as well as a "walk down" from the C to the Am in
the second line of the Chorus. Instead of tabbing all of that out, just listen to the song and play as
you like. Most of the accent are played inconsistently anyway.
Chords Used: C x32010
Fsus2 xx3011
Am x02210
F 133211
Em 022000
G 320001
/ slide up
slide down
h hammer-on
[Intro]
C Fsus2 Am x2
[Verse 1]
C Fsus2 Am
If I had more pills, I'd take ‘em
C Fsus2 Am
If I had more songs to sing
F Em Am
More days for day-breaking
C G C
My heart is aching for you
[Verse 2]
C Fsus2 Am
If I had the strength to stay this
C Fsus2 Am
If I had the will to finish
F Em Am
Some way to go the distance
C G C
My heart is breaking for you
[Chorus]
F Em
If I could stand in the river
C Am
Walk by the sea
F Em
Be on the mountain
C Am
Sleep under the trees
F G Am
My old song and dance it might stand a chance
C G C
My heart is aching for you
[Solo]
(begins on the last C in the Chorus)
C F G C Am F G Am
e|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------2-4-|-4/5--54--42---0h2--0-0-0----------------0-2-0----0-2-5-0h2-----|
D|0-0h2-----|----------------------------3-2---0-2-3--3------------------------|
A|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
F G C Am C G C
e|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2-4-|-4/5-----5/7--7--5-7--7-7/9---9-9---7--5--4-5-0---------------------|
D|-------|----------------------------------------------------2-0-------------|
A|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------2-3----|
E|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
C Fsus2 Am
So when all this world lay dreaming
C Fsus2 Am
And the stars have set their course
F Em Am
How could I ever think of sleeping
C G C
My heart is breaking for you
F Em Am
How could I ever think of sleeping
C G C
My heart it wakes for you