Codine Tab

Codine
Written by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Tabbed by Jean-David Blanc (the 16th of December 2005)
Revised and completed by Gonçalo Telles (the 2nd of April 2025)
 
 
Chords:
D       x00230 or 000230        A       x02222
D/C     x30230                  F*      x332xx
D/B     x20230                  G*      x554xx
 
 
Capo 1st fret (sounding key F# major)
Double dropped D tuning (D-A-D-G-B-d)
 
 
[Intro]
    D           D/C           D/B                       D
    :   .   .   :   .   .     :   .   .   :   .   .     :   .   .   :   .   .
d|-------0---0-------0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-------3---3-------3-3-3---|-----3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-|-3---3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-0h2---2---2-------2-2-2---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-2---2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|---------------------------|-----------------------0-|-0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|---------------3-----------|-2-----------2-----------|-0---0-------------------|
D|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
                             D                                               F*
   :   .   .   :   .   .     :   .   .   :   .   .     :   .   .   :   .   .
d|-----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0---0-------0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-0---|
B|-----3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----3---3-------3-3-3---|-----3-3-3-------3-3-3---|
G|-----2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-0-|h2---2---2-------2-2-2---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-2/|
D|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|-----------------------3/|
A|-0-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------3-----------|-2-----------2---------3/|
D|------------(0)----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
   G*      F*  D         F*  G*          D             D
   :   .   .   :   .   .     :   .   .   :   .   .     :   .   .   :   .   .
d|-------------0---0-------|-------------0---0-------|-----0---0---------------|
B|-------------3---3-------|-------------3---3-------|-----3---3---------------|
G|/4---4-\-2---2---2-----2/|-4---4-\-2---2---2-----0-|h2---2---2---------------|
D|/5---5-\-3---0---0-----3/|-5---5-\-3---0---0-------|-------------------------|
A|/5---5-\-3---0---------3/|-5---5-\-3---0-----------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
                                                An’ my belly……………
 
 
       D        D/C                D/B            D
An’ my belly is cravin’, I’ve got a shakin’ in my head
  D            D/C         D/B           A
I feel like I’m dyin’ an’ I wish I were dead
     D         D/C                D/B        A
If I live till tomorrow it’s gonna be a long time
         D            D/C      D/B        D
For I'll reel an’ I´ll fall an’ rise on codine
          D  D/C        D/B   F* G*  F*  D     F*  G*  F* D
An’ it’s real, an’ it’s real, one more time
 
 
     D            D/C    D/B             D
When I was a young man I learned not to care
    D           D/C        D/B        A
For whiskey and from it, I often did swear
   D          D/C        D/B           A
My mother an’ father said whiskey is a curse
        D            D/C      D/B        D
But the fate of their baby is many times worse
         D    D/C      D/B   F* G*  F*  D     F*  G*  F* D
An’ it’s real, an’ it’s real, one more time
 
 
          D         D/C           D/B            D
You’ll forget you're woman, you’ll forget about man
 D         D/C              D/B      A
Try it just once, an’ you’ll try it again
     D            D/C            D/B             A
It’s sometimes you wonder and an’ sometimes you think
           D        D/C          D/B         D
That I’m a-livin’ my life without bending to drink
         D    D/C      D/B   F* G*  F*  D     F*  G*  F* D
An’ it’s real, an’ it’s real, one more time
 
 
 
[Interlude]
 
D   F* G   F* G   F* G   F* G' F* D   F* G' F* D
 
                 g             f             e             eb
   D             C             Bb            A             Ab            D
   : . . : . .   : . . : . .   : . . : . .   : . . : . .   : . . : . .   : . .
d|-/7----------|-\5----------|-\3----------|-\2----------|-\1----------|---0-----
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---3-----
G|-/7----------|-\5----------|-\3----------|-\2----------|-\1----------|---2-----
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---0-----
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-------
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------
 
 
F* G' F* D
 
 
      D           D/C           D/B            D
Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns
     D            D/C             D/B       A
Stay away from the men pushin’ the codeine ‘round
     D            D/C              D/B        A
Stay away from the stores where the remedy is found
           D           D/C       D/B        D
Or you´ll live off your days as a slave to codine
          D  D/C       D/B   F* G*  F*  D     F*  G*  F* D(2x)
An’ it’s real, an’ it’s real, one more time
 
 
       D        D/C                D/B            D
An’ my belly is cravin’, I’ve got a shaking in my head
     D          D/C          D/B       A
An’ I’ve started heeding what my buddy said
 D       D/C           D/B        A
Stab yourself with the grains of cocaine
           D       D/C          D/B       D
An’ you’ll end up dead or you’ll end up insane
          D  D/C       D/B   F* G*  F*  D     F*  G*  F* D
An’ it’s real, an’ it’s real, one more time
 
 
       D        D/C                D/B            D
An’ my belly is cravin’, I’ve got a shakin’ in my head
  D            D/C         D/B           A
I feel like I’m dyin’ an’ I wish I were dead
     D         D/C                D/B        A
If I live till tomorrow it’s gonna be a long time
         D            D/C      D/B            D
For I'll reel an’ I'll fall an’ rise up on codine
          D  D/C       D/B   F* G*  F*  D     F*  G*  F* D
An’ it’s real, an’ it’s real, one more time
          D  D/C       D/B   F* G*  F*  D     F* G*   F* G*   F* G*   F* G*  F*  D   F* G*F*  D
An’ it’s real, an’ it’s real, one more time
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