"Piece of Glass" by Caedmon's Call
From "Intimate Portrait"
Words and music by Danielle (Glenn) Young and Derek Webb
Copyright 1997 Cumbee Road Music ASCAP


Capo 2 in D (E), high-strung (pseudo-standard-tuned eadgBE) six-string acoustic,
moderate tempo in 4.


     Derek actually plays this on a high-strung guitar.  The third through sixth
strings (eadg) are the high strings from a set for a 12-string guitar, so they
are an octave higher than normal.  This makes the third string (g) a higher
pitch than the first (E) and second (B), and the fourth (d) higher than the
second.  This stringing gives a distinctive sound, especially since the
intervals between the 1st and 2nd strings and the other strings are inverted or
reduced by an octave.  But the cool thing about it is that you can still play
the song the same way on a normal guitar, and it works, though it sounds a bit
different.

     Sorry for all the different G chords.  If you want to simplify, just plain
G works OK for any of these variations except the two with /A, which can be just
G/A.  When moving from G to E7, hit the F# bass note (sixth string, second fret)
on the way down.  The song alternates between picking and strumming with a wide
dynamic range, from pianisimo to forte.  Strumming near the end, hammer-on the
first and third strings together on D and D/F# chords.  Picking at the very end,
hammer-on and pull-off the first and third strings separately several times on
the final D.


[intro]  Bm, A*, Gx, Bm, A*, Em7


[verse 1]
Bm          A*         Gx
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I DID IT AGAIN
Bm       A*          Em7       Bm
WAKE ME UP FROM THIS NIGHTMARE
Bm          A*        G6           D
'CAUSE THIS MONSTER'S FILLING ME UP
E7            G6  G6/A
FILLING ME OUT
Bm     A*  Gx
EVERYDAY I LIVE A BIT LESS
Bm        A*        Em7
ONE NIGHT LEADS TO ANOTHER
Bm   A*        G6        D
EVEN IF I WENT BACK THEY WOULDN'T
E7        G6
RECOGNIZE ME
E7        G6  G6/A
CRITICIZE ME


[chorus 1]
    D            D/F#
WHO ARE YOU THAT LIES
         G9
WHEN YOU STARE AT MY FACE
E7              G          G/A
TELLING ME THAT I'M JUST A TRACE
       D        D/F#
OF THE PERSON I ONCE WAS
       G9
'CAUSE I JUST CAN'T TELL
          E7                     G
IF YOU'RE TELLING THE TRUTH OR A LIE
E7                      G
ON YOU I JUST CAN'T RELY
E7               G      G/A      Bm
AFTER ALL YOU'RE JUST A PIECE OF GLASS


[repeat intro]  Bm, A*, Gx, Bm, A*, Em7


[verse 2]
Bm         A*              Gx
STILL THIS NIGHTMARE'S ALL MINE
Bm     A*          Em7
WHEN I CALL HIM HE ANSWERS
Bm    A*       G6      D
I CAN TELL HIM WHEN TO COME
E7           G6  G6/A
WHEN TO STAY
Bm            A*          Gx
SOMETIMES I'M WEAKER THAN HE IS
Bm         A*         Em7
IS HE JUST LETTING ME WIN
Bm     A*      G6      D
HE CAN TELL ME WHEN TO COME
E7           G6  G6/A
WHEN TO STAY


[repeat chorus 1]
    D            D/F#
WHO ARE YOU THAT LIES
         G9
WHEN YOU STARE AT MY FACE
E7              G          G/A
TELLING ME THAT I'M JUST A TRACE
       D        D/F#
OF THE PERSON I ONCE WAS
       G9
'CAUSE I JUST CAN'T TELL
          E7                     G
IF YOU'RE TELLING THE TRUTH OR A LIE
E7                      G
ON YOU I JUST CAN'T RELY
E7               G      G/A      D
AFTER ALL YOU'RE JUST A PIECE OF GLASS


[bridge]  D, D/F#, G9
E7          G
DON'T TALK, LISTEN
E7      G
HOLD ME TIGHTER
E7                      G
STAY WITH ME JUST FOR A WHILE
E7        (till the sun shines)
UNTIL THE SUN SHINES
D/F#      (stay with me just give)
STAY WITH ME
G                   A7sus4  A7
JUST GIVE ME ONE MORE DAY


[chorus 2]
    D             D/F#
WHO ARE YOU THAT _CRIES_
         G9
WHEN YOU STARE AT MY FACE
E7              G          G/A
TELLING ME THAT I'M JUST A TRACE
       D        D/F#
OF THE PERSON I ONCE WAS
       G9
'CAUSE WE'RE NOT THE SAME
E7                       G
YOU'RE JUST A PICTURE OF ME
E7                       G
YOU'RE GONE AS SOON AS I LEAVE
E7                       G
YOU'VE LIVED MY LIFE FOR ME
E7                 G      G/A      D
AND YOU'RE NO MORE THAN A PIECE OF GLASS
E7                  G      G/A      D
YOU'RE NO MORE THAN JUST A PIECE OF GLASS


[outro]  D, D/F#, G9, E7, G, G/A, D


     Bm=X24432 (or X20432 back strum first time)
     A*=X040XX (Bmsus6/A or Bm7sus6 inversion?) or X04030
     Gx=3200XX (G)
    Em7=010000
  Gsus6=320000
Gsus6/A=X00000
      D=X00232 (D/A)
     E7=020100
   D/F#=200232
     G9=320203
      G=320003
    G/A=X00003
 A7sus4=X02030
     A7=X02020


Transcribed at 3:25pm on 12/11/1997 by tstilwel@comp.uark.edu
More songs available at http://www.engr.uark.edu/~tks/tab/