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Graceland
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Date: 4 Mar 1996 17:05:46 +0000
From: "Boulton, Nic"
Subject: /B/The Bible!/Graceland.crd
Graceland (The Bible!)
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This is on 'Random Acts of Kindness' and also 'Walking the Ghost Back Home' by
The Bible! Written by Boo Hewerdine and Tony Shepherd. Unless there's
something wrong with my CD player or guitar tuning (quite possible), the key
seems to be about halfway between G and Ab. Below is written as though played
in G at the nut.
v v v ^a
G D C C
Would I give you money I don't know
v v v ^a
G D C C
The free-est things in life are best & so put me to the test, now
v ^ v ^ v ^ v v
G G+6 D D
v ^ v v ^ v
D Dsus
v ^ v h
D Dsus
v ^ v ^ v ^ v v
C G+6 D D
v^v^v ^ v v v^v^v ^ v v
G G+6 D C G+6 D2
And when I die will you build the Taj Mahal?
v^v^v ^ v v v^v^v ^ v v
G G+6 D C G+6 D
Wear black everyday of your life? I doubt it
v^v^v ^ v v
N.C. G G+6 D
You will never see, you will never see Graceland
v^v^v ^ v v
C G+6 D2
you will never see Graceland repeat once
*G
oo - oo - oo
D C
All my wanting all my waiting
D
All my working all my wickedness
G D C *
For all my yearning inside I'm shutting down
vv v ^a Va ^a
C G D C D2
You will never see Graceland
v^v^v ^ v v v^v^v ^ v v
G G+6 D C G+6 D2
So what am I doing, without you?
v^v^v ^ v v v^v^v ^ v v
. . strum D . . G G+6 D C G+6 D2
Love at 2nd sight would see me through but not this time
v^v^v ^ v v
strum D2 . . G G+6 D
You will never see, you will never see Graceland
v^v^v ^ v v
C G+6 D2
you will never see Graceland repeat once
*G
oo oo oo
D C
All my wanting all my waiting
D
All my working all my wickedness v
G D C * C
For all my yearning all my yearning all my yearning
vv v^v^v ^ vv (Esus) v^v^v ^ vv (Esus)
C A G+6 E2 D G+6 E
You will never see Graceland
^
|
|__key change to A here (why?!!)
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v ^ v ^ v ^ v v
A G+6 E2 E2
v ^ v v ^ v
E Esus
v ^ v v ^ v
E Esus
v ^ v ^ v ^ v v
D G+6 E E
v ^ v v ^ v
E Esus
v ^ v v ^ v
E Esus repeat once
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v^v^v ^ v v
A G+6 E
You will never see, you will never see Graceland
v^v^v ^ v v
D G+6 E2
you will never see Graceland repeat once
ooh ooh ooh , etc. over A E D E
Right hand:
v is a downstroke
^ is an upstroke
Va is slightly arpeggiated downstroke
^a is slightly arpeggiated upstroke
N.C. is no chord
* The section "oo oo oo, all my wanting. . . waiting. working, etc." is
played as the lowest 4 notes in each chord, played as a slow arpeggio, but
this can sound a bit thin without keyboards underneath it, so strumming this
bit might be better unless you're playing with a band.
h is A hammer-on
EADGBe
320003 - G
XX0000 - G+6
XX0232 - D
XX0233 - Dsus (h is A hammer-on from D)
XX023x - D2 hit it hard on the D&G strings
X32010 - C
022100 - E
0221xx - E2 hit it hard on the bass strings
022200 - Esus
x02220 - A
Any improvements welcome.
Nic
Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk