RHODES EMITT - "with my face on the floor" Tablature

Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:17 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: ./r/rhodes_emitt/with_my_face_on_the_floor.crd

"With My Face On The Floor"
(Emitt Rhodes)

Notes from AWR: The key riff of the song can be expressed as one or
more measures in 6/4 time, usually followed by a measure in 2/4:

(piano arr. for guitar):

(6/4) (2/4)
v v v v v v v v
-------------------------| ---------
-------------8-----------| ---------
-------8-------10------8-| ---8---8-
---8-10----10------8-10--| ---------
-10----------------------| ---------
-------------------------| ---------

Intro:

(6/4 measure w/piano; 2 6/4 measures w/band; 2/4 measure w/band)

Verse 1:

Eb Ab/Eb Eb
Well, I'm down with my face on the floor
Eb Ab/Eb Eb
Yes, I got what I asked for and more
G Cm F Ab/Eb Eb
Well, the moment she stepped through that door
Ab/Bb Bb Ab/Eb Eb
I was down with my face on the floor

(6/4 measure w/piano; 6/4 measure w/band; 2/4 measure w/band)

Verse 2:

Now I'm standin' with back to the wall
Waitin', prayin, see [unintelligible] fall
Well, I must have been onto it all
Now I'm standin' with back to the wall

(6/4 measure w/band; fuzz guitar doubles piano octave lower)

F Ab
Well now she's gone away, just in time to say
Eb (6/4 measure w/fuzz guitar)
I'll drop you a line (drop you a line)
F Ab
Well now she's gone away, just in time to say
Eb (6/4 and 2/4 measures w/fuzz guitar)
I'll see you sometime

(guitar solo over verse chords)

(6/4 measure w/fuzz guitar)

(repeat chorus)

(repeat verse 1)

Coda:

(rit.)

G Cm F Ab/Eb Eb
Well, the moment she stepped through that door
Ab/Bb Bb Ab/Eb Eb
I was down with my face on the floor

(6/4 measure w/piano; repeat 6/4 measure w/band to fade)


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers