Sometimes Always Chords
Sometimes Always by Jesus And Mary Chain is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
tabbed by Brian Mojica
lyrics courtesy of Brian Mojica
h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
~ = vibrato
^ = bend (half-, full-, two-steps etc. specified)
rb=release bend
capo IV
A D
A D
I gave you all I had
A D
I gave you good and bad
A D
I gave but you just threw it back
A D
I won't get on my knees
A D
Don't make me do that please
A D A D
I've been away but now I'm back
A D
Don^?t be too sure of that
A D
What makes you sure of that?
A D A D
You went away and can't come back
A D
I walked away from you
A D
I hurt you through and through
A D A D
Oh, honey, give me one more chance
solo 1
A D A
|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-(2)h4---2---2-------------|-------------------|-------2---2-------------|
|-----------------2^f-2rb---|-------2^f-2rb-----|-2h4-----------2^f-2rb---|
|-------------------------5-|-2---2---------5-2-|-----------------------5-|
D A D A
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---2-----2---2-|
|-------2^h-2rb-----|-2^f-2rb-------2---2-|-2^f-2rb-------2---2-|-4-----4-------|
|-2---2---------5-2-|---------5-2-5---5---|---------5-2-5---5---|---------------|
D A (oh, you're a lucky son...)
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---2---4-4^f-4rb-2---|-2-------------|
|-4-----------------4-|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
A D
Oh, you're a lucky son
A D
Lucky son of a gun
A D
You went away
A D
You went away
A D D G
You went away but now you're back
solo 2
A D A
|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(2)h4---2---2-------------|-------------------|-----2---2-----------|
|-----------------2^f-2rb---|-------2^f-2rb---2-|-4---------2^f-2rb---|
|-------------------------5-|-2---2---------5---|-------------------5-|
D A D A
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------4-|-4^f-4rb-2---2-4-2-4-|-4^f-4rb-2---2-4-2---|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------4---------|-----------4---------|---2-----2---2-4-|
|-------2^f-2rb-----|---------------------|-------------------2-|-4-----4---------|
|-2---2---------5---|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
D A (I got down...)
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-2---4^f-4rb-2---|-2-----------------|
|---------------4-|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
A D
I got down on my knees
A D
And then I begged you please
A D A
I always knew you'd take me back