TORI AMOS - "Winter" Tablature

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Song: Winter
Artist: Tori Amos
Album: Little Earthquakes
Tabber: oliverchainsaw (jackdaw1055@hotmail.com)
Date: July 18, 2001

Okay...here's a version of Winter because all of the ones I
found when I went looking really really sucked. So...here's
something that I hope is a bit more helpful than what is out
there presently.

It's fingerstyle of course, capo'ed at the 11th fret if you've
got one handy. If not, then you can still make it work from
the natural root but I'm sure it sounds nicer from the eleventh.
(Though I really don't know as I haven't been able to find my
capo...) I may post a more 'guitaristic' arrangement in the next
couple of days but I wanted to get something at least half-ass
decent out there in the meantime.

Well, that, and to see if anyone around here is actually interested
in a tab of something like this before I put hideous work into it.

A few notes:

E-5- E-0- This actually sounds better in
B-5- can be played as B--- some places even though its wrong
G-2- G-2- as hell in some of those places.

Play around with strumming/rolling/brushing:
1) the E-minor stuff that starts each iteration of the theme
riff. (i.e. measures 1 & 3)
2) C-sus stuff that begins each last measure of the theme
riff. (i.e. measure 4)
3) Some of the 'big' chords toward the middle and end.

For instance, an alternate way to play the 3rd/4th measures would be:

| | | | | | | |
|--------0---0-2-5-------0---2---|3-----2-----0-------------------|
|--------0-------3---------------|3-------1---0-----------0-------|
|--------0---------------2-------|0---0-------2-------2-----------|
|--------2-----------4-----------|2-----------2---------------0h2-|
|----2-----------2---------------|3-----------0-------------------|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Listen to the song closely as the phrasing is impossible to really
express with tab and and I've not even really tried. Some of the
things that look like pinches in the tab should really be brushed
or rolled.

Dynamics are important too as she brings different notes from the
same voicing to the front each time she cycles through the theme. Her
playing is really unfriendly to transcription.

The middle and middle-end are pretty terrible at this point (there's
some pretty obscenely wrong guesswork going on in a couple spots)
but... I'll fix them within a day or so. Comments or suggestions
please mail me at jackdaw1055@hotmail.com. Especially if you've got
some clue about an arrangement for the middle or middle/end parts.
You'll save me much excruciating work if you do and I will worship
you forever and ever and all that stuff.

Here's the tab.

| | | | | | | |
|--------0---0-2-5-------5---2---|3-------5-----------------------|
|--------0---0---3-------5-------|1-------3-------3---------------|
|------------------------2-------|----0-------0---2---------------|
|2-------2-----------4-----------|--------------------2-------0h2-|
|----2-----------2---------------|3---------------0---------------|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------0---0-2-5-------5---2---|3-----2-----0-------------------|
|--------0---0---3-------5-------|3-------1---0-----------0-------|
|------------------------2-------|----0---------------2-----------|
|--------2-----------4-----------|------------2---------------0h2-|
|----2-----------2---------------|3-----------0-------------------|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------0---0-2-5-------5---2---|3-------5---------------0-------|
|--------0---0---3-------5-------|1-------3-------3-------0-------|
|------------------------2-------|----0-------0---2---------------|
|--------2-----------4-----------|--------------------2-------0h2-|
|----2-----------2---------------|3---------------0---------------|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------0---0-2-5-------5---2---|----------------3-----2-----0---|
|--------0---0---3-------5-------|-----2/4 time---3-------1---0---|
|------------------------2-------|-----for------------0-----------|
|--------2-----------4-----------|-----a bit------------------2---|
|----2-----------2---------------|-----here-------3-----------0---|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------0---0-----------0---2---|
|--------0---------------0-------|--------0-------3---------------|
|----2-------2-------2-----------|----------------2-------2-------|
|----------------------------0h2-|--------2-----------4-----------|
|--------------------------------|----2-----------2---------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-----------------------0-------|--------0---0---------------0-2-|
|1---------------3-------0-------|--------0-------3---------------|
|----0-------0---2---------------|----------------2-------2-------|
|--------------------2-------0h2-|--------2-----------4-----------|
|3---------------0---------------|----2-----------2---------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-----2-----0-------------------|--------0-0-0-2-------------0-2-|
|3-----------0-----------0-------|------0-0---0---3-3-1-3---------|
|----0---------------2-----------|----------------2-------2-------|
|------------2---------------0h2-|--------2-----------------------|
|3-----------0-------------------|----2-----------2---------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-------5-------------0-0-------|--------0---0-----------0---2---|
|1---------------3-------0-------|------0-0-------3---------------|
|----0-------0---2---------------|----------------2-------2-------|
|--------------------2-------0h2-|--------2-----------4-----------|
|3---------------0---------------|----2-----------2---------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|----------------3-----2-----0---|--------------------------------|
|----------------3-------1---0---|--------0---------------0-------|
|--------------------0-----------|----2-------2-------2-----------|
|----------------------------2---|----------------------------0h2-|
|----------------3-----------0---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------0---0-----------0---2---|3-------5-------------0-0-------|
|--------0-------3---------------|3-------5-------3-------0-------|
|----------------2-------2-------|----------------2---------------|
|--------2-----------------------|----------------------------0---|
|----2-----------2---------------|3-------------------------------|
|0-------------------2-----------|----3-------2-3-3---0---------0-|

| | | | | | | |
|--------0---0---2-------5---2---|3---2-2---0-0-------------------|
|--------0-----------3---5-------|1-----------------------0-----3-|
|----------------2---------------|------------2---------------2---|
|--------------------------------|------------------------2---0---|
|----2-----------2---------------|3-------3---2-------0-------5---|
|0-------0-----------2-----------|----3-------0-----------------0-|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------2-----------------------|
|4-------2---2---0-------2---4---|0-------2-------0-------2---0---|
|----2-2-2-------2---------------|3-------3-------0-------2-------|
|0-------0-----------2-----------|----3---------------0---5-----0-|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--little--------0---------------|
|--------2---2---0-----0-----4---|--more--------------4-4---2-2---|
|----2---2-------0-------2-------|--2/4 time------3-------3---2---|
|0-------0-------7---2-----------|--------------------3-------0---|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------0-------|
|--------------------------------|0---0---0---0---0---2---0---2---|
|----------------------------0---|0-----------0-------0-------4---|
|----0---2---0-------0---2-------|2---2---2---2---2---------------|
|--------------------------------|3-----------3-------3-----------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------0-------------------|------------------------0-------|
|--------0-------2-------0-------|0---0-------0---0---2---0---2---|
|--------2-------0-------0---0---|0-----------0-------0-------4---|
|2---2-------2---3---3-----------|2---2-------2---2---------------|
|0-----------0---3-------------3-|3-----------3-------3-----------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------0-------|
|----0-------------------0-------|0---0---0---0---0---2---0---2---|
|----2-------2-------0-------0---|0-----------0-------0-------4---|
|2-------2---3---3-------3-------|2---2---2---2---2---------------|
|0---------------3-------------3-|3-----------3-------3-----------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------1---1---1---1---|0-------------------------------|
|--------0-------0-------0-------|0---2-------------------0-------|
|--------2---2---2-------2-------|----4---0-------0-------0-----0-|
|2---2-------2---3-------------3-|------------2-----------2-------|
|0---------------3-----------3---|3-----------3---------------3---|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------1---1---1-------|0-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0---2-------0---0---0-------2---|
|2---------------2-------2-------|----4-------2---2---2-----------|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|------------------------2-------|
|----3-------3-------------------|0---------------0---------------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------1---1---1---1---|0-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0---2-------0-----------0---2---|
|----2-------2---2-------2-------|0-------------------0-------0---|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|----------------2-------2-------|
|5---------------5---------------|3-----------3-----------3-------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------1---1---1-------|0-------------------------------|
|----------------------------0---|0---2-----------------------0---|
|2-----------2---2-------2-------|----4---2-------2---0-------2-4-|
|3-------3-------3---------------|----2-------2-------2---0-----5-|
|----3-------3-------------------|0---------------------------0---|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|------------------------0---2---|
|--------------------------------|------------------------0-------|
|------------------------2-------|--------------------------------|
|------------0---0---0---4-------|2-------------------------------|
|3-------3-------0---------------|2-------------------------------|
|----3-------3-0-----------------|3---------------0---------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-------5---------------0-------|------------0-----------0---2---|
|3-------5-------3-------0-------|--------0-------3---------------|
|----0-------0-2-2---------------|----------------2-------2-------|
|--------------------2-------0h2-|--------2-----------4-----------|
|3---------------0---------------|----2-----------2---------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-------5---------------0-------|--------0---0-----------0---2---|
|1-------3-------3-------0-------|--------0-------3-------0-------|
|----0-------0---2---------------|----------------2-------2-------|
|--------------------2-------0h2-|--------------------4-----------|
|3---------------0---------------|----2-----------2---------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-----2-----0-------------------|--------0---0-----------0---2---|
|3-------1---0-----------0-------|----------------3-------0-------|
|----0---------------2-----------|----------------2-------2-------|
|------------2---------------0h2-|--------------------4-----------|
|3-----------0-------------------|----2-----------2---------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-------5---------------0-------|------------0-----------0---2---|
|1-------3-------3-------0-------|----------------3---------------|
|----0-------0---2---------------|----------------2-------2-------|
|--------------------2-------0h2-|--------2-----------4-----------|
|3---------------0---------------|----2-----------2---------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|----------------3-----2-----0---|--------------------------------|
|----------------3-------1---0---|--------0-----------------------|
|--------------------0-----------|----2-------2-------2-----------|
|----------------------------2---|----------------------------0h2-|
|----------------3-----------0---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------0---0---2-------0---2---|3-------0---------------0-------|
|--------0-----------3-----------|3-------10------3-------0-------|
|----------------2-------2-------|----------------2---------------|
|--------2-----------------------|----------------------------0---|
|----2-----------2-------0-------|3-------------------------------|
|0-------------------2-----------|----3-------2-3-3---0---------0-|

| | | | | | | |
|--------0---0---2-------5---2---|3-----2-----0-------------------|
|--------0-----------3---5-------|1-----------------------0-----3-|
|----------------2---------------|------------2---------------2---|
|--------------------------------|------------------------2---0---|
|----2-----------2-------2-------|3-------3---2-------0-----------|
|0-------0-----------2-----------|----3-------0-----------------0-|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------2-----------------------|
|4-------2---2-------0---2---4---|0-------2-------0-------2---0---|
|----2---2-------2-------2-------|3-------3-------0-------2-------|
|0-------0-------5---2-----------|----3-----------5---0---5-----0-|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--and---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--again---------0---------------|
|--------2---2---4---0-------4---|--with--------------4-4---2-2---|
|----2---2-------2-------2-------|--the 2/4-------3-------3---2---|
|0-------0-------5---2-----------|--------------------3-------5---|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------0-------|
|--------------------------------|0---0---0---0---0---2---0---2---|
|----------------------------0---|0-----------0-------0-------4---|
|----0-------0-------0---2-------|2---2---2---2---2---------------|
|--------------------------------|3-----------3-------3-----------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------0-------------------|------------------------0-------|
|--------0-------2-------0-------|0---0---0---0---0---2---0---2---|
|----------------0-------0---0---|0-----------0-------0-------4---|
|2---2-------2---3---3-----------|2---2---2---2---2---------------|
|0-----------0---3-------------3-|3-----------3-------3-----------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------0-------|
|----0-------------------0-------|0---0---0---0---0---2---0---2---|
|----2-------2-------0-------0---|0-----------0-------0-------4---|
|2-----------3---3-------3-------|2---2---2---2---2---------------|
|0---------------3-------------3-|3-----------3-------3-----------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------1---1---1---1---|0-------------------------------|
|----------------0-------0-------|0---2-------------------0-------|
|--------2---2---2-------2-------|----4---0-------0-------0-----0-|
|2---2-------2---3-------------3-|------------2-----------2-------|
|0---------------------------3---|3-----------3---------------3---|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------1---1---1-------|0-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0---2-------0---0---0-------2---|
|2---------------2-------2-------|----4-------2---2---2-----------|
|3---------------3-------3-------|--------2---------------2-------|
|----3-------3-------------------|0---------------0---------------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------1---1---1---1---|0-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0---2-------0-----------0---2---|
|----2-------2---2-------2-------|0-------0-----------0-------0---|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|----------------2-------2-------|
|5-------------------------------|3-----------3-----------3-------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------1---1---1-------|0-------------------------------|
|----------------------------0---|0---2-----------------------0---|
|2-----------2---2-------2-------|----4---2-------2---0-------2-4-|
|3---------------3---------------|----2-------2-------2---0-----5-|
|----3-------3-------------------|0---------------------------0---|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|----------------0---------------|
|--------------------------------|0---------------0-------3-------|
|------------------------2-------|--------2-------0-------2-------|
|------------0---0---0---4-------|2---------------0-------0-------|
|3---------------0---------------|2-------0-------7---------------|
|----3-------3-0-----------------|0---------------3-------------3-|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------3-5---3---0-------|--------0---0-----------0---2---|
|--------------3-5---3---0-------|--------0---0---0---------------|
|--------------0-2---0-----------|----------------7---------------|
|0-----------------------2---0---|--------2---2---0-------2---4---|
|----------------0---------------|2-------------------------------|
|3---------------0-------------0-|0---------------3---------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-------5---------------0-------|--------0---0-------------------|
|3-------5-------3-------0-------|--------0-----3-3---------------|
|0-------2-------2---------------|----------------4-------0-------|
|0---------------0-------2---0---|--------2---2-0-0---0-------0---|
|----------------0---------------|2-------------------------------|
|3-----------------------------0-|0---------------3---------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-----------0-------------------|--------0---0-----------0---2---|
|3-----------0---------------3---|--------0---0---3---------------|
|0-----------------------2-------|----------------4---------------|
|0-----------2-------2-------0---|--------2---2---0-------2---4---|
|----------------0---------------|2-------------------------------|
|3-----------------------------0-|0---------------3---------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-----------------------0-------|--------0---0-----------0---2---|
|3---------------3-------0-------|--------0---0---3---------------|
|0-------2-------2---------------|----------------4---------------|
|0---------------0-------2---0---|--------2---2---0-------2---4---|
|----------------0---------------|2-------------------------------|
|3---------------0-------------0-|0---------------3---------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-------2-------0-------7---5---|----7---7---5-7-0---------------|
|3---------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0---------------2---------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
|3---------------0---------------|--------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------0-------|
|--------------------------------|0---0---0---0---0---2---0---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------0-------4---|
|--------------------------------|2---2---2---2---2---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------0-------------------|------------------------0-------|
|--------0-------2-------0-------|0---0---0---0---0---2---0---2---|
|--------2-------0-------0-------|--------------------0-------4---|
|----2---------------3-----------|2---2---2---2---2---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------0-------|
|----0------------------0--------|0---0---0---0---0---2---0---2---|
|----2-------2-------0-----------|--------------------0-------4---|
|--------2---3-----------3-------|2---2---2---2---2---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------1---1---1---1---|0-------------------------------|
|--------0-------0-------0-------|0---2-------------------0-------|
|--------2---2---2---------------|----4---0-------0-------0-----0-|
|2---2-------2---3-------------3-|------------2-----------2-------|
|0---------------3-----------3---|3-----------3---------------3---|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------1---1-----------|0-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0---2-------0---0---0-------2---|
|2---------------2-------2-------|----4-------2---2---2-----------|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|--------2---------------2-------|
|----3-------3-------------------|0---------------0---------------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------1---1---1---1---|0-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0---2-------0-----------0---2---|
|----2-------2---2---------------|0-------0-----------0-------0---|
|3-------3-------3---------------|----------------2-------2-------|
|5-------------------------------|3-----------3-----------3-------|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------1---1---1-------|0-------------------------------|
|----------------------------0---|0---2-----------------------0---|
|2-----------2---2-------2-------|----4---2-------2---0-------2-4-|
|3-------3-------3---------------|----2-------2-------2---0-----5-|
|----3-------3-------------------|0---------------------------0---|

| | | | | | | |
|--------------------------------|--------0---0-2-5-------5---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------0---0---3-------5-------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------2-------|
|------------0---0---0-----------|2-------2-----------4-----------|
|3-------3-------5---------------|----2-----------2---------------|
|----3-------3-0-5---------------|0-------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-------5---------------0-------|--------0---0-2-5-------5---2---|
|1-------3-------3-------0-------|--------0---0---3-------5-------|
|----0-------0---2---------------|------------------------2-------|
|--------------------2-------0h2-|--------2-----------4-----------|
|3---------------0---------------|----2-----------2---------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-----2-----0-------------------|--------0---0-2-5-------5---2---|
|3-------1---0-----------0-------|--------0---0---3-------5-------|
|----0---------------2-------0---|------------------------2-------|
|------------2-----------------4-|2-------2-----------4-----------|
|3-----------0-------------------|----2-----------2---------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|

| | | | | | | |
|3-------5---------------0-------|--------0---0-2-5-------5---2---|
|1-------3-------3---------------|--------0---0---3-------5-------|
|----0-------0---2---------------|------------------------2-------|
|--------------------2-------0h2-|--------2-----------2-----------|
|3---------------0---------------|----2-----------2---------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|

| | | |
|----------------0---------------|
|8-------7-------0---------------|
|5-------7-----------------------|
|------------0-------------------|
|----------------7---------------|
|----8---------------------------|

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