A Day With the Homies chords
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 4:23 am
by jetski
Here are the chords for all the songs on A Day With the Homies
I tried to line up the chords with the lyrics so that you can see the timing, although on some songs like Sunset it was hard to line it up exactly because the vocals are kind of syncopated and don't fall on the downbeats.
Sometimes there are long stretches where it's all the same chord, so unless it says otherwise just keep playing the last indicated chord until it changes
Pretty sure these are all correct but let me know if you hear something different
Flight
Part of the Math
Shepard Tone
Nod to the Folks
Sunset
I tried to line up the chords with the lyrics so that you can see the timing, although on some songs like Sunset it was hard to line it up exactly because the vocals are kind of syncopated and don't fall on the downbeats.
Sometimes there are long stretches where it's all the same chord, so unless it says otherwise just keep playing the last indicated chord until it changes
Pretty sure these are all correct but let me know if you hear something different
Flight
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Pick up the good crew
E
We got the good crew
Been running with the good crew
But we're not selling
Been out for a minute
...
Gonna stay out for a minute
Took a sock to the socket
We got a black eye
Sucks and everything
So long now
Seems like a long time now
Stepping out the doo doo
A foot at a time
B
Knock and knock again
A
'Til you can't knock again
E
This time
Gonna crack it open
B E
Falling asleep at the wheel
A pecker full of no good
Pissing alone
B
Messing with the voodoo
A
Tossing out a horseshoe
E
You're close enough
It's gonna be fine
B E
Take a whacking to the gong
B
Take a lick of something on the brink
A E
Making sure everybody knows
B
We got the good crew, and
A E
This big up to the good crew
Never be the same
A E
Never see the uncle the same
F#m B7
(1 bar instrumental before lyrics)
E
We got the good crew
Been running with the good crew
But we're not selling
Been out for a minute
Gonna stay out for a minute
Took a sock to the socket
We got a black eye
Sucks and everything
Instrumental Break
E
No way no how
B
At this pow wow
A E
Saying to the younger ones
B
You've got to get the boogie out
A E
Finding ways to wave
Don't know if you're coming or you're gone
A E
Not gonna let this feeling go down
F#m B7
Can't be goodbye
G#m G#
Goodbye good crew
A E
So I won't say goodbye
G#m G#
Goodbye to you
A E
All good wishes
G#m G#
Wishes to you
A E
All good fortune
G#m G#
Fortunate you
A E
We don't share at all...
E until end
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This track stays on each chord for a long time before changing
Intro
F
And we're off again
(F)
It comes out of nowhere
Like a rope, wrapping tighter and tighter
'Round the throat
I guess when it's on it's on
I mean I guess I'm saying
Probably happens to everyone
... And they all got a mean objective
C7
Or you could say
Naw, thin to the thickening
Every breath as an invitation
A little louder now
Like a feather to put in the cap
... You dance, get yer cocktail on
F
Feels good, Leaving everything as it is
A shout from the back of the hall
One time, two times The writing is on the wall
... The wall, the wall, the wall ... Back to it
C7
Looking out like it's preservation
A little softer now
What goes 'round comes around
Stop, Now consider this
F
Stop making it all about your shit
We all gotta deal, One trip, make the most of it
Just a little bit, Stop making it about your shit
We're all gonna be Six feet in the coldest ground
Now we're blacking out
Right then, Turn around
Go on and give it back, You're dead meat In a chilling freeze
You're an effigy, And a wrapper in a plastic bag
We're all deities Washed up in a sewage freebird
Instrumental
Fadd6
(Next section after instrumental has these chords 1 time before lyrics start)
Eb F
Where was I?
Eb F
A flowered shrine
Eb F
A cussing bum
Eb F
A crystal shine
Eb F
In a pool of scum
Eb F
A dream so real
Eb F
That your vision's gone
Eb F
An an-i-mal
Eb Bb
A min-e-ral
Eb Bb
A vege-ta-ble
Eb Bb
An ab-a-cus
Eb Bb
I'm an an-i-mal
Eb Bb
I'm a min-e-ral
Eb Bb
I'm a vege-ta-ble
Eb Bb
I'm an ab-a-cus
Eb Bb
All right
F
Open your eyes...
F until end
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Chords (and their timing) are the same for the whole song so I’m not gonna write them all out
Basically the bass is a G drone the whole time
With these chords over the top:
F C F C G
(First couple of lines to show timing)
(You can also listen to the chords that are playing right before the vocals come in to hear the timing)
No way, just a feeling that's felt on
F C
Like a stinking bog
F C G
Deep down in the thick of the wicked
F C
There's a little blood
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Siren chords:
This is a little tricky but during the intro there are 2 chords made of siren samples
They’re not really full chords (triads) but instead just a few notes clustered together.
The first siren chord is these 4 notes, listed from lowest to highest, they're all pretty close together on the piano:
G A Bb C
The second chord is just these 2 notes, again listed lowest to highest:
D F
They are held for a while then they slide down in pitch
ALSO, the siren chord that plays right before each chorus (for example right after he sings "private design") is a variation on the first siren chord listed above, with just 2 notes:
G Bb
Ok now for the actual song chords – I am basing these off of the bass and vocals and sort of treating the siren chords as separate even though they continue throughout most of the song. Sometimes the siren chords match up with the bass/vocals chords, but not 100% of the time
Unless marked otherwise, keep playing the last indicated chord during the brief instrumental segments in between lyrics
Also note: in the chorus, the bass line goes: G Bb C F at the beginning of every line. Because it starts on G, you could argue there’s a very brief Gm chord before the C7, but it doesn’t make a huge difference
[Verse 1]
(Bass before vocals)
F
Fooled from the start to the end
F C7 F
Flagged as a mark in a hazy den
F C7 F Bb
Cooled in the camp of the dead
F C7 F
Asleep on a bed with a mystery stain
F C7 F Bb
Never cared what anyone else said
F Am Bb
Get out of the head
F C7
Step over the private design
Am Dm Gm
[Chorus]
Nod to the folks
C7 F
Keeping us close
C7 F
Up to the gods
C7 F
Evens and odds
C7 F
Refining ore
C7 F
Anyone's joke
C7 F
Wriggling to be
C7 F
Free from the yoke
C7 F
[Verse 2]
Spooked, but it's only the wind
F C7 F
Strapped to a carcass or an empty vase
F C7 F Bb
True, but it's only a bet
F C7 F
Hid from the light in a garbage can
F C7 F Bb
Don't know if it's alive or dead
F Am Bb
A gust on the plain
F* C7
It isn't a joke, it's the time
Am Dm Gm
*bass plays an A here
[Chorus]
Nod to the folks
C7 F
Keeping us close
C7 F
Up to the gods
C7 F
Evens and odds
C7 F
Refining ore
C7 F
Anyone's joke
C7 F
Trying to be
C7 F
Free from the yoke
C7 F
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Intro (once bass comes in)
Bbm
(bass line goes Bb down to Ab then back up to Bb)
Strange
Ebm
... What are we
Ab Db
Chained to this thing?
Bbm
Claim
Ebm
... What are we
Ab Db
Doing in this thing?
Bbm
Every day
Ebm
I found
Ab
A euro on the ground
Db Bbm
I'm saying
Ebm
... Why don't we
Ab Db
Turn on this thing?
Bbm
Only if you try to take
Gb
A-way
Db
(2nd verse: same chords and timing as 1st verse, too lazy to type out)
NOTE: this next section (esp the “when it’s on it’s on” part) was tricky to figure out.
Because it’s just bass and vocals, the harmonies are almost more implied than explicit.
During the parts where I put Ab, the bass is sometimes playing a Gb or Eb, but I still hear the chord as an Ab chord based on the vocals. Other people may hear it differently
When it's on
Gb
It's on
Nothing in the way
Ab
Go vagabond
Gb
Lay it on the lawn
Ab
(Melodica chord)
Gbmaj9 (just a regular Gb major chord with F natural and Ab added up top)
(two bars instrumental before vocals come in)
Gb
But without a thing to say
(Gb) Ebm
It's a big show
Gb Db
Even if they're painted on
Gb Ebm
And we only got ourselves to blame
Gb Fm Ebm
Instrumental section (listen to bassline for timing)
Ebm … Db
Gb Fm Ebm … Db
Gb Fm Ebm … Db
Gb Fm Ebm … Db
(repeat last section up through “…painted on”)
Take a chance And try to Break…
Gb
a-way
Db
(instrumental section… chords from here until end are the same as the first 2 verses and have the same timing)
Ebm … Ab … Db … Bbm
Each and every day
Ebm
I found
Ab
A euro on the ground
Db Bbm
Too late
Ebm
... It's a black out
Ab Db
Anyways
Bbm
(instrumental outro)
Ebm … Ab … Db … Bbm
Then end on Bbm