Аккорды The California Honeydrops - Birthday Suit

Capo: 3

This is a clever and fun tune that Lech either plays on solo guitar or with Leon on clarinet.  It doesn't
appear on any of the California Honeydrops albums (yet?) but always seems to be a crowd favorite whenever it's played live.

The fingerings below are used (sourced from YouTube mostly) and the song is entirely fingerpicked.  If you're capable of doing it, it sounds nicer with with an alternating root/5th bassline on the 6th and 5th strings (see  for an example) but if that's outside of your abilty, it's not a big issue.

C:  x32010
F:  1x321x (use thumb)
D7: x5453x
G7: 3x343x (use thumb)
E7: 020100

[Intro riff and the riff that's used in most of the verses over any instance of the C-F-C type progression]

       C                F
e|-----3--5-3-0-----------------1------0---|
B|--------------3--1------------1------1---|
G|-----1--------------------2-----2----0---|
D|--3-------------------2/3---3-----3--2---|
A|-------------------------------------3---|
E|-----------------------------------------|

This is found all over the song and is important to get right.  Finger a C chord as normal, and then stretch
your pinky to hit the 5th fret on the high E string.  Try to keep your hand over the chord shape.

[Verse 1]

C
Don't waste your money on fine
F              C
Clothes for me
C
There's still one thing I want the
D7       G7
World to see
C
When I die all I
F      E7*
Ask of you

*Play the E7 above with a little hammer, like this:

e|-------0---0---|
B|-------0---0---|
G|--0h1------1---|
D|---------------|
A|---------2-----|
E|-------------0-|

Next up is the tricky part that's played as as a closing lick that finishes most verses and choruses.  I'm
calling it lick 1 for lack of a better term, and I'm not quite sure I have it 100% correct, but it's pretty
close.  Use your thumb to hit the low E string on the 1st and 2nd fret on the little walk-up and then use
your ring finger to hit the 3rd fret.  For the ascending 6ths, you can slide into them or pinch them - both
sound good.

Lick 1:

e|-----1-----1-------------------------0--------|
B|---2-----2--------1--3--4--5--3--------3----1-|
G|---------------------------------0-------0--0-|
D|------------------2--3--4--5--3----3--------2-|
A|--------------------------------------------3-|
E|-1-----2------3-------------------------------|

Bury me in my birthday suit

[Chorus]

C
It ain't nothing they ain't
F           C
seen before (no)
C
Anyway they've all been
D7       G7
Dying to know
C
How I held on to a
F         E7
Girl like you
*Lick 1*
Bury me in my birthday suit

[Bridge]

The bridge section is played with an even tempo alternating 5th bassline on the 5th and 6th strings

F
Spent my early days in diapers
C
School days in a uniform
F
But the clothes that fit me best
C
I've worn since I was born
F
It don't seem right to me
C
But on my deathbed ill be free
D7
I want the world to know
G7
A whole other side of me

[Chorus]

C
It ain't nothing they ain't
F           C
seen before (no)
C
Anyway they've all been
D7       G7
Dying to know
C
How I held on to a
F         E7
Girl like you
*Lick 1*
Bury me in my birthday suit

[Clarinet Solo]

In this solo, watch out for lick 2.

Lick 2:

e|--------------------|
B|----3--4--5--4--3---|
G|---2--3--4--3--2----|
D|--3--4--5--4--3-----|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

C  F  C
C  D7 G7
C  F  E7
Lick 1
C  F  C
C  D7 G7
C  F  E7
Lick 1
F  C
F  C
F  C
D7 *Lick 2*
C  F  C
C  D7 G7
C  F  E7
Lick 1

[Verse 4]
C
Life ain't nothing but a
F
Costume ball
C
Sometimes fun but sometimes
D7     G7
Not at all
C
So hand me down my favorite
F       E7
Dancing shoes
*Lick 1*
Cuz ain't no dead man ever had the blues

[Bridge]

F
Spent my early days in diapers
C
School days in a uniform
F
But the clothes that fit me best
C
I've worn since I was born
F
It don't seem right to me
C
But on my deathbed ill be free
D7
I want the world to know
G7
A whole other side of me

[Chorus]

C
It ain't nothing they ain't
F           C
seen before (no)
C
Anyway they've all been
D7       G7
Dying to know
C
How I held on to a
F         E7
Girl like you
*Lick 1*
Bury me in my birthday suit