Josh Ritter Cover -- Another New World

This is one of my favorite new Josh Ritter songs, which he has been performing live for the last few months. Some of the words have varied depending on the show, but these are the ones I like the best and hope wind up on the album cut. My take on the song sounds a little dull and nowhere near as haunting as the live version, but I hope you like it anyway.

If you want to learn to play it on guitar, it's very easy. With the capo on the seventh fret, the chord progression is Em, C?*, B7, Em, E, Am, D7, G, B7. Just play triplets in 4/4 time; the beat and transitions are simple to feel.

* I'm not sure what the second chord in the verse is called, but it's played on the following frets: X342XX; hope that helps.

And sorry for the super close-up of the guitar. My camera mic doesn't pick up really well, so I had to sit really close to it. Trust me, you're better off looking at the guitar than at my face when I sing. :)

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[waldendream]

Excellante holmes you've got a very similar voice and a great consistency in your guitar work. I can tell you are actually trying to connect to the song and express that raw sad power that weaves through it. Usually I like to see videos that are more interesting then someone's desk and backroom but the imagery of a stripped down dark room actually added to the effect and resonated with the lyrics. Well Done!

[curseorcure]

@waldendream

Thanks for the nice review; I'm glad you liked my version. I hope you're loving Josh's new album as much as I am. He's an incredible songwriter and I love what he's done. Feel free to check out my version of "The Curse" if you haven't yet. All the best!

[TheLimeyLord]

Great cover :)

[simplesam1]

Great Job. Thanks for putting this up. Big Josh fan too!

[phoenixtagger]

thankyou so much lol, i loved this song when he played it live

[MozzaCheeze]

Nice cover. Looking forward to the album when it's out.

The chord you're looking for is comprised of C F# and A (relative to the capo), so you can call it a F#dim/C chord. But really it's just kind of setting up the B7 because the F# and A are also in B7 and the C just steps down to B. Still, calling it F# dim/C is probably best for simplicity's sake.

[Imammusico]

nice cover, How do you play this song, I've been looking everywhere, but to no avail. what are the chords and the finger picking style you use?