Erin McKeown Guitar Tab
Song Title: Daisy N Prudence
From Album: Distillation
Transcribed By: kiran
Contact Email:  kiranlynn@cox.net

********Tuning (if not standard):  [a note from MCKEOWN] kiran! thanks for tabbing this out, it's one of my favorites...  
a couple thoughts:  the low E string is tuned UP to a G... it makes it much easier to play. you can play all the chords 
against this note anywhere on the neck, plus you have an extra finger free!  the second chord in the bridge is a B7, 
although with plenty of open strings to choose from, it can get messy. but it's a juicy moment, so make the most of it. 
your "spelling" of the chords marked "G#7" and "A7sus4" might be simpler... i am not that smart to throw those chords in! 
they are probably just cloudy versions of the I, IV, or V. and you are right to point out the KCRW january 01 session 
where i play it on the piano... it's actually a little "straighter" than this one. pardon the pun! x mckeown


Notes on how to play it: [back to kiran] This tab is definitely not perfect, so mess around with it where you can.  
I think the trick behind the piece in general is that although there seem to be a lot of chords, it’s really just 
a few basic ones moved all across the neck. What makes the song sound so unique is how Erin plays them. I’m not 
a great guitar player, so I can’t tell you her tricks (which is also why I couldn’t tab out everything...
that and laziness), but one thing to keep in mind is that she often either slaps the lower string or just 
simply plucks the lower notes to keep a steady beat going in the background, and then uses her other fingers 
to play the higher strings against that beat.

TAB:

G7: 354433 
C/G: 335553 
C/G*: 0(11)(11)(10)90 
C/G**: 332010 
Em: xx2000 
C: 032010 
Em6: 054030 
E7sus4: 020200 
G: 355433 
G**: 320033 
G#7: 042000 
A7sus4: 002003 

|----------------------------------------------------------0--0---| e 
|---------------------------------------------------------0--0----| b 
|-----------------------------------------0-0---0-----------------| g 
|---4----0---------------4----0-----------4--4--4-------2-2-------| d 
|-0-------------------0-------------------5—----5-----------------| a 
|-----------3----------------------3----3------3------------------| e

|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e 
|-3-------3---3---3----------------9------------------------------| b 
|-0----0----0---0---0--------0-----0---------10------10-----------| g 
|-4------------------------2-------10--------11--------------11---| d 
|-5--5----5---5----------4---------11---11---11---11-----11-------| a 
|---------------------------------------------9-------9---9-------| e

G7 
Hey fashion doll 
G7 
Take off your walls for me 
C/G 
And only me 
C/G 
You are 
G7 
Pretty, pretty 
G7 C/G 
With ribbons of indecision 
C/G 
And your lips well disguised 


|-----0--0-----0--0-----------------------------------3--------0--| e 
|---0----0---0---0----3---------3---3-----------------0--------1--| b 
|--------0------------4----4----4---4--------------0--0-----0--0--| g 
|-2------2-----2------4---4---4---4---4---4------2----2--------2--| d 
|---------------------5-----------------5------4------4---4----3--| a 
|---------------------3----------------------------------------0--| e



G7 
Hey fashion doll 
G7 
(wake up, wake up 
C/G 
no one will see) 
C/G 
This is a moment we’ll mark 
G7 
time by 
G7 
Say we did that when, say 
C/G 
we did that why 
C/G 
And the clothes do not make the man 

Em Em6 
Desire is dressing up Daisy 
C/G* 
Prudence is putting on airs 
Em E7sus4 
And in September, there was 
G#7 A7sus4 C/G** 
Indulgence and fall. 

G F# 
Now what makes us beautiful 
G C G* 
Daisy is as Prudence does 
G* E7sus4 
The fabric of seduction reveals 
C/G** 
Beauty just because 
C/G** 
Beauty just because 
Em 
You’re straddling me 


(play some version of this 4 times) 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| e 
|----------------------------------------------7///2/3------------| b 
|---------------------------0-------------------------------------| g 
|----4----0-----4---------4---4---4-------------------------------| d 
|--0------------5-------5-------5-----5---------------------------| a 
|------------3--3-------------------3-----------------------------| e

Em 
Now Prudence, 
Em6 
She slowly takes off her 
C/G* 
Daisy, she fumbles and laughs 
Em E7sus4 
And the meeting of the two 
G#7 
is merely... 


Em Em6 
Desire is dressing up Daisy 
C/G** 
Prudence is putting on airs 
Em E7sus4 
And somewhere in the middle 
C/G 
You fall, you fall, you fall 
Hey fashion doll 
Well you’re straddling me.