Cigarettes, Wedding Bands
Band of Horses
RockMedium for beginners6 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
Am
Em
F
G
Dm
C
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Intro: Am Em x3 F G Am Em Dm Working man's day wage, just piss it away Am Em Dm Leaves it out in the weather Am Em Dm Failure, he said, times two breeds contempt Am Em Dm Wash your hands of it forever Am Em Dm Violence it ripped through the old dogwood fence Am Em Dm See the hope, see it unravel Am Em Dm Drunk brother said he could reason with them C Em Dm While they lied at night, they lied at night, oh they lied C Em Dm While they lied at night, they lied at night, oh they Am Em Dm The picture was left on the front porch Am Em Dm The back said I love you, don't you ever think of me Am Em Dm My body knows there's a hell with my soul Am Em Dm We don't even know the difference Am Em Dm The dead folks in the clouds, for crying out loud C Em Dm While they lied at night, they lied at night, oh they lied C Em Dm While they lied at night, they lied at night, oh they lied G Dm And why, did we live so long C Em Dm Looooooooooooooooooooooooooong C Em Dm Looooooooooooooooooooooooooong Am Em Dm The house is not the same since we left it that day Am Em Dm Old friends seem to wonder Am Em Dm Our parents had cigarettes, wedding bands C Em Dm While they lied at night, they lied at night, oh they lied C Em Dm While they lied at night, they lied at night, oh they lied G Dm And why, did we live so long C Em Dm Looooooooooooooooooooooooooong C Em Dm Looooooooooooooooooooooooooong C Em Dm While they lied at night, they lied at night, oh they lied C Em Dm While they lied at night, they lied at night, oh they lied C Em Dm While they lied at night, they lied at night, oh they lied C Em Dm Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh
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Rating
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Chord set
Am · Em · F · G · Dm · C
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.