RED HOUSE PAINTERS - "things mean a lot" Tablature

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 21:50:27 -0500
From: "Hughes, Mike" <HughesME@bergelect.com>
Subject: CHORDS: "Things Mean Alot" by Red House Painters



Song: Things Mean Alot
Artist: Red House Painters
Album: Red House Painters (#2)
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This arr. by Michael Hughes for solo guitar & voice
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It would be great to correspond with some RHP fans.
I'm hard pressed to find a band that I enjoy this much.
hughesme@bergelect.com Sept '97
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Notes:
1.Sorry I did not take the energy to name all
the chords (I would probably name them wrong anyway)
There is a lot of droning going on throughout, and I
thought this would be the easiest method to relate.
2.This of course is not exact since I'm reducing
it to one guitar. It does however stand up fairly well.
3.Lyrics in parenthesis are questionable. I sing,
"..heart's heights"
4.Parenthesis are used with double-digit fret
numbers for clarity.
5.See additional performance note at end
concerning OUTRO.
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This is a gorgeous little bittersweet piece presented
more as a collage than as a verse,verse,chorus,etc form.
ENJOY!
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3/4 time

DADGAD tuning

INTRO: crescendo in with repeating xo3o3o

xo3o3o xo3ooo xo54oo xo5ooo ooo2oo
A de- scend- ing climb

4xxoo4 7x7oo7
my feet can't ....

x5oo5o x4oo4o x5oo5o
to the top (of your ....

x3oo3o 55oo5o
tomorrow ...

77oo7o 88oo8o
the one who I'd sworn ....

x3oo3o o5oo5o
to take ...

77oo7o 88(10)ooo
in the bed ....

xo3o3o xo3ooo xo54oo xo5ooo ooo2oo
You threat to ....

88oo8o
and none of this ...

77oo75 ooo2oo
or surface ....

555755 ooo2oo
It scares ....

xxoo45 7779oo
that we won't.....

999(11)oo 5557oo
watching the ....

999(11)oo 3335oo
or brooding ....

999(11)oo 5557oo 999xxx
in the same part ....

999(11)99 777977 4446oo 222422
Scares me how .....

x244xxx x355xxx
how you for-get ....

999(11)99 777977 4446oo 222422
Scares me how ....

x244xxx x355xxx
how you for-get ....
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OUTRO: \
888(10)oo |
Things mean a .....|
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2o2ooo 2o2o4o |
don't mean .....|
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888(10)oo 5554ooo 555oo4 |
things mean a .....|
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repeat outro 6 times, end with 888(10)oo
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OUTRO performance note:
I like to pull off the highest fretted note
of the 888(10)ooo, 2o2o4o, and 555oo4 chords
on the upbeat of 2 just prior to moving to the
next chord and allow the open pulled-off note
to ring thru the next chord