NIXONS - "leave" Tablature

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 17:09:19 -0400
From: Brandon Wolfe <wolfeb@rpi.edu>
Subject: Tab: Leave by The Nixons

Band: The Nixons
Title: Leave
Album: The Nixons
*Tuning: Down 1/2 Step*

Transcribed by Brandon Wolfe
wolfeb@rpi.edu

NOTE: This was written based on acoustic versions of the song
that were performed long before the new album was out.
The tab may vary slightly from the electric version on
the album, but they are very close. Enjoy!

[Note: Please do not modify this tab without consulting the author]

Intro/Verse:
E G A5 Dsus2
E]--0-0-0------0-0------0-0-0----0-0----------------------------------
B]--0-0-0------3-3------0-0-0----3-3----------------------------------
G]--1-1-1------0-0------2-2-2----2-2----------------------------------
D]--2-2-2------0-0------2-2-2----0-0----------------------------------
A]--2-2-2------2-2------0-0-0----0-0----------------------------------
E]--0-0-0------3-3------0-0-0----0-0----------------------------------

E G A5 [Let Ring]
E]--0-0-0------0-0------0--------------------------------------------
B]--0-0-0------3-3------0--------------------------------------------
G]--1-1-1------0-0------2--------------------------------------------
D]--2-2-2------0-0------2--------------------------------------------
A]--2-2-2------2-2------0--------------------------------------------
E]--0-0-0------3-3------0--------------------------------------------

[Note: Only let the last A5 ring in the first Verse of the entire song.
Strum A5 several more times in the later verses. ]

Chorus:


C G A5
E]--0-0-----0-0------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------
B]--1-1-----3-3------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------
G]--0-0-----0-0------2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------
D]--2-2-----0-0------2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------
A]--3-3-----2-2------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------
E]--x-x-----3-3------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------

C G A5
E]--0-0-----0-0------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------
B]--1-1-----3-3------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------
G]--0-0-----0-0------2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------
D]--2-2-----0-0------2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------
A]--3-3-----2-2------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------
E]--x-x-----3-3------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------

C G C G C G
E]--0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-0------------------------
B]--1-1---3-3-------1-1---3-3-------1-1---3-3------------------------
G]--0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-0------------------------
D]--2-2---0-0-------2-2---0-0-------2-2---0-0------------------------
A]--3-3---2-2-------3-3---2-2-------3-3---2-2------------------------
E]--x-x---3-3-------x-x---3-3-------x-x---3-3------------------------


Song Composition:

Intro (x1)

Verse (x3)
I'm a man, I'm a man who believes in
A man who believes in... love
I'm a king, I'm a queen, I'm a force that
The only with our lie

You're the face that I see when I'm far away
You're the place I will return

Chorus (x1)
I won't leave you there
I won't leave you there
I'll keep you deep inside
I'll keep you in my mind
I won't leave you there

Intro (x1)

Verse (x3)
In the time and the space that's allotted us
I only give you everything
This life, inside, you begin, we begin to see

Chorus (x1)
I won't leave you there
I won't leave you there
I'll keep you in this song
When everything is gone
I won't leave you


Break: (improvise + mute strings etc.)
E
E]-----0------0--0------------------
B]-----0------0--0------------------
G]-----1------1--1------------------
D]-----2---2--2--2------------------
A]--2-----2---2---------------------
E]--0---------0---------------------

Solo (guitar 2) + Verse x3 (guitar 1)
[Any ideas on the solo?]

Chorus (x1)
I won't leave you there
I won't leave you there
I'll keep you in this song
When everything's left; everything is gone
I won't leave you

Verse

[Vocals only; no instruments]
I'm a man, I'm a man who believes in
A man who believes in love
[Instruments in] (play verse progression)
[Instruments out]
I'm now, I'm then, I'm the future

E]--------------------
B]--------------------
G]--------------------
D]--x-x---------------
A]--x-x---------------
E]--x-x---------------

I'm the shadow... in your sun
[Instruments in]

Verse (x8)

MAIN VOCALS BACKUP VOCALS

I won't leave you ( I'm a man, I'm a man who
believes in )
I'll never leave ( I'm a man who, I'm a man who
)
I only believe, only believe ( I'm a man, I'm a man who
believes in )
It's hard to believe ( I'm a man who, I'm a man who
)
To believe in anything, everything ( I'm a man, I'm a man who
believes in )
I won't leave you, I won't leave you ( I'm a man who, I'm a man who
)
I'm a king, I'm a queen, I'm only every ( I'm a man, I'm a man who
believes in )
Everything Everything Everything Every
I'm Every (x9), every little thing


Outro: (x1)

C G A5
E]--0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0------0-0-------------------
B]--1-1-1-1-1-1----3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-----0--0-------------------
G]--0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2----2---1-------------------
D]--2-2-2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2---2----2-------------------
A]--3-3-3-3-3-3----2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0--0-----2-------------------
E]--x-x-x-x-x-x----3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0--------0-------------------




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NOTES:
Well, that's it. It may be different from the album version (once that
is released). Please
send any corrections/additions/solos to me.

If you have ANY other Nixons tab, please email it to me.
wolfeb@rpi.edu
www.rpi.edu/~wolfeb/
[Please do not modify tablature without permission from the author
Brandon Wolfe (c) 1997]



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Brandon Wolfe
wolfeb@rpi.edu
Home Page: http://www.rpi.edu/~wolfeb/

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Computer Science

"I should have no feeling, because
feeling is pain. Everything I need
is denied to me, and everything I want
is taken away from me. But who have
I got to blame? Nobody but me.
It's time I got back...."
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