Basement Songs: The Ladder

The purpose of Basement Songs is to allow our fans to play and sing along with Arthur's Concert for Iceland songs. We encourage you to send any recordings of your own renditions to carltonfarthington@gmail.com or share them with us (and the world!) through social media. Who knows, maybe one you could be up on stage with Arthur White!

Lots of slash chords (many with the 9 in the bass):
- Guitar can usually just play the top part
- Keyboard should play the 9 prominently in the bass
- Bass always hitting the bass note in the slash chord

PART 1:

D, A#aug/F#, D/A, A#aug/Bb (2x)

D                      A#aug/F#

And what they say doesn’t matter

D/A                             A#aug/Bb

When I stand with my hand on the ladder

D                   A#aug/F#

Whether they nay say or flatter

D/A                                                           A#aug/Bb

Had enough of no matter what they may say (2x)

(Second time through, last A#aug/Bb is replaced by Em7b5)

PART 2:

               F#m/C#                       Am/C

And you say that you could see through

                        G/B    Gm/Bb

My perfect disguise

                           F/A  F

So what’s left to do

                                   A  A7

But kiss this bird as I fly

Gmaj7                                 F#m7                                   Gmaj7/E

A lot of people don’t understand the man inside of my mind

D9

What they tried to make up

Gmaj7                                F#m7                                      Gmaj7/E

I’m not a fan of all of this one and done and wondering what

             Fmaj7/C Em7/A                   A/D

Ever became                   of what we loved

PART 3:

    A/D, Fmaj7/C, Em7/A,

…loved

A/D, Fmaj7/G, Em7/A

PART 1

PART 2: This time, after the “…fly”/A7, there is

an added part:

Gmaj7/A                    Gmaj7

To the horizon in my mind

                            F#m7

(We fly high as a bird

                     Gmaj7/E

Above these sundry bounds

        D9

You wonder how we made it

Gmaj7/A               Gmaj7          F#m7

Without having to die and now you come to find

              Fmaj7/C  Em7/A  A/D

Another way         to           love)

PART 3: This time, the A/D, Fmaj7/C, Em7/A (3x),

then the A/D, Fmaj7/G, Em7/A