Chords for Paul Westerberg - Crackle and Drag (live)
Tempo:
85.825 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F#
B
D#m
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I have suffered brain damage.
I really have, but you know it's obvious.
So, thank [F#] you.
The problem that eats away at me is like, I used to do this shit [C#] and it was exciting because I didn't know [N] what was coming.
I'm your little sister.
It's ugly.
It's ugly and perverse for [C#] me.
[F#] [G#] I can't explain it man.
[D#] [N]
You
[B] [F#]
[D#m] [F#] [G#m]
[F#] [B] [F#] [D#]
[C#m] know, I heard T-21 is like [G#] an air-conditioned memory of me.
[C#m] Please.
It's a wonderful [A#m] lie.
I'm [F#] in trouble.
Oof.
There's a song about Sylvia Plath that didn't go on the record because someone was
What's the matter [C#] here?
You never [F#] repair.
The lady's [B] cursed with insight.
[F#]
You never [C#] fix her with a cold [F#m] stare.
She's all broken inside.
[B] [F#] She made a good [C#] go for a weeping [D#m] willow.
Her limbs clung to the [F#] ground.
She closed the [C#] windows and made a pillow [B] and laid [F#] her head down.
[B] [D#m] And while her baby [C#] slept, [F#] [B] she took a [C#] long deep breath.
[F#] Now there's a [C#] zipper up [D#m] in her back.
[F#] Can you hear [C#] her blacks [D#m] crackle and drag?
[B] And [D#] the [C#] Cadillacs waiting [D#m] to take her away.
[F#m] Can you hear [C#] her blacks [D#m] crackle and drag?
[F#]
Another head [C#] cold, another spirit [D#m] old.
In February, [C#] [B] [F#] she was thirty.
[C#] Nineteen [B] sixty-two in February.
And while she was retiring, [A#m] [B] [F#] as her baby [C#] slept, [F#] [B] she [F#] took a long [C#] deep breath.
[F#] Now there's a zipper [C#] up [D#m] in her back.
[F#m] Can you hear her [C#] blacks [D#m] crackle and drag?
And the Cadillacs [C#]
[D#m] waiting to take her away.
Can [F#m] you [C#] hear her blacks crackle [E] and drag?
[B]
[F#] [G#m]
[B] She
[F#]
made a good [C#] go for a weeping [D#m] willow.
Her limbs clung to the ground.
She [F#] stuffed some [C#] rags there on the floor [D#m] before she laid her head down.
[B] [F#] And as her [C#] baby slept, [G#m] she took a long [B] last breath.
[F#] Now there's [C#] a zipper up in [B] her back.
[F#] I can [C#] hear her blacks [B] crackle and drag.
[D#m] And the [C#] Cadillacs [D#m] waiting to take her away.
[F#m] Can you hear her [C#] blacks crackle [E] and drag?
[B] [D#m] [N]
I really have, but you know it's obvious.
So, thank [F#] you.
The problem that eats away at me is like, I used to do this shit [C#] and it was exciting because I didn't know [N] what was coming.
I'm your little sister.
It's ugly.
It's ugly and perverse for [C#] me.
[F#] [G#] I can't explain it man.
[D#] [N]
You
[B] [F#]
[D#m] [F#] [G#m]
[F#] [B] [F#] [D#]
[C#m] know, I heard T-21 is like [G#] an air-conditioned memory of me.
[C#m] Please.
It's a wonderful [A#m] lie.
I'm [F#] in trouble.
Oof.
There's a song about Sylvia Plath that didn't go on the record because someone was
What's the matter [C#] here?
You never [F#] repair.
The lady's [B] cursed with insight.
[F#]
You never [C#] fix her with a cold [F#m] stare.
She's all broken inside.
[B] [F#] She made a good [C#] go for a weeping [D#m] willow.
Her limbs clung to the [F#] ground.
She closed the [C#] windows and made a pillow [B] and laid [F#] her head down.
[B] [D#m] And while her baby [C#] slept, [F#] [B] she took a [C#] long deep breath.
[F#] Now there's a [C#] zipper up [D#m] in her back.
[F#] Can you hear [C#] her blacks [D#m] crackle and drag?
[B] And [D#] the [C#] Cadillacs waiting [D#m] to take her away.
[F#m] Can you hear [C#] her blacks [D#m] crackle and drag?
[F#]
Another head [C#] cold, another spirit [D#m] old.
In February, [C#] [B] [F#] she was thirty.
[C#] Nineteen [B] sixty-two in February.
And while she was retiring, [A#m] [B] [F#] as her baby [C#] slept, [F#] [B] she [F#] took a long [C#] deep breath.
[F#] Now there's a zipper [C#] up [D#m] in her back.
[F#m] Can you hear her [C#] blacks [D#m] crackle and drag?
And the Cadillacs [C#]
[D#m] waiting to take her away.
Can [F#m] you [C#] hear her blacks crackle [E] and drag?
[B]
[F#] [G#m]
[B] She
[F#]
made a good [C#] go for a weeping [D#m] willow.
Her limbs clung to the ground.
She [F#] stuffed some [C#] rags there on the floor [D#m] before she laid her head down.
[B] [F#] And as her [C#] baby slept, [G#m] she took a long [B] last breath.
[F#] Now there's [C#] a zipper up in [B] her back.
[F#] I can [C#] hear her blacks [B] crackle and drag.
[D#m] And the [C#] Cadillacs [D#m] waiting to take her away.
[F#m] Can you hear her [C#] blacks crackle [E] and drag?
[B] [D#m] [N]
Key:
C#
F#
B
D#m
F#m
C#
F#
B
_ I have suffered brain damage.
I really have, but you know it's obvious.
So, thank [F#] you. _ _ _ _
The problem that eats away at me is like, I used to do this shit [C#] and it was exciting because I didn't know [N] what was coming. _ _ _
_ I'm your little sister.
It's ugly.
It's ugly and perverse for [C#] me.
[F#] [G#] I can't explain it man. _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ You _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [D#] _
_ _ _ [C#m] know, I heard T-21 is like [G#] an air-conditioned memory of me.
[C#m] Please.
_ It's a wonderful [A#m] lie.
I'm _ [F#] _ in trouble.
Oof.
_ _ _ There's a song about Sylvia Plath that didn't go on the record because someone _ _ _ _ was_
What's the matter [C#] here?
You never [F#] repair.
The lady's [B] cursed with insight.
_ _ [F#] _
You never [C#] fix her with a cold [F#m] stare.
She's all broken inside.
[B] _ _ _ [F#] She made a good [C#] go for a weeping [D#m] willow.
Her limbs clung to the [F#] ground.
She _ _ closed the [C#] windows and made a pillow [B] and laid [F#] her head down.
_ _ [B] [D#m] And while her baby [C#] slept, _ [F#] _ [B] she took a [C#] long deep breath.
[F#] Now there's a [C#] zipper up [D#m] in her back.
[F#] _ Can you hear [C#] her blacks [D#m] crackle and drag?
[B] And [D#] the [C#] Cadillacs waiting [D#m] to take her away.
[F#m] Can you hear [C#] her blacks [D#m] crackle and drag?
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Another head [C#] cold, another spirit [D#m] old.
In February, _ [C#] _ [B] _ [F#] _ she was thirty.
[C#] _ _ Nineteen [B] sixty-two in February.
And while she was retiring, _ [A#m] _ [B] _ [F#] as her baby [C#] slept, [F#] _ _ [B] she [F#] took a long [C#] deep breath.
[F#] _ Now there's a zipper [C#] up [D#m] in her back.
_ [F#m] Can you hear her [C#] blacks [D#m] crackle and drag?
And the Cadillacs [C#]
[D#m] waiting to take her away.
Can [F#m] you [C#] hear her blacks crackle [E] and drag?
_ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ [B] _ She _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ made a good [C#] go for a weeping [D#m] willow.
Her limbs clung to the ground.
She _ [F#] _ stuffed some [C#] rags there on the floor [D#m] before she laid her head down. _
_ _ [B] [F#] And as her [C#] baby slept, _ _ [G#m] she took a long [B] last breath.
[F#] Now there's [C#] a zipper up in [B] her back.
_ [F#] I can [C#] hear her blacks [B] crackle and drag.
[D#m] _ And the _ [C#] Cadillacs [D#m] waiting to take her away.
[F#m] Can you hear her [C#] blacks crackle [E] and drag?
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
I really have, but you know it's obvious.
So, thank [F#] you. _ _ _ _
The problem that eats away at me is like, I used to do this shit [C#] and it was exciting because I didn't know [N] what was coming. _ _ _
_ I'm your little sister.
It's ugly.
It's ugly and perverse for [C#] me.
[F#] [G#] I can't explain it man. _ _
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ You _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [D#] _
_ _ _ [C#m] know, I heard T-21 is like [G#] an air-conditioned memory of me.
[C#m] Please.
_ It's a wonderful [A#m] lie.
I'm _ [F#] _ in trouble.
Oof.
_ _ _ There's a song about Sylvia Plath that didn't go on the record because someone _ _ _ _ was_
What's the matter [C#] here?
You never [F#] repair.
The lady's [B] cursed with insight.
_ _ [F#] _
You never [C#] fix her with a cold [F#m] stare.
She's all broken inside.
[B] _ _ _ [F#] She made a good [C#] go for a weeping [D#m] willow.
Her limbs clung to the [F#] ground.
She _ _ closed the [C#] windows and made a pillow [B] and laid [F#] her head down.
_ _ [B] [D#m] And while her baby [C#] slept, _ [F#] _ [B] she took a [C#] long deep breath.
[F#] Now there's a [C#] zipper up [D#m] in her back.
[F#] _ Can you hear [C#] her blacks [D#m] crackle and drag?
[B] And [D#] the [C#] Cadillacs waiting [D#m] to take her away.
[F#m] Can you hear [C#] her blacks [D#m] crackle and drag?
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Another head [C#] cold, another spirit [D#m] old.
In February, _ [C#] _ [B] _ [F#] _ she was thirty.
[C#] _ _ Nineteen [B] sixty-two in February.
And while she was retiring, _ [A#m] _ [B] _ [F#] as her baby [C#] slept, [F#] _ _ [B] she [F#] took a long [C#] deep breath.
[F#] _ Now there's a zipper [C#] up [D#m] in her back.
_ [F#m] Can you hear her [C#] blacks [D#m] crackle and drag?
And the Cadillacs [C#]
[D#m] waiting to take her away.
Can [F#m] you [C#] hear her blacks crackle [E] and drag?
_ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ [B] _ She _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ made a good [C#] go for a weeping [D#m] willow.
Her limbs clung to the ground.
She _ [F#] _ stuffed some [C#] rags there on the floor [D#m] before she laid her head down. _
_ _ [B] [F#] And as her [C#] baby slept, _ _ [G#m] she took a long [B] last breath.
[F#] Now there's [C#] a zipper up in [B] her back.
_ [F#] I can [C#] hear her blacks [B] crackle and drag.
[D#m] _ And the _ [C#] Cadillacs [D#m] waiting to take her away.
[F#m] Can you hear her [C#] blacks crackle [E] and drag?
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _