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.

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-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).

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

The Kid

Am_____________________G
Your mother died night you were born
G___Am_____________C
Her name you never knew
C____Am_________G_______________F
Look away, look away nothing to lose

Am_____________G
Left East Tennessee at fourteen
Am______________C
Wandered to the West
C____Am_________G_____________F
Look away,look away born into death



G______________F________________Am
You fought the sailors in New Orleans
G______________F________________________Am
You worked the flatboats and walked the streets
G________F__________Am
Hit Nacogdoches in ‘49
G_____________________F____________________Am
And there you saw the devil the very first time



F_____________C
Kid don’t you know me?
F______________________C
We are the last of the true
C_________G_____F
Drink up! Drink up!
C_________G_____F
Drink up! Drink up!
Am_________________F________G_________Am
Cause tonight your soul’s required of you


Signed on with a stone mad captain
Rode on Mexico
Look away, look away war behold

Jailed with killers one and all
But we were killers free
Look away, look away, look to me


You saw the lancers ‘mid heathen hordes
Bloodstained veils and costumes of war
Hell ain’t half full boy hear me
War is the game and the god we seek


We set out as men of reason
Armed with Navy Colts
Look away,look away, work paid in gold

But you stood witness to yourself
Our trial you did betray
Look away,look away to judgment day


We killed in the desert we killed in the streets
We chose what shall and shall not be
We stood with pistols,fought back to back
Now you’ve stood your ground but what ground is that?

Posted by Noah at 8:13 AM
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5 comments:

nick said...

Are the verses with no chords pretty much the same as the others?

January 24, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Noah said...

Yeah. As a general rule, if I don't include chords with lyrics, it's because they're the same as what's come before.

January 25, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Unknown said...

I think it starts:
Am-C
Your mother...
Am-C
Her name you never knew

May 26, 2010 at 5:22 PM
Noah said...

Cory, I think you're probably right. I just haven't had time to play along with the track to make sure.

Thanks for the feedback.

June 2, 2010 at 4:10 PM
Unknown said...

I use an F barre chord and lift my first finger and the end of the verse. I think Ben does that, but I may be wrong. Not sure if you still update or if it's even worth noting.

April 13, 2014 at 3:09 PM

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