Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 22:22:46 -0500
From: Bryson Meunier
Subject: TAB:»I Danced» by «Violent Femmes»
I have understood the chord progression of this song for quite some
time but I didn’t feel that I had enough material to post. Then over the
winter break I figured out something that sounds like Brian Ritchie’s
wonderfully elastic guitar solo. In other words, I’m posting most of the
guitar parts of this song. If you have a part that I’ve neglected to post,
or if you have comments, questions or corrections, e-mail me at
[email protected]
«I Danced»(Gordon Gano/Max Dunn)
Performed by the violent femmes on «Rock!!!»(1994)
Music by Gordon Gano
Lyrics from the poem «I DANCED BEFORE I HAD TWO FEET» by Max Dunn
Guitar solo by Brian Ritchie
Transcribed by Bryson Meunier
intro-
B5 D5 A
E——————————————————|
B————————-2—xxxx—xxxx—xx————|
G—4—4—x—x—x—7—7—2—xxxx—xxxx—xx4—4—4—4-|
D—4—4—x—x—x—7—7—2—xxxx—xxxx—xx4—4—4—4-|
A—2—2—x—x—x—5—5——-xxxx—xxxx—xx2—2—2—2-|
E——————————————————|
Repeat that riff once more before the lyrics come in. Then, for the
verse, repeat the riff without making the percussive sounds. At least I
think that’s the only distinction between the introduction and the verse but
the bass is so prominent that it’s hard to tell. If you know of another
distinction, e-mail me at the aforementioned address and let me in on it.
Here’s my best attempt at the guitar solo:
E———————————|—7——————|
B————3—2—2brbrbrbr—0-|—7—4———67-|
G—4—4—4———————-|—7—4——7——|
D———————————|————7———|
A———————————|———————|
E———————————|———————|
E—————|—————————————|
B—7—7—8—7—|—15brp14—14h15brp14—14h15brp14—-|
G—————|—————————————|
D—————|—————————————|
A—————|—————————————|
E—————|—————————————|
E——————————————————|
B—14h15brp14—14h15brp14——-7———————|
G——————————9—7—2——————|
D——————————9—7—2——————|
A——————————7——0——————|
E——————————————————|
E——————————————————|
B—7h8—75—7p5—————————————|
G——————7p5—-5h7—53—5p3—————|
D——————————————5————|
A——————————————————|
E——————————————————|
E——————————————————|
B——————————————————|
G—-35—57—79—912—-14———————-|
D——————————————————|
A——————————————————|
E——————————————————|
Repeat the main riff until the end of the song.
Lyrics:
I Danced before I had two feet
I Sang before I had a tongue
I laughed before I had two eyes
and loved before my heart was young
I swam before I had two hands
and held the distance in my toes
before I heard the stars or knew
the wild compulsion of the rose
I bore the fruits of many lives
before I came into this day
I knew before my grave was made
the worms eat only death away (2x)
I danced before I had two feet (4x)
symbols used in transcription-
x = make percussive sound with fretting hand
b = bend
r = release
= slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off