Woe On Me

beck - woe on me ( previously unreleased ) one foot in the grave this is a very simplified way to play the song , it’s not very accurate , but does sound similar . tuning : 2 steps down the Verse is basically a gmajor : E - - - - 333 - - 33 - - - 33 - - - 33 - - - 33 - 00000 - | B - - - - 333 - - 33 - - - 33 - - - 33 - - - 33 - 00000 - | G - - - - 000 - - 00 - - - 00 - - - 00 - - - 00 - 00000 - | D - - - - 000 - - 00 - - - 00 - - - 00 - - - 00 - 00000 - | A - - - - 222 - 333 - - - 22 - - 333 - - - 22 - 00000 - | E - - 3 - 33 - - - - - - 3 - 33 - - - - - - 3 - 33 - 33333 - | G - ( as transcribed above ) on the old forgotten crossways where the fourteen rivers did meet G the bones of our elders were lying in the street G on the dark and dusty desert like a ghost i’ve flown G i barely cried wherever i’d ride i ride i never found a home C D G woe on me Am D somehow i will feel more free G C to wallow in the empty headed peace Am D where the plain hearted sorrows never cease G i Am just a ramshackle i go from town to town G where there is no shelter i lay down on the grown G i’ve killed for no reason i’ve pissed upon a kind G cost them all and burned the bone when i’ve had the time C D G woe on me Am D somehow i will feel more free G C to wallow in the empty headed peace Am D where the plain hearted sorrows never cease G well there’s saints and there are animals they’ve taken what they could G and it’s written in the pages to do just what they should G well they stood the test and burned the rest and tore them limb from limb G like a fashion with no passion they open up their skin C D G woe on me Am D somehow i will feel more free G C to wallow in the empty headed peace Am D where the plain hearted sorrows never cease