Shotgun Down The Avalanche by Shawn Colvin #----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Subject: CRD: "Shotgun Down The Avalanche" (Shawn Colvin) To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1993 16:37:51 -0500 (CDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 3946 Not transcribed or type in by me, but could you please add this to the ftp archives? Here's the rendition of the song as played on the ACL show last year, and it follows Shawn's guitar style very closely. Luckily, I taped it and the camera man was nice enough to focus on her left hand for much of the set. Please excuse my chord names, as I have little knowledge of musical theory or chord nomenclature. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shotgun Down The Avalanche (Shawn Colvin, J. Leventhal) Guitar: dropped D tuning (DADGBE - low to high), capo V. Chords: Am: D A D G B E D: ============= ============= _|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _o_|_o_o_|_|_ _|_|_|_o_|_o_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ G/D: A#: ============= ============= _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_o_ _o_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ G: D*: ============= ===========X= _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_o_|_|_|_ _o_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ C1: D/E: Em: ============= ============= ============= _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_x_|_|_|_|_ (C2) _|_|_|_o_|_|_ _o_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ ^ (hammer on) Notes: 1) The D* chord is questionable. 2) C1 is a hammer on 3rd fret, fifth string, and C2 is a hammer on 2nd fret, same string. (Am chord) Intro: E ------------0---------------0-----| B ------------1-----1---------1-----| G ------------2---------2-----2-----| D -0-2-0------2-------2-------2-----| (repeat twice) A -------2--0--------------0--------| D ---------------2------------------| ^ ^ ^ (hammer on) Words: 1: Am D G/D D G/D Am I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm Am D G/D D G/D Am Tumbling and falling down the avalanche Hmmmmmmmm A# G C1-C2 D But I will raise up my voice into the void A# Em Am You have left me nowhere to go 2: I love you so much and it's so bizzare A mystery that goes on and on and on It is the best thing and the very most hard And we don't get along After countless appeals, we keep spinning our wheels On this mountain of new fallen snow So I let go the catch and we're over the edge You have left me nowhere to go I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche (guitar interlude: Am D G/D D G/D Am) 3: Sometimes you make me loose my will to live And just become a beacon for your soul But the past is stronger than my will to forgive Forgive you or myself, I don't know I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm Tumblin' and fallin' down the avalanche Hmmmmmmmm So be quiet tonight, be sure to step lightly On this mountain of new fallen snow But I will raise up my voice into the void You have left me nowhere to go I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm (Guitar Ending:) heavy strumming on D/E chord, then single slow strum on D* chord -- Marc Hirsh (marc@owlnet.rice.edu) \ / ^ --"I went to the funeral and Lord it made me happy..." V (Lyle Lovett) www.TAB6.com