Time by Hootie And The Blowfish #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## @SONG: * TIME (tabbed by Paul D , randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu and Paul Hutchinson ) (intro): |D Em | x4 D Em D Em D Em D Em Time__, why you punish me Like a wave crashing into the shore You wash away my dreams Time__, why you walk away Like a friend with somewhere to go You left me crying Asus2 Can you teach me about tommorow G D Em D Em and all the pain and sorrow, running free Em Asus A Cause tomorrow's just another day D Em etc And I don't believe in time Time__, I don't understand Chidren killing in the streets Dying for the color of a rag Time__, hey there red and blue Wash them in the ocean make them clean Maybe their mothers won't cry tonight Will you teach me about tommorow When all the pain and sorrow, running free But tomorrow's just another day And I don't believe in D Time is wasting Em Time is walking D Em You ain't no friend of mine D Em I don't know where I'm going D Em A G Think I'm out of my mind D Em D Em Thinking about time Em Asus If I die tomorrow yeah A D Em D Em just lay me down to sleep Solo: |Bm A |G |Bm A |D G |A G |A G |A G | Time is wasting Time is walking You ain't no friend of mine I don't know where I'm going Think I'm out of my mind Thinking about time Time__, you left me standing there Like a tree growing all alone The wind just stripped me bare, stripped me bare Time__, the past has come and gone The future's far away But now only lasts for one second, one second Can you teach me about tommorow And all the pain and sorrow, running free Cause tommorow's just another day And I don't believe in Time is wasting Time is walking You ain't no friend of mine I don't know where I'm going Think I'm out of my mind {keep playing Ds and Ems} Walking, wasted You ain't no friend of mine I don't know where I'm going A G Oh no, no, no, Do without courage and ??? D Em D Em It's just wasted, wasted, wasted time Em Asus A Oh.. D Em D Em D Em D Em Ooo............ D Em D Em D Em D Time__, why you punish me? Chords: D-xx0232 Em-022033(technically Em7) A-x02220 G-320033 Asus-x02230 Bm-x24432 Asus2-x02200 ................ The following is the riff played (twice at the start as an intro, and then throughout the verse) by two semi-clean electric guitars + + + + + + + + |-------------------3-----|-------------------3-----| |-------3--------3-----3--|-------3--------3--------| |----2--------0-----------|----2--------0-----------| |-0--------0h2------------|-0--------0h2------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| The bridge ("Can you teach me about tomorrow..") goes along these lines + + + + + + + + |-----------------|-----3---3-----3-| |---------0-----0-|---3-------3-----| |-----2-----2-----|-------0-----0---| |---2---2---------|-----------------| |-0-----------0---|-----------------| |-----------------|-3---------------| Then the main riff again, followed by + + + + + + + + |---------3-------|-----------------| |-------3---3-----|-3-----2---------| |-----0-------0---|---2-------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----0-----------| |-0---------------|-----------------| At this point an acoustic guitar enters strumming the chords. From this point on, one of the electrics plays the riff during the verses, the part shown above during the bridges, and strums the chords during the choruses ("Time is wasting..") and solo. The second electric plays the occasional power chord during verses and bridges and strums along to the choruses. It also takes the solo: + + + + + + + + + + + + |-----------------|---------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------------|-----------------| |/11-7-/9---------|-------7--/11--------|/11-7-/9---------| |-----------7---7-|-5h7/9---------------|-----------7-----| |-----------------|---------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------------|-----------------| + + + + + + + + |-10---10-----10--------|-12------12-----------------------| |-10---10-8---8---------15b17----b17r15-12-----------------| |-7-----------7---------|--------------------14~~~---12h14-| |-----------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------------------| + + + + + + + + + |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|----- |-15--12h15-12------------------|---------------------------------|-10~~ |---14--------14p12--12h14~~~~--|---------------7p4-7/9-9/11-11/12|----- |------------------14-----------|-----5-7p5-5h7-------------------|----- |-------------------------------|---/7----------------------------|----- |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|----- At the end of the last chorus, the second guitar drops out; the acoustic and the first electric play the main riff in unison to the end, finishing with an open D chord. .............. www.TAB6.com