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With My Face On The Floor

Emitt Rhodes

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:17 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
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