4 + 20

Words & Music:

Stephen Stills

 

I originally learned this in the key of E, with standard tuning.  But I recently discovered that it has its own tuning named for it.  So, I have transposed this down to D.  If you want to be fully accurate, use the "Four And Twenty" tuning of D A D D A D.

 

 

D

Four and 20 years ago, I come into this life.

D

The son of a woman and a man who lived in strife.

       F   G          D

He was tired of being poor.

       F           G               D

And he wasn't into selling door-to-door.

       F               G           D

And he worked like the devil to be more.

 

A different kind of poverty now upsets me so.

Night after sleepless night, I walk the floor and want to know:

Why am I so alone?

Where is my woman?  Can I bring her home?

Have I driven her away?  Is she gone?

 

Morning comes a sunrise and I'm driven to my bed.

I see that it is empty and there's devils in my head.

I embrace the many-colored beast.

I grew weary of the torment -- can there be no peace?

And I find myself just wishing that my life would simply cease.

 

Chords: [can use straight barre - 5 chords are implied with no 3rd]

D = 0 0 0 0 0 0

F = 3 3 3 3 3 3

G = 5 5 5 5 5 5