COLVIN SHAWN - "shotgun down the avalanche" Tablature

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From: Marc Bennett Hirsh <marc@owlnet.rice.edu>
Subject: c/colvin_shawn/shotgun_down_the_avalanche.crd
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1993 16:37:51 -0500 (CDT)

Not transcribed or type in by me, but could you please add this
to the ftp archives?

Here's the rendition of the song as played on the ACL show last year, and it
follows Shawn's guitar style very closely. Luckily, I taped it and
the camera man was nice enough to focus on her left hand for much of
the set. Please excuse my chord names, as I have little knowledge of
musical theory or chord nomenclature.

Shotgun Down The Avalanche
(Shawn Colvin, J. Leventhal)

Guitar: dropped D tuning (DADGBE - low to high),
capo V.

Chords:

Am: D A D G B E D:
============= =============
_|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_o_|_o_o_|_|_ _|_|_|_o_|_o_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_

G/D: A#:
============= =============
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_|_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_|_|_|_|_o_o_ _o_o_|_|_|_|_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_

G: D*:
============= ===========X=
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_o_|_|_|_
_o_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_

C1: D/E: Em:
============= ============= =============
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_|_x_|_|_|_|_ (C2) _|_|_|_o_|_|_ _o_o_|_|_|_|_
_|_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
^ (hammer on)

Notes: 1) The D* chord is questionable.
2) C1 is a hammer on 3rd fret, fifth string, and C2 is a hammer
on 2nd fret, same string.

(Am chord)
Intro: E ------------0---------------0-----
B ------------1-----1---------1-----
G ------------2---------2-----2-----
D -0-2-0------2-------2-------2----- (repeat twice)
A -------2--0--------------0--------
D ---------------2------------------
^ ^ ^
(hammer on)

Words:

1:

Am D G/D D G/D Am
I'm riding shotgun...
Am D G/D D G/D Am
A# G C1-C2 D
A# Em Am

2:

I love you so much...

guitar interlude: Am D G/D D G/D Am

3:

Sometimes you make me...

Guitar Ending: heavy strumming on D/E chord,
then single slow strum on D* chord

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