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Smoke in Our Lights
Posted: Sunday, October 16, 2011 - 19:17
I've always liked the song "Smoke in Our Lights," but hearing it live a couple of weeks ago at the Merrillville show really turned me on to it big time. Today I offer a TAB for this song:
NOTE: This is a PDF that you can open and print:
http://squarezero.org/music/Smoke_in_Our_Lights_AVETT.pdf
There are a couple chords I'm not completely sure about -- in particular the G/B in the chorus. Seth actually plays something up on the fifth fret that I haven't quite been able to figure out (some form of G or possibly D).
But that B root sounds right when playing solo (without bass or banjo).
I've also noticed on some videos (I used this one especially) that Seth sometimes plays something like a C2 (x32033) in place of some of the C's.
Enjoy. And please post any corrections here.
-- Eric
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Thanks for that, especially the banjo part.
The great thing about trying to cover or write chord charts/tabs about the avett's music is that you don't have to necessarily be right on which voicing of a chord they're actually playing. I'm a guitar player so it may be different for banjo but from my experience I just try to get the progression down pat first. Then after I'm comfortable playing and singing that I might start throwing in some extra stuff.
the (x32033) is a pretty common C chord that can be used after G (320033) and it easily transitions to D as well (xx0232) or (x00232).
I've noticed that Seth likes to throw in Cmaj7's (x32000) or (x32003) from time to time.
I don't have my guitar in front of me but that G/B sounds like some kind of dominant 7 chord. Maybe G7 (323003) or (320001). Those aren't the right voicings for how he's playing it in that video but the only other possibilities it might be is a different voicing for a C7 (x32310) or possibly a B7 (212002).
Looking at the video again he is around the fifth fret so maybe it's some kind of d minor voicing (50056x) or maybe an A7 (505600). Not sure there man but there's some things you can try out and let me know if they work.