Big Thief – Velvet Ring (v3)★
Difficulty: intermediate Capo: 5th fret Tuning: D A D F# A D (Open D)
Transpose
"Two, three, four"
[Intro]
d |--------------------------------|
A |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0| x3
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
d |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |-4-------3-------2-------1------|
D |--------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
"Chilled in the kitchen of a city tomb"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"The light would flicker like a violent womb"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"The night was thicker than a smokey fume"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"And Liza waited in her room"
d |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |-4-------3-------2-------1------|
D |--------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
"Benny loved her like he loved no one"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"The way she'd laugh and hold a smoking gun"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"The way she always said what's done is done"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"And he is not the only one"
d |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |-3-------2-------1-------0------|
D |--------------------------------|
[Chorus]
"Love is a gentle thing"
d |--------------------------------|
A |-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
F#|-2-------3-------5-------7------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-0-------0-------0-------0------|
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring"
d |--------------------------------|
A |-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
F#|-7-------7-------7-------7------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-5-------7-------4-------5------|
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring"
d |--------------------------------|------------------------|
A |-----0-------0-------0-------0--|-----0-------0-------0--|
F#|-7-------7-------7-------7------|-7-------7-------7------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|------------------------|
D |-5-------7-------4-------5------|-5-------5-------5------|
[Verse 3]
"A victim healer with a sharp, sharp blade"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"And Benny knew how she was getting paid"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"Her water broke and they would have to wade"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
d |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |-5-------4-------2-------1------|
D |--------------------------------|
[Verse 4]
"And when he knew that she was fooling"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"He faced the mirror to avoid the thing"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"We're out of money and we've sold the bling"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"And I just wanna take you home"
d |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |-4-------3-------2-------1------|
D |--------------------------------|
"I just wanna take you home"
d |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |-3-------2-------1-------0------|
D |--------------------------------|
[Chorus]
"Love is a gentle thing"
d |--------------------------------|
A |-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
F#|-2-------3-------5-------7------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-0-------0-------0-------0------|
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring"
d |--------------------------------|
A |-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
F#|-7-------7-------7-------7------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-5-------7-------4-------5------|
"Yours is thicker than a velvet..."
d |------------------------|
A |-----0-------0-------0--|
F#|-7-------7-------7------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |------------------------|
D |-5-------7-------4------|
"...Ring" "And I am..."
d |--------------------------------|
A |-10--10--10--10--10--10--12--12-|
F#|-10--10--10--10--10--10--12--12-|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-10--10--10--10--10--10--12--12-|
"...wondering"
d |------------------------|
A |-----------------0------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |------------------------|
D |-0-------5--------------|
"...Ring" "And I am..."
d |--------------------------------|
A |-10--10--10--10--10--10--12--12-|
F#|-10--10--10--10--10--10--12--12-|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-10--10--10--10--10--10--12--12-|
"...wondering"
d |------------------------|
A |-----------------0------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |------------------------|
D |-0-------5--------------|
[Outro]
The outro layers many guitars on top of each other. The main one repeats this phrase the entire time:
d |----------------|
A |---------0------|
F#|-----0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0|
A |----------------|
D |-5--------------|
Here is an alternative phrase:
d |-----------------0--------------|
A |---------0---------------0------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-0------------------------------|
At around 2:04, this phrase plays:
d |-------------------------0---------------0------|
A |---------0-------4---------------4--------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |------------------------------------------------|
D |-0----------------------------------------------|
Throughout the outro, the bass notes played at the beginning of each phrase start on the fifth fret,
change to the second fret around 1:49, and then change to the open D string around 2:01
and stay there for the rest of the outro.
[Intro]
d |--------------------------------|
A |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0| x3
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
d |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |-4-------3-------2-------1------|
D |--------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
"Chilled in the kitchen of a city tomb"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"The light would flicker like a violent womb"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"The night was thicker than a smokey fume"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"And Liza waited in her room"
d |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |-4-------3-------2-------1------|
D |--------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
"Benny loved her like he loved no one"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"The way she'd laugh and hold a smoking gun"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"The way she always said what's done is done"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"And he is not the only one"
d |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |-3-------2-------1-------0------|
D |--------------------------------|
[Chorus]
"Love is a gentle thing"
d |--------------------------------|
A |-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
F#|-2-------3-------5-------7------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-0-------0-------0-------0------|
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring"
d |--------------------------------|
A |-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
F#|-7-------7-------7-------7------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-5-------7-------4-------5------|
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring"
d |--------------------------------|------------------------|
A |-----0-------0-------0-------0--|-----0-------0-------0--|
F#|-7-------7-------7-------7------|-7-------7-------7------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|------------------------|
D |-5-------7-------4-------5------|-5-------5-------5------|
[Verse 3]
"A victim healer with a sharp, sharp blade"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"And Benny knew how she was getting paid"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"Her water broke and they would have to wade"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
d |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |-5-------4-------2-------1------|
D |--------------------------------|
[Verse 4]
"And when he knew that she was fooling"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"He faced the mirror to avoid the thing"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"We're out of money and we've sold the bling"
d |--------------------------------|
D |---------0----------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---4---4---5---0|
A |-0---------------1-------2------|
D |-0---------------4-------5------|
"And I just wanna take you home"
d |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |-4-------3-------2-------1------|
D |--------------------------------|
"I just wanna take you home"
d |--------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |-3-------2-------1-------0------|
D |--------------------------------|
[Chorus]
"Love is a gentle thing"
d |--------------------------------|
A |-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
F#|-2-------3-------5-------7------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-0-------0-------0-------0------|
"Yours is thicker than a velvet ring"
d |--------------------------------|
A |-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
F#|-7-------7-------7-------7------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-5-------7-------4-------5------|
"Yours is thicker than a velvet..."
d |------------------------|
A |-----0-------0-------0--|
F#|-7-------7-------7------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |------------------------|
D |-5-------7-------4------|
"...Ring" "And I am..."
d |--------------------------------|
A |-10--10--10--10--10--10--12--12-|
F#|-10--10--10--10--10--10--12--12-|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-10--10--10--10--10--10--12--12-|
"...wondering"
d |------------------------|
A |-----------------0------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |------------------------|
D |-0-------5--------------|
"...Ring" "And I am..."
d |--------------------------------|
A |-10--10--10--10--10--10--12--12-|
F#|-10--10--10--10--10--10--12--12-|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-10--10--10--10--10--10--12--12-|
"...wondering"
d |------------------------|
A |-----------------0------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |------------------------|
D |-0-------5--------------|
[Outro]
The outro layers many guitars on top of each other. The main one repeats this phrase the entire time:
d |----------------|
A |---------0------|
F#|-----0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0|
A |----------------|
D |-5--------------|
Here is an alternative phrase:
d |-----------------0--------------|
A |---------0---------------0------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |--------------------------------|
D |-0------------------------------|
At around 2:04, this phrase plays:
d |-------------------------0---------------0------|
A |---------0-------4---------------4--------------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0|
A |------------------------------------------------|
D |-0----------------------------------------------|
Throughout the outro, the bass notes played at the beginning of each phrase start on the fifth fret,
change to the second fret around 1:49, and then change to the open D string around 2:01
and stay there for the rest of the outro.