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Cracking
Suzanne Vega
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CRACKING (Suzanne Vega)
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[Actually in B; capo up four frets.]
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F#
[intro]
Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note]
[intro]
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#
It's a one time thing, it just happens a lot
Csus2 G/B G G5/F#
Walk with me and we will see what we have got
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#
Ahhhhhhh... Ahhhhhhh...
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#
My footsteps are ticking, like water dripping from a tree
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#
Walking a hairline, and stepping very carefully
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F#
Ahhhhhhh... Ahhhhhhh...
Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note]
Ahhhhhhh...
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#
My heart is broken; it's worn out at the knees
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#
Hearing muffled, seeing blind, soon it will hit the deep freeze
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#
Ahhhhhhh...
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#
And something is cracking, I don't know where
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#
Ice on the sidewalk, brittle branches in the air
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#
The sun is blinding, dizzy golden, dancing green
Csus2 G/B G5 F#[single note]
Through the park in the afternoon, wondering where the hell
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F#
I have been
Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note]
Ah ha haaaaa...
INTRO AND VERSE:
[Most of the verse just uses the first four measures of tab.]
[Note that whenever the G5 measure comes before the Em7-A7 part,
there is also an A bass note in the second half of the measure.]
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|
----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
3---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|3---------------|2---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F#
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|---3----|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|-----0--|
----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|--0---0-|
3---------------|2---------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------|
----------------|----------------|3---------------|0=2-------------|2-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^.^.^.^.
Em7 Em7/B A7 A7
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
------3---------|------3---------|------2---------|------2---------|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|
----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
----------------|2---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
C Cmaj7 G5 G5 [single note]
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
------1---------|------0---------|------3---------|----------------|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------------|
----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----------------|
3---------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|3---------------|3---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
"THE SUN IS BLINDING...":
Csus2 G/B
E ------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| The quick notes there
B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--| are actually 16-------|th-note
G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------| triplets; the "03-----|s
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---| and "02"s are hammer--|
A 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02-----------------------------| ons, obviously. Good
E ------------------------|------------------------| luck. You can subs---|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . titute something easier.
..sun is blind - ing,
G5 G5/F#
E ------------------------|------------------------|
B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--|
G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------|
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---|
A ------------------------|------------------------|
E 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02----|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
dizzy, gol - den, danc - ing green
Csus2 G/B
E ------------------------|------------------------|
B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--|
G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------|
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---|
A 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02----|
E ------------------------|------------------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Through the park in the af - ter - noon,
G5 G5/F#
E ------------------------|------------------------|
B ---------3-----------3--|------------------------|
G ---0-----------0--------|------------------------|
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|------------------------|
A ------------------------|------------------------|
E 03----03----03----03----|2-----------------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
wondering where the hell I have been...