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Elephant original guitar chords by
Jason Isbell
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1.0 (1)
Key: A minor•
Intro 1
Am7
Am7

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C6
C6

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D7sus4
D7sus4

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Am7
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C6
C6

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D7sus4
D7sus4

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Am7
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C6
C6

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D7sus4
D7sus4

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Am7
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C6
C6

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D7sus4
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Verse 1
Am7
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C6
C6

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She said, "Andy, you're better
D7sus4
D7sus4

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than your past"
Am7
Am7

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C6
C6

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D7sus4
D7sus4

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Winked me and drained her glass
Am7
Am7

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C6
C6

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Cross-legged on a barstool,
D7sus4
D7sus4

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Am7
Am7

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C6
C6

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D7sus4
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like nobody sits anymore
Am7
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C6
C6

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D7sus4
D7sus4

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She said, "Andy, you're tak ing me home"
Am7
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C6
C6

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D7sus4
D7sus4

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But I knew she planned to sleep alone
Am7
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C6
C6

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D7sus4
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I'd carry her to bed, sweep up
Am7
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C6
C6

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D7sus4
D7sus4

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the hair from the floor
Chorus 1
Fadd9
Fadd9

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Gsus2
Gsus2

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If I'd fucked her before she got sick
C6
C6

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G/B
G/B

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Am7
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I'd never hear the end of it
Fadd9
Fadd9

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Gsus2
Gsus2

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Am7
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She don't have the spirit for that now
Fadd9
Fadd9

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Gsus2
Gsus2

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We just drink our drinks and laugh out loud
C6
C6

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G/B
G/B

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Am7
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Bitch about the weekend crowd
Fadd9
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Gsus2
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And try to ignore the elephant somehow
Am7
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C6
C6

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D7sus4
D7sus4

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Somehow
Am7
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C6
C6

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D7sus4
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Am7
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C6
C6

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D7sus4
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Am7
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C6
C6

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D7sus4
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Verse 2
Am7
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C6
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D7sus4
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She said, "Andy, you crack me up"
Am7
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C6
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D7sus4
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Seagram's in a coffee cup
Am7
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C6
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Sharecropper eyes,
D7sus4
D7sus4

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Am7
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C6
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D7sus4
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and the hair almost all gone
Am7
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When she was drunk,
C6
C6

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D7sus4
D7sus4

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she made cancer jokes
Am7
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C6
C6

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D7sus4
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Made up her own doctors' notes
Am7
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C6
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D7sus4
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surrounded by her family, I saw
Am7
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C6
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D7sus4
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that she was dying alone
Chorus 2
Fadd9
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Gsus2
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But I'd sing her classic country songs
C6
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G/B
G/B

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Am7
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And she'd get high and sing along
Fadd9
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Gsus2
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Am7
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She don't have a voice to sing with now
Fadd9
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Gsus2
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We burn these joints in effigy
C6
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G/B
G/B

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Am7
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Cry about what we used to be
Fadd9
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Gsus2
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Try to ignore the elephant somehow
Am7
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C6
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D7sus4
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Somehow
Am7
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C6
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D7sus4
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Chorus 3
Fadd9
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Gsus2
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I buried her a thousand times,
C6
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G/B
G/B

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Am7
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given up my place in line
Fadd9
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Gsus2
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Am7
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But I don't give a damn about that now
Fadd9
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Gsus2
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There's one thing that's real clear to me
C6
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G/B
G/B

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Am7
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No one dies with dignity
Fadd9
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Gsus2
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We just try to ignore the elephant
Am7
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somehow
Fadd9
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Gsus2
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We just try to ignore the elephant
Am7
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somehow
Fadd9
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Gsus2
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We just try to ignore the elephant
Am7
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C6
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D7sus4
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somehow Somehow
Am7
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C6
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D7sus4
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Somehow
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C6
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D7sus4
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am7

  • C6

  • D7sus4

  • Fadd9

  • Gsus2

  • G/B

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Elephant by Jason Isbell is A minor.

The primary chords used in Elephant are Am, C, D, F, G.

No capo is required for this song.

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