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    Does anybody know a site or just know the chords for some of the songs from that CD. The songs I really wanted to learn were Heart in a Cage (its a lot different than the strokes version), How to grow a woman from the ground, wayside back in time, and dead leaves and the dirty ground. Funny they are all covers, I think wayside may just be a standard 145 progression. I may just sit and figure them out but I don't have a lot of free time this month.
    "And above all, respond to all questions regarding a given song's tonal orientation in the following manner: Hell, it don't matter, just kick it off!!"
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    wayside-is pretty easy to figure out - mostly g-c-em .....and the bridge is something like em-c-em-g... -just give it a try

    Dead leaves-
    A A/G
    Dead leaves and the dirty ground
    C D A A/G A
    When I know you're not around
    A/G
    Shiny tops and soda pops
    C D A
    When I hear your lips make a sound
    F5 G5 A A/G A
    When I hear your lips make a sound
    A/G
    Thirty notes in the mailbox
    C D A A/G A
    Will tell you that I'm coming home
    A/G
    And I think I'm gonna stick around
    C D A
    For a while so you're not alone
    F5 G5 A
    For a while so you're not alone

    BREAK: Played 2x
    Rhythm: 1 2 3 4 1 + 2 + 3 4 +
    Chords: A5 A5 G5 G5 C5 C5 D5 D5 A5 G5

    VERSE 2:
    A /g
    If you can hear a piano fall
    /f# /f A A/G A
    You can hear me coming down the hall
    A/G
    If I could just hear your pretty voice
    C D A
    I don't think I need to see at all
    F5 G5 A A/G A
    I don't think I need to see at all
    A/G
    Soft hair and a velvet tongue
    C D A A/G A
    I want to give you what you give to me
    A/G
    And every breath that is in your lungs
    C D A
    Is a tiny little gift to me
    F5 G5 A
    Is a tiny little gift to me

    BREAK

    BRIDGE:
    D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5
    D5 A5 G5 A5 D5
    I didn't feel so bad till the sun went down

    Then I come home
    F5
    No one to wrap my arms around
    G5
    Wrap my arms around

    VERSE 3:
    A /g
    Well any man with a microphone
    /f# /f A A/G A
    Can tell you what he loves the most
    A/G
    And you know why you love at all
    C D A
    If you're thinking of the holy ghost
    F5 G5 A
    If you're thinking of the holy ghost

    Played 2x: A A/G C D A (with hammer-ons and pull-offs)
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    I think there is a Bm in Wayside; don't haven my mando in hand though




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    thanks for the reply. Does anyone know the chords for "How to Grow a Woman From the Ground?" That is one I really want to learn.
    "And above all, respond to all questions regarding a given song's tonal orientation in the following manner: Hell, it don't matter, just kick it off!!"
    -Chris Thile

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    why don't you write to chris from his myspace page?
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    does he generally answer back? I would think he gets a lot of myspace messages.
    "And above all, respond to all questions regarding a given song's tonal orientation in the following manner: Hell, it don't matter, just kick it off!!"
    -Chris Thile

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    Heart in a cage: someone put this up as "Strokes - Heart In A Cage Acoustic chords"

    http://www.guitaretab.com/s/strokes/186774.html

    If you substitute G and C for Em and A in the bridge (all our friends are laughing at us) you've got Thile's version, besides all the rhythmic changes and sweet licks.

    Yep.

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