Postcards From Hell Chords & Tabs
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POSTCARDS FROM HELL - The Wood Brothers
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Tabbed by: Abe M.
E-mail: firepick11@gmail.com
Tuning: EADGBe
Capo 7
Fingerpicked - Travis Style
This is a little tricky because the top and bottom parts aren't played together. Just
concentrate on keeping the thumb on a steady rhythm. It's not as complicated as it looks.
Chords:
Line 1: G7, F#/D, A7, F#/D
Line 2: G7, F#/D, A, F#/D
e|---------1----0-----------------------------------3------2-----2p0-----|
B|---3-----3----3-----3----------3------2-----------2------3-----3-------|
G|--------------------2-----2-----------------2--------------------------|
D|------0---------0------0----------0------2-----------2------0------0---|
A|--------------------------------------0--------0-----------------------|
E|---3-------3--------2--------2---------------------------2-----2-------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_wood_brothers/postcards_from_hell_tab.html ]
e|---------1----0----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3-----3----3-----3----------3------2----------2-----3----------3------|
G|--------------------2-----2-----------------2----------2------2----------|
D|------0---------0------0----------0------2---------2------0----------0---|
A|--------------------------------------0--------0-------------------------|
E|---3-------3--------2--------2-------------------------2--------2--------|
G
And if you ask him
F# Bm
How he sings his blues so well
He says:
[For "I gotta soul that I won't sell", just keep the G major shape and walk down and up
with your thumb on the low E string on every beat: 3, 2, 0, 2
G A Riff
And I don't read postcards from hell
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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