Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:53 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./y/yardbirds/shapes_of_things.crd
«Shapes Of Things»
(Keith Relf — Jim McCarty — Paul Samwell-Smith)
Intro:
(eighth-note triplets):
F
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
(bass over verse chord progression):
G F/D
v v v v v v v v
——————|——————
——————|——————
——2—3—4—|-5—————
-3—————|——5—3—1—
G
Shapes
F/D G
Of things before my eyes
F/D G
Just teach me to despise
F/D F
Will time make man more wise
Verse 2:
Here
Within my lonely frame
My eyes just hurt my brain
But will they seem the same
Chorus:
(bass over chorus chord progression):
C Bb
v v v v v v v v
————5-3—|————3-1—
——2—5——5-|——0—3——3-
-3—————|-1—————
——————|——————
C
Come tomorrow
Bb
Will I be older
C
Come tomorrow
Bb
May be a soldier
C
Come tomorrow
Bb
Will I be bolder
(Bb) D
Than today?
Verse 3:
Now
The trees are almost green
But will they still be seen
Where time and tide have been
Verse 4:
Fallen
Into your passing hands
Please don’t destroy these lands
Don’t make them desert sands
[repeat chorus]
Guitar solo:
[Note: solo is played entirely on G string; other strings not shown]
G F
v v v v v v v v
g ————————-|-10-12-14-16b17—-16-14-12-
8th-note triplet ^^^^^^^^
G F
v v v v v v v v
g -14—b16—————-|—-15p14p1214-12-14—15—14—
16th-note triplet ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ qtr-note
triplet
G F
v v v v v v v v
g -15—b17———-10-12-|-8——10—12b14-12-10—
qtr-note triplet ^^^^^^^^^^^
G F
v v v v v v v v
g -12———————-|—-15p14p1214—121012—1012109—109-
16th-note triplets ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^
G F
v v v v v v v v
g -7—9-7-5—7-5-4—5—4—5—|-7—9-b10-9—7——-
G F
v v v v v v v v
g —-10-10-12-12-14b15r1412|-14b16——————
8th-note triplet ^^^^^^^
G F
v v v v v v v v
g -12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* harmonic w/feedback
Bb D [N.C.]
/ / / / /
Verse 5:
Soon
I hope that I will find
Loves deep within my mind
That won’t disgrace my kind
Coda:
rhythm guitar (quarter notes, doubled with bass; lead guitar
plays drone on open G string):
G
/ / / / / / / / [fade…]
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
