Hootie & The Blowfish
Hootie & The Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson Album Ver 3 guitar tab
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the corrections I have made to the other songs on the album. Thanks to randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu (Sorry! I don't know your real name :) Enjoy..... SONG: Be The One (tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu) (extensive corrections by mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk) (my hootie page: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcallist) Am:x02210 Cmaj7:33200x F:133211 C:x32010 Em7:022033 Fmaj7:x33210 G:320003 E7#9:68789x B7:x21202 Dsus2:xx0230 Cadd9:x32030 Intro: Am-Cmaj7 (2x) (verse) Am Cmaj7 Am I wonder Cmaj7 Why are we involved Am Cmaj7 Am With the seasons Cmaj7 And the living of our own F Am C Let me see if nothing's wrong F Am G I just want to be the one (verse) Am Cmaj7 (She) wanted Am Cmaj7 Am You still give her all our lives Cmaj7 Let her be sons Am Cmaj7 Who is she buying F Am See her crawl C F Am G I'll just make it out (chorus) (Now) Am Em7 Fmaj7 Now................ Am Em7 Fmaj7 G Am Let me be the one (We don't see it bleeding) Am Em7 Fmaj7 E7#9 I want to die with you (Something no ones needing) (verse: as before) I left the other day But you're never here You only listen to things You want to save But the power it's ok with you You knew I'd find something else to do (chorus: as before except play B7 at something no-ones...) Let me be the one (we don't see it bleeding) I wanna fly, I wanna die with you (Something no ones) Em Dsus2 See it's not like they Cadd9 Dsus2 Are gonna take my faith away Em Dsus2 Let me in it's ok now Cadd9 Dsus2 Am Close________ the door Cmaj7 Am Cmaj7 Am Cmaj7 Is it really needing Am When you find a place Cmaj7 F That's only yours Am C F Just go he beams Well I've died for good now F Am Let me feel it C F Am G Let her come---let her run---let her run (chorus) (Now) Am Em7 Fmaj7 G Now let me be the one (We don't see it bleeding) Am Em7 I can't feel it, I can't see it (Something no ones needing) Fmaj7 G Am I, I feel dumb repeat chorus chords then end with E7#9 Am --------------------------------------------------- Sad Caper By Hootie and the Blowfish Tabbed By Grant McAllister My Hootie page: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcallist This is a great song and it is now FULLY correct. CHORDS: D: xx0232 Dmaj7: xx0222 D7: xx0212 G: 320003 A: x02220 Asus4: 002230 Bm: x24432 Gm7: 353333 Gm:xx0333 Em7: 022033 (D) (Dmaj7) I know, she said... (D7) (*) (G) before you left me you were free (Gm) (D) So I'll just lay me down Fill: (Asus4) (A7) (D) (Dmaj7) Control has left me (D7) (*) And I can't feel another thing (G) So let me turn around Fill: (Asus4) (A7) (G) (A7) (D) Do you really want to play these games Just to keep things goin' (G) (A7) (D) Or are you ready now to let it be (Em7) (Gm7) It's like sometimes you wanna see the rain (Bm) But the sun gets in your eyes (Bm) (A) (G) (Asus4) (A7) And you wanna die now (Rest of the song follows the same chord progression) Control has left me And I can't feel another thing So let me turn around I see I see But things just couldn't be the same SO let me hold you down Never let me down I swore to you But now I lie I'm here to make it all seem worthwhile You want I know But I'll have to try To find a way to make me quiet now Control has left me And I can't feel another thing So let me turn around I see I see But things just couldn't be the same So won't you hunt her down I know she said Before you left me you were free So I'll just lay me down. Parts of the song marked with an asterix (*) have a fill which goes like: Finger D7 1|3 2 0 2 2|1 1 1 1 3|2 2 2 1 4|0 0 0 0 5|x x x x 6|x x x x ___________________________________________ @SONG: Tucker's Town (tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu) (corrected by mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk) chords: C:x32010 Csus:x33010 Fmaj7:x33210 G:320003 Am7:x02010 Am7*:5x555x Fadd9:xx3213 Fsus2:13300x Intro: (riff A) e ----------------------|-------------------0----- B ------------------1---|---------------------1--- G --------0---0-------0-|---------0---0---------0- D ----0h2-----2---0-----|-----0h2-----2---2------- A --3-------3---3-------|---3-------3---3--------- E ----------------------|------------------------- (with Riff A) C Csus Staring back at you Did you see my lips Or were you smiling right in front of me Your father called my name Then he smiled with great relief 'Cause it wasn't me that you were clinging to Am7 He made you turn around G Am7* You do that thing you do G Fadd9 And then you laughed with me C Fmaj7 I don't know C Fmaj7 What I can't see C Fmaj7 G G7 I don't know but I'm makin' time to call I don't know What I can't see I don't know but she's watching me leave (riff A again) Just wish they'd turn around Just wish they'd try to see But they don't understand and that's alright with me I'm leaving now Going down to Tucker's Town Where I can lie for free Nobody stares at me and I'd love to hurt the population She called last night I said I'm about to leave Then I heard him scream, "I'll pack your bags" I don't know What I can't see I don't know but I'm makin' time to call I don't know What I can't see I don't know but I'm leaving here Csus C Fsus2 Fsus2 G To see the world through your Rosy glasses Am7 G Fsus2 C I'll teach her to fly but they teach greed Fsus2 G We live the belt but I can bleed (riff A) C Csus I don't know............................................ What I can't see........................................ C Fmaj7 I don't know What I can't see ad-lib til end...... ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- @SONG: She Crawls Away (tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu) (this one can be played with a capo at the 4th using C Dm or something)) Intro: E F#m B-B (verse) E I fall in she sees me and smiles F#m Then she starts to hate herself again E She screams something under her breath F#m That I wouldn't know if she said it outloud (verse) She turns over to start a conversation With a man that noone else can see She dreams of loving me sometimes And it makes me see what we've been missing (bridge) C#m E F#m B-B It's like I never knew anyone so strong before C#m E She Brings the man outa me A B-B And she makes me see that they don't matter (chorus) E B I believe A B-B We see her playin' with another E B A She runs around you and then F#m B B7 It's like the sun goes down and she crawls away again (verse) She wears white pants a Miami sweater Says that She loves the O's So Uncle Dean will come by (verse) Her smile is like sunshine Her tears hurt like leather She runs the show she lets me know Says it's all about being the only (bridge) It's like someone said you could have one good thing in your life She couldn't be your type I didn't plan for your smile, but you make me laugh when you stand dreamin' (chorus) I believe, we see her layin with another She runs around you and then It's like the sun goes down and she crawls away again A B Where were you yesterday E A Now that my heart is wild and free C#m B And my lips have room to wander A C#m How can I say your needing me now B When I've got a plan A I know you don't understand why my heart is sorry now (chrous 2x) I believe We see her laying with another She runs around you and then it's like the sun goes down and she crawls I believe We see her waiting with another She runs around you and then it's like the sun goes down and she crawls away again ----------------------------------------------- @SONG: So Strange (tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu) (capo 2nd) Intro: D-A-G (2x) (verse) D A G (Riff A) It's so hard to breathe right now D A G (Riff B) Living things without a friend of mine D A C G A Air just filling every bit, of every end, of every mind G A You thought you could feel (verse) And it's maybe 6 a.m. And no one wants to be with me So I'm calling out to someone and something that I don't know so well Ohh, I'm free (chorus) D A G If I can't find the warmth in my summer D A G A And I can't find the light in my day D A G F#m E I just look to my friends and we'll see our troubles away B A You make me feel so strange D-A-G-D-A-G (verse) Won't you let me breathe the air I want to hold on to right now Won't you let me read a book about Someone's queen who came back for me (verse) I see bridges in my eyes I see mornings left for the children I see people holding back, trying to find another reason so they can walk away And it makes me scream and I pray (chorus) If you can't find the warmth in my summer And I can't find the light in my day I just look to my friends and I'll see our troubles away You make me feel so G D It can never end 'cause we don't speak G D D/C It will never just die G A So why don't you call the man G A And, tell him to come over here and just clean up my pride (chorus) If you can't find the warmth in my summer And I can't find the light in my day I just look to my friend and we'll see our little troubles away You make me feel so strange (chorus) If you can't find the warmth in my summer And I can't find the light in my day I just look to my friend and we'll see our troubles away .................. Riff A Riff B e ------------------------ ------------------------ B ------------------------ ------------------------ G ---------0-2------------ ----0h2-0--------------- D ---0h2h4-----4-2-0------ ----0------------------- A ------------------------ ------------------------ E ------------------------ ------------------------ ----------------------------------------------- @SONG: Old Man & Me (tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu) (capo 2nd) Intro: A-G-D-A-G-D e --------------------------------------------------- B --------------------------------------------------- G --11h13-13---13-13p11-11-(x2)---------------------- (x2) D -------------------------------11---11p9s7h9------- A --------------------------------------------------- E --------------------------------------------------- A Well an old man said to me G D In a voice filled with pain A Where you going young man G D (same) Said I'm going to fight a war Gonna fight for my country In some foreign land (same) He said "The sun will never hurt you Never harmed anyone But you must realize" (same) If you try to stare her down She will win in the end She will burn your eyes She will burn them G D Seen a million places G D C Seen a million faces die G D And I wonder who will walk with me (repeat intro) When I get to Heaven He said "Boy I was young once Yeah I was tough Sailing on Uncle Sam's boat Hey I could kill the enemy I could die on foreign streets But I could not vote But now you walk by me You won't talk to me Say this is my fate But every time you walk the streets boy Most of them you meet You see it's you they hate It's you... Seen a million faces Seen a million places die And I wonder who will walk with me When I get to Heaven I hope I get there (solo) Seen a million places Seen a million faces die And I wonder who will walk with me (guitar out, piano/bass do the B/A/E) When I get there (stab chords on offbeat) See this woman sitting next to me She's been there for a long, long time And when I fell, she picked me up When I cried, she wiped my tears I thank god she's mine And when I leave this world She won't have anything But her love for me 'Cause the man took everything else Made me hate myself So just let her be boy Won't you let her be (guitar back full) Seen a million faces Seen a million places die Seen a million mothers Seen a million mothers cryin' And I wonder who will walk with me When I get to Heaven When I get to Heaven I hope I get there When I get to Heaven ----------------------------------------------- Earth Stopped Cold at Dawn By Hootie and the Blowfish tabbed By Grant McAllister (mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk) my hootie page: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcallist/ Chords: C/G:332010 Am:x02210 Fmaj7:x33210 G:320003 Fsus2:xx3013 C/E:xx2013 D7:xx0212 Capo 2nd fret (chords shown relative to capo) Intro: C/G Am x4 C/G Am (rest of verse is the same) Another reason to doubt me Another teardrop falls Can't wait for a friend when loneliness calls Another kiss in the basement Pour salt on my tongue No one cries for heros left unsung (chorus) Fmaj7 G Look at me when I'm talking to you Fsus2 C/E G Look at me in the eyes Fmaj7 G Fsus2 C/E D7 Then look away and tell me why_______why C/G Am C/G Am C/G Am Another tasteless movie Another kiss goodnight Could be a dark oasis in my life Another icon smashed to pieces By yesterday's romance Another hated person no more chances (chorus) Look at me when I'm talking to you Look at me in the eyes Then look away and tell me why...why (Quietly...with some damping) C/G Am Playin' with a happy boy A cold place for a man Familiar faces in a foreign land Fmaj7 G The hands kept spinning around the face Fsus2 C/E G (A) But the earth stopped cold at dawn (Fmaj7 one strum) G Fsus2 C/E G For a moment, then moved on For a moment, then moved on... (Play intro and end on Am) ___________________________________ @SONG: Fairweather Johnson (tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu) ** These are the piano chords** Am-G-F-G for the whole thing... Liked the Steelers...in '75 I only like the Broncos, when they come alive (laugh) Liked the Redskins in '83 And when the Dolphins are playing well Yeah well, they're the team for me Cause I'm... Fairweather Johnson (Johnson) Yeah, yes, I'm... Fairweather Johnson (Johnson I liked the Braves in '95) (laugh) spoken: I liked the Braves in '95 ----------------------------------------------- Honeyscrew Tabbed by Grant McAllister Chords: A:x02220 D/A:x04230 D:x00232 G:320003 C:032010 A5:x02255 E7:020100 D9:xx0210 G5:35xxxx intro: A D/A G A A D/A G D A D/A G A A D/A Fly inside G D Feel me dealing A D/A G A Holding on to a story just told D/A G D About a man whos the life of a funeral A D/A G A Grabbing on to a woman whos soul A D/A G D He just stole for a dream he dont believe in A D/A G A Now she sits and she yells for a smile A D/A G D "Dont let the sun make me feel lonely" A D/A G5 Oh let me in let me in let me in A D9 E D9 Is it me A D9 E D9 Or is it honey (same as first verse) We all seem to hold To Something we dont see Is He here Is He there Where does He live Some people say in the pull of a heartbeat Some people say in the mind of a stranger I cant explain what it is I believe in So take your heart take your mind and escape Is it me Or is it honey Is it me Or is it honey (mute strings) C G A5 Is it me trying to raise your little children C G A5 Is it me trying to take your little flame C G A5 Why are you trying to steal my judgement day away C G E7 Let me scream let me scream let me scream A D/A G D (solo) Dont take it away (same as first verse) Another day in the arms of the real thing Another day in the eyes of a fool I called today just to make me feel hopeless Lie to me and Ill try to believe ----------------------------------------------- @SONG: Let It Breathe (tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu) Intro: E-B-C#m-B-A (2x) (verse) E B Could we do it again C#m B If he asked how it felt A And I didn't say this time E B You tried to scare me with empty thoughts C#m B That means not a thing A 'Cause I'm down behind you (verse) Could we swing it again If I changed how he looked And turned to the right to bend You live with something that I can't explain But your face cracks a smile when you see it shining (chorus) A B You feel things in your own way C#m B And I'm supposed to lay down and bow to you A B C#m I'm tired of bailing hay for something that I can't see B I don't want to be you A You don't want to be me. B Just let it breathe E-B-C#m-B-A (verse) If the moon goes up tomorrow and I'm down on a farm And you don't believe whose writing with me Keep your hands to yourself Keep your mind to yourself Keep your breath to yourself Let me float on by you (chorus) You see things in your own way And I'm supposed to lay down and bow to you I'm tired of bailing hay for something that I can't see You don't want to be me I don't want to be you (bridge) A E A E It's so very necessary A E A E It's so delectable to see a stone A G#m C#m B It's so impossible to find a reason A When you're standing there B Watching me now E-B-C#m-B-A (verse) Could we live it again If we dressed just the same And held on to lovers when We couldn't really live with anyone See mostly ourselves so just go on lying (chorus) You feel things in your own way And I'm supposed to lay down and bow to you I'm tired of bailing hay for someone that I can't see I don't want to be you You don't want to be me (A-E till end) Just let it breathe Let it breathe ----------------------------------------------- @SONG: Silly Little Pop Song (tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu) Intro: (Riff A x2) (verse - Riff B x4) One thing's for sure I just can't find the way To let it seem like all is wrong Inside my den (verse) Hold back Breathe easy She said to me Go somewhere and change your mind Just let me sleep G A C I've been living in a lesson G A C Please just come inside and listen (verse but Riff B only x3) Is it anger at life Or are you happy to be with me Are you seeing someone (verse) Or will your faith Go with no other man Come on Let me dream G A C I've been living in a lesson G A C Please just come inside and listen G A C No need to worry 'bout all the lying G A C Please just come inside (verse) It's a thing To make me want to go See another That makes me doubt G A C I've been living in a lesson G A C Please just come inside and listen G A C No need to worry 'bout all the lying All the changing G A C Please just come inside G A C I've been living in a lesson G A C Please just come inside (ooo la-la) .......... Riff A e ----------2--------|---------------------------- B ------3-----3------|-----3-----3----3----------- G ----2---2-----2----|-------0-----0-------------- D --0-------------0--|---------------------------- A -------------------|--3------------------------- E -------------------|---------------------------- Riff B e ----------2--------|---------------------------- B ------3-----3------|-----3-----3---------------- G ----2---2-----2----|-------0-----0-------------- D --0-------------0--|---------------2-0---------- A -------------------|--3------------------------- E -------------------|---------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Fool By Hootie and the Blowfish (tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu) (Corrected by mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk Grant McAllister) Intro: G-D (with riff A, two times) (verse) G (**) Saw you last night Fmaj7 You were sleeping in my mind G Fmaj7 Doubting you'll ever be free again G Then I climbed back inside Fmaj7 Someone open my eyes G To find me drunk again Fmaj7 Bonnie on the radio, and she was singing low G (add Riff B) "Give it up or let me go" G Every night there is one more Fmaj7 Every night there is two more G Saying I shouldn't be feeling this pain Fmaj7 I think I better grow up now or go insane (chorus) C D There's so much I feel G D/F# Em So much I conceal C D There's just so many things I can be (verse) Someone write the story of 5 points No one wanted to know me Now they all have opinions of what we do So they go down to Bar None so we can have a drink or two Can't write a story from the trees I know somewhere she's watching me Saying "Boy carry your load" Oh I don't want to go back on the road now (chorus twice) There's so much I feel So much I conceal There's just so many places to see And faces I can read C D There's just so many things I can be (play intro to end) .......... Riff A e -------------------|---------------------------- B ------8------------|-----8--7------------------- G ---/7--------------|--/7---7-------------------- D -------------------|---------------------------- A -------------------|---------------------------- E -------------------|---------------------------- Riff B e --3-------5--3---3--|---1--------3-1---1-------- B --3------------3----|---1------------1---------- G --4-----------------|---2----------------------- D --5-----------------|---3----------------------- A --5-----------------|---3----------------------- E --3-----------------|---1----------------------- (play this the last time) e --1---3-1---3-1---3-1----- B --1-------1-----1-----1--- G --2----------------------- D --3----------------------- A --3----------------------- E --1----------------------- ----------------------------------------------- @SONG: Tootie (tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu) Intro: (Riff A)-C-C/B-Am-F-G-(Riff A) (verse) C C/B Am You put a rose in my hand F Put a dollar in my pocket G Riff A But you don't understand C C/B Am How the days grow longer, the sky is black as night F G I see the morning but you won't see the light (chorus) Em F I thought about you for a long, long time Em F I wrote about you but my words don't seem to rhyme C Am And now you're lying here F G C But my heart still beats for you (verse) Had a dream about you You sat right down beside me And you told me we were through It was all so real and you told me reasons why You brought me to the window And you taught me how to fly (chorus) I thought about you for a long, long time I said I love you but we just don't have the time And now you're lying here But my heart still beats for you String Break: (verse) (chorus) I thought to hold you for a long, long time You said I love you but my heart won't seem to chime in And now you're lying here And my heart still beats for you... C/B Am Ohhh...I'm trying... F G C And my heart still beats for you .......... Riff A e ---------------- B ---------------- G ---------------- D ---------------- A ----0-2--------- E --3------------- ----------------------------------------------- SONG: When I'm Lonely By Hootie and the Blowfish Tabbed by Grant MCAllister mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk Chords: E:022100 A(add2/E):077600 C#m7:x46454 F#m7:242222 G#:466544 A:x02220 B:x24440 C#m:x46654 E Aadd2/E Eyes like an infant E Staring me down Aadd2/E E Aadd2/E She'll take anything that's tied up C#m7 F#m7 In my glorious past E It's just 4 days 'til Sunday Aadd2/E E Aadd2/E When I say that I'm gone E Little one screams you cry Aadd2/E C#m7 F#m7 Tell the pain to leave me alone (Same as before) It's just 2 days 'til Monday Another week 'til the 4th Is anyone listening or Should I call on the Lord G# A Oh believe me... B Sometimes I breathe A Sometimes I see C#m Then I dream a dream that won't come true A E And I struggle with lies when I'm lonely (Rest of song continues with same chord progression) Someone called my name out loud about 4 a.m. It wasn't you so I let her in Just to see what she wanted She left screaming because I called her by your name But the next day she came to call And we finished our game Alright now Some days I breathe Some days I see Then I dream a dream that won't come true And I struggle with time when I'm lonely Shep plays piano down in Shandon on the other side of Rosewood You said he wasn't your type But you went anyway You left screamin' cause you thought you would Call him by my name Ah and you whisper Why do I do this I can't go through this why do I do this, why Sometimes I breathe Sometimes I see Then I dream a dream that won't come true And I struggle with life when I'm lonely