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GOODNIGHT, ELIZABETH by Counting Crows.
Unreleased Concert Staple
A: x02220 -A: 577855
E: 022100 -E: x79997
G: 320003 -G: 355433
D: xx0323- D: x57775
The - chords are barre chords.
Intro.: -A -E -G -D
A E
Wasted in the afternoon
G D
Waiting on a train
A E
I woke up in pieces and Elizabeth
G D
Had disappeared again
I wish you were inside of me
Hope that you're OK
I hope that you're resting quietly
I just wanted to say
Chorus:
Good, Goodnight, Elizabeth
Goodnight Elizabeth, Goodnight
Good, Goodnight, Elizabeth
Goodnight, Elizabeth, Goodnight
We couldn't all be cowboys
So some of us are clowns
Some of us are dancers on the midway
Roam from town to town
Well I hope that everybody
Can find a little flame
I say my prayers and I set myself one fire
And I walk out on the wire, once again
I said
[chorus]
Well I wait for you in Baton Rouge
I miss you down in New Orleans
I wait for you while she slips in something comfortable
And I miss you when I'm slipping in between
If you wrap yourself in daffodils
I will wrap myself in pain
And If you're the Queen of California
Baby, I am the King of the Rain
And I said:
[chorus]
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I STARTED A JOKE by Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb.
Intro:
(acoustic guitar [open D] w/bass):
D
v v v v
---------7-5-4---
---------------7-
-----------------
-----------------
G Bm C D7 [2X]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
G Bm
I started a joke
C D7 G Bm C
Which started the whole world crying
D7 G Bm C
But I didn't see
D7 [1, 4: G Bm C D7; 2, 3: G]
That the joke was on me, oh no
Verse 2:
I started to cry
Which started the whole world laughing
Oh, if I'd only seen
That the joke was on me
Chorus:
Em Bm
I looked at the skies
C G
Running my hands over my eyes
Bm Em
And I fell out of bed
/D Am7
Hurting my head
D7 [N.C.]
From things that I'd said
Verse 3:
'Til I finally died
Which started the whole world living
Oh, if I'd only seen [4: oh, yeah]
That the joke was on me
[repeat chorus]
[repeat verse 3]
Coda:
(D7) G Bm C D7
That the joke was on me
G Bm C D7 G [end cold]
Oh...
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KEEPER OF THE STARS by Tracy Byrd.
This is the acoustic guitar part only - the slide parts are not included.
I think this is pretty accurate but I know there are a few simplifications I made.
This song holds up well as a solo acoustic piece.
---------0-h-2-----0------2-po-0------------------------2-------
-----3---------3-----3-----------3---------3--------3-----3-----
---2---2---------2-----------------2-----0---0----2---2-----2---
-0----------------------0--------------0--------0-------------0-
-------------------------------------0--------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
It was no
-------------------------------------------------------------
---------2-----------------3---------------------------------
-----2-----2---------4---4---4------------0------------------
---2---2-----2-0---4---4-------4--------0---0---2-4-5-2------
-0---------------2----------------2-0------------------------
--------------------------------------3----------------------
accident me finding you
-------------------------2----------------0-----------------
---------------------3--3--3----------0-----0---------------
-----------0---0---2---2-----2------0---0-----0-------------
-----0-------0---0-------------0--2-------------2-----------
---0---0----------------------------------------------------
-3-------3--------------------------------------------------
someone had a hand in it long before we ever
---------------------------2---------------------------------
-----------2-3-5-2-----3-----3--------------2----------------
-----2---------------2---2-----2--------2-----2--------------
---2---2-----------0-------------0----2---2-----2-0----------
-0-------0--------------------------0------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
knew now I just can't believe
--------------------------------------------------3--------
-----------3-----------------3----------------0-----0------
-----4---4---4-----------0-----0-------0--------0-----0----
---4---4-------4-------0---0-----0-h-2------0--------------
-2---------------2-0---------------------------------------
---------------------3--------------------3----------------
you're in my life heaven's smilin'
-----------2-po-0----------------0--------------------0---0--
-----3---3--------3---3------0-----0--------------2-----3-2--
---2---2------------2------0---0-----0--------2-----2-----2--
-0-----------------------2-------------2----2---2---------2--
------------------------------------------0---------------0--
-------------------------------------------------------------
down on me as I look at you tonight
strum these chords
G A Fm
Well I tip my hat to the keeper of the stars
G Em
He sure knew what he was doin'
A D
when he joined these two hearts
D G A Fm
I hold everything when I hold you in my arms
G Em
I've got all I'll ever need
A G riff 1
Thanks to the keeper of the stars
riff 1
------2po0-------------------------------------------------
-----------3----------3-----------------------------------
-------------2------0---0---------------------------------
--0---------------0--------------------------------------
----------------0---------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
The second verse is very similar to the first and is even simplified in a few places.
Play the same picking pattern as the first verse.
2nd VERSE.
Soft moonlight on your face
oh how you shine
it takes my breath away
when I look into your eyes
I know I don't deserve
a treasure like you
there really are no words
to show my gratitude
(The song ends with a partial repeat of the 1st verse)
It was no accident
me finding you
someone had a hand in it
long before we ever knew
Riff 1 again but add a D chord slow strum at the end.
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LIE TO ME by Jonny Lang.
tune all strings down a half step (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb,)
B E
Lie to Me, and tell me everything is alright
B E
Lie to Me, and tell me that you'll stay here tonight
G A
Tell me that you'll never leave
B E
Oh, and I'll just try and make believe
G F#
That everything, everything your tellin' me is true
B
C'mon baby won't you just ...
(Chorus)
B
E F#
Lie to Me, Go ahead and Lie to Me,
c'mon' baby
yeah
B
E F#
Lie To Me Go ahead and Lie
to Me
you know what I'm talkin about
B E
Lie to Me, and it don't matter anymore
B E
It could never be, the way it was before
G A
if I can hold on to you
B E
leave me something I can hold on to
G F#
for just a little while longer, want you let me dream.
(SOLO over B,E,B,E,G,A,G,F#)
Em A D G
Anyone can see, that you love him more than me
Em A B F#
but right now, baby, let me pretend that our love will never end
(Chorus)
(SOLO out)
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WITCHITA SKYLINE by Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal.
CD: "A Few Small Repairs".
NOTE: play (Dm Dsus2 Dm Dsus2) at the * symbol
intro: F Bb (play several times)
F Bb F Bb *
down at the train they go to independence every day
F Bb F Bb *
but everyone else now seems a like a million miles away
F Dm F G
and I must have been high to beleive that I would ever leave
Bb F C F Bb F Bb
now I'm just a flat fine line like the Witchita skyline
F Bb F Bb *
I rode the airstream across the great lonesome afternoon
F Bb F Bb *
and I wished hard enough, drove fast enough to catch the moon
F Dm
but I must've been dreaming again
F G
cause there's nothing around the bend
Bb F C F Bb F Bb
except for that fine flat line the Witchita skyline
F Bb (3x) solo play chords (G# G#-A#-G#)
F Bb F Bb *
as far as Salina I can get that fine station from Larue
F Bb
I'm searching the dial
F Bb *
while I'm scanning the sky for a patch of blue
F Dm F G
and I watch the black clouds rool in chasing me back again
Bb F C F Bb
back to the flat fine line the Witchita skyline
F Bb
the Witchita skyline
F Bb (slide to) C# C Bb Ab F____ (to end)
the Witchita skyline
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WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS by George Harrison.
[Am] [Am7/G] [Am6/F#] [Fmaj7]
[Am] [G] [D] [E7]
I [Am] look at you [Am7/G] all, see the [Am6/F#] love there
that's [Fmaj7]
sleeping
[Am] While my gui[G]tar gently [D] weeps [E7]
I [Am] look at the [Am7/G] floor and I [Am6/F#] see it needs
[Fmaj7] sweeping
[Am] Still my gui[G]tar gently [C] weeps [E7]
[A] I don't know [C#m] why [F#m] nobody [C#m] told you
[Bm] How to unfold your [E7] love
[A] I don't know [C#m] how [F#m] someone cont[C#m]rolled you
[Bm] They bought and sold [E7] you.
I [Am] look at the [Am7/G] world and I [Am6/F#] notice it's
[Fmaj7] turning
[Am] While my gui[G]tar gently [D] weeps [E7]
With [Am] every mis[Am7/G]take we must [Am6/F#] surely be [Fmaj7]
learning
[Am] Still my gui[G]tar gently [C] weeps [E7]
Solo on Verse (transcribed at end)
[A] I don't know [C#m] how [F#m] you were di[C#m]verted
[Bm] You were perverted too [E7]
[A] I don't know [C#m] how [F#m] you were in[C#m]verted
[Bm] No one alerted you. [E7]
I [Am] look at you [Am7/G] all see the [Am6/F#] love there that's
[Fmaj7]
sleeping
[Am] While my gui[G]tar gently [D] weeps [E7]
[Am] Look at you [Am7/G] all . . . [Am6/F#] [Fmaj7]
[Am] Still my gui[G]tar gently [C] weeps. [E7]
Solo on Verse Twice
Solo:
C E7 Am Am7/G
Am6/F#
(e)
|------------|----------10h12-|-8~---------|------8-8~~~|~~~~~-------|
(B)
|-----13\10--|-8h10-/13-------|---10-------|-8h10-------|------------|
(G)
|------------|----------------|------------|------------|------------|
(D)
|------------|----------------|------------|------------|------------|
(A)
|------------|----------------|------------|------------|------------|
(E)
|------------|----------------|------------|------------|------------|
Fmaj7 Am G D
E7
(e)
|------8-8~~~|~~~~--------|-8-10h12p10-8-12~~|~~--15\----|---17~~~~~-|
(B)
|-8h10-------|-------8h10-|------------------|---------15p13---------|
(G)
|------------|------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
(D)
|------------|------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
(A)
|------------|------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
(E)
|------------|------------|------------------|-----------|-----------|
Am Am7 Am6
(e) |-17-17~~~-17p15h17----------15-----|----------15-------|
(B) |---------------|---17-15h17----15~-|-13h15-17----17p15-|
(G) |---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
(D) |---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
(A) |---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
(E) |---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Fmaj7 Am G
(e) |-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
(B) |-13~~--13----------|-13-13--------------|-----------------|
(G) |----------14p12h14-|--------------12----|-----------------|
(D) |-------------------|--------12h14----14-|-12-12--10h12p10-|
(A) |-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
(E) |-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
C E7
(e) |-------------------|-------------17-15-17-17p15h17-|
(B) |-------------13-13-|-15-15-17-17-------------------|
(G) |----12-14-14-------|-------------------------------|
(D) |-14----------------|-------------------------------|
(A) |-------------------|-------------------------------|
(E) |-------------------|-------------------------------|
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GO DOWN MOSES
Trad., arr. Martin Simpson
Open G tuning (DGDGBD)
Capo 3rd fret
e e e e e e e e e e e s s e e q e e
D
||----0h2--|-h3--------3p2-----------|--2h3p2--0----------0-----|
B
||---------|-------------------------|---------------1/3--------|
G
||*--------|-----2--2--------2--3p2--|-----------------------2--|
D
||*--------|-------------------------|------------0-------------|
G
||---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D
||---------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
-------------0--------|----0----------0-----0h2--|
----------2--------2--|--------------------------|
-2--2--0--------0-----|----------5/7-----2-------|
-2--------2-----------|-------0------------------|
-2--------------------|--5/7---------------------|
----------------------|--------------------------|
arp.
e e e e e e e e e s s e e q e e
h3--------3p2----------|--2h3p2--0----------0-----|
-----------------------|---------------1/3--------|
----2--2-------2--3p2--|-----------------------2--|
-----------------------|------------0-------------|
-----------------------|--------------------------|
-----------------------|--------------------------|
q e e e e e e e e e e q e e
-------------0--------|----0----------0--------|
----------2--------2--|------------------------|
-2--2--0--------0-----|----------5/7--------0--|
-2--------2-----------|-------0----------7-----|
-2--------------------|--5/7-------------------|
----------------------|------------------------|
arp.
q e e q e e q e e q e e e e e e e e e
----0--------0-----|--5--5--------5-----|--7-----------7-----------|
-------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
-7--------6--------|--5--------4-----0--|--6--6-----0--------6-----|
-0-----7--------7--|--------7-----------|--7-----7--------7-----7--|
-------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
-0-----------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
arp. arp. * *
e e s s s s e e e e e e e e e e e e
7-----5h7p5p0--3p0--------|---3p0--------------3-----|
--------------------------|---1----------------------|
---6-----------2----------|---2----2--0-----0-----2--|
---------------0-------0--|--------------3-----------|
--------------------5-----|--------------------------|
--------------------------|---0----------------------|
arp. arp.
e s s q e e s s s s q e e e e e e
0h2p0----------0-----------|---------------0--------|
---------------------------|------------2--------2--|
2-------4---2--------------|---2--2--0--------0-----|
2-------4---5--------------|---2--------2-----------|
--------4---4-----3h4p3p2--|---2--------------------|
---------------------------|------------------------|
arp.arp. arp.
e e e e q
--0----------0---||
-----------------||
--------5/7-----*||
-----0----------*||
5/7--------------||
-----------------||
== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==
---------- ----------
----5h8--- Hammeron ----(8)--- Ghost Note
---------- ----------
----5p8--- Pulloff ----------
---------- ----------
----5/8--- Slide Up -----x---- Dead Note
---------- ----------
----5\8--- Slide Down ----------
---------- ||------|| Repeat Start & End
----5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*||
---------- ||*----*||
---------- ||------||
Rhythm:
w = whole note W = dotted whole
h = half note H = dotted half
q = quarter note Q = dotted quarter
e = eighth note E = dotted eighth
s = sixteenth note S = dotted sixteenth
^ = triplet
General:
arp. = arpeggiated notes
* = stressed note
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MAGNOLIA by J. J. Cale.
{t:Magnolia}
{st:J.J. Cale}
{define:Fmaj7 base-fret 0 frets 1 3 3 2 1 0}
{define:Cmaj7 base-fret 0 frets 3 3 2 0 0 0}
Key C
[A]-----
1. [Fmaj7]Whip poor will' s[Cmaj7]ing - ing [Fmaj7]soft
sum-mer [Cmaj7]breeze
[Fmaj7]makes me think of my [Cmaj7]bay - by I [Fmaj7]left
down in New Or -
[Cmaj7]leans. I[Fmaj7] left down in New Or- [Cmaj7]leans
2. Magnolia, you sweet thing
you're driving me mad
Got to get back to you baby
You're the best I ever had.
You're the best I ever had.
{soc}
{c:Chorus:}
[Am] You whisper, "Good mo[G]rning", [Am] so gently in
my e[G]ar
[Am] I'm coming home to y[G]ou babe. [Fmaj7] I'll soon
be t[Cmaj7]here.
[Fmaj7] I'll soon be t[Cmaj7]here.
{eoc}
{c:Solo:}
[Am7]----- [G]----- [Am]----- [G]----- [Am]----- [G]-----
[Fmaj7]----- [Cmaj7]----- -
[Fmaj7]---------
{c:Repeat 2nd verse.}
{c:Ending:}
[Fmaj7] You're the best I ever had___
MAGNOLIA From "Naturally" 1st album..
Key C
Slowly
{Define Fmaj7 133210, Cmaj7 332000}
Fmaj7 | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Cmaj7
1. Whip poor will'| sing - ing | soft sum-mer| breeze
Fmaj7 | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
makes me think of my| bay - by I | left down in New Or -|
Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Cmaj7
leans. | I left down in New Or-| leans
(2nd verse follows same progression)
2. Magnolia, you sweet thing
you're driving me mad
Got to get back to you baby
You're the best I ever had.
You're the best I ever had.
Am | G | Am | G
You whisper, "Good | morning", | so gently in my |ear
Am | G | Fmaj7 | Cmaj7
I'm coming home to | you babe.| I'll soon be |there.
Fmaj7 | Cmaj7 | (Solo: Am7 G Am G Am G
I'll soon be |there. | Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7)
Then:
(Repeat 2nd verse.)
Ending: (Repeat and fade)
Fmaj7 | C
You're the best I ever had___|
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