Iron And Wine
Caught In The Briars (ver 2) Chords
Here's the most accurate chording for Caught in the Briars for both the Off The Record
and WERS 88.9 sessions. They include the additional song "Sundown," denoted below. I also
included the cool little riff he plays in Tab form.
There's another version of this song that I much prefer, which is in DADGAD, but this is an
easier, mellower version that doesn't require retuning or excessive hand movements.
(Note: Minor chords are to be bar chords in the A-minor shape along the 1,2,3,4, and 5th strings at the 3rd, 2nd, and open frets, you can see how these are played in the variations options when highlighting chords.)
ENJOY!
[Verse 1]
C
The back alley's full of rain
G
And everything's shining
C
As holy as she can be
G
The trick’s in the timing
[Verse 2]
C
Free as a morning bird
G
Fragile as china
C
She’s stuck in the weakest heart
G
Of South Carolina
[Chorus]
Cm
Where all of the naked boys
Bm
Lay down beside her
Am
Sing her the saddest song
G
All caught in the briars
C (C's are flourished by playing open and one on the B String)
G (G's are flourished by hammering open and two on the A and D strings)
C
G
[Verse 3]
Cm
I never meant to fall
Bm
So hard in the doorway
Am
And all the sinners here
D
Have crosses for Sunday
[Verse 4]
Cm
Kissed at the county fair
Bm
Frisked in the city
Am
Which proves as an answered prayer
G
But ain’t it a pity
[Chorus]
C
Where all of the naked boys
G
Lay down beside her
C
Sing her the saddest song
G
All caught in the briars
C
G (flourish then move into strumming)
[Sundown]
C
There go the cops with the tomcat teeth
G
Here come the church mice trying too hard
C
She had a way to be kind with words
G
I had a knife in the back of my car
C
Nobody knows when the rain may come
G
Nobody wants wake up and be cruel
C
She locked the door and the sun went down
G
In South Carolina with nothing to lose
Cm Bm
All of her naked boys
Am G
And not even I was true
[BONUS}
Riff he was playing at the beginning of the videos
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