Trouble by The Jayhawks Lyric and Guitar Chords

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You can play Trouble by The Jayhawks using guitar or guitar.
This song by The Jayhawks can also be played by that instruments.
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Trouble guitar chords has rhythm and included in Sound of Lies (1997) album.
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Trouble by The Jayhawks Guitar Chords


Sent: Monday, December 15, 1997 10:03 PM

Title: Trouble
Artist: by the Jayhawks
Source: from the album “Sound of Lies”
(Perlman-Louris)

submitted by Nick Sonderup (zzsonderupn@winthrop.edu)

This is one of my all time favorite songs by the Jayhawks and is definitely
one of the better songs on “Sound of Lies”. My guitar teacher helped me
figure it out, so I can’t take all the credit.

Intro (play twice):

e—-9———–9————10——————————————–
B—-10—-10—10—–10—–12——12—-12s14—12–10——————-
G—-9– 9——-9–9———11–11————————11————–
D—————————————————————————
A—————————————————————————
E—————————————————————————

Verse:

A
Trouble
that’s what w
C#
e had
D
And everything that goes around
Dm (Dm lick) A Dm lick (while in Dm bar chord)
Comes around in a bittersweet lament

C#m G e——–5-7-8-7-5

Well my heart’s already broken down

E
Looking for a sweeter sound
E
Looking for a brighter day

I’m fac

A
e down on the pavement
C#

D Dm (Dm lick) A
Step aside, see the light, close your eyes and let us live our lives
As they ra
C#m
lly around the sinking ship
G

E
Looking for a better way
E
It was just the blind leading the blind
A
oo[A/G#]oooo y
F#m
eaaaaah[A/E]

D
I got my [D/C#]feet back on the grou
Bm
nd[D/A]

Chorus:

C#m
It’s better than being alone
Bm

C#m
It’s better than being alone
Bm
E

A
Funny
We tried it all
C#

D
Just standing on the brink
Dm (Dm lick) A
Looking down, down, down

A
There’s a li
C#m
ttle bit of truth in every lie
G

E
You were so above us all
E
It was just the blind leading the blind
A
[A/G#]oooo yaa
F#m
aah[A/E]
D
I got my fe[D/C#]et back on the gro
Bm
und[D/A]

Chorus:

C#m
It’s better than being a
Bm
lone
C#m
It’s better than being
Bm
alone

Bridge:

Bm
We were stranded on the vine
D

Destitute and shak
A
en
Looking for a si
F#m
gn
Bm
Left hung out to dr
D
y

Our backs against the wall

A

Stoned out of our, min
F#m
ds
D
E

Solo:

e——————————5–7–5—5–7–5—5–7–5—5-7-8-7-5———
B—————————–x——–x———-x———————7-5-5~~
G——————-6s0——x——-x———-x——————————
D—-7–7-7-7–9——–6——————————————————-
A——————————————————————————-
E——————————————————————————-
e————————————— 4h5-4——–7-9-7—–12-14-12–12-14-
B—————————10———–5-5-5——x———-x—————-
G————-9-9—-9h11—————-4-4-4—–x———-x—————–
D—-7-9-9s11—–9————————————————————-
A——————————————————————————-
E—————————–3–3-3-2-0—————————————-
e-12h14——12h14—–12h14——12–14—17–
B——-14———14——–14—————-
G———————————————-
D———————————————-
A———————————————-
E———————————————-

A
[A/G#]
F#m
Ooooooo [A/E]yeeaah
D
I got my fe[D/C#]et back on the
Bm
ground[D/A]

Chorus:

C#m
It’s better than being alone
Bm

C#m
It’s better than being alone
Bm

C#m
Oooooooooooo wooo
Bm
ooo
C#m
Bm

[Mmmmmmmmmmmm]
!

Outro same as intro (except end on an E) (D string —–9—-)

Chord Formations:

D Dm A/G# D/C#

e——- e—-5—– e——- e—2—
B—7— B—-6—– B—2— B—3—
G—7— G—-7—– G—2— G—2—
D—5— D—-7—– D—2— D——-
A—5— A—-5—– A——- A—4—
E——– E—-5—– E—4— E——-

If you want to learn The Jayhawks Trouble guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Trouble. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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