No Road Home - High Chords Up the Neck

Here is a song in standard tuning that I strum with my fingers while adding some bass with my thumb pick, but it also works well with a flat pick.  I like the opportunity to add some thumb picked bass.

 The opening descent is also used for the even numbered verses.  It is done from way up the neck on the 10th fret starting with three string chords (h), using fingers and the palm to dampen the other strings. The fretting hand fingering is arranged so that the 3rd finger stays on the 3rd string and can achieve a slide effect.  Some of these high chords are used elsewhere in the song as indicated by (h).  I usually slide up from Am/F to G(h).  The Am/F would be an F if just the three fretted strings were being played, but I generally involve other strings at this point for a fuller sound.

The guitar technique was not always easy to hear on the version of this song recorded with the Wetband, so the above demo was newly recorded to highlight the guitar work.  Here is the Wetband recording done with lots of great vocals, guitar and bass added by the band: