Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 18:48:36 +0000
From: [email protected]
Subject: /e/Melissa_Etheridge/Angels.tab
Angels
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From Yes I Am.
Tune up half-a-half-step to play with the CD. (I’m told that its quite
common studio practice just to ‘speed up’ the final mix of a track either
to balance out the length of each side of an album or to brighten the
track up a bit. Doesn’t stop it being a pain in the machine heads tho’).
A D (e) A (c#)
Don’t be afraid close your eyes
(b) D A
lay it all down don’t you cry
A — guitar
D (c#) D -keyboard
can’t you see I-I’m going where I can see the sun rise -$
(d) (b) D slide E
I’ve been talking to my angels and they say that it’s..
e ———-0——————————0—————-0——
B ———(2)-2————————-3—(3—3)——3——-
G ——-2——————————2———2——-2———
D ——2——————————0—————-0————
A —0————————————————————
E —————————————————————-
..alright I’ve always had to run
e ——————————-0————————-(2—2)-
B ————————2———2-0———————3—-3—-
G ———————2-2——————————2————
D ——————-2——————————-0————-
A ——————0————————————————
E ——————————————————————
I don’t know just why desire slowly smoking
e —-2——-2——-0————-0—(0——0—————
B ——3—————————2———-2—————
G ———2———————-2——————2)——-2—
D -0—————————2————————2——-
A ——————————0——————————-
E ————————————————————-
under the mid west sky but there’s
e ——0—————2——0——0———-2—————
B —2———————3——3————3-(3)—————
G ————————2——-2———2———————
D ——————-0——————0————————
A ————————————————————-
E ————————————————————-
something waiting out there that says
(E)
e —————-0—————0-0———————0——0—-
B —————-2—(2-2)———2———2————3-3——3—
G ————2———2————————-2——2——2—2—
D ————2—————2————————-0————-
A ——————————————————————
E ——————————————————————
I’ve got to try I’ve been talking to my angels
G
e ——————————0————0——0———3—-
B —————————-2—2———-2——2-2——3—-
G ————————2-2——————2——2——4—-
D ————————2———————————5—-
A ————————0———————————5—-
E ———————————————————3—-
and they say that it’s alright this town
[bridge]:
G Em (b a b a b a)
this town thinks I’m crazy, they just think I’m strange
G Em
sometimes they would own me sometimes they wish I’d change
Em *F#m C#m
but I can feel the thunder underneath my feet
E D A %
I sold my soul for freedom, it’s lonely but it’s sweet
[repeat verse1]
A D A D to fade
On the keyboard sections (everything except the second verse)- the
UPPERCASE letters are full chords and lowercase are individual notes.
This arrangement doesn’t translate very well onto guitar. Suggest
improvising around this basic pattern for verses 1/3 :
// D(sus9) A \
e -||——-0—-2——-0—-2————-0————0—-||—
B -||——3—3—3——3—3—3——0——2——0——2—||—
G -||.—-2————2————-2—2———2—2——.||—
D -||.—0————0————-2————-2———-.||—
A -||——————————0————-0————||—
E -||———————————————————||—
\ //
D slide E is
e -2-/-4—
B -3-/-5—
G -2-/-4—
D -0——-
A ———
EADGBe
xx0232 — D
x02220 — A
355433 — G
022100 — E
022000 — Em
244222 — F#m
x46654 — C#m
This song’s quite tricky to play/sing- there are two key changes in the
bridge * (from A to E) and %(E back down to A).
I keep having trouble with the end of the third line in the verse ($). I
think on keyboard its » c# D «, but on guitar, » A » sounds better,
though every so often it sounds like a Bm. Whaddayathink?
I think there’s still plenty of room for improvement here, so feel free
:>)
Nic
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