Tumbleweed Stew Chords

KeyC Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays583

Tumbleweed Stew by Slaid Cleaves is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords C, F, D, G, Cadd9 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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Intro: C  F  C    D  G  C 

                             C-Cadd9-C-F 
I work as a hand in San Saba 
                        C 
Fences and windmills to mend 

I been out on a crew, eating tumbleweed stew 
      D                         G 
Three weeks in the rain and the wind 


      F                   C 
I got mud on my boots and blood on my money 
                             F 
And I'm looking to head into town 
       C  
But as soon as my truck rounds the corner 
         G                      C 
That old deputy is a-staring me down 


            F           C      C-Cadd9-C-F 
Where can a good man go crazy? 
                       C 
Where can a cowboy get stoned? 

If I get a wild hair, to go off on a tear 
    D                 G 
I'm liable to end up alone 


F               C 
Nobody wants to run with me now 
                             F 
But I'm restless down to the bone 
C           F           C     C-Cadd9-C-G 
Where can a good man go crazy 
                       C 
Where can a cowboy get stoned? 


Bridge: 
Am               C 
Old man, are you listening?  
           Am               C 
'Cause I'm down here asking you 
Am              C 
I know you made me this way 
   F                        G 
So what do you expect me to do? 


Instrumental:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante