Sticks And Stones Chords

Dave Barnes - Sticks and Stones
Album: Three, Then Four
Track 01
Official Dave Barnes website: www.davebarnes.com
Tabbed by George P - grptertius@yahoo.com
 
Standard tuning; capo on 3rd fret
 
 
Intro + verse:
 
 F#m aug5     C
 
 |G     F#m aug5     C| x9
 
 
Chorus:
 
        C   Em  Cadd9      Dsus4     G   Gvar1  Cadd9
I'd rather have Sticks and stones, brok - en    bones,
 
         Cadd9    Dsus4   Em
Than the words you say to me
 
  C       Em   Cadd9  Dsus4      G   Gvar1 Cadd9
'Cause I know bruises heal, and cuts will  seal,
 
         Cadd9           D        |G     F#m aug5   C| x2
But your words beat the life from me.
 
 
Verse 2 - played with some variation in picking...listen to the song and you'll get it:
 
 
Sometimes your words are thick as lead...
 
e-----------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------0-----------------0---|
D--------------0----------4--------2--------4---|  x8
A--------------2----------0--------3--------3---|
E--------------3-------------------3------------|
 
*Repeat Chorus*
 
Bridge:
 
G    Dsus4    C  Em  C
 
 
     D           G      Gvar1  Cadd9
Goodbye is the best way that I know
 
        D        G  Gvar1 Cadd9  Dsus4
To forgive and still be   letting go
 
 
*Repeat Chorus*
 
Outro - same deal with the picking variation; here are the chords:
 
e-------5----------------|
B-------3----1-----------|
G--0----2----0-----------|
D--4----0----2----2p0-0--|  x5; end on G
A--2----0----3----3------|
E--3--------------3------|
 
 
 
Chords used:
 
F#m aug5: x0423x
C:        x32010
G:        320033
Em:       022000
Cadd9:    x32033
Dsus4:    x00235
Gvar1:    x20033
D:        x00232
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