Death Valley Days

The Western States Motel

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               Death Valley Days - The Western States Motel
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Half-Step Down Tuning

Chords:
     G#m    B/A#   B    Gb     E    C#m
E|----4------------2-----2-----0-----4-------------------------------------|
B|----4------------3-----2-----0-----5-------------------------------------|
G|----4------3-----4-----3-----1-----6-------------------------------------|
D|----6------4-----4-----4-----2-----6-------------------------------------|
A|----6------1-----2-----4-----2-----4-------------------------------------|
E|----4------------------2-----0-------------------------------------------|


[Intro]
G#m B/A# B
Gb E B Gb

[Verse]
G#m
B/A#           B      
Those Death Valley days
              Gb       E               
Replay in my mind as i'm trying to find
B           Gb              G#m
A way back to, a place i knew 
 B/A#              B
When I was only a kid
Gb                     E                  B
When a car trip with my parents and my sister
                Gb                  G#m
Really seemed like a great adventure
B/A#          B
We had a cheap motel
                       Gb            E           B
On my way to Stovepipe Wells I went running the dunes, 
       Gb                         E
I overheated, wasn’t defeated at all

[Chorus]
B     Gb         C#m
Death Valley days
                 E                           B
Washing over my mind Like a thousand tidal waves
                   Gb       
Oh to live, oh to live again
C#m
There'd be a lot of things I’d change
               E                                          B
But there'd be so many things I'd leave exactly the same.

Lead over chourus 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-7-5/7----7/9\7-5-4-4/5--4/5\4--------7/9\7-5-7--5-4~--------------------|
G|-6-8-6/8----8/9\8-6-4-4/6--4/6\4--------8/9\8-6-8--6-4~--------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Post-Chorus]

G#m B/A# B
Gb E B Gb

Piano Lead After
e|-------------------------------------------------16-14-11-12-14--------14-14-11--9--7--|
B|-19-17-16-16----16-19-16-14----14-16-12----12-16-----------------11-14-----------------|
G|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------|
D|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------|
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------|
E|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------|

[Verse 2]
G#m
B/A#                B      
Those Death Valley days
                  Gb
Without a care or concern
    E
The hummingbirds hover
B                   Gb          E
The world seemed so undiscovered


[Chorus]
B     Gb         C#m
Death Valley days
                 E                           B
Washing over my mind Like a thousand tidal waves
                   Gb       
Oh to live, oh to live again
C#m
There'd be a lot of things I’d change
               E                                          B
But there'd be so many things I'd leave exactly the same.

Lead over chorus
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-7-5/7----7/9\7-5-4-4/5--4/5\4-------------------------------------------|
G|-6-8-6/8----8/9\8-6-4-4/6--4/6\4-------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-7-5/7----7/9\7-5-4-4/5--4/5\4--------7/9\7-5-7--5-4~---------------------|
G|-6-8-6/8----8/9\8-6-4-4/6--4/6\4--------8/9\8-6-8--6-4~--------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Bridge]
Piano Lead
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11-11-11-11-12-9-9-9-9-11-7-7-7-9-7-5-4--2-2-0-0--------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| X2
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-11-9-9----7-6-7-4-6-2--2-0------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------4----2----0------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Guitar Lead]
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------6-4--------------------|
A|-1--6-7-6-4-6--4-4-2-2----1-1-6-7-6-2-2-6-7-6-1-1-7----7-6--4-4-2-2--6--4-4|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 3]

G#m
B/A#                  B
Now I can see, I can see myself
                      Gb
Staring right back at me
        E
As you discover the world
B                Gb            G#m 
You take me back to a place I knew
B/A#                         B
And now I've got a chance to live them again
                    Gb
Those Death Valley Days
                    E
As we watched the hummingbirds hover
B                   Gb           E
The world seemed so undiscovered


[Chorus]
B     Gb         C#m
Death Valley days
                 E                           B
Washing over my mind Like a thousand tidal waves
                   Gb       
Oh to live, oh to live again
C#m
There'd be a lot of things I’d change
               E                                          B
But there'd be so many things I'd leave exactly the same.

Lead over chourus 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-7-5/7----7/9\7-5-4-4/5--4/5\4-------------------------------------------|
G|-6-8-6/8----8/9\8-6-4-4/6--4/6\4-------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


[Outro]

Guitar Lead
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-13-11--11-13-11-9-8-6-8-6-4-3----/9-/8-/6-/4-/13----13-13b15-11--------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| X3 (guitar fades into piano)
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

or 

Guitar Lead
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-11-12-11--11-12-11-9-7-5-7-5-4-2----/9-/7-/5-/4--12----12-12b14-11--------|
G|-11-13-11--11-13-11-9-8-6-8-6-4-3----/9-/8-/6-/4-/13----13-13b15-11--------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| X3 (guitar fades into piano)
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Piano Lead
E|-14-16-14--14-16-14-12-11-9-11-9-7-6----12-11-9-7--14-11-7-14-14-16-11-----|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| X2 (fade out)
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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