Chords/Tabulature for
For The Turnstiles
(Guitjo Version)

Submitted by: Chris Lawrence (mustang@islandnet.com)

Notes about this song:

• Neil plays a 6-string banjo on this song (a "guitjo"). It's tuned to DGCFAD (like a standard guitar, but a whole step down).
• However, the gauges of the banjo are like this:
  low D - normal
  G - octave higher
  C - octave higher
  F - octaver higher
  A - normal
  high D - normal
• Basically, imagine the "high strings" from a 12-string guitar as ADGBE, with a "normal" E string on the bottom. The 2nd fret of the G string should be in unison with the open A string, the 2nd fret of the C string should be in unison with the open D, etc.
• It gets more complicated... Because Neil strums the strings and finger-picks them at the same time, it's hard to accurately duplicate the precise notes he plays, but its a basic "A G E" chord progression (but the tuning makes it ring "G F D").
• I'll show accents on the clearest notes from the album version with a > symbol overtop.

Intro:
   A            G               E
         >      >      >        >     >        >
D--------0---0--3-----------------0-0-----0-0----
A--0^2---2-2-------0-0------------0-0-----0-0----
F------2-2---------0-0-0^2-2-2----1-1-----1-1----
C------2-----2-----0-0-----0-0----2-2-0^2-2-2---- mute strings,
G--0---0---0-------2-2-----2-2----2-2-----2-2---- tap banjo skin
D---------------3--3-3-----3-3--0--------------0-

   A               G         E
   >      >        >     > > >     >       >
D--------------------------------------------
A-----2-2-----2-2----------------------------
F-----2-2-----2-2----0-0-------1-1-0^1-1-1---
C-----2-2-0^2-2-2--0-0-0-0-2---2-2-----2-2---
G--0-----------------2-2-------2-2-----2-2---
D--------------------3-3-----0-------------0-

It's best to just ad-lib hammer-ons, etc,
while playing the 3 chords over and over.

Repeat simile for verse.

Verse:
A       G                  E
All the sailors with their seasick mamas
A        G             E
Hear the sirens on the shore.
A        G        E
Singin' songs for pimps with tailors
D              A              E      (see riff)
Who charge ten dollars at the door.

The D A E progression is as follows:
D---2-------------------------------------------------------------
A---3-(strum D)----2-(strum A)------------------------------------
F---2--------------2-------------1--------------------------------
C-0----------------2-------------2-(strum E with ad-lib hammer-ons)
G----------------0---------------2--------------------------------
D--------------------------------0--------------------------------

Chorus:
A        G             E
You can really learn a lot that way
A        G                E
It will change you in the middle of the day.
A           G          E
Though your confidence may be shattered,
D          A         E
It doesn't matter.

Verse:
All the great explorers
Are now in granite laid,
Under white sheets for the great unveiling
At the big parade.

Chorus:
You can really learn a lot that way
It will change you in the middle of the day.
Though your confidence may be shattered,
It doesn't matter.

Verse:
All the bushleague batters
Are left to die on the diamond.
In the stands the home crowd scatters

D       A         E
For the turnstiles,
D       A         E
For the turnstiles,
D       A         E
For the turnstiles.
D A E

   D            A      E
D------------------------0--0--0-
A-----------3------------0--0--0-
F--------------------2---1--1--1-
C--0--0-0^2--0-------2---2--2--2-
G---------------0--0-0---2--2--2-
D----------------------0---------