Where can I find the chords to the song "Jeane If You're Ever in Portland"?

January 18, 2009 1:55 PM

Where can I find guitar chords to the song "Jeane If You're Ever In Portland" by Casitone for the Painfully Alone?
posted by comfortinsound to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

I just watched this with my guitar: Jeane If You're Ever in Portland

Seems to me there are no changes - they're playing C G Am F over and over again.
posted by davey_darling at 2:45 PM on January 18, 2009

The little lead part is like so:

E ----5-7-8------5-7-8------5-7-8------5-7-8------5-7-8------5-7-8------5-7-8-----5-8-7
B 8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------8-----------
G
D
A
E


And sometimes the notes are doubles, i.e:
-----55--77--88
88---------------
posted by davey_darling at 2:56 PM on January 18, 2009

I'm hearing C G Am F too, but on Twinkle Echo it's a half step higher, so if you're playing along with that recording you'll want to either tune your guitar up a half step, use a capo, or play the C# G# A#m F# as barre chords.
posted by Balonious Assault at 3:00 PM on January 18, 2009

For future reference, it seems that most all CFTPA songs are C G Am F or some permutation thereof. I haven't heard them al, but as I recall every single song on Etiquette goes like that.
posted by ludwig_van at 3:29 PM on January 18, 2009

the first thing i thought on seeing your question was, "why not email owen and ask him..." it's a small, one-man operation and guy's incredibly sweet and open.
his public email addy: [e-mail]
posted by artof.mulata at 5:15 PM on January 18, 2009