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The Easy Mark The Old Maid

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The Easy Mark & The Old Maid by Bad Books 

I learned this song by watching a video of Kevin Devine playing it solo - it matches 
the album version. 

2 
capo 2nd fret 
Chords are relative to capo 

Verse: 

  Am Gadd11/B  G 

E--x---x-------3-2-| 
B--1---1-------0-0-| 
G--2---0-------0-0-| 
D--2---0-------0-0-| 
A--0---2-------x-x-| 
E--x---x-------3-3-| 

Chorus: 

   C    D   Em  G   C     G 

E--00-3-2---0-0-3---x--x--3-| 
B--11-1-3---0-0-0---5--4--0-| 
G--00-0-2---0-0-0---5--5--0-| 
D--22-2-0---2-0-0---5--5--0-| 
A--33-3-x---2-0-x---3--3--x-| 
E--xx-x-x---0-2-3---x--x--3-| 

after the second Chorus going into the bridge he slides up from the G to this chord: 

E--7-| 
B--0-| 
G--0-| 
D--0-| 
A--0-| 
E--7-| 

Bridge: 

   Em  A   C Cm 

E--7---5---x-x---3-| 
B--8---5---5-4---3-| 
G--9---6---5-5---4-| 
D--9---7---5-5---5-| 
A--7---7---3-3---5-| 
E--x---5---x-x---3-| 

second time through: 

   Em  A   C   Cm  D 

E--7---5---x---x---2-| 
B--8---5---5---4---3-| 
G--9---6---5---5---2-| 
D--9---7---5---5---0-| 
A--7---7---3---3---x-| 
E--x---5---x---x---x-| 

Ending: 
alternate your picking between the bass notes and the lead notes 

E--0-2-3-0-3---xx-x-3--| 
B--0-----------55-4-3--| 
G--0-----------55-5-4--| X4 
D--0-----------xx-x-5--| 
A--x-----------xx-x-5--| 
E--3-3-3-3-3---33-3-3--|  

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