Real Life/Alibis by Enter the Haggis guitar chords

Apparently I wasn't the only person asking Brian for chords to this song (which they still need to play live!), and last fall he posted a really helpful video teaching a few chords and then playing the entire song:
Youtube video

Facebook note with chords and comments

OK, I've strangely gotten three separate requests for the chords to this song today, so I think I'll try to figure it out (haven't played it in a while). I think the easiest thing to do is to write the chords as though there's no capo, (So I'll write a C chord instead of an E flat) because those are the chord shapes I used. There are a few unusual voicings that I use a lot, most of which I ripped off from Radiohead, haha. I'll try to tab them out for you, but I've never done this before so my form is probably completely improper. I'll use numbers for frets and x's for muted strings. I'm using the basic chord names rather than figuring out whether it's a c# minor sus 4 add 9 or something, partially to keep it simple but mostly because I'm lazy. Feel free to substitute nicer voicings - I used the ones I could easily play while singing. 

Here are some of the odder ones: 

g minor = 3|x|0|3|3|0 

f# minor = x|4|4|2|0|0 

c# minor 9 = x|4|2|x|0|0 

Also - I'm pretty bad at barre chords, so i leave the bottom E ringing in a lot of chord shapes (like b minor, F# major, etc). I also generally leave strings open for my A major and D major shapes: 

A major = x|0|2|2|0|0 (so technically an Amaj9)
D major = x|x|0|2|3|0 (again, technically a Dmaj9). 

FINALLY - Alibis' verses are mostly barre-type chords but I left the bottom two strings open and ringing. I can think of a few great songs that use these kinds of chords, but they're all Canadian so you'd have to look them up if interested. "Apparitions" by the Matthew Good Band is a great example (and a BEAUTIFUL song), and some of the chords in "High And Dry" by Radiohead follow the same form. If you want to go way back, "Echo of a Whisper" from our album Aerials uses these chords a lot, as well as the weird G minor shape - so once you learn Real Life/Alibis, you may be able to figure that one out too! 

Here goes: 

REAL LIFE: 

(6/8, capo 3) 

INTRO 

C/F/C/F/ 

VS. 1 

C/C7/F/C/gm/F/C/C/ 

C/gm/F/C/Bflat/F/C/C/ 

PRE-CHORUS 1 

F/am/G/C/F/am/G/F/F/ 

CHORUS 1 

C/F/C/G,em/am/dm/am/G/
C/F/C/G,em/am/dm/F/G/ 

INST. BREAK 

C/F/C/F/ 

VS. 2 

C/C7/F/C/gm/F/C/G/
C/gm/F/C/Bflat/F/C/C/ 

PRE CHORUS 2 

G/F/C/G/em/F/G/E7/ 

CHORUS 2 

A/D/A/E, c#m9/f#m/bm/f#m/E/
A/dm/A/E, c#m9/f#m/bm/D/E/ 

OUTRO 

f#m/E/A/D/f#m/E/D/E/ 

ALIBIS: 

(This song uses the barre-style chords with the B and E strings ringing open - but I'm just going to write the chord names. Watch the video if you don't know what I mean). 

(4/4, capo 3) 

INTRO 

F#/F#/F#/F#/F#/F#/F#/F#/ 

BAGPIPE BREAK 

F#/F#/bm/bm/E/E/bm/bm/ x2
F#/G,A/F#/G,A/ 

VS. 1 

B/G,C/B/G,F#/B/G,C/B/G,A/
F#/G,A/F#/G,A/
B/G,C/B/G,F#/B/G,C/B/G,A7/ 

CHORUS 

D/D/G/G/D/D/G/G/
A/A/G/G/f#m/f#m/G/A/ 

BAGPIPE BREAK 2 

F#/F#/bm/bm/E/E/bm/bm/ x2
F#/G,A/F#/G,A/ 

VS. 2 

B/G,C/B/G,F#/B/G,C/B/G,A7/ 

CHORUS 2 

D/D/G/G/D/D/G/G/
A/A/G/G/f#m/f#m/G/A7/
D/D/G/G/D/D/G/G/
D/D/G/G/D/D/G/G/
A/A/G/G/f#m/f#m/G/A7/ 

OUTRO 

D/D/D/D/D/D/D/D/D 

White Squall by Stan Rogers / Enter the Haggis guitar chords

Intro:
C ----->
verse:
||: C / C / | Am G F F |
| C F Am G | C / C / |
| Am Em F F | C / G / || F / F / :||  (1)
                                  || C / C / :|| (2)

chorus:
| G / G / | F / C / |
| F / F / | Am / G / |
| C / Dsus2 / | Em / F / |
| Am / G / | F / F / |

instr:
| C / C / | F / F / |

outro:
|| C / C / | F / F / | :||
| Am / Am / | F / F / | G / G / |

Down with the Ship by Enter the Haggis guitar chords

This was the first real song I figured out on guitar, and I was inordinately proud of myself for getting three chords correct . . .

Intro/instrumental
A D A G D A

verse:
        A                           D       A
Like ships in a squall we rise and we fall
          G                 D                           A
We're plotting our course through the waves
A                                     D    A
Some masts are tall with sails so strong
G                 D                 A
Others are tossed in the gale
       A                          D              A
We try to stay dry with salt in our eyes
      G               D              A
No moment to rest or complain
       A                       D           A
The moon isn't far a clear sky and stars
G               D                    A
Red sky at morn on your tail
A

chorus:
      G                  D               G               A
I'm not going to stand on the end of the pier
     G                   D              A
I'm not going to let you go down with the ship
G                     D              G          A
Raise up your anchor it's time to set sail
     A                 D/    
I'm not going to let you go down
D

verse:
Like ships we were made to dance o'er our graves
One false move and we could be thrown
Buried alive before our due time
To rest at sixty below
So jibe while you can if there's danger ahead
Stay on your course if you will
I'll throw you a line as waves start to rise
Bail as your ship starts to fill

instrumental:
A / A / D / A
G / D / A / A

outro:
G / D / A / A

A / A / D / D
G / D / A / A
repeat ad infinitum

Variations: 
Dsus4: x|x|0|2|3|3 
D9: x|x|0|2|3|0 
A9: x|0|2|2|0|0 
Asus4: x|0|2|2|3|0

Cameos by Enter the Haggis guitar chords

This might not be entirely correct, but it works.  This uses the same chords as Devil's Son (or the other way around, probably).

G        3|2|0|0|3|3
Csus9 0|3|2|0|3|3
D(inv) 2|0|0|2|3|3
e-       0|2|2|0|3|3

I think the regular versions of G, C, D are used in the 'story told' part.

Intro:
||G C D C :||

verse:
G
Everything's so still
  D
I think the wind is watching from it's
C                              G
Northwest window sill
G
Looking straight ahead
   D                                            C                          G
I feel a bit too far for comfort, won't you take my hand

pre-chorus:
  Em              D          C             G
I hope this is only the end of the show
             Em      D       C
And we all get leading roles

chorus:
        G                        D
The doors we close behind
             C                           Em   D
They're never locked and always draughty
C                    G
Hands, hearts, brains
         C                         D
Are irreparably changed
                 G                        D
And many miles down the road
        C                              Em
On a night that's dark and stormy
D             C                  G
We'll be sold to the sky
        C                     D
In a violent flash of light

verse:
I thought the set was real
Till our friends went to their dressing rooms
And I felt the cardboard trees
So now here we are
All alone and naked
Beneath these white, flourescent stars

               C
And our laundry will swing on the line

outro:
G                     C
Story told, the credits roll
       D                      C         G
The lights are up, it's time to go

Devil's Son by Enter the Haggis guitar chords

capo 5th fret (when referring to frets below, I'm starting from the capo)
The intro/instrumental-between-verses part is played on just the D-G-B strings, 3rd fret on B and a hammer-on thing between 4th and 5th fret on D.


In the "down, down, down" part, the chords are:
e-        0|2|2|0|3|3
D(inv)  2|0|0|2|3|3
G         3|2|0|0|3|3
Csus9  0|3|2|0|3|3

e-         D (inversion)        G

Down,   down,                 down

e-         D (inv)                G

On        my                     own

e-           D (inv)    G        C (sus 9)

Come on hang the devil's son

C  C   G

I'll die alone

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       D         e-             C

So I sang, I sang and I sang

  D          e-         C    e-   D

I called it out, my father's name

       D         e-            C 

The boys in blue they came

C                        D

But now I feel so ashamed

I have discovered a sad lack of guitar chords/tabs available online for many of my favorite bands, so I am going to attempt to remedy this.  I'm entirely self-taught and only began playing a year ago, so I tend to pick out songs that are easier to play on an acoustic guitar.  I took advantage of ETH's fundraiser for Whitelake to get a guitar lesson from Trevor, so I will start with a few songs that Trevor taught me the chords for.