"sacramento" By Meredith Axelrod

Tuning: D# G# C# F# A# D#

Capo: No capo

BPM: 204

    The tab is the arrangement for guitar by Meredith Axelrod as performed in this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPzS0S5ri0A
    Tab is in the Key of C Major. The reference video plays in B Major, achieved by tuning the guitar a whole step down to D Standard tuning. Then add your capo. on 1st f r e t.
    Alternatively, you could tune the guitar a half step down to Eb Standard tuning and play in C with no capo necessary.
    Strumming pattern largely follows picking the root note as a downstroke on the downbeat (time signature in 2/4).
    Then the higher strings can be flammed on a downstroke for the accent. I have tabbed out the sounded notes in the chords only.
    Note that the guitar is not playing the vocal melody, but accompanying it rather. So the tab will sould hollow without voicing the lead notes.
    I did not sync the exact positioning of the lyrics to the page.
    This is my first tab, so please suggest improvements if you spot the need for any! Thanks :)  VERSE 1:
    INTRO.:                                                                                       Stars are bright, and the moon is shining down the valley
d|-------0----0----0---------|-----0----0----0---------|--------------------|---------------0----|-----0---------0----|
A|-------1----1----1---------|-----1----1----1---------|--------------------|1---------1----1----|-----1---------1----|
F|-------2----2----2---------|-----2----2----2---------|----------2---------|-----2---------2----|-----2---------2----|
C|-------2----2----2---------|-----2----2----2---------|2--------------2----|---------------2----|-----2---------2----|
G|--0----0----0----0---------|3-------------------0----|-----3--------------|--------------------|3---------0---------|
D|----------------------0----|-------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
         |____|                    |____|                                                                             

                                                                             One fine night, in the far off Golden West
d|-------1----1----1--------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----0---------0----|-----1----1----1----1----|
A|-------3----3----3--------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----1---------1----|-----3----3----3----3----|
F|-------2----2----2---------0----|2---------0---------|--------------------|-----2---------2----|-----2----2----2----2----|
C|--0-------------------3---------|-----3---------2----|3----0----2---------|-----2---------2----|0-------------------0----|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------|---------------3----|0---------3---------|-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
         |____|         |____|                                                                         |____|              

[ preview ends at bar 10 — the interactive score has the rest ]

                                              Cow-boy sighs. He is pleading with his sweet-heart Sally

                         Sees her eyes, and he knows she loves him best

    PRE CHORUS 1:
    We’ll ride away, dear. At break of day, dear                                        He whispers low. Don’t answer “No.”

                                                                             Just tell me where dear. And we’ll go there, dear.

                                              She says, there’s only only just one place to go.

                         CHORUS:
                         Sa - cra - men - to. That’s the only place I know.

    Honest, I would be content to live and die in Sacramento.                           Hi there, Hoop - la! Hop up, and away we go.

                                                                                       All aboard for Sunny Sacramen - to. (TRANSITION TO THE INTRO.)

                                                                        VERSE 2:
                                                                        Sun comes out, and the yell goes ringing down the valley
                                                                        Wild west shout from the top of yonder hill
                                                                        Cow-boy greets with a loud “Hello!” his sweetheart Sally
                                                                        His heart beats, when she cries “I’ll be there, Bill.”
                                                                        PRE-CHORUS 2:
                                                                        Oh, how he meets her kiss when he greets her
                                                                        Ain’t she his beau, she don’t say no
                                                                        Roses are prancing, two hearts are glancing
                                                                        They feel so happy, happy, as away they go
                                                                        CHORUS x2
                                                                        FIN