About This Blog

I started this blog because the tabs on the Lucero message board kept getting lost when they switched sites. A blog isn't a perfect forum for guitar tabs and chords, but it now has posts for all but a handful of their songs. And, to the best of my knowledge, this is the only source for Lucero tabs that has been endorsed by an actual Lucero guitarist. Accept no substitutes.

Holy shit! That's how that goes... www.lucerotabs.blogspot.com
-Brian Venable

Thank you to the folks who have sent me submissions, suggestions, and corrections. Thanks also to anyone who posted a tab on the luceromusic.com boards. You can find me there posting as Boston Twang. You can also email me at lucerotabs@gmail. Submissions and/or corrections are greatly appreciated.

General Thoughts on Lucero Chords

Ben seems to favor chord variations that fret the B string at the third fret. If a C, Em, G, or A doesn't seem quite right, try:
Cadd9 (x32030), Em7 (022030), G (320033), Asus (x02230)

Also, I think he leaves the E string open on a lot of his D chords (xx0230).

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

All Sewn Up

One quick note: When he switches to chords, Ben's playing power chords, and often he'll hammer the index finger on. like this:

(F)
-------
-------
-------
--3----
--3----
--0h1--


C Riff:

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|---0--------0------|
|-------------------|
|-3--------3--------|
|-----3-5------3-5--|

There's a walk down on the A string (-3-2-0) on the way to the Am parts.

Am Riff:

|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|---2--------2------|
|-------------------|
|-0--------0--------|
|-----0-3------0-3--|

There's a walk back up on the A sting (-0-2-3) before giong back to C.



C Riff
All sewn up with bad tattoos
C Riff
All beat up, nothing to lose
Am Riff
I been a fool for oh so long
C Riff
Any hope I had here at home is gone


C Riff
Well the Mississippi mud is caked to my boots
C Riff
I'm afraid that I might drown if I don't move
Am Riff
From these waters that run so deep
C Riff
From these southern ways and lazy heat



And now I'm stuck, ain't got much to show

With a little luck, just watch me go

C Riff
I got torn up knees and caloused finger tips
C Riff
Broken vocal chords and busted lips
Am Riff
And this goddamn guitar's never quite in tune
C Riff
I'd leave it behind if it weren't all I could do

____________F_____________________________C Riff
And now I'm stuck, ain't got much to show
______________F_____________________C Riff
With a little luck, just watch me go


_________G_______________________F___
Hell I'm all sewn up with bad tattoos
G__________________________________F_____
Can't hide from the fadded bleeding truth
_____C_____________G____________F___
They follow me wherever I might move
G
All sewn up with bad tattoos


C Riff
San Francisco sure sounds nice
C Riff
Brooklyn might suit me just fine
Am Riff
Cause life down here just moves so slow it seems
C Riff
Like a river barge pushing up stream


____________F_____________________________C Riff
And now I'm stuck, ain't got much to show
______________F_____________________C Riff
With a little luck, just watch me go


_________G_______________________F___
Hell I'm all sewn up with bad tattoos
G__________________________________F_____
Can't hide from the fadded bleeding truth
_____C_____________G____________F___
They follow me wherever I might move
G
All sewn up with bad tattoos

Posted by Noah at 3:16 PM
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