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Save A Little Room For Me

John Wesley Harding

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From: rkh2@ukc.ac.uk


The Name:		John Wesley Harding
  above
The Title:		SAVE A LITTLE ROOM FOR ME
			~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NB: For the progression of chords in the main part of song and  "Dylanish bit"
    as I call it to sound right, you should use the chord fingerings described
    at the end, especially Em7, Cmaj7 and Amsus2.

Intro:
~~~~~~

"Arabian bit"
	Em    D  Em    D  Em    D  Em    D    and immediately move on to...

"Dylanish bit"
	G  D  Em  Em7  C  Cmaj7  Am  D
	G  D  Em  Em7  C  Cmaj7  Am...	      and go on to D in main part...

Main part:
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      D		  G D Em    Em7
	When it's time   to pack your bags,

	     C		     Cmaj7	  Am	       D
	When everything appears   as the drag that it is,

      G	     D		    Em		   Em7
	Get down that brown case that your Grandma had,

	C	Cmaj7	      Am	D
	Open it up - think of your dad.

		     D			   C				D
	When you're feeling empty, and the echoes round this cold white room

		  D7
	Have no identity,


		  G D Em    Em7		    Am      Amsus   ..(move on to C)
	When it's time   to pack your bags,

      C			       Cmaj7
	Save a little room for me.

     Am		      Amsus2	 Am
	Save a little,   save a little,

      D
	Save a little room for me.

	G  D  Em  Em7  C  Cmaj7  Am...		(go on to next D)

      D 	  G D Em    Em7
	When it's time   to buy a home,

		    C		 Cmaj7		   Am		   D
	When you're sick of using     a different 'phone every day,

      G			D    Em	    Em7
	Settle up your debts,  then settle down,

	C		   Cmaj7	Am		 D
	Take that suitcase back  to the "lost and found".

		     D		      C
	When you're feeling lonely, I guarantee the neighbourhood

	C -> D			       D7
	Community will rally round you - wait and see,


		  G D Em    Em7		Am	Amsus2    ..(move on to C)
	When it's time   to buy a home,

      C  		       Cmaj7
	Save a little room for me,

     Am		       Amsus2  Am
	Save a little, save  a little,

      D
	Save a little room for me.

	G  D  Em  Em7  C  Cmaj7  Am  D

	G  D  Em  Em7  Am  Amsus2..C  Cmaj7..Am  Amsus2..Am..D

      D		  G D Em     Em7
	When it's time   for you to lie down,

		    C		Cmaj7	       Am		D
	When you're sick of the sound, and the sight hurts your eyes,

      G		D   Em	   Em7
	Wrap up warm  in a single bed,

	C		 Cmaj7		  Am		D
	Tie up the loose strings that are in your head,

		     D		    C
	When you're feeling empty, dreams will fill you up

      D			 D7
	In the big sweet city.


		  G D Em     Em7		Am    Amsus2  ..(move on to C)
	When it's time   for you to lie down,

      C			       Cmaj7
	Save a little room for me,

     Am		      Amsus2	Am
	Save a little,  save a little,

      D
	Save a little room for me.

LONG FADE-OUT SECTION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	G  D  Em  Em7
		  Oh won't you..

     Am		      Am       Amsus2  ..(move on to C)
	Save a little,  save a little,

      C			       Cmaj7
	Save a little room for me

     Am		      Am       Amsus2
	Save a little,  save a little,

      D
	Save a little room for me.

	Em     D     G
	      Woah, yeah!

      G		       D       Em
	Save a little room for me

        Em       D  ..move on to G


      G 				   D  ..(move on to Em)
	.....Pack your bags, Pack your bags,

     Em				  D   G
	..Buy a home, Buy a home, Lie down,

      G				   D  ..(move on to Em)
	....Save a little room for me.

     Em			D  G
	...yeah!.......woahoh!

      G		D  ..(move on to Em)
	.............

     Em								D ..(on to G)
	Save a little, save a little, save a little, save a little,

      G					       D..Em
	....Woah yeah!  Save a little room for me

     Em		      D...G
	....yeah, woahoh yeah!

      G				     D..Em
	...Pack your bags, Pack your bags,

      Em
	Lie down, ...(FADE OUT)

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Notes:
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     1. The chords with dots after them are only played briefly as they are
	transitional chords.

     2. If you don't know what I mean by the "Arabian" or "Dylanish"  bits,
	just play along to the album and find out which  bits  match  which
	chords.  The rhythm with which the chord  changes  and  vocals  fit
	together needs to be learnt by listening to the song (which  is  on
	the album "The Name Above The Title" in case you didn't know),  and
	the strumming rhythm, too, which is pretty consistent throughout.

     3. You should soon get used to the main chord progression (as  in  the
	"Dylanish bit") and it will become second nature.   What a fabulous
	harmonic progression it is!  You can spot a  progression  of  notes
	within the chords which matches the bassline  (G F# E D C B A D G).

     4. The chord shapes below are the ones I'd recommend.   The Em7, Cmaj7
	and Amsus2 chords should be fingered the same as the  normal  chord
	of the same key  except  that  the  appropriate  finger  should  be
	removed.

     5. Finally, the FADE OUT!  Unless you're recording it, you can't  fade
	out, so either leave off the whole thing or  do  it  (or  something
	similar) and improvise an ending.   You should have the feel of the
	song well enough by then to improvise something, but I wish I could
	fade myself out gradually - that rhythm and chord progression  just
	seem to want to continue for ever, and to interupt  the  inexorable
	flow just doesn't seem quite right.  (It's so good I even  come  up
	with long words for it).

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Chords:
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      G chord			     D chord

 e||---|---|-o-|  G        e||---|-o-|-----|  F#
 B||---|---|---|  B        B||---|---|-o---|  D
 G||---|---|---|  G        G||---|-o-|-----|  A
 D||---|---|---|  D        D||---|---|-----|  D
 A||---|-o-|---|  B        A||---|---|-----|  A
 E||---|---|-o-|  G        E||---|-x-|-----|  either use thumb on 2nd fret
						 or don't play bass-E string


      Em chord			    Em7 chord

 e||---|---|---|  E        e||---|---|-----|  E
 B||---|---|---|  B        B||---|---|-----|  B
 G||---|---|---|  G        G||---|---|-----|  G
 D||---|-o-|---|  E        D||---|---|-----|  D
 A||---|-o-|---|  B        A||---|-o-|-----|  B
 E||---|---|---|  E        E||---|---|-----|  E

      C chord			   Cmaj7 chord

 e||---|---|---|  E        e||---|---|-----|  E
 B||-o-|---|---|  C        B||---|---|-----|  B
 G||---|---|---|  G        G||---|---|-----|  G
 D||---|-o-|---|  E        D||---|-o-|-----|  E
 A||---|---|-o-|  C        A||---|---|-o---|  C
 E||---|---|---|  E        E||---|---|-----|  E

      Am chord			   Amsus2 chord

 e||---|---|---|  E        e||---|---|-----|  E
 B||-o-|---|---|  C        B||---|---|-----|  B
 G||---|-o-|---|  A        G||---|-o-|-----|  A
 D||---|-o-|---|  E        D||---|-o-|-----|  E
 A||---|---|---|  A        A||---|---|-----|  A
 E||---|---|---|  E        E||---|---|-----|  E

      D7 chord

 e||---|-o-|-----|  F#
 B||-o-|---|-----|  C
 G||---|-o-|-----|  A
 D||---|---|-----|  D
 A||---|---|-----|  A
 E||---|-x-|-----|  either use thumb on 2nd fret or don't play bass-E string