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).

Saturday, November 12, 2011

When I Was Young

Here's another new song. There's a video of Ben playing it here. If anyone has the chorus lyrics figured out, please let me know.

This song is pretty much straight chords, but I figure some folks might be helped by seeing the hammering laid out. On the triplets your strumming pattern is down-up-down. The G parts go like this. For each line of the lyrics, repeat the pattern twice.


|-3-----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-|
|-3-----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-|
|-0-----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-|
|-0-----0-0-0----0-0-0h2--2-0-0-|
|-2-----2-2-0h2--2-2-2----0-0-2-|
|-3-----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-|


The Em7 bits are essentially the same.

|-0-----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-|
|-3-----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-|
|-0-----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-|
|-2-----2-2-2----2-2-0h2--2-2-2-|
|-2-----2-2-0h2--2-2-2----2-2-2-|
|-0-----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-|

The Em7/C picking for the bridge goes like this.

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

|-------------------------|
|---1-----1-----1-----1---|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
|-------------------------|
|-3-----3-----3-----3-----|
|-------------------------|


G
When I was young at night I'd call your name
G
When I was young I fell in love every other day
Em7
When I was young, lord when I was young

G
All of what I've done and all I've seen
G
Place it brought me to, place I thought I'd be
Em7
When I was young, lord when I was young


C_____________________D_Em7
Now ??? that highway ???
D_______________________________Em7_________C____________________G
Just because you know where you are doesn't mean that you're not lost


G
Now working never did agree with me
G
Maybe I never stuck around long enough to see
Em7
When I was young, lord when I was young


C_____________________D_Em7
Now ??? that highway ???
D_______________________________Em7_________C____________________G
Just because you know where you are doesn't mean that you're not lost


Em7_____________________________________________C
All those long lonely nights with you next to me
Em7________________________________C
I let those years slip by so easily
_________C__D____G
So easily


G
I spent all my days trying to be
G
Something you can't own, something close to free
Em7
But I ain't young, lord knows that I'm not young


C_____________________D_Em7
Now ??? that highway ???
D_______________________________Em7_________C____________________G
Just because you know where you are doesn't mean that you're not lost
D_______________________________Em7_________C____________________G
Just because you know where you are doesn't mean that you're not lost

Posted by Noah at 11:50 AM
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2 comments:

jsilliker said...

Not sure, but it sounds like the ??? line is something like: "Now getting lonesome on that highway, Baby Here I come"

February 15, 2012 4:36 PM
Noah said...

Thanks. That could be it. I guess we'll find out for sure soon.

February 15, 2012 4:38 PM

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