Beck - Woe On Me

beck – woe on me ( previously unreleased ) one foot in the grave

this is a very simplified way to play the song , it’s not very accurate , but does sound similar .

tuning : 2 steps down

the verse is basically a gmajor :

E – – – – 333 – – 33 – – – 33 – – – 33 – – – 33 – 00000 – |
B – – – – 333 – – 33 – – – 33 – – – 33 – – – 33 – 00000 – |
G – – – – 000 – – 00 – – – 00 – – – 00 – – – 00 – 00000 – |
D – – – – 000 – – 00 – – – 00 – – – 00 – – – 00 – 00000 – |
A – – – – 222 – 333 – – – 22 – – 333 – – – 22 – 00000 – |
E – – 3 – 33 – – – – – – 3 – 33 – – – – – – 3 – 33 – 33333 – |

G – ( as transcribed above )
on the old forgotten crossways where the fourteen rivers did meet
G
the bones of our elders were lying in the street
G
on the dark and dusty desert like a ghost i’ve flown
G
i barely cried wherever i’d ride i ride i never found a home

C D G
woe on me
Am D
somehow i will feel more free
G C
to wallow in the empty headed peace
Am D
where the plain hearted sorrows never cease

G
i Am just a ramshackle i go from town to town
G
where there is no shelter i lay down on the grown
G
i’ve killed for no reason i’ve pissed upon a kind
G
cost them all and burned the bone when i’ve had the time

C D G
woe on me
Am D
somehow i will feel more free
G C
to wallow in the empty headed peace
Am D
where the plain hearted sorrows never cease

G
well there’s saints and there are animals they’ve taken what they could
G
and it’s written in the pages to do just what they should
G
well they stood the test and burned the rest and tore them limb from limb
G
like a fashion with no passion they open up their skin

C D G
woe on me
Am D
somehow i will feel more free
G C
to wallow in the empty headed peace
Am D
where the plain hearted sorrows never cease