Idlewild Gretchen Peters
Song: Idlewild
Tabbed by: DJ
19th Nov 2012
Tuning:Standard
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in key of Cm)
A childhood perspective on a family breaking up,
with a backdrop of the turbulent events of the early 1960's
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e|----------0---|---3--------| B|--------------|------------| G|----2---------|------------| D|--------------|------------| A|----0---------|------------| E|--------------|------------|
||: [Am]/ / [Am/G]/ / | [Fmaj7] / / / / | [Am]/ / [Am/G]/ / | [Fmaj7] / / / / :|| (Twice)
They're in the f[Am]ront seat, [Am/G] he's got the [Fmaj7]radio low,
And the m[Am]oon hangs over Id[Am/G]lewild as the [Fmaj7]planes touch down,
He is ta[Am]lking, [Am/G] she's not li[Fmaj7]stening,
She is t[Am]hinking of her f[Am/G]ather, who[Fmaj7] died when she was young!
| [Am] / / [Am/G] / / |[Fmaj7] / / / / |
I'm in the b[Am]ack seat, [Am/G] they think I'm s[Fmaj7]leeping,
But I am lis[Am]tening for the [Am/G]cracks between their v[Fmaj7]oices, in the dark,
We are a fa[Am]mily, [Am/G] we are a sh[Fmaj7]ipwreck,
And we are p[Am]icking up my G[Am/G]randma, who is g[Fmaj7]etting... very [Am]old![Am/G] [Fmaj7]
And they think she's d[Dm]ying, but I t[(F)]hink she's la[Am]ughing,
I[(Am/G)] think she's r[Dm]iding 'Halley's [(F)]Comet', from Fort Lau[G]derdale to here,
But[(G/B)] when I [Dm]see her, I'll [(F)]keep her se[Am]cret, [(Am/G)]
[Dm]We all have our s[(F)]ecrets that we k[G]eep inside ourselves! [Gsus4] [G]
| [Am] / / [Am/G] / / |[Fmaj7] / / / / |
They built this ai[Am]rport, [Am/G] but in a[Fmaj7] few years...
...They'll n[Am]ame it after K[Am/G]ennedy, the[Fmaj7] one who died today,
And he will le[Am]ave her, [Am/G] and she will [Fmaj7]suffer,
And they will n[Am]ever really [Am/G]know each other..[Fmaj7]. at--[Am]-- a[Am/G]ll![Fmaj7]
They think we're dr[Dm]iving, but I [(F)]know we're dr[Am]ifting,
They[(Am/G)] think we're [Dm]off on some ad - ve[(F)]nture, where the h[G]ero saves the day,
We[(G/B)] think we're sp[Dm]ecial, we [(F)]think we're go[Am]lden,
We[(Am/G)] think we're wa[Dm]lking on the [(F)]moon, but we are da[G]ncing in the dark! [Gsus4] [G]
[Am] [Am/G] [Fmaj7] [Am] [Am/G] [Fmaj7]
OO---, ooo----! | / / / / | / / / / |
We shoot our ro[Am]ckets, [Am/G] we shoot our pr[Fmaj7]esidents,
We shoot the co[Am]mmies, and the n[Am/G]*****s, and the [Fmaj7]Viet Cong,
Everything ch[Am]anges, [Am/G] everything [Fmaj7]stays the same,
And the m[Am]oon hangs over Id[Am/G]lewild as the [Fmaj7]planes... touch-[Am]---- [Am/G]down![Fmaj7]
[Am] [Am/G] [Fmaj7] [Am] [Am/G] [Fmaj7]
||: OO---, ooo----! | / / / / | / / / / :|| (Repeat)
(Suggestion for coda)
| [Am] / / [Am/G]/ / | [Fmaj7] / / / / | [G6]/ / [Amsus2] / / ||
^ ^ ^
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Chords in brackets could be missed out,
I don't think Gretchen plays them,
but there's the suggestion of them
by the bass part on the record.
Am = x02210
Am/G = 302210
Fmaj7 = 103210
Dm = xx0231
(F) = 133211
G = 320003
Gsus4 = 320013
(G/B) = x20003
(Am/C) = x32210
G6 = 320000
Amsus2 = x02200
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