Erin - Chords, Lyrics and Origins
Chords
Erin
by Chris Rubeo
Chords
The chord names are approximations, it has been awhile since I have done serious music theory, you are probably best off just playing the notes that you like - I wont mind.
Intro
I improvise the intro by mixing up the cords from V1 until I am ready to sing.
V1
|| D D F# F# :||
|| G G G G :||
|| F# F# A A :||
|| B E G D :||
bm aug5 em add9 sus4 G add9 maj7 D add4 (x2)
Chorus 1
|| G add9 maj7 DM :|| (x3) bm aug5
|| G add9 maj7 DM :|| (x3) bm aug5
Instrumental (same as intro)
Chorus 2 (same as first chorus)
Instrumental (same as intro but 2x)
Guitar Tabs
*Drop d tuning*
Intro
I improvise the intro by mixing up the cords from V1 until I am ready to sing.
V1
E ||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ||-------------------5----------------------5---------------------5------------------------5-
G ||---------0------------------0------------------------0-----------------------0-------------
D ||---------------4-------------------4----------------------4------------------------4-------
A ||----2-------------------2-------------------------------------------------------------------
D ||-------------------------------------------------2----------------------2--------------------
1. Fright and fray brine and bray
2. Might and may, the edges of a day,
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:||
B-------------------7---------------------7---------------------7----------------------7---:||
G--------0---------------------0----------------------0--------------------0---------------:||
D-------------7---------------------7----------------------7---------------------7---------:||
A--------------------------------------------------5------------------5----------------------:||
D---5--------------------5-------------------------------------------------------------------:|| (x2)
1. writhing like the string of a kite where we lay.
2. calm like a hand on your palm when you pray.
Chorus 1
E ||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:||
B ||-------------------7---------------------7---------------------7----------------------7--:||
G ||--------0---------------------0----------------------0--------------------0--------------:||
D ||-------------7---------------------7----------------------7---------------------7--------:||
A ||--------------------------------------------------5------------------5---------------------:||
D ||---5--------------------5-----------------------------------------------------------------:|| (x3)
1. Erin you’d remember all the
2. lies we used to tell and I
3. wonder how you learned to be so
E ||-----------------------------0-------------------------------------------||
B ||-------------3---------------------------------3------------------------||
G ||-------------------0----------------0-------------------0--------------||
D ||---------4---------------4-----------------4-------------------4-------||
A ||----2--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
...good.
E ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------:||
B ||-------------------7---------------------7---------------------7----------------------7-:||
G ||--------0---------------------0----------------------0--------------------0------------:||
D ||-------------7---------------------7----------------------7---------------------7------:||
A ||--------------------------------------------------5------------------5-------------------:||
D ||---5--------------------5----------------------------------------------------------------:|| (x3)
1. Lying there and drinking all the
2. while you used to tell me of the
3. miles and miles just because you
E ||-----------------------------0-------------------------------------------||
B ||-------------3---------------------------------3------------------------||
G ||-------------------0----------------0-------------------0--------------||
D ||---------4---------------4-----------------4-------------------4------||
A ||----2--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
...could.
Instrumental (same as intro)
Chorus 2 (same as first chorus)
Instrumental (same as intro but 2x)
Lyrics
Fright and fray
brine and bray
writhing like the string of a kite where we lay.
Might and may, the edges of a day,
calm like a hand on your palm when you pray.
Erin you’d remember all the lies we used to tell
and I wonder how you learned to be so good.
Lying there and drinking all the while you used to tell me
of the miles and miles just because you could.
Stomp and stay
the ashes of a day
falling from the edges of your mouth when you’d say
Words on a page, words on a page,
promise like a truth bone white and thrown away.
Erin you’d remember all the lies we used to tell
and I wonder how you learned to be so good.
Lying there and drinking all the while you used to tell me
of the miles and miles just because you could.