Treasures Seasick Steve
A very minor-key sad blues ballad!! From the 2011 album You Canīt Teach An Old Dog New Tricks.
Although it opens on Dm, it closes on the chord of Dm/C, so it just hangs there
unresolved, adding to the melancholy.
Notes
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Verse
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on the Dm / Dm C sections. Roll on and off the open top E string to F on the first fret.
Like so....
E ---1--p0-h1----1--p0-h1--| B ---3---3-------3---3-----| G ---2---2-------2---2-----| D -0-----------------------| A --------------3----------| E -------------------------|
Refrain
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Little chromatic run on the E string, A to Ab to G, then G to G# to the Am chord (all
marked down below)
OK here we go!
Intro
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Dm Dm/C x4
Verse 1
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When I [Dm]walk [Dm/C] down your [Dm]street[Dm/C]
Through your [Dm]barred window[Dm/C]s you look at [Dm]me[Dm/C]
And you [Dm]wonde[Dm/C]r have I come to [Dm]ask[Dm/C]
For one of your [Dm]precious [Dm/C]things that do not [Dm]last[Dm/C]
Refrain 1
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[/F]All [/F#]your [G]treasures
All [/G#]your [Am]treasures[/C]
Dm Dm/C x 2
Verse 2
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You think you [Dm]know me[Dm/C] but you don't [Dm]know[Dm/C]
That there's [Dm]more to this [Dm/C]picture than that [Dm]shows[Dm/C]
And you [Dm]fea[Dm/C]r that I come to [Dm]steal[C]
Your sec-[Dm]urity[Dm/C] that ain't [Dm]real[C]
Refrain 2
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[/F]All [/F#]your [G]treasures
All [/G#]your [Am]treasures[/C]
Break
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Dm Dm/C x 6
[G]Dm[/G#] Dm/[Am]C x[/C] 2
Verse 3
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I will [Dm]leave now[Dm/C] you won't [Dm]cry[Dm/C]
With [Dm]relief [Dm/C]now you'll just [Dm]sigh[Dm/C]
You'll re-[Dm]member[Dm/C] come one [Dm]day[Dm/C]
And you'll [Dm]walk out your [Dm/C]door
Cos you can't [Dm]stay[Dm/C]
Refrain 3
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While [/F]all [/F#]your [G]treasures
All [/G#]your [Am]treasures[/C] slip away
Refrain 4
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[/F]All [/F#]your [G]treasures
All [/G#]your [Am]treasures[/C]
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2011
watfordkev@gmail.com
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