ACCORDI
No Rain
No Rain (Pro)
No Rain3
Change
Changes 2
Change 3
All That I Need
The Pusher
Galaxie
Walk
St. Andrew's Fall
Mouthful of Cavities
Soak The Sin
Drive
Dear Ol Dad
Holyman
I Wonder
Tones of Home
Walk
No Rain
Chords
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E5 E D A G E7
022xxx 022100 xx0232 x02220 3x0003 020100
Begin with E5 E D E D E D E D
E D
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
A G E E7
I like watchin’ the puddles gather rain
E D
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
A G E E7
and speak my point of view but it’s not sane, It’s not sane
E D E D
I just want some one to say to me oh,
E D E D
I’ll always be there when you wake yeah...
E D E D
Ya know I’d like to keep my cheeks dry today
E D E D
So stay with me and I’ll have it made
E D
And I don’t understand why I sleep all day
A G E E7
And I start to complain that there’s no rain
E D
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake
A G E
It rips my life away, but it’s a great escape
escape, escape, escape
Play this during guitar solo... E D E D
E D
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
A
ya don’t like my point of view
G E
ya think that I’m insane
Its not sane, it’s not sane
E D E D
I just want someone to say to me oh,
E D E D
I’ll always be there when you wake yeah,
E D E D
Ya know I’d like to keep my cheeks dry today
E D E D
so stay with me and I’ll have it made
End with E D E D....
No Rain (Pro)
{st:Blind Melon}
{c:Introduction}
[E] [E] [E] [D] [E] oooo[D]....[E]....[D]....[E]....oh[D]
[E]All I can say is that my [D]life is pretty plain.
I [A]like watchin' the puddles [G]gather [E]rain.
And all I can do is just [D]pour some tea for two,
And [A]speak my point of view but [G]it's not [E]sane, it's not sane.
{soc}
[E]I just want [D]someone to [E]say to me, [D]oooh
[E]"I'll always [D]be there when you [E]wake." [D]
[E]You know, I'd like to [D]keep my cheeks [E]dry today[D].
[E]So stay with [D]me and I'll have it [E]made. [D]
{eoc}
[E]And I don't understand why I [D]sleep all day.
And I [A]start to complain that [G]there's no [E]rain.
And all I can do is read a [D]book to stay awake.
It [A]rips my life away, but its a [G]great [E]escape... [E]escape... [E]escape.
.. [E]escape...
{c:Instrumental}
[E]All I can say is that my [D]life is pretty plain.
You don't [A]like my point of view. You [G]think that I'm in[E]sane.
[E]It's not sane... [E]It's not sane.
{c:Chorus}
{c:Improv out with D and E}
{np}
{c:CHORDS}
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 15:07:18 -0500 (EST)
From: [email protected]
Subject: TAB: "All that I need" by Blind Melon (fwd)
Hello, this is pretty much exact tab for this beautiful song off
the album Nico:
D D&Dsus4@7thfret Dm@5th&7th&3rdfrets D Dm@7th,5th,&
Intro: E-----2---2---22---7--78-7----55--7-5555-3--3533---2---7---55-->
B-----3---3---33---8--88-8----77--7-7777-5--5755---3---8---77-->
G-----2---2---22---7--77-7----66--6-6666-4--4644---2---7---66-->
D-----0---0---00---0--00-0----00--0-0000-0--0000---0---0---00-->
A-----0---0---00---0--00-0----00--0-0000-0--0000---0---0---00-->
E-----0---0---00---0--00-0----00--0-0000-0--0000---0---0---00-->
|______________section1_______________________| |_____section2_>
3rdfrets
>-33-55-
>-55-77-
>-44-66- repeat section 2 once, then you go into the verse
>-00-00- also, section two of the intro is played
>-00-00- legato (longer,slower)
>-00-00-
>_______|
(sl between chord names means slide up the hot neck
between the chords)
verse:
Dm@5thfret D Dm@3rdfret Dm@5th fret
All that I need is the air that I breathe and all that I
D Dm@3rdfret Dm@5thfret D
need are all things I don't need. And all that really matters is
Dm@3rdfret @5th,@3rd,D
what matters to me-hee-hee.
Then (immediately):
DslD@7thfret->Dm@5thfret->Dm@3rdfret->Dm@5thfret->Dm@3rdfret->Dsus4->Dstop
. . .
E-2~7-77-5-3333-5-3-33-322-2
B-3~8-88-7-5555-7-5-55-333-3 (hard, quick,short,fast stop
G-2~7-77-6-4444-6-4-44-222-2 here)
D-0-0-00-0-0000-0-0-00-000-0
A-0-0-00-0-0000-0-0-00-000-0 <-----|
E-0-0-00-0-0000-0-0-00-000-0 |
\
And who are you a like me? (Repeat small tab section above once)
Then:
Dm@5thfret D Dm@3rdfret Dm@5thfret
If I was to smile and I held out my hand, all the nope I need
D Dm@3rdfret Dm@5thfret D
now you would not understand. Cause you know if I'm to benefit I'll do
Dm@3rdfret @5th,@3rd,D
everything that I ca-han.
Then (immediately): Do the above little middle tab section once
and stop quick at the end.
And who are you a like me?
Then: Do it again!! HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!!!!!!
Bridge: Strumming
/= 16th note
/'= staccato 16th note
./ = quarter note
Em C C@3rdfret C
//// /// /// /' ./ // ///
Repeat this once and then you go
into the second verse rhythm:
iNTRO:
E--X-x-xxx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-00-0--0--0-|
B--X-x-xxx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-00-1--3--3-|
G--X-x-xxx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-00-0--0--0-|
D--2-2-222-x-2-2-x-x-x-x-2-2-22-2--4--4-|
A--0h2-222-0-3-2-x-x-x-x-0h2-22-3--5--5-|
E--0-0-000-x-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-00-0--0--0-|
Repeat once (you can play the top three strings
open on this part if you want or you can play only the A and D strings
alternating with a lone Low E string if you want and quickly pick the
rhythm) Do whatever the funk you like, the quick picking way is what they
do on the record. Everyone needs a little KFC.)
Then: continue this rhythm while you sing the words in the second
section. These words are:
It'll make you feel good, over my shoulder, it get me up and got
me tied down, till I grew old, ah but feeeel meeeeheeee, like you want me
too, like you never doooo,
But is it just the pains in your head, that are thrilling me?,
but I'll never smile, like I did that day
I don't remember the rest of the lyrics off the top of my head,
or the bottom and sides of my head either. But you can get them if you
play the song through your stereo and smile. Thisn guitar part goes till
the end of the song.
Change
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CRD done by Menno Luitjes, February 1994
OKAY, HERE WE GO:
A Asus4 A Asus2 A Asus2 G Gsus4 G Gsus2
I don't feel the sun's com-ming out today,
G Gsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D A Asus4 A Asus2 A Asus2
I'm staying in, let's gonna find an - o - ther way.
AND PLAY THE SAME THINGY ON THE NEXT LINES...
As I sit here in this misery,
I don't think I'll ever no-no see the sun from here.
ON THE CHORUS:
D - A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
D - G - A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
D - G - A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
G - D - A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
G - D - A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
Chord-Cast (in order of appearance):
A - 002220 G - 3x0003 D - xx0232
Asus4- 002230 Gsus4- 3x0005 Dsus2 - xx0230
Asus2- 002200 Gsus2- 3x0000 Dsus4 - xx0233
^^^
?
I wrote this down when i just started playing, so there might be some
mistakes in it.
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Menno Luitjes
Isaak Hoornbeekstraat 32 PHONE: +31-(0)15-121222
2613 HH Delft EMAIL: [email protected]
the Netherlands
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From: [email protected] (Aaron Shadis)
Change 2
A G
I don't feel the suns commin out today
D G A
Stayin in, gonna find a better way.
A G
As I sit here in this misery, I don't think
D G A
I'll ever see (lord) the sun from here.
D G A D G A
And oh, as I fade away. They'll all look at me and say.
D G A
And they'll say, Hey look at him, i'll never live that way.
G D
But thats ok, Their just afraid of change.
When you feel your life ain't worth livin
You've gotta stand up and take a look arounds you
then a look way up to the sky.
And when your deepest thoughts are broken
keep on dreamin boy, cause when you stop dreamin
its time to die.
And as we play the darts of tomarrow
some ways will work and other ways we'll play.
But I know we can't all stay here forever
so I want to write my words on the face of the sky,
.. and then they'll paint it.
(Verse chords for solo)
And oh as I fade away, they'll all look at me and say,
And they'll say, hey look at him and where he is these days,
When life is hard you have to change.
When life is hard you have to change.
When life is hard you have to change.
The vocals get alittle hard to fit in, in the second verse and chorus.
Listen to the CD, you'll get the general idea. Alot of the time he plays
the A chord hes doing this riff thing. It looks like this in tab:
E -0-------0--0--0--0-
B -2-------3--2--0--2-
G -2-------2--2--2--2-
D -2-------2--2--2--2-
A -0-------0--0--0--0-
E --------------------
Again listen to the CD to here where he does the riff and to get the
feel.
Aaron Shadis
[email protected]
Time
Blind Melon
from the album Blind Melon
Words by Shannon Hoon
Music by Blind Melon
transcribed by Travis Miguez ([email protected])
Other transcriptions done by me: Still Remains -S.T.P.
All the Things I Wasn't - Grapes of Wrath
*Blind Melon riffs are hard to transcribe so I just did the bulk of the song so it sounds good if you play it on an acoustic guitar. The end of the song is anybody's guess and I have never heard it done the same way twice so improvise or just end it on the Am chord.
Am E
Intro: (Strumming Pattern)
1 2 & 4 & 1 2 & 4 &
---------0-0-x-x-||--0---0------0-0-0-|-0---0-----0-0-0--||
-------1---1-x-x-||--1---1------1-1-1-|-0---0-----0-0-0--||
-----2-----2-x-x-||*-2---2------2-2-2-|-1---1-----1-1-1-*||
---2-------2-x-x-||--2---2------2-2-2-|-2---2-----2-2-2--||
-0---------0-x-x-||*-0---0------0-0-0-|-2---2-----2-2-2-*||
-----------------||-------------------|-0---0-----0-0-0--||
(Like Intro)
Am E C C
So Long So Long, Bye.
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh
Am E
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh
Am E
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh
Am E
Fill 1
Oooooh
-0-0---0-0-0-----------------||
-1-1---1-1-1----------P------||
-0-0---0-0-0--H--0-0-2^0--P--||
-2-2---2-2-2-0^2---------2^0-||
-3-3---3-3-3-----------------||
-----------------------------||
Repeat Ooooh part
Guitar like Intro Part with the C fill (i.e. the ooooh part)
Am E
All these people here they won't
leave me alone and we
need a little time to ourselves
And half the reasons why I'm
sketchin all the time
The result of this life in hell
F (N.C.)-let F ring
But oh well, I think its time
Riff 1
Am Am7 Am F E
---5---
/ \ 1 & & 3
-3-3-3-3-0--|-0-0----0-0--|-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0----||------------
-1-1-1-1-1--|-1-1----1-1--|-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0----||------------
-2-2-2-2-2--|-2-2----2-2--|-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1---*||------------
-2-2-2-2-2--|-2-2----2-2--|-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2----||------------
-0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0----0-0--|-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2---*||------------
------------|-------------|---------|-0-0-0-0----||------------
(Strum Pattern like first 2 bars above but with E in second bar)
Am E
My faith is falling like the
leaves from a tree
Am E C
The pockets both take it away
The sun warms my body as I'm
sitting on a swing watchin'
columbus clouds bring in the rain
F (N.C.)-let F ring
But Oh well, I think its time
(Riff 1 four times (timing for words follow chord pattern))
(Am) (F) (E) (Am)......
its time to go
Chorus
(1 3 ) (1 2 3 4) - Strumming Pattern
D A
My mind is playing tricks on
me all the time
D A E
To let you know that I am real
And all the worries you build
up inside your soul
The ones that make your world stand still..
(N.C.) - (let E ring)
Mean you can feel
(Riff 1) x 4 -lyric timing as above
That its time to go (on first time)
Am (strum)
(Am) x3 (E)
Base part: -------||----------------
---0-2-||-----x-----x----
-0-----||-2-2-x-2-2-x-2-2
-------||----------------
Are you fed up, are you fed up with me
Do you think that you could do better?
Partly Muted Chords:
(A) (E)
Five fed up faces with the
itch to kill the king
(A) (E) (C)
Blood red sunrise and a breath to air that's clean
I drink from the faucet from the
porch I take a pee. I
(A) (E) C - loud
look at you through the bushes, where you can't see me
Chorus 2 (Play like chorus 1)
I laugh and slip into
another state of mind
To let you know that I am real
And all the worries that build
up inside your soul
The ones that make your world stand still....
(N.C.)-let E ring
Mean you can feel
(Riff 1)
That its time to go.
Outro (effects, solos etc., free time)
All That I Need
D D&Dsus4@7thfret Dm@5th&7th&3rdfrets D Dm@7th,5th,&
Intro: E-----2---2---22---7--78-7----55--7-5555-3--3533---2---7---55-->
B-----3---3---33---8--88-8----77--7-7777-5--5755---3---8---77-->
G-----2---2---22---7--77-7----66--6-6666-4--4644---2---7---66-->
D-----0---0---00---0--00-0----00--0-0000-0--0000---0---0---00-->
A-----0---0---00---0--00-0----00--0-0000-0--0000---0---0---00-->
E-----0---0---00---0--00-0----00--0-0000-0--0000---0---0---00-->
|______________section1_______________________| |_____section2_>
3rdfrets
>-33-55-
>-55-77-
>-44-66- repeat section 2 once, then you go into the verse
>-00-00- also, section two of the intro is played
>-00-00- legato (longer,slower)
>-00-00-
>_______|
(sl between chord names means slide up the hot neck
between the chords)
verse:
Dm@5thfret D Dm@3rdfret Dm@5th fret
All that I need is the air that I breathe and all that I
D Dm@3rdfret Dm@5thfret D
need are all things I don't need. And all that really matters is
Dm@3rdfret @5th,@3rd,D
what matters to me-hee-hee.
Then (immediately):
DslD@7thfret->Dm@5thfret->Dm@3rdfret->Dm@5thfret->Dm@3rdfret->Dsus4->Dstop
. . .
E-2~7-77-5-3333-5-3-33-322-2
B-3~8-88-7-5555-7-5-55-333-3 (hard, quick,short,fast stop
G-2~7-77-6-4444-6-4-44-222-2 here)
D-0-0-00-0-0000-0-0-00-000-0
A-0-0-00-0-0000-0-0-00-000-0 <-----|
E-0-0-00-0-0000-0-0-00-000-0 |
\
And who are you a like me? (Repeat small tab section above once)
Then:
Dm@5thfret D Dm@3rdfret Dm@5thfret
If I was to smile and I held out my hand, all the nope I need
D Dm@3rdfret Dm@5thfret D
now you would not understand. Cause you know if I'm to benefit I'll do
Dm@3rdfret @5th,@3rd,D
everything that I ca-han.
Then (immediately): Do the above little middle tab section once
and stop quick at the end.
And who are you a like me?
Then: Do it again!! HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!!!!!!
Bridge: Strumming
/= 16th note
/'= staccato 16th note
./ = quarter note
Em C C@3rdfret C
//// /// /// /' ./ // ///
Repeat this once and then you go
into the second verse rhythm:
iNTRO:
E--X-x-xxx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-00-0--0--0-|
B--X-x-xxx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-00-1--3--3-|
G--X-x-xxx-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-0-00-0--0--0-|
D--2-2-222-x-2-2-x-x-x-x-2-2-22-2--4--4-|
A--0h2-222-0-3-2-x-x-x-x-0h2-22-3--5--5-|
E--0-0-000-x-0-0-0-3-2-0-0-0-00-0--0--0-|
Repeat once (you can play the top three strings
open on this part if you want or you can play only the A and D strings
alternating with a lone Low E string if you want and quickly pick the
rhythm) Do whatever the funk you like, the quick picking way is what they
do on the record. Everyone needs a little KFC.)
Then: continue this rhythm while you sing the words in the second
section. These words are:
It'll make you feel good, over my shoulder, it get me up and got
me tied down, till I grew old, ah but feeeel meeeeheeee, like you want me
too, like you never doooo,
But is it just the pains in your head, that are thrilling me?,
but I'll never smile, like I did that day
I don't remember the rest of the lyrics off the top of my head,
or the bottom and sides of my head either. But you can get them if you
play the song through your stereo and smile. Thisn guitar part goes till
the end of the song.
The Pusher
(sent to me by Daniel Cavazos)
these two chords make the song up:
E - 022100
A7 - 002223
E A7 E
Snow flakes running over my ear....
thats the verse.. the guitar does an awesome little diddly on the A7.
then for the post chorus :
F A
God damn.... God damn that bible pushing man
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Soup
----
E|-0-2---4-2------------4-------0---------------5----------------------4----
---0---------------5--------------
B|-0------------------5-------0-------0-------2-----0---0------------5------
-0-------0-------2-----0---0------
G|----------------4-----------------------------------------------4---------
----------------------------------
D|------------4-6---2---------------1---2-4-------------------4-6---2-------
--------1---2-4-------------------
A|------------------------4-2-----4---------0-----0---0---2-4------------4-2
-----4---------0-----0---0---2-4--
E|-0---0--------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------
E|-4----4-----5-----7-----5-----4-----------------------4----4-----5-----7--
---5-----4---------------7-7-5----
B|-5-5----5-----5-----5-----5-----5---2-4-------2-4-----5-5----5-----5-----5
-----5-----5---2-4----------------
G|----------------------------------------4-2-1-----4-2---------------------
-------------------4-2-1----------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------
E|-0---0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------------0---0----0-----0----
-0-----0-----0--------------------
E|----------------------4-------0---------------5----------------------4----
---0---------------5-------------0
B|--------------------5-------0-------0-------2-----0---0------------5------
-0-------0-------2-----0---0-----0
G|----------------4-----------------------------------------------4---------
---------------------------------1
D|------------4-6---2---------------1---2-4-------------------4-6---2-------
--------1---2-4------------------2
A|------------------------4-2-----4---------0-----0---0---2-4------------4-2
-----4---------0-----0---0---2-4-2
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------0
E|-4----4-----5-----7-----5-----4-----------------------4----4-----5-----7--
---5-----4---------------7-7-5----
B|-5-5----5-----5-----5-----5-----5---2-4-------2-4-----5-5----5-----5-----5
-----5-----5---2-4----------------
G|----------------------------------------4-2-1-----4-2---------------------
-------------------4-2-1----------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------
E|-0---0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------------0---0----0-----0----
-0-----0-----0--------------------
E|----------------------4-------0---------------5----------------------4----
---0---------------5--------------
B|--------------------5-------0-------0-------2-----0---0------------5------
-0-------0-------2-----0---0------
G|----------------4-----------------------------------------------4---------
----------------------------------
D|------------4-6---2---------------1---2-4-------------------4-6---2-------
--------1---2-4-------------------
A|------------------------4-2-----4---------0-----0---0---2-4------------4-2
-----4---------0-----0---0---2-4--
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------
E|----------------------------0--0--0--0--0--0--2--0------------------------
----------------------------------
B|---------------2-2-----4----2--4--2--4--0--2--3--0------------------------
----------------------------------
G|-----------1----------------2--4--2--4--1--2--2--1------------------------
----------------------------------
D|-----1-2-4-----------6---6-----4--2--4--2--2--0--2------------------------
----------------------------------
A|-2-4------------------------0--0--0--0--2--0--0--2------------------------
----------------------------------
E|-------------2-----4-----------0--0--0--0--0--0--0------------------------
----------------------------------
Galaxie
Tabbed by Duncan Koerber <[email protected]>
Just a few tips: For the heavy parts, play partial chords
(G5 instead of G for example). For the chorus use the full chords.
E G D
Is this the place that I want to be
E G D
Is it you I want to see
E G D
Holding on,
E G D
hold it high, show me everything
E G D
And you're leaving me
E G D
Yeah you're leaving me
E G D
You're leaving me with
E G D
hated identity
Chorus
C G Am
But I keep on a comin' here and standing
E
in this state
C G
And I'm never really sure if you'll take
Am E
What I'm saying the right way
C G
But I'm not appalled or afraid verbal pocket play
Am E
Is as discreet a I can muster up to be
C G
Because the Cadillac that's sittin' in the back
Am
It isn't me
E G C
Oh no no no it isn't me
E G D
I'm more at home in my galaxie
E G D
Can I do the things I wanna do
E G D
That I don't do because of you
E G D E
And I'll take a left then I'll second
G D
guess into a total mess
E G D
And you're leaving me
E G D
yeah you're leaving me
E G D E G D
You're leaving me with hated identity
CHORUS
E G C
No no no no it isn't me
No no no no it isn't me
No it isn't me
I'm more at home in my galaxie
CHORDS:
Am - x02210
C - x32010
D - x57775
E - x22100
G - 320033 or 355433
Walk
"Walk" by Blind Melon, from the album Soup
Written by Blind Melon (as One)
Copyright 1995 Capitol Records, Inc.
transcribed by Kevin Ozbirn
This song really isn't that hard, the rhythm is probaly the
hardest part, knowing where to stop and all, but this is easily
picked up off the record.
(I usually play these chords they way they are in the tab,
but they can be played other ways without making much
difference.)
Song starts off with an arpeggiated Am chord like this:
(standard tuning)
---------------------
--------(1)----------
-------2-------------
-----2---------------
---0-----------------
---------------------
And then jumps into the chord progression of Am-C-G-F, which
seems to be continued throughout the song.
The chords in the intro go something like this
Am C G F
Am * C G (rest)
* there's a little "walk up" right here to the C, so the chord
isn't quite played all the way, like this.
The time between the C note and the rest of the
chord is very small. The G chord is hit almost
right after the C, so there shouldn't be more than
2 strums of the C.
-----------------3--3------
----1------------3--3------
----2------------0--0------
----2-----------2---0------
----0---0--2--3------------
--------------------3------
This really isn't all that important, the song will sound just
the same w/o it.
Just keep the same rhythm as in the intro for the verses of the
song, all of the rests fall after the G chord. For the little
breakdown part towards the end the lyrics and chords go like
this. (This is my best guess at the timing, but again it's real
easy to pick up off the record)
Am C
And my feet are so cold
G F
And I can't believe that I have to bang my head against this
Am C G F
wall again But the blows they have just a little more
Am C
space in between them
G F (start strumming again)
gonna take a breath and try and try again
The song then jumps into the Am-C-G-F progression after the word
"again" for the rest of the song.
I haven't tried to figure out the mandolin parts yet, but they're
definately in A minor (I think....)
This is a really good song.
The lyrics are in the album, so I don't see any need to put them
here.
St. Andrew's Fall
guitar 1 (accoustic)
e - - 5 - 5 - 0 - 0 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 5 - 0 - 5 - 5 - -
B - - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - -
G - - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - -
D - - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - -
A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1st end
* 2x *
e - - 5 - 5 - 0 - 0 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 5 - 9 - 5 - 5 - - 0 - 0 - 5 - 5 - 5 -
B - - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - - 0 - 0 - 5 - 5 - 5 -
G - - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 -
D - - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 -
A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7- -7 -
E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - 5 - 5- -5 -
2nd end /sl
e - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1- - - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
B - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 1- - - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2- - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
D - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - X - 3- - - 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3- - - 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
E - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1- - - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
guitar 2 (elec., little fuzz) 2x
e - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
B - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G - - - - - 6 - - - - 6 - X - 6 ^ 7 ^ 6 ~ ~ ~ -
D - - / 7 - - - / 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2x
e - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
B - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
D - - - - - 9 - X - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 7 - 7 - - -
A - - / 9 - - - - - - - - - - 7 ^ 9 - - - - - - - -
E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
During the "buy the sky/climb these vines" part, guitar 2 does this:
A - - 3 / 5 - 3 - 2 - - - -
E - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
"twenty stories below" part
D - - 7 - - - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 3 3 3 3 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
A - - 7 - X - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 3 3 3 3 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
E - - 5 - X - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
guitar 1 last part - repeat a bunch
e - - 2 - 2 - - 2 - - - - 3 - 3 - - 5 - 5 - - 3 - 3 - - - - - -
B - - 3 - 3 - - 3 - X - - 3 - 3 - - 5 - 5 - - 3 - 3 - - - - - - -
G - - 4 - 4 - - 4 - X - - 4 - 4 - - 6 - 6 - - 4 - 4 - - - - - - -
D - - 4 - 4 - - 4 - X - - 5 - 5 - - 7 - 7 - - 5 - 5 - - - - - - -
A - - 2 - 2 - - 2 - - - - 5 - 5 - - 7 - 7 - - 5 - 5- - - - - - -
E - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 3 - - 5 - 5 - - 3 - 3 - - - - - -
These are the main riffs, listen to the song and put them together in
the right order.
Guitar 1 is Shannon, guitar 2 is Rogers, and Chris is doing something on
an electric similar to guitar 1's part, but I can't make it out. The 3
guitars together make a beautiful sound.
If I had to pick a favorite Blind Melon song this might be it.
Tobe Stokes
Mouthful of Cavities
------0--0-0------0-0---------------------------0--0-0-----------
------0--0-0------0-0-------3p0---0--0--0--0----0--0-0-----------
------0--0-0------0-0------------4--3--2--0-----0--0-0-----------
---2--2--2-2------2-2------------------------2--2--2-2-----------
---------------3--3-3--3/5---------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
------0-0--------------------------------------------------------
------0-0---------5h7--7-7---5h7--7-7---7--5---------------------
------0-0---------5h7--7-7---5h7--7-7---7--5---------------------
------2-2---------5h7--7-7---5h7--7-7---7--5----------(repeat)---
---3--3-3--3/5---------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
That's the basic riff for the whole song, except for one small
chord change that I'm too lazy to fugure out,and at the end of =
the song when they turn on the distortion they play E C and D
and the little 5h7 thing (at the end of the tab).
This is the first time I've posted anything. I think it's alot =
closer than the "cavities" version I've found. Please let me
know if it sounds o.k., if you know how to use e-mail, I don't.
Also if you know any Blind Melon songs post em', or send me a copy
Thanks 12/13/95
from:[email protected]
Soak The Sin
Chords
------
G5 Bflat5 C C5 F5 D5 F
355xxx x133xx x32010 x355xx 133xxx x577xx 133211
G
3x0003
Begin with G5 Bflat5 C G5
G5
I’ve got to buy some shoes these ones are getting loose
my feet are shrinking in the sun, and it ain’t fun
C5 Bflat5 F5 G5
But it looks like rain up ahead in forty miles.
C5 D5
A big rainbow took the blue sky
G5
I’m gonna tell my momma, I love her so
F G F G5
thank you for giving me these bones of gold
F G
Yeah, jump in the ri----ver and let the
F G5
water soak the sin in my soul (Repeat with 2nd verse)
(Second Verse)
Fine time we all crossed lines
make the music that makes us feel fine
Rednecks on sun decks hearing a hillside Romeo say
"Boy’s this is the good shit, so come on all and eat a little bit."
And if I ever go back home, I'm gonna set. (chorus)
F5 G5 F5
Don’t even say a word, it con fuses me.
G5 F5
Whatever he says to do, is that we don’t have to.
G5 F5 G5 G5
I said we don’t have to.
Dear Ol Dad
Chords
------
B5 D5 A5 E5 F#5 G B Bm
x244xx x577xx x022xx 022000 244xxx 3x0003 024442 024432
E A
022100 x02220
B5
Come now and listen babe
D5 A5
I gotta reason why I behave
B5
Like a child with a light in eyes
D5 E5 F#5
Running naked on a cold winter night
B5
Like a pigeon that's spreadin' his wings
D5 A5
to fly away to better things
B5
Like a hammer that has made a dent
D5 E5 F#m G
in every little single cent you’ve spent
B G
Said oh God you’ve got to help me a little bit
B
you’ve got to have a relief file for me
B5
Now I know I’m always right, that’s a
D5 A5
thought that never even crossed my mind
B5
Don’t touch me there I’ve gotta be pure
D5 E5 F#m
So smack that hand, and read this verse
B5 D5 A5
So I wrecked your life, what the heck
B5 D5 E5 F#5 Bm G
My new found faith will pay by check
E G Bm G A
This life’s took a toll on my soul
Bm G E G Bm
Oh_______yeah________ this life's took a toll on my soul
G A Bm G E G Bm G A Bm G E G Bm G A G
So this is me and that’s my song
And I guess that you can see that we don’t get along
I’ve shut the doors on what we had
so now she can sleep with her Dear ol’ Dad
my eyes are dry and my hands are clean
and I can’t believe all the things I’ve seen
-Chorus-
Oh My God!!
Paper Scratcher
Chords
------
E D C A B C#m
022100 xx0232 x32010 x02220 023332 046654
E D C
Shuffle can to can nobody really gives a damn
A D E
For every living day I give myself a hand
Now I’m scratchy as can be
D C
I got all you normals looking at me
A
I’ll scratch a hole in my life so everyone can see
A B E
My mind is a mind that I have come to know
And my eyes can’t conceive a world that can not grow
C D A
And Fridays are always fresh days
Screamin’ at the sun, don’t really
Know what he has done
He don’t believe in God and a world as one
So he rambles through the weeds
And he will sleep beneath the trees
C D A
And on the day I die, Thank God my soul will be released
B A B A E E
I’ve seen all your eyes
And I’ve seen all your faces
Can you tell me honestly that you wanna be free?
Then look in my eyes I’ve been lots of places
Can you tell me honestly that you’d want to be me
C#m B E D
Would you wanna be me?
C#m B E D C#m B E D
Honestly
C#m B E D C#m B E D C#m B E
I Wonder
Chords:
D G C Dm G/B A D5
xx0232 3x0003 032010 000231 02x033 x02220 0133xx
D5 G/B C
Hey I'd like to daze away to a place no one has known
Dm
In a state of mind I could call mine
G/B C
That only I could own
Dm
Where I could hum a tune anytime I choose,
G/B C
and there's no such thing as time
Dm
Where I can feel no pain just calm and sane
G/B C D G
What a place for one to find
C D G
Now you see I'm watching everything I do
D C
and they're watching everything I say
D G D
so they will leave me, leave me be
C D G D C
Whoa, leave me be
C C D C
Why am I e--ven here? Oh, and I wonder
D A G A
You leave me wondering
(bridge)--A G A G/B A G A G A G A G A G A G A G A G
D C D G
Oh, Won't you stop watching me
D C D G D C
I said they're watching me, watching me, watching me, yeah
2nd Verse
Now in my corner I got the ceiling in my eyes
Arms holding up my knees
And rocking back and forth's my life
I didn't mean to feel this way
When I walked into the door, Lord
Then they ripped away my memories
And I can't remember who I was before
D C D C G D D C
And I only wanted to be sixteen
G D D C G D C G D
and free, yeah
D C G D C G D5
And I wonder
This is one of my favorites!!-John Strougal
Tones of Home
Chords
------
D C Fmaj7 G F Dm7 Dm E13
xx0232 032010 xx3210 3x0003 133211 xx0211 xx0231 0x0122
Begin with D C D C D C D C D
D Fmaj7 D G
What do you think they would say
F D Fmaj7 D G F D
If I stood up and I walked away
Fmaj7 D G F
Nobody here really understands me
D Fmaj7 D G F D C
And so I’ll wave goodbye I’m fine, I'm fine
D D C D
Tones of home
C D
Said you don’t like the way I’m living
G D
Tones of home, tones of home
C D
And so I wave goodbye.
C D
I’m flyin’ I’m fly-in’ home
And I always thought this would be
the land of milk and honey
Oh but I came to find out that it’s
all hate and money
And there’s a canopy of greed holding me down.
-Chorus-
D D Dm7
See I’m so high to you, so I’ll fade away
I said your on your own
Your Mom and Daddy said, that your sister said,
and your brother's saying, is saying
Everybody is saying everybody, is
saying I, I, I gotta go!!
All my friends patronize me and they say
Yo hey boy! Have you found what your looking for.
It seems they don’t really know me
Cause it’s here and its what they can’t see.
-Chorus-
end with Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm C Dm
C D E13
fly-in, I'm fly-in home
Change 3
A Asus4 A Asus2 A Asus2 G Gsus4 G Gsus2
I don't feel the sun's com-ming out today,
G Gsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D A Asus4 A Asus2 A Asus2
I'm staying in, let's gonna find an - o - ther way.
AND PLAY THE SAME THINGY ON THE NEXT LINES...
As I sit here in this misery,
I don't think I'll ever no-no see the sun from here.
ON THE CHORUS:
D - A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
D - G - A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
D - G - A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
G - D - A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
G - D - A - Asus4 - A - Asus2 - A
Chords
A - 002220 G - 3x0003 D - xx0232
Asus4- 002230 Gsus4- 3x0005 Dsus2 - xx0230
Asus2- 002200 Gsus2- 3x0000 Dsus4 - xx0233
Holyman
Chords
------
D C(add D) D5 C5 G5 F5 C
xx0232 032030 x577xx x355xx 355xxx 133xxx x32010
D/F# C/E D7 C7
2x0230 003010 xx0212 x32310
D C(add D D C(add D)
D C(add D)
I was born on the banks off a hot muddy river
D C(add D)
The child of one stupid steamy night
D C(add D)
Born to roam beneath the sun
D C(add D) D
What do you think of me, I’m better left alone
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5
Said I met a holy man who said that he knew the way
D5 C5 G5 D5 F5 C5
And he’d like to show me so my life won't go astray
D5 C5 G5 D5 C5 G5
Take my hand child now little boy don’t you be afraid
D5 C5 G5 D5 F5 C
I’ll take your soul and walk on water
D C(add D) D
Holyman, ya don’t understand
C(add D)
The cuts on me they run much deeper
D C(add D)
Holyman, you righteous man
D C(add D)
I’ve been shown the way a thousand times
D D/F# C/E C D D/F# C/E C D
Not one a keeper
Older man he said I’ll tell you boy
You’ve planted rotten seeds
And in a land of happiness
They’ll grow us evil trees
Guided minds, and eyes that will never see
Holyman I’ll tell you
Just what it is that I believe
-Chorus-
Holyman I tell you man you gotta
Believe in what you see
‘Cause its you that corrupt us man and
Deep throat philosophy
I don’t need your spells or the little
Games you try to pull on me
Come to think of it I don’t need your religion
-Chorus-
D D7 C7 D7 C7 D7 C7 D7 C7 D7
I gotta look away
C7 D7 C7 D7 C7 D7 D C(add D) D C(add D) D
I wish you would understand
Everybody prays
Let me find my own way
-Chorus-
C(add D) D
Let me find my own way Holy man
C(add D) D
ya don't understand the cuts on me
C(add D) D C(add D)
they run much deeper Holy man you righteous man
D C(add D)
I've been shown the way a thousand times
D C(add D) D C(add D)
not one a keeper Not one a keeper
D C D C
Not one a keeper Not one a keeper
D C D
Not one a keeper
No Rain3
Chords
------
E5 E D A G E7
022xxx 022100 xx0232 x02220 3x0003 020100
Begin with E5 E D E D E D E D
E D
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
A G E E7
I like watchin’ the puddles gather rain
E D
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
A G E E7
and speak my point of view but it’s not sane, It’s not sane
E D E D
I just want some one to say to me oh,
E D E D
I’ll always be there when you wake yeah...
E D E D
Ya know I’d like to keep my cheeks dry today
E D E D
So stay with me and I’ll have it made
E D
And I don’t understand why I sleep all day
A G E E7
And I start to complain that there’s no rain
E D
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake
A G E
It rips my life away, but it’s a great escape
escape, escape, escape
Play this during guitar solo... E D E D
E D
All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
A
ya don’t like my point of view
G E
ya think that I’m insane
Its not sane, it’s not sane
E D E D
I just want someone to say to me oh,
E D E D
I’ll always be there when you wake yeah,
E D E D
Ya know I’d like to keep my cheeks dry today
E D E D
so stay with me and I’ll have it made
End with E D E D....
Chords
Am E7 C Fm7 Fmaj7 F A
x02210 020100 032010 121111 xx3210 133211 x02220
E D
022100 xx0232
Start with: Am E7 Am E7 Am E7 C
Am E7 Am E7 Am E7 C
Woo hoo woo hoo, woo hoo
(Repeat again)
Am E7 Am E7
All these people they would leave me alone
Am E7 C
And we need, a little time to our--selves
Am E7 Am E7
And half the reasons why I’m sketching all the time
Fm7 E7 C
The result of a life in this hell
Fmaj7
But oh well, I think it’s time
Am Fmaj7 E7 Am F E7
Am E7 Am E7
My faith is falling like the leaves from a tree
Am E7 C
The pockets both take it away
Am E7
The sun warms my body as I’m
Am E7
Sittin’ on a swing watching
Am E7 C
Columbus clouds bring in the rain oh well
Fmaj7 Am
I think it’s time
Fmaj7 E7 Am Fmaj7 E7 Am
think its time to go
Fm7 E7 Am Fm7 E7
D A D A
***My mind is playing tricks on me all the time
D A E
To let you know that I am real
D A D A
And all the worries you build up inside your soul
D A E
The ones that make your world stand still...
Am Fmaj7 E7 Am
Mean you can feel, that it’s time to go..
Fmaj7 E7 Am No chord
Are you fed up, Are you fed up with me?
Do you think you could do better?
Five fed up faces with the itch to kill a king
Blood red sunshine, and a breath to air that’s clean
I drink from the faucet
From the porch I take a pee
I look at you through the bushes
C
Where you can’t see me
(Same part as ***)
I laugh and slip into another state of mind
To let you know that I am real
And all the worries you build up inside your soul
The ones that make your world stand still
Means you can feel, that it’s time to go
End with: Fmaj7 E7 Fmaj7 E7 D Am D Am
Drive
Chords
------
E A E/B D E5 B D(add E) C#m7
022100 x02220 x22100 xx0232 022000 024442 000252 046456
D#
001343
Begin with: E A E/B A E/B D E5
Then:
E
His feet are dirty and his face, his face is long
A
And while he’s peeking out
Through his hair he hides the pain
B E D(addE)
Till that Lennon song comes along
C#m7 E/B
He’ll turn it off and say can you drive?
E D(add E) C#m7 E/B E D(add E) C#m7 E/B
Drive can you drive?
E D(add E) C#m7 E
Drive can you drive
D D# E D D# E
Jimmy, we need to borrow this for a minute
Cause we need to escape
E
Now there’s so many things that
He’s gonna do in 5 lifetimes
Hell I couldn't do ‘em all
A
And while he’s rolling his own smokes
He says to me he’s buying a new ride today
A classic deal the boss will give
A E/B D E5
He said the same thing two weeks ago
(2nd Verse)
You’ve seen that sweaty jet rag
Feeling come over him, and I’ve
Seen that boy nod into a dream a time or two
And on his way out his glazed stare
Will make you stop and wonder
Hey William is that the last time
I’m gonna look at you?
But the next day the phone will ring
And it will be him. Can you drive?
E
What would you say
D DE# E
What would you do
D D# e
Or should I pray?
D D# E D D# E
Or do you think that this blind mind
D D# E D D# E D D# E D D#E D D# E
would listen to me, an-y-way