:::::::::::: FIFTEEN KEYS :::::::::::: (Jay Farrar) Tabbed by Caleb Rush [Tune the high E string down to a D] VERSE 1: Cadd9 G Em7 Watch it separate in two Cadd9 G Em7 Whatever the day wants it to Cadd9 G Em7 Finding out that the worst is true Cadd9 G Em7 Finding out that it can['t?] escape you CHORUS: Cadd9 D5 Slings and arrows completes the score G D5 Always leaving wanting more Amadd11 Cadd9 And I try to throw it away [Cadd9 G] Em7 VERSE 2: Silver spikes and mace Displayed in your eyes Fearlessness cannot fathom What's on your mind BRIDGE: Amadd11 Cadd9 Been there, no luck at all G D5 Nothing left to lose Amadd11 Em7 Been there, no luck at all G D5 Nothing left to lose Amadd11 [RIFF] I been there DOBRO SOLO (same chords as bridge) VERSE 3: Danger, slow, the sign ahead Exhaust fumes, Thin Lizzy instead Left all pressing cares all along the road Fifteen keys, where do they go CHORUS END: Cadd9 G Strings that pull, strings that bend Em7 Cadd9 D5 G D5 This song and dance never ends Amadd11 Cadd9 D5 G D5 Amadd11 Cadd9 D5 G D5 Amadd11 Cadd9 CHORDS: Cadd9 G Em7 D5 Amadd11 D --0------0---------0----0---0------- B --1------0 (or 3)--0----3---1------- G --0------0---------0----2---2------- D --2------0---------2----0---2------- A --3------2---------2----0---0------- E --x------3---------0----x---x------- Note the alternate tuning. I think some of the Cadd9s (like in the bridge, dobro solo, and/or end) might actually be Cmaj9s. That would be played x32000 or x32410. The stuff at the end of the chorus is more or less: Cadd9 G D --0---------9-- B --5 (or 3)--0-- G --5---------7-- D --x---------9-- A --x---------x-- E --x---------x-- The riff at the end of the bridge goes something like this: D ------0-------------------- B ------3-------------------- G --------------------------- D --2/4---4/5---------------- A ------------2\0------------ E -----------------(or 7\5)-- I think Dave is right about the "Fifteen Keys" tuning (same as "Slate"). Here's a transcription which I think is pretty close. What I'm least sure about is the ending and the part I call the "bridge." (It was different from the verses and the choruses, and I didn't know what else to call it.) Those parts almost sound like they're playing more than one chord at once. I tried to follow the bass. Here's a burning question for folks out there: "can't escape you" or "can escape you"?