BUFFALO TOM - "big red letter day album" Tablature
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Album: Big Red Letter Day by Buffalo Tom (version 0.85, May 1994)
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Compilation by P.A. van Elsas (email : a.vanelsas@io.tudelft.nl)
Efren Leonida (email : eleonida@mail.sas.upenn.edu)
Menno Luitjes (email : M.Luitjes@TWI.TUDelft.NL)
Jeremy Price (email : etljype@etlxd20.ericsson.se)
Ed Cheng (email : ascheng@netcom.com)
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Ok, being inspired by all the other people putting compilations of albums on the
net, I figured that it was time to start something myself. I have included in
this file some tabs and crds of songs of this GREAT album by Buffalo Tom.
I don't know if the songs provided are correct. I DO know that some of the
lyrics typed are not correct. I have listened to some songs over and over
again, and just can't figure out what is being said.
If anyone has any additions, corrections, or extra info for the songs OR the
lyrics for this album then please contact me. In return I will award you with
eternal fame as your name will appear in the credit list. Hope someone will
enjoy this. If you don't know the album, BUY IT !!!, it's well worth your money.
Also, don't pay too much attention to the chord names. My chord theory is no
good, so they are bound to be wrong. Again, corrections are welcome !
Here yah go,
Alexander.
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The songs are :
1. Sodajerk Attached
2. I'm Allowed Attached
3. Tree house Attached
4. Would Not Be Denied Attached
5. Latest Monkey Attached
6. My responsibility Needed
7. Dry land Attached
8. Torch singer Attached
9. Late at night Attached
10. Suppose Needed
11. Anything that way Attached
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CHANGES : Added Sodajerk, Treehouse, Late at night, Dry Land, and Torch
Singer. Added more versions of certain songs.
Changed many chord names using ChordMagic posted on the net.
since v0.75 : Added Anything that way, changed some more lyrics, added yet
another version (sort of) of I'm Allowed !
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SONG : Sodajerk (version provided by Efren)
intro:
G - - - C/G - - - Cmaj7
|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|3-------------------------0-0-0-|1-------------------------0-0-0-|
|0-------------------------0-0-0-|0-------------------------0-0-0-|
|0-------------------------0-0-0-|2-------------------------2-2-2-|
|2-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
G - - - C - - - Cmaj7
|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|3-------------------------0-0-0-|1---------------------1---0-0-0-|
|0-------------------------0-0-0-|0---------------------0---0-0-0-|
|0-------------------------0-0-0-|2---------------------2---2-2-2-|
|2-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
G - - - C/G - - - Cmaj7
|3---3-3-----3-3-----3-3---------|3---3-------3-------3-----------|
|3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-0-0-0-|1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-0-1-0-0---|
|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---|
|0-------0-------0-------0-0-0-0-|2-------2-------2-------2-------|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|3-------3-------3-------3-------|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|3---------------3-------3-------|
G - - - C - - - Cmaj7
|3---3-3-----3-3-----3-3---------|3---3---3---3---3-------3-------|
|3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-0-0-0-|1---1-0-1---1-0-1-----0-1-0-0---|
|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---|
|0-------0-------0-------0-0-0-0-|2-------2-------2-------2-------|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|3-------3-------3-------3-------|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|3---------------3-------3-------|
The last four measures are repeated throughout the verse.
The "Could my eyelids" progression looks like this:
G - - - Gsus2(add C#)- - -
|3-3-3---------------------------|3-3-3---------------------------|
|3-3-3---------------------------|2-2-2---------------------------|
|0-0-0-----etc-------------------|0-0-0---etc---------------------|
|0-0-0---------------------------|0-0-0---------------------------|
|2-2-2---------------------------|0-0-0---------------------------|}(These two
|3-3-3---------------------------|3-3-3---------------------------|}strings are
optional, I leave them out)
C/G - - - D - C -
|3---3-------3-------3-----------|2-----2---2-2-2-3-----3---------|
|1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-0-1-0-0---|3---3-3---3-3-3-1---1-1---1-1-0-|
|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---|2---2-2---2-2-2-0---0-0---0-0-0-|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|0---0-----0-0-0-2---2-2---2-----|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|----------------3---------------|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|--------------------------------|
play the intro between verses. The little phrase he throws in between verses
looks like this:
G - - - C/G - - - Cmaj7
|3-----------------3-2---3-3-----|3-----------------------3-------|
|3-----------------3-------3---0-|1-----------------------1---0-0-|
|0-------------------------------|0-----------------------0---0-0-|
|0-------------------------------|2-----------------------2---2-2-|
|2-------------------------------|3-----------------------3-------|
|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
solo: (two guitars on the album - you can play it over the chords by yourself)
G - - - C - - -
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3---3-3-3---3-3-3-1-1-1---0-0-0-|1---1-0-1---1-0-1-1-0-----------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------2---0-0-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G - - - C - - -
|------------------0-------------|------------------------0-------|
|3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-1---0-0-0-|1---1-0-1---1-0-1---3-------3---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|back to
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|the intro
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|riff
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
The "solid angle" progression is just arpeggiations of the intro.
outro:
G - - - C - - -
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3---3-3-3---3-3-3-1-1-1---0-0-0-|1---1-0-1---1-0-1-1-0-----------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------2---0-0-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G - - - C - - -
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------0-2-|2-------------------------------|
|------------------0-2-3---------|--------------------------------|
|----------------3---------------|--------------------------------|
The song ends with a couple more measures of arpeggiation and then the
last two measures of the outro again.
Lyrics :
Watch an eyeball
Take a free fall
At the mention of a name
In it's socket
Like a rocket
Rises just the same
Could my eyelids
Cover what I did
Shut another door
Could these eardrums
Could these ceilings
Tame my feelings
Kneel down on the floor
Jerk my fountain
Ice cream mountain
I suppose I'm just too late
Form a line here
I think I'll die here
As people nauseate me
If my patience
Were a spaceship
High up in a void
I would rise up
Hypnotized here
Listen where I sing
Risen from where I (something)?
A solid angle
Legs to dangle
Off the counters edge
Soft words spoken
Promises broken
I close my eyes instead
Could my eyelids
Cover what I did
Shut another door
Could these ceilings
Tame my feelings
Kneel down on the floor
Kneel down on the floor
Kneel down on the floor
Kneel down on the floor
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SONG : I'm Allowed
Note: the chord progression stays the same throughout the song. Listen to the
song to get some sort of a picking pattern. Meanwhile you can get away with the
following.
Verse:
EbMaj9
Gm Csus2 Cm Csus2 (Add A) Bbm
e-----3-------3-----------------6----6---6---||
B-----3-------3--4-3-3-4--------6----6---6---||
G-----3--5-3--5-----------------8----6---6---|| repeat for the verse
D-----5-------5-----------------8----8---8---||
A-----5-------3-----------3-5-6-6----8---8---||
E--3--3-------x-----------------x--6-6-5-6-5-||
Here Ed Cheng writes (It's about the same as I play it too, I didn't notate all
the strums that I use, Alexander) :
>The way I play it (pretty much the same as Efren's):
>
>(Capo 3rd fret)
> Gm Cm E Bb A/Bb
>e-----3--3-3--3----3-3--------3-3-3-3-------6---6---||
>B-----3--3-3--4-p3-3-4--------4-4-4-4-------3---3---||
>G-----3--5-3--5----5-3--------3-3-3-3-------3---3---|| etc.
>D-----5--5-5--5----5-5--------3-5-5-3-------3---3---||
>A-----5--5-5--3----3-3----3-5-6-6-6-6-------x---x---||
>E--3--3--3-3--x----x-x--------x-x-x-x-----6-6-5-5---||
> (p=pull-off)
Chorus: All power chords. Just Hit :
Bb5 C5 Eb5
e-------x-x--------x-x------------
B-------x-x--------x-x------------
G-------x-x--------x-x--8-8-------
D--8-8--x-x--10-10-x-x--8-8-------
A--8-8--x-x--10-10-x-x--6-6-------
E--6-6--x-x--8--8--x-x------------
Another version provided by Ed Cheng :
>...and the way I do the chorus (different from Efren's):
>Bb C7sus9(x35333x) E
Listen to the strumming pattern, it's not difficult at all.
Gm Csus2
Waited for an answer
EbMaj9 Bbm
But I waited for 25 years
Gm Csus2
They stopped my bleedin'
EbMaj9 Bbm
But could never stop all those tears
Gm Csus2
Waited for the day when
EbMaj9 Bbm
You came out from beneath all that weight
Gm Csus2
I tried to lift you
EbMaj9
But it seems I got there too
Bb5 C5 Eb5
Late
Bb5 C5 Eb5
Just to late
Bb5 C5 Eb5
Just to late
Bb5 C5 Eb5 Bb5
Cause I'm allo_________wed
Note : Music repeats in the same manner from here....
Came to the party
But I got my own signals crossed
Thought I was welcome
But I felt like I should get lost
Know that I'm older
Cause I feel that everywhere
I could talk to no one
Cause I knew not one person
There
No one there
They just stare
They're allowed
Vivid as a car wreck
Watch them dripin' off highway ramps
Came to me smiling
Her heart underneath both her hands
She spoke of the French boy
At least two times through the night
Could have been the liquor
Or the music that isn't
Right
That's allright
She's allowed
I'm allowed
I'm allowed
I'm allowed
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SONG : I'm Allowed (version provided by Efren)
Place a capo on the third fret for this song. Tabs are given for
when the third fret is capoed. The chord names above the tabs are
the relative open chords for when the third fret is capoed, with the
real chord names in parentheses.
Basically, there is one major chord progression:
(Rhythm pattern is not completely correct - listen to the recording
to get the right pattern)
h=hammer on
p=pull off
Em(Gm) - - - Am(Cm) - - -
e|--------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
b|--------0-------------------1-1-|1---1---1p0-----0-h-1-----------|
g|--------0-------------2-0-0-----|2-------2-------2---------------|
d|2-------2-----------------------|2-------2-----------------------|
a|2-------------------------------|------------------------0---2---|
E|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C(Bb) - - - G(Bb) - D/F#(F/A)
|--------------------------------|3--------3-------2-----2-3-2----|
|------------1---1-------1-------|3--------3-------3-----3----3---|
|0---------------0-0-0---0-------|0--------0-------2-----2--------|and back to
|0---h---2-------0---0---0-------|0--------0-------0--------------| Em
|3-------3-----------------------|2----------------0--------------|
|--------------------------------|3----------------2--------------|
The change during "noone's there" line is just this progression for
four measures:
G(Bb) - Am(Cm) - C(Bb) - - -
|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|3---3---3-----------------------|
|0---0---0---0---1---1---1---1---|1---1---1-----------------------|
|0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---|0---0---0----etc----------------|
|0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2-----------------------|
|2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---|3---3---3-----------------------|
|3---3---3---3-------------------|--------------------------------|
then play G D/F# E into the main progression again.
solo (played over the main progression):
Em(Gm) - - - Am(Cm) - - -
|--------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------0-------------0-----1-1-|1---1---1p0-----0-h-1-----------|
|--------0-------------2-0-0-----|2-------2-------2---------------|
|2-------2-----------------------|2-------2-----------------------|
|2-------------------------------|------------------------0---2---|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C(Bb) - - - G(Bb) - D/F#(F/A)
|--------------------------------|--------3-------2------2----2---|
|---------------1---3----1-0-----|--------3-------3--------3------|
|---------------0----------------|0-------0-------2---------------|
|0-------2-----------------------|0-------------------------------|
|3-------3-----------------------|2-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
Em(Gm) - - - Am(Cm) - - -
|--------2---------------3---2---|0-------------------------------|
|--------0-----------------------|1-------1p0-----0-h-1-----------|
|--------0-----------------------|--------2-------2---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------2-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------0---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C(Bb) - - - G(Bb) - D/F#(F/A)
|--------------------------------|--------3-----------------------|
|---------------1---3----1-0-----|--------3-----------------------|
|---------------0----------------|--------0-----------------------|
|0-------2-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------3-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------2---3---2---0---|
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SONG : Treehouse (version provided by Jeremy)
Here is the intro and verse for "Treehouse":
G Cadd9
1 a & a 2 a & a 3 a & a 4 a & a 1 a & a 2 a & a 3 a & a 4 a & a
e|3-------3-----3-3---3---3---3---|3-------3-----3-3---3---3---3---|
B|3-------3-----3-3---3---3---3---|3-------3-----3-3---3---3---3---|
G|4-------4-----4-4---4---4---4---|5-------5-----5-5---5---5---5---|
D|5-------5-----5-5---5---5---5---|5-------5-----3-5---3---5---3---|
A|5-------5-----3-5---3---5---3---|3-------3-----3-3---3---3---3---|
E|3-------3-----3-3---3---3---3---|--------------------------------|
This pattern is used for almost the whole song, eith the exception
of the end of the chorus which is just D C D C
then back to the above.
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SONG : Tree House (version provided by Efren)
This is a pretty easy song - just G C and D chords. Listen
to the cd for the rhythm. You can capo the third fret if you want
(I've seen Bill do that in concert), but it isn't necessary. Chords
are written for no capo.
Main progression:
switch between a G-G7 chord and a Csus2-Cmaj7sus2 chord.
G-G7 Csus2-Cmaj7sus2
3 3
3 3
4 5p4h5
5p3p5 5
5 3
3 X
2nd progression:
(at the "way up in the trees"-type lines)
switch between a D chord and a C-Csus4 chord
D C-Csus4
5 3
7 5h6p5
7 5
7 5
5 3
X X
at the "rotted to the core" part, it's just a G and Csus2 progression
lyrics:(need lots of help)
Seasons change and I have found you
Looks like you've been here a long time
Looks like you're here to stay
And I've reasoned that that's ok
When though, when will you be leaving
Way up in the trees
Flame on the scenes(??)
> OR : A flood on the seas?
A candle for your voice(??)
Well I have no choice
Your bird drizzles forth across my way(??)
And I watch and hold on to you so tightly
You were made of wood and cried that no one understood
But I had splinters in my fingers
Tears were in my eyes
no surprise
I was slipping from the sands
Into my hands
Into my hands
Treehouse, your mind is like a treehouse
I climb up the shaky ladder
Your bird flies with you in claws of orange hue
And I watch you flying over my head
You could not care less
So you got more
A driftwood from the shore
You were rotten to the core
rotten to the core
Seasons change...
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SONG : Would not be denied
Intro Riff :
Csus2 Gmaj7 Csus2 Gmaj7
e--------3-3-3----2-2-2----3-3-3----2-2-2-||
B--------3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-||
G--------0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-||
D--------0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-||
A--0-2-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-||
E-----------------------------------------||
Csus2 Gmaj7 Amin
e--------3-3-3----2-2-2----||
B--------3-3-3----3-3-3----||
G--------0-0-0----0-0-0----||
D--------0-0-0----0-0-0----||
A--0-2-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2--0-||
E--------------------------||
This riff is also used throughout the song. Usually the Amin at the end will be
strummed, instead of only the bass note.
Bridge :
During the bridge basically 3 chords are used : Bm (x24432), C5 (x355xx),
and Amin (x02210)
Csus2 Gmaj7
Would not be released
Csus2
Could not be denied
Gmaj7
Tried to say the words
Csus2 Gmaj7
Got tripped up inside
Csus2 Gmaj7
To murder them with guns
Csus2
Poison them with lies
Gmaj7
Take a persons life
Amin
You can't squelch his pride
Note : Music repeats in the same manner from here....
The city is not my own
This world is not my home
Carry it on my back
As far as my feet will go
Opened up my eyes
Offered up my cloak
Opened up my mouth
Knot's tied in my throat
Will not be denied
Will not be denied
Bm
If not for innocence my
C5
Guilt would stop right here
Bm
Been livin' all my life in
C5 Amin
the span of just one year
Bm
My mouth's a hurricane
C5
Something inside just died
Bmin
I'd always just assume
C5 Amin
My evil would subside
Could I've been misled
Could you have misread
Please don't punish me
Things I have not said
The lasts a lonely mile
I'll remember it for a while
You'll never speak to me
Unless it's to revile
Will I be denied
Will I be denied
Will I be denied
Will I be denied
Will not be denied
Denied
Denied
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SONG : Would Not Be Denied (version provided by Efren)
This is probably the only Buffalo Tom song that I find it
easier to play with barre chords. Listen to the recording to
get the right rhythm.
Main progression:
Mainly just a C and Bm progression. Lead up to the C by playing
ascending A and B notes on the fifth string, and add the
minor 6th to the Bm chord:
C Bm-sus6min(? is this the right name?)
3 2h3
5 3
5 4
5 4
0-2-3 2
X X
after repeating this progression a number of times (varies in the song)
play an Am chord. (high to low strings:01220X)
The "Will not be denied" part is the same progression with overdriven
guitars.
2nd progression:
At the "if not for innocence"part is just this progression
(same chord formations without the add-ons)
|Bmin |C |
|Bmin |C Amin | (repeat 2x)
play with overdriven guitars.
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SONG : Latest Monkey
Intro :
Bb5 C5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 Eb5
e-------------------------------------------------||
B-------------------------------------------------||
G------------------8-8-8------------------------8-||
D-8-8-8--10-10-10--8-8-8--8----8-8-8--10-10-10--8-||
A-8-8-8--10-10-10--6-6-6--8----8-8-8--10-10-10--6-||
E-6-6-6--8--8--8---x-x-x--6----6-6-6--8--8--8---x-||
Verse :
Only the chords are shown here. Again listen to the music for the strumming
pattern.
Bb5 Eb5 D5 C5 Eb5
e-------------------------||
B-------------------------||
G---------8--7---------8--||
D-----8---8--7----10---8--||
A-----8---6--5----10---6--||
E-----6---x--x----8----x--||
Bb5 Eb5
Newest clown
D5 C5
Cries an old type of tears
Eb5
Watch them fall
Bb5 Eb5
There they lie
D5 C5
Crispy ancient and they leak
Eb5
Formaldehyde
Bb5 C5
Go........ing
Eb5 Bb5
Going I'm gone
Bb5 C5
Go away
Eb5 Bb5
Going
Note : Music repeats in the same manner from here....
As tears they sit
Crusty rusted in a box
Inside a drawer
Grandpa's news
Fragile words are yellowed through
Forever more
Going
Going I'm gone
Go away
Going
Note : After this chorus, repeat the intro riff and then repeat this during
the next three lines.
Bb5 C5
Sadder than sad
Eb5 Bb5
She's feeling bad
Bb5 C5 Eb5
Monkey's the one who laughs last
Hold me down
Cut me loose when
Nighttime falls
And lifts away
I'm a ball
Bouncing off the brick wall
Into the day
Going
Going I'm gone
Go away
Going
Gone
I am gone I am gone
Go away
Going
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SONG : Latest Monkey (version provided by Efren)
Capo the third fret again to play open chords. The chord names are the
relative open chords for when the third fret is capoed, with the real
chord names in parentheses. (Tabs are also with a capo on the third fret)
Opening chord progression is:
| G(Bb) A(C) | C(Eb) G(Bb) | G(Bb) A(C) | C(Eb) |
Progression 2 (played twice through the verses) is:
| G(Bb) C(Eb) | Em/B(Gm/D) Em5(Gm5) | Asus2(Csus2) | C(Eb) |
The progression through the chorus is similar to the opening progression, just
add that high Bb on the first string to all the chords
(i.e. for when the third fret is capoed: G(Bb) A(C) C(Eb) )
e 3 3 3
b 3 2 1
g 0 2 0
d 0 2 2
a 2 0 3
E 3 X X
| G(Bb) | A(C) | C(Eb) | G(Bb) ) (repeat twice)
the mini-solo played before the second verse looks like this:
(played over progression 2)
h=hammer on s=slide
p=pull off
e-------------0-------0-------------------------------0h3---3---------
b-0---1---3---------------1---0---0h1p0---1---0---------------------0-
g-------------------------------------------------0-----------1s2-----
d---------------------------------------------------------------------
a---------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
b---3---0---------------------------1----s--3---3---1---0---3---------
g--------------2--------0-----------------------------------0---------
d------------------2--------0---2---------------------------0---------
a---------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
the "sadder than sad" progression is just the same as the opening progression
(repeat the first two measures 3 times and then play the last two measures to
lead into the next verse)
the song ends on the intro progression.
chords:
G(Bb) A(C) C(Eb) Em/B(Gm/D) Em5(Gm5) Asus2(Csus2)
3 0 0 0 X 0
3 2 1 0 X 0
0 2 0 0 X 2
0 2 2 2 2 2
2 0 3 2 2 0
3 X X X 0 X
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SONG : Dry Land (version provided by Efren)
Capo the fifth fret to play open chords. The chord names given
are the relative open chords, with the real chord names in
parentheses. Tab is given for when the fifth fret is capoed.
Chords:
D(G) A(D) D7(G7) G(C) Em(Am)
2 0 2 X 0
3 2 1 3 0
2 2 2 0 0
0 2 0 0 2
X 0 X 2 2
X X X 3 0
opening progression:
part 1:
| D(G) A(D) | D7(G7) G(C) | D(G) A(D) | D7(G7) G(C) |
part 2:
| Em(Am) | A(D) | Em(Am) | A(D) G(C) |
part 1 of the opening progression is also played through the verses,
while part 2 is played through the chorus
solo: (played over part 2)
---------------------------------------------------------3s2-----3-3s5
-----------------------------------------0-----------0h3--------------
---------------------------0---------0-2--2p0-0--0h2------------------
-2-------0-0-0----0h2--2h4----2----2----------------------------------
-2---0-2--------------------------------------------------------------
-0--------------------------------------------------------------------
--5---5s3-------------------------------------------------------------
-----------3s5-3---3---3-3-3------------------------------------------
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SONG : Dry Land
I wanted to add my version to this song, if you don't own a capo you could try
something like this. It's probably not perfect but sounds allright to me !
(Lyrics are provided by Efren)
The chords I use (No Capo !) : Gsus2 = 300033
GMaj9 (F# Bass) = 200032
G(No 3rd) (D Bass) = xx0033
D = xx0232
Am = x02210
Intro : Gsus2 GMaj9 G(No 3rd) GMaj9 (repeat twice)
Am d Am d
lyrics:
Gsus2 GMaj9
She comes to me
G(No 3rd) GMaj9
In her pre-washed bright blue jeans
Gsus2 GMaj9
Bag sewn tightly
G(No 3rd) GMaj9
Pursed lips are kissing me
Gsus2 GMaj9
I got to college
G(No 3rd) GMaj9
Just a few miles down the road
Gsus2 GMaj9
Will we remember
G(No 3rd) GMaj9
Something we've never been told
Am D
Come up on dry land
Amin
Had too much to drink
D
I'm tired I need some sleep
Note : Music repeats in the same manner from here....
Come September
Cold mornings open up
Make incisions
And cold? egos will erupt
And did you find
Hidden in your mind's deep recess
When the going gets tough
You and I must take a rest
Come up on dry land
Your coming into your own
Hey that's not my fault
Come up on to this Dry Land
Won't you let me lend a hand
Come up on to this Dry Land
When I surfaced
My mouth opened up like fish
Breathe through gills now
And I'm making one small wish
To have you beside me
Then there's noone who can do me harm
The devil inside me
At least then I can stay warm
Come up on dry land
She understood her fate
She did these things too late
Come up on to this dry land
Won't you let me lend a hand
Come up on to this dry land
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SONG : Torch Singer
The chords I use for this song are : GMaj9 (F# Bass) = 200032
Csus2 = x30033
G = 320033
Listen to the song for the strumming pattern, it isn't difficult.
G GMaj9
These things crawl across my floor
Csus2 GMaj9
I can't use them anymore
G GMaj9
There's a heaven in her band
Csus2 GMaj9 Csus2 GMaj9 Csus2 GMaj9
Alleluias in my hand
Note : Music repeats in the same manner from here....
All my patience left its side
She's just climbed the stage and died
Nights that rose and fell again
Songs I think I knew the end Oho
Csus2 G
Her voice trailed off in the air
Though your miles are more than mine
Things I've taken in a bind
It's for certain, it's for sure
I've no use for them no more
Making room within oneself
For another song to hell
And it all comes back to me
As I walk home ???? down the street?
oho
G GMaj9 Csus2 GMaj9
And it all comes back to me (And it all comes back to me)
And it all comes back to me (And it all comes back to me)
And it all comes back to me (And it all comes back to me)
As I walk with mother down the street
She's mother in disguise (?)
??????? in the skies
Islands hidden in the skies?
But this morning so I say
It's a big red letter day
???? skins not wet but that's enough
Worse things salvage is not sought
There's some things I've got to say
Cuase you wouldn't understand anyway
There are mouthes between our hearts
Their salvation ????????
Oho
I'm forsaken in the end (I'm forsaken in the end)
I'm forsaken in the end (I'm forsaken in the end)
I'm forsaken in the end (I'm forsaken in the end)
I'm forsaken in the end (I'm forsaken in the end)
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SONG : Late At Night (version provided by Menno)
[i] INTRO:
D // D(2) D / Dsus2 //// D D(2) D /
[ii] PLAY THIS AT THE VERSES:
Dsus2-D // D(2) D Dsus2 O A(2)-Am
I-i close my door at ni-ight
Am / / / A(2)-C
But they get in all-right
C / / / G/D //// D //
And she turns on the light
(3 TIMES) AND AT THE END DO THE 'G/D-D' BREAK ONE TIME EXTRA.. THEN PLAY
[iii] THE CHORUS, LIKE THIS (I hope):
C G
If I could hold them in my hand
G O-Am
I'd make them under-stand
Am C
I'm not a haunted mind
C G/D //// D //
I'm not a thoughtless kind
(2 TIMES) AND AGAIN AN EXTRA 'G/D-D' BREAK.
THE SONG ENDS WITH PLAYING THIS 3 TIMES:
Am C
I do it if I could
C G/D //// D //
I hope you know I would
LYRICS:
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I close my door at night,
But they get in allright,
And she turns on the light.
I, I held her hands so tight,
'Cause words don't come out right,
When she sees things at night.
But me, I'm closer to the door,
I don't get scared no more,
But i don't know the score.
(CHORUS:)
If I could hold them in my hand,
I'd make them understand.
I'm not a haunted mind,
I'm not a thoughtless kind.
If I could put them in a jar,
I know they wouldn't starve. (??)
I do it if I could,
I hope you know I would.
(END:)
I do it if I could,
I hope you know I would. (3x)
CHORD-CAST (in order of appearance):
D - xx0232 A(2) - 002200 G/D - 3x0033
D(2) - xx0233 Am - 002210 G - 3x0003
Dsus2 - xx0230 C - x32010
OTHER CRAPY FEATURES:
O = Play all strings (between two chords just 'play' 000000)
/ = Repeat chord
- = Fast change
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SONG : Anything That Way (version provided by Ed)
capo 3rd fret
G: 355433
D: x57775 (x57785)
C: x35553 (x35533)
Em: x79987
A: 577655
add miscellaneous hammer-ons to the D and C chords
Intro: G D C (X2) ...same chord progression continues throughout verse
The moon was full your whisky sour
Oh girl there's no need to be so down
Cause when you walk with me in the beginning of the day
You say I don't need anything that way
I'm wishing things could be the same
When things got broken you came
My moods were always changing they were blue then brown then grey
You say I don't need anything that way
You say I don't need anything that way
D Em
I'm fighting tooth and nail
A
Against these demons in my head
No matter where I'm sleeping
My history's right there in bed
When things blew open you flew in
I was caught red-handed once again
Was I really robbing you of the best days of your life
I'm sorry I never meant anything that way
G D C
G D C
G D Em C(use 8th fret barre chord)
G D C
The mailman came this way today
He said no sir I've got nothing for you today
Went outside in the morningtime but I got lost along the way
You say I don't need anything that way
No no I don't need anything that way
Oh no I don't need anything that way
I don't need anything that way that way
I don't need anything that way
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Compilation by P.A. van Elsas (email : a.vanelsas@io.tudelft.nl)
Efren Leonida (email : eleonida@mail.sas.upenn.edu)
Menno Luitjes (email : M.Luitjes@TWI.TUDelft.NL)
Jeremy Price (email : etljype@etlxd20.ericsson.se)
Ed Cheng (email : ascheng@netcom.com)
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Ok, being inspired by all the other people putting compilations of albums on the
net, I figured that it was time to start something myself. I have included in
this file some tabs and crds of songs of this GREAT album by Buffalo Tom.
I don't know if the songs provided are correct. I DO know that some of the
lyrics typed are not correct. I have listened to some songs over and over
again, and just can't figure out what is being said.
If anyone has any additions, corrections, or extra info for the songs OR the
lyrics for this album then please contact me. In return I will award you with
eternal fame as your name will appear in the credit list. Hope someone will
enjoy this. If you don't know the album, BUY IT !!!, it's well worth your money.
Also, don't pay too much attention to the chord names. My chord theory is no
good, so they are bound to be wrong. Again, corrections are welcome !
Here yah go,
Alexander.
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The songs are :
1. Sodajerk Attached
2. I'm Allowed Attached
3. Tree house Attached
4. Would Not Be Denied Attached
5. Latest Monkey Attached
6. My responsibility Needed
7. Dry land Attached
8. Torch singer Attached
9. Late at night Attached
10. Suppose Needed
11. Anything that way Attached
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CHANGES : Added Sodajerk, Treehouse, Late at night, Dry Land, and Torch
Singer. Added more versions of certain songs.
Changed many chord names using ChordMagic posted on the net.
since v0.75 : Added Anything that way, changed some more lyrics, added yet
another version (sort of) of I'm Allowed !
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SONG : Sodajerk (version provided by Efren)
intro:
G - - - C/G - - - Cmaj7
|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|3-------------------------0-0-0-|1-------------------------0-0-0-|
|0-------------------------0-0-0-|0-------------------------0-0-0-|
|0-------------------------0-0-0-|2-------------------------2-2-2-|
|2-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
G - - - C - - - Cmaj7
|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|3-------------------------0-0-0-|1---------------------1---0-0-0-|
|0-------------------------0-0-0-|0---------------------0---0-0-0-|
|0-------------------------0-0-0-|2---------------------2---2-2-2-|
|2-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
G - - - C/G - - - Cmaj7
|3---3-3-----3-3-----3-3---------|3---3-------3-------3-----------|
|3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-0-0-0-|1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-0-1-0-0---|
|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---|
|0-------0-------0-------0-0-0-0-|2-------2-------2-------2-------|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|3-------3-------3-------3-------|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|3---------------3-------3-------|
G - - - C - - - Cmaj7
|3---3-3-----3-3-----3-3---------|3---3---3---3---3-------3-------|
|3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-0-0-0-|1---1-0-1---1-0-1-----0-1-0-0---|
|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----0-0-0-0---|
|0-------0-------0-------0-0-0-0-|2-------2-------2-------2-------|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|3-------3-------3-------3-------|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|3---------------3-------3-------|
The last four measures are repeated throughout the verse.
The "Could my eyelids" progression looks like this:
G - - - Gsus2(add C#)- - -
|3-3-3---------------------------|3-3-3---------------------------|
|3-3-3---------------------------|2-2-2---------------------------|
|0-0-0-----etc-------------------|0-0-0---etc---------------------|
|0-0-0---------------------------|0-0-0---------------------------|
|2-2-2---------------------------|0-0-0---------------------------|}(These two
|3-3-3---------------------------|3-3-3---------------------------|}strings are
optional, I leave them out)
C/G - - - D - C -
|3---3-------3-------3-----------|2-----2---2-2-2-3-----3---------|
|1---1-0-1---1-0-1---1-0-1-0-0---|3---3-3---3-3-3-1---1-1---1-1-0-|
|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---|2---2-2---2-2-2-0---0-0---0-0-0-|
|2-------2-------2-------2-------|0---0-----0-0-0-2---2-2---2-----|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|----------------3---------------|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|--------------------------------|
play the intro between verses. The little phrase he throws in between verses
looks like this:
G - - - C/G - - - Cmaj7
|3-----------------3-2---3-3-----|3-----------------------3-------|
|3-----------------3-------3---0-|1-----------------------1---0-0-|
|0-------------------------------|0-----------------------0---0-0-|
|0-------------------------------|2-----------------------2---2-2-|
|2-------------------------------|3-----------------------3-------|
|3-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
solo: (two guitars on the album - you can play it over the chords by yourself)
G - - - C - - -
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3---3-3-3---3-3-3-1-1-1---0-0-0-|1---1-0-1---1-0-1-1-0-----------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------2---0-0-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G - - - C - - -
|------------------0-------------|------------------------0-------|
|3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-1---0-0-0-|1---1-0-1---1-0-1---3-------3---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|back to
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|the intro
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|riff
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
The "solid angle" progression is just arpeggiations of the intro.
outro:
G - - - C - - -
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3---3-3-3---3-3-3-1-1-1---0-0-0-|1---1-0-1---1-0-1-1-0-----------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------2---0-0-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G - - - C - - -
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------0-2-|2-------------------------------|
|------------------0-2-3---------|--------------------------------|
|----------------3---------------|--------------------------------|
The song ends with a couple more measures of arpeggiation and then the
last two measures of the outro again.
Lyrics :
Watch an eyeball
Take a free fall
At the mention of a name
In it's socket
Like a rocket
Rises just the same
Could my eyelids
Cover what I did
Shut another door
Could these eardrums
Could these ceilings
Tame my feelings
Kneel down on the floor
Jerk my fountain
Ice cream mountain
I suppose I'm just too late
Form a line here
I think I'll die here
As people nauseate me
If my patience
Were a spaceship
High up in a void
I would rise up
Hypnotized here
Listen where I sing
Risen from where I (something)?
A solid angle
Legs to dangle
Off the counters edge
Soft words spoken
Promises broken
I close my eyes instead
Could my eyelids
Cover what I did
Shut another door
Could these ceilings
Tame my feelings
Kneel down on the floor
Kneel down on the floor
Kneel down on the floor
Kneel down on the floor
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SONG : I'm Allowed
Note: the chord progression stays the same throughout the song. Listen to the
song to get some sort of a picking pattern. Meanwhile you can get away with the
following.
Verse:
EbMaj9
Gm Csus2 Cm Csus2 (Add A) Bbm
e-----3-------3-----------------6----6---6---||
B-----3-------3--4-3-3-4--------6----6---6---||
G-----3--5-3--5-----------------8----6---6---|| repeat for the verse
D-----5-------5-----------------8----8---8---||
A-----5-------3-----------3-5-6-6----8---8---||
E--3--3-------x-----------------x--6-6-5-6-5-||
Here Ed Cheng writes (It's about the same as I play it too, I didn't notate all
the strums that I use, Alexander) :
>The way I play it (pretty much the same as Efren's):
>
>(Capo 3rd fret)
> Gm Cm E Bb A/Bb
>e-----3--3-3--3----3-3--------3-3-3-3-------6---6---||
>B-----3--3-3--4-p3-3-4--------4-4-4-4-------3---3---||
>G-----3--5-3--5----5-3--------3-3-3-3-------3---3---|| etc.
>D-----5--5-5--5----5-5--------3-5-5-3-------3---3---||
>A-----5--5-5--3----3-3----3-5-6-6-6-6-------x---x---||
>E--3--3--3-3--x----x-x--------x-x-x-x-----6-6-5-5---||
> (p=pull-off)
Chorus: All power chords. Just Hit :
Bb5 C5 Eb5
e-------x-x--------x-x------------
B-------x-x--------x-x------------
G-------x-x--------x-x--8-8-------
D--8-8--x-x--10-10-x-x--8-8-------
A--8-8--x-x--10-10-x-x--6-6-------
E--6-6--x-x--8--8--x-x------------
Another version provided by Ed Cheng :
>...and the way I do the chorus (different from Efren's):
>Bb C7sus9(x35333x) E
Listen to the strumming pattern, it's not difficult at all.
Gm Csus2
Waited for an answer
EbMaj9 Bbm
But I waited for 25 years
Gm Csus2
They stopped my bleedin'
EbMaj9 Bbm
But could never stop all those tears
Gm Csus2
Waited for the day when
EbMaj9 Bbm
You came out from beneath all that weight
Gm Csus2
I tried to lift you
EbMaj9
But it seems I got there too
Bb5 C5 Eb5
Late
Bb5 C5 Eb5
Just to late
Bb5 C5 Eb5
Just to late
Bb5 C5 Eb5 Bb5
Cause I'm allo_________wed
Note : Music repeats in the same manner from here....
Came to the party
But I got my own signals crossed
Thought I was welcome
But I felt like I should get lost
Know that I'm older
Cause I feel that everywhere
I could talk to no one
Cause I knew not one person
There
No one there
They just stare
They're allowed
Vivid as a car wreck
Watch them dripin' off highway ramps
Came to me smiling
Her heart underneath both her hands
She spoke of the French boy
At least two times through the night
Could have been the liquor
Or the music that isn't
Right
That's allright
She's allowed
I'm allowed
I'm allowed
I'm allowed
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SONG : I'm Allowed (version provided by Efren)
Place a capo on the third fret for this song. Tabs are given for
when the third fret is capoed. The chord names above the tabs are
the relative open chords for when the third fret is capoed, with the
real chord names in parentheses.
Basically, there is one major chord progression:
(Rhythm pattern is not completely correct - listen to the recording
to get the right pattern)
h=hammer on
p=pull off
Em(Gm) - - - Am(Cm) - - -
e|--------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
b|--------0-------------------1-1-|1---1---1p0-----0-h-1-----------|
g|--------0-------------2-0-0-----|2-------2-------2---------------|
d|2-------2-----------------------|2-------2-----------------------|
a|2-------------------------------|------------------------0---2---|
E|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C(Bb) - - - G(Bb) - D/F#(F/A)
|--------------------------------|3--------3-------2-----2-3-2----|
|------------1---1-------1-------|3--------3-------3-----3----3---|
|0---------------0-0-0---0-------|0--------0-------2-----2--------|and back to
|0---h---2-------0---0---0-------|0--------0-------0--------------| Em
|3-------3-----------------------|2----------------0--------------|
|--------------------------------|3----------------2--------------|
The change during "noone's there" line is just this progression for
four measures:
G(Bb) - Am(Cm) - C(Bb) - - -
|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|3---3---3-----------------------|
|0---0---0---0---1---1---1---1---|1---1---1-----------------------|
|0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---|0---0---0----etc----------------|
|0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2-----------------------|
|2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---|3---3---3-----------------------|
|3---3---3---3-------------------|--------------------------------|
then play G D/F# E into the main progression again.
solo (played over the main progression):
Em(Gm) - - - Am(Cm) - - -
|--------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------0-------------0-----1-1-|1---1---1p0-----0-h-1-----------|
|--------0-------------2-0-0-----|2-------2-------2---------------|
|2-------2-----------------------|2-------2-----------------------|
|2-------------------------------|------------------------0---2---|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C(Bb) - - - G(Bb) - D/F#(F/A)
|--------------------------------|--------3-------2------2----2---|
|---------------1---3----1-0-----|--------3-------3--------3------|
|---------------0----------------|0-------0-------2---------------|
|0-------2-----------------------|0-------------------------------|
|3-------3-----------------------|2-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
Em(Gm) - - - Am(Cm) - - -
|--------2---------------3---2---|0-------------------------------|
|--------0-----------------------|1-------1p0-----0-h-1-----------|
|--------0-----------------------|--------2-------2---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------2-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------0---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C(Bb) - - - G(Bb) - D/F#(F/A)
|--------------------------------|--------3-----------------------|
|---------------1---3----1-0-----|--------3-----------------------|
|---------------0----------------|--------0-----------------------|
|0-------2-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------3-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------2---3---2---0---|
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SONG : Treehouse (version provided by Jeremy)
Here is the intro and verse for "Treehouse":
G Cadd9
1 a & a 2 a & a 3 a & a 4 a & a 1 a & a 2 a & a 3 a & a 4 a & a
e|3-------3-----3-3---3---3---3---|3-------3-----3-3---3---3---3---|
B|3-------3-----3-3---3---3---3---|3-------3-----3-3---3---3---3---|
G|4-------4-----4-4---4---4---4---|5-------5-----5-5---5---5---5---|
D|5-------5-----5-5---5---5---5---|5-------5-----3-5---3---5---3---|
A|5-------5-----3-5---3---5---3---|3-------3-----3-3---3---3---3---|
E|3-------3-----3-3---3---3---3---|--------------------------------|
This pattern is used for almost the whole song, eith the exception
of the end of the chorus which is just D C D C
then back to the above.
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SONG : Tree House (version provided by Efren)
This is a pretty easy song - just G C and D chords. Listen
to the cd for the rhythm. You can capo the third fret if you want
(I've seen Bill do that in concert), but it isn't necessary. Chords
are written for no capo.
Main progression:
switch between a G-G7 chord and a Csus2-Cmaj7sus2 chord.
G-G7 Csus2-Cmaj7sus2
3 3
3 3
4 5p4h5
5p3p5 5
5 3
3 X
2nd progression:
(at the "way up in the trees"-type lines)
switch between a D chord and a C-Csus4 chord
D C-Csus4
5 3
7 5h6p5
7 5
7 5
5 3
X X
at the "rotted to the core" part, it's just a G and Csus2 progression
lyrics:(need lots of help)
Seasons change and I have found you
Looks like you've been here a long time
Looks like you're here to stay
And I've reasoned that that's ok
When though, when will you be leaving
Way up in the trees
Flame on the scenes(??)
> OR : A flood on the seas?
A candle for your voice(??)
Well I have no choice
Your bird drizzles forth across my way(??)
And I watch and hold on to you so tightly
You were made of wood and cried that no one understood
But I had splinters in my fingers
Tears were in my eyes
no surprise
I was slipping from the sands
Into my hands
Into my hands
Treehouse, your mind is like a treehouse
I climb up the shaky ladder
Your bird flies with you in claws of orange hue
And I watch you flying over my head
You could not care less
So you got more
A driftwood from the shore
You were rotten to the core
rotten to the core
Seasons change...
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SONG : Would not be denied
Intro Riff :
Csus2 Gmaj7 Csus2 Gmaj7
e--------3-3-3----2-2-2----3-3-3----2-2-2-||
B--------3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3----3-3-3-||
G--------0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-||
D--------0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-||
A--0-2-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-||
E-----------------------------------------||
Csus2 Gmaj7 Amin
e--------3-3-3----2-2-2----||
B--------3-3-3----3-3-3----||
G--------0-0-0----0-0-0----||
D--------0-0-0----0-0-0----||
A--0-2-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2--0-||
E--------------------------||
This riff is also used throughout the song. Usually the Amin at the end will be
strummed, instead of only the bass note.
Bridge :
During the bridge basically 3 chords are used : Bm (x24432), C5 (x355xx),
and Amin (x02210)
Csus2 Gmaj7
Would not be released
Csus2
Could not be denied
Gmaj7
Tried to say the words
Csus2 Gmaj7
Got tripped up inside
Csus2 Gmaj7
To murder them with guns
Csus2
Poison them with lies
Gmaj7
Take a persons life
Amin
You can't squelch his pride
Note : Music repeats in the same manner from here....
The city is not my own
This world is not my home
Carry it on my back
As far as my feet will go
Opened up my eyes
Offered up my cloak
Opened up my mouth
Knot's tied in my throat
Will not be denied
Will not be denied
Bm
If not for innocence my
C5
Guilt would stop right here
Bm
Been livin' all my life in
C5 Amin
the span of just one year
Bm
My mouth's a hurricane
C5
Something inside just died
Bmin
I'd always just assume
C5 Amin
My evil would subside
Could I've been misled
Could you have misread
Please don't punish me
Things I have not said
The lasts a lonely mile
I'll remember it for a while
You'll never speak to me
Unless it's to revile
Will I be denied
Will I be denied
Will I be denied
Will I be denied
Will not be denied
Denied
Denied
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SONG : Would Not Be Denied (version provided by Efren)
This is probably the only Buffalo Tom song that I find it
easier to play with barre chords. Listen to the recording to
get the right rhythm.
Main progression:
Mainly just a C and Bm progression. Lead up to the C by playing
ascending A and B notes on the fifth string, and add the
minor 6th to the Bm chord:
C Bm-sus6min(? is this the right name?)
3 2h3
5 3
5 4
5 4
0-2-3 2
X X
after repeating this progression a number of times (varies in the song)
play an Am chord. (high to low strings:01220X)
The "Will not be denied" part is the same progression with overdriven
guitars.
2nd progression:
At the "if not for innocence"part is just this progression
(same chord formations without the add-ons)
|Bmin |C |
|Bmin |C Amin | (repeat 2x)
play with overdriven guitars.
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SONG : Latest Monkey
Intro :
Bb5 C5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 Eb5
e-------------------------------------------------||
B-------------------------------------------------||
G------------------8-8-8------------------------8-||
D-8-8-8--10-10-10--8-8-8--8----8-8-8--10-10-10--8-||
A-8-8-8--10-10-10--6-6-6--8----8-8-8--10-10-10--6-||
E-6-6-6--8--8--8---x-x-x--6----6-6-6--8--8--8---x-||
Verse :
Only the chords are shown here. Again listen to the music for the strumming
pattern.
Bb5 Eb5 D5 C5 Eb5
e-------------------------||
B-------------------------||
G---------8--7---------8--||
D-----8---8--7----10---8--||
A-----8---6--5----10---6--||
E-----6---x--x----8----x--||
Bb5 Eb5
Newest clown
D5 C5
Cries an old type of tears
Eb5
Watch them fall
Bb5 Eb5
There they lie
D5 C5
Crispy ancient and they leak
Eb5
Formaldehyde
Bb5 C5
Go........ing
Eb5 Bb5
Going I'm gone
Bb5 C5
Go away
Eb5 Bb5
Going
Note : Music repeats in the same manner from here....
As tears they sit
Crusty rusted in a box
Inside a drawer
Grandpa's news
Fragile words are yellowed through
Forever more
Going
Going I'm gone
Go away
Going
Note : After this chorus, repeat the intro riff and then repeat this during
the next three lines.
Bb5 C5
Sadder than sad
Eb5 Bb5
She's feeling bad
Bb5 C5 Eb5
Monkey's the one who laughs last
Hold me down
Cut me loose when
Nighttime falls
And lifts away
I'm a ball
Bouncing off the brick wall
Into the day
Going
Going I'm gone
Go away
Going
Gone
I am gone I am gone
Go away
Going
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SONG : Latest Monkey (version provided by Efren)
Capo the third fret again to play open chords. The chord names are the
relative open chords for when the third fret is capoed, with the real
chord names in parentheses. (Tabs are also with a capo on the third fret)
Opening chord progression is:
| G(Bb) A(C) | C(Eb) G(Bb) | G(Bb) A(C) | C(Eb) |
Progression 2 (played twice through the verses) is:
| G(Bb) C(Eb) | Em/B(Gm/D) Em5(Gm5) | Asus2(Csus2) | C(Eb) |
The progression through the chorus is similar to the opening progression, just
add that high Bb on the first string to all the chords
(i.e. for when the third fret is capoed: G(Bb) A(C) C(Eb) )
e 3 3 3
b 3 2 1
g 0 2 0
d 0 2 2
a 2 0 3
E 3 X X
| G(Bb) | A(C) | C(Eb) | G(Bb) ) (repeat twice)
the mini-solo played before the second verse looks like this:
(played over progression 2)
h=hammer on s=slide
p=pull off
e-------------0-------0-------------------------------0h3---3---------
b-0---1---3---------------1---0---0h1p0---1---0---------------------0-
g-------------------------------------------------0-----------1s2-----
d---------------------------------------------------------------------
a---------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
b---3---0---------------------------1----s--3---3---1---0---3---------
g--------------2--------0-----------------------------------0---------
d------------------2--------0---2---------------------------0---------
a---------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
the "sadder than sad" progression is just the same as the opening progression
(repeat the first two measures 3 times and then play the last two measures to
lead into the next verse)
the song ends on the intro progression.
chords:
G(Bb) A(C) C(Eb) Em/B(Gm/D) Em5(Gm5) Asus2(Csus2)
3 0 0 0 X 0
3 2 1 0 X 0
0 2 0 0 X 2
0 2 2 2 2 2
2 0 3 2 2 0
3 X X X 0 X
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SONG : Dry Land (version provided by Efren)
Capo the fifth fret to play open chords. The chord names given
are the relative open chords, with the real chord names in
parentheses. Tab is given for when the fifth fret is capoed.
Chords:
D(G) A(D) D7(G7) G(C) Em(Am)
2 0 2 X 0
3 2 1 3 0
2 2 2 0 0
0 2 0 0 2
X 0 X 2 2
X X X 3 0
opening progression:
part 1:
| D(G) A(D) | D7(G7) G(C) | D(G) A(D) | D7(G7) G(C) |
part 2:
| Em(Am) | A(D) | Em(Am) | A(D) G(C) |
part 1 of the opening progression is also played through the verses,
while part 2 is played through the chorus
solo: (played over part 2)
---------------------------------------------------------3s2-----3-3s5
-----------------------------------------0-----------0h3--------------
---------------------------0---------0-2--2p0-0--0h2------------------
-2-------0-0-0----0h2--2h4----2----2----------------------------------
-2---0-2--------------------------------------------------------------
-0--------------------------------------------------------------------
--5---5s3-------------------------------------------------------------
-----------3s5-3---3---3-3-3------------------------------------------
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SONG : Dry Land
I wanted to add my version to this song, if you don't own a capo you could try
something like this. It's probably not perfect but sounds allright to me !
(Lyrics are provided by Efren)
The chords I use (No Capo !) : Gsus2 = 300033
GMaj9 (F# Bass) = 200032
G(No 3rd) (D Bass) = xx0033
D = xx0232
Am = x02210
Intro : Gsus2 GMaj9 G(No 3rd) GMaj9 (repeat twice)
Am d Am d
lyrics:
Gsus2 GMaj9
She comes to me
G(No 3rd) GMaj9
In her pre-washed bright blue jeans
Gsus2 GMaj9
Bag sewn tightly
G(No 3rd) GMaj9
Pursed lips are kissing me
Gsus2 GMaj9
I got to college
G(No 3rd) GMaj9
Just a few miles down the road
Gsus2 GMaj9
Will we remember
G(No 3rd) GMaj9
Something we've never been told
Am D
Come up on dry land
Amin
Had too much to drink
D
I'm tired I need some sleep
Note : Music repeats in the same manner from here....
Come September
Cold mornings open up
Make incisions
And cold? egos will erupt
And did you find
Hidden in your mind's deep recess
When the going gets tough
You and I must take a rest
Come up on dry land
Your coming into your own
Hey that's not my fault
Come up on to this Dry Land
Won't you let me lend a hand
Come up on to this Dry Land
When I surfaced
My mouth opened up like fish
Breathe through gills now
And I'm making one small wish
To have you beside me
Then there's noone who can do me harm
The devil inside me
At least then I can stay warm
Come up on dry land
She understood her fate
She did these things too late
Come up on to this dry land
Won't you let me lend a hand
Come up on to this dry land
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SONG : Torch Singer
The chords I use for this song are : GMaj9 (F# Bass) = 200032
Csus2 = x30033
G = 320033
Listen to the song for the strumming pattern, it isn't difficult.
G GMaj9
These things crawl across my floor
Csus2 GMaj9
I can't use them anymore
G GMaj9
There's a heaven in her band
Csus2 GMaj9 Csus2 GMaj9 Csus2 GMaj9
Alleluias in my hand
Note : Music repeats in the same manner from here....
All my patience left its side
She's just climbed the stage and died
Nights that rose and fell again
Songs I think I knew the end Oho
Csus2 G
Her voice trailed off in the air
Though your miles are more than mine
Things I've taken in a bind
It's for certain, it's for sure
I've no use for them no more
Making room within oneself
For another song to hell
And it all comes back to me
As I walk home ???? down the street?
oho
G GMaj9 Csus2 GMaj9
And it all comes back to me (And it all comes back to me)
And it all comes back to me (And it all comes back to me)
And it all comes back to me (And it all comes back to me)
As I walk with mother down the street
She's mother in disguise (?)
??????? in the skies
Islands hidden in the skies?
But this morning so I say
It's a big red letter day
???? skins not wet but that's enough
Worse things salvage is not sought
There's some things I've got to say
Cuase you wouldn't understand anyway
There are mouthes between our hearts
Their salvation ????????
Oho
I'm forsaken in the end (I'm forsaken in the end)
I'm forsaken in the end (I'm forsaken in the end)
I'm forsaken in the end (I'm forsaken in the end)
I'm forsaken in the end (I'm forsaken in the end)
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SONG : Late At Night (version provided by Menno)
[i] INTRO:
D // D(2) D / Dsus2 //// D D(2) D /
[ii] PLAY THIS AT THE VERSES:
Dsus2-D // D(2) D Dsus2 O A(2)-Am
I-i close my door at ni-ight
Am / / / A(2)-C
But they get in all-right
C / / / G/D //// D //
And she turns on the light
(3 TIMES) AND AT THE END DO THE 'G/D-D' BREAK ONE TIME EXTRA.. THEN PLAY
[iii] THE CHORUS, LIKE THIS (I hope):
C G
If I could hold them in my hand
G O-Am
I'd make them under-stand
Am C
I'm not a haunted mind
C G/D //// D //
I'm not a thoughtless kind
(2 TIMES) AND AGAIN AN EXTRA 'G/D-D' BREAK.
THE SONG ENDS WITH PLAYING THIS 3 TIMES:
Am C
I do it if I could
C G/D //// D //
I hope you know I would
LYRICS:
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I close my door at night,
But they get in allright,
And she turns on the light.
I, I held her hands so tight,
'Cause words don't come out right,
When she sees things at night.
But me, I'm closer to the door,
I don't get scared no more,
But i don't know the score.
(CHORUS:)
If I could hold them in my hand,
I'd make them understand.
I'm not a haunted mind,
I'm not a thoughtless kind.
If I could put them in a jar,
I know they wouldn't starve. (??)
I do it if I could,
I hope you know I would.
(END:)
I do it if I could,
I hope you know I would. (3x)
CHORD-CAST (in order of appearance):
D - xx0232 A(2) - 002200 G/D - 3x0033
D(2) - xx0233 Am - 002210 G - 3x0003
Dsus2 - xx0230 C - x32010
OTHER CRAPY FEATURES:
O = Play all strings (between two chords just 'play' 000000)
/ = Repeat chord
- = Fast change
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SONG : Anything That Way (version provided by Ed)
capo 3rd fret
G: 355433
D: x57775 (x57785)
C: x35553 (x35533)
Em: x79987
A: 577655
add miscellaneous hammer-ons to the D and C chords
Intro: G D C (X2) ...same chord progression continues throughout verse
The moon was full your whisky sour
Oh girl there's no need to be so down
Cause when you walk with me in the beginning of the day
You say I don't need anything that way
I'm wishing things could be the same
When things got broken you came
My moods were always changing they were blue then brown then grey
You say I don't need anything that way
You say I don't need anything that way
D Em
I'm fighting tooth and nail
A
Against these demons in my head
No matter where I'm sleeping
My history's right there in bed
When things blew open you flew in
I was caught red-handed once again
Was I really robbing you of the best days of your life
I'm sorry I never meant anything that way
G D C
G D C
G D Em C(use 8th fret barre chord)
G D C
The mailman came this way today
He said no sir I've got nothing for you today
Went outside in the morningtime but I got lost along the way
You say I don't need anything that way
No no I don't need anything that way
Oh no I don't need anything that way
I don't need anything that way that way
I don't need anything that way
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