"All I Know" by Caedmon's Call
From "My Calm//Your Storm"
Words and music by Cliff Young and Aaron Tate
Copyright 1994 Cumbee Road Music ASCAP
John 9


Capo 2 in A (B), standard-tuned six-string acoustic.  Moderate tempo in 4.


     This is as close to a finished product tab as I'm going.  I could try and
actually tab out all the stuff derek does, but instead I just went a little
overboard on chord fingerings.

     Anyway, this is the lead guitar part.  For now you can get an accurate tab
of Cliff's rhythm part at caedmons-call.com as tabbed by Brett McLaughlin
.  A couple corrections for if you're going to be playing his
rhythm tab along with this lead tab: the second line of verses two and three
Brett has as G, Am7, C, D--it should be G, D, C, D; just the opposite for the
second line of verse four, where Brett has G, D, C, D--it should be G, Am7, C,
D.  Otherwise the two parts might not mesh well.  Also note that Cliff's part
does not actually start until the second verse and drops out for the outro.

     Derek actually plays this tuned open G9/D (DGDGAD) capo 4, but this
standard tuned version works OK.  But for those willing to break strings I've
also listed the DGDGAD fingerings I use.  I named all the chords accurately (as
far as I know) for the standard fingerings, so some of the names might be wrong
for the DGDGAD fingerings (not to mention that they're all off by a whole step
since the capos are at different frets), but they all correspond as far as
playing, which of course is all we really care about.

     Derek made the comment to me, something like in standard tuning "you're not
going to be able to get ALL the notes."  Not a direct quote, but that was the
gist.  However, as far as I can tell, you can still get quite close as far as
notes.  Either way, the "not-notes", the muted strokes, are going to be hard to
do if you're trying to play like derek.  Good luck.  You're probably going to
have to listen to the CD to learn this.

     Use extensive palm-muting for the flat-picking in the intro and verses--
strum the bridges and choruses.  The rhythm guitar (Cliff) enters after bridge 1
where you repeat the intro.  The bass (Aric) enters at verse 3, stops for verse
4, and returns at bridge 3.  Everything except lead guitar (derek) and a shaker
(Todd) drops out for the outro.


DGDGAD   Standard
Capo 4   Capo 2 -  Name
000000   X02200    A9
X20030   X20230    Bm7 (hammer 5th string)
200030   200230    D9/F# (hammer 6th string)
020000   022200    Esus4(no 3)  (i wrote it as Esus)
024000   022100    E
242422   244222    F#m (slide down to E)
020200             E  (in DGDGAD whenever NOT following an Esus4)
555555   557755    D9bar (slide down to E)
X50030   X00230    D9
                                   these three occur in sequence at the end
020200   022400    E(no 3)       } of bridges 1 and 2, but i just wrote them
020000   022200    Esus4(no 3)   } as E*.  what it is is E(no 3) for almost a
024000   026200    Esus4         } whole measure, Esus4(no 3) for the last half
                                   beat of that measure, and Esus4 for the full
244000   200200    D9sus6/F#       next measure.  i really like the dissonance.


[intro]  A9, Bm7, D/F#, Esus, E (2x)

[verse 1]
A9       Bm7            D/F#    Esus E
SPIT AND THE CLAY, WHEN WASHED AWAY
A9       Bm7          D/F#  Esus E
GAVE THE BLIND MAN SIGHT
A9       Bm7       D/F# Esus       F#m
NEW EYES COULDN'T COMPREHEND THE SUN
      E       D9bar
THAT BY LIGHT ENDED THE NIGHT

[bridge 1]
E                       D9
SHACKLED IN BLINDNESS SINCE HIS BIRTH
E                   D9                 E*
WHOSE SIN, WAS IT HIM, WHAT'S IT ALL WORTH

[repeat intro]  A9, Bm7, D/F#, Esus, E (2x)

[verse 2]
A9       Bm7         D/F#  Esus E
NOW WITH EYES WIDE OPEN
             A9      E
THEY INTERROGATE HIM
         D9   E
SAYING WHO IS HE
A9       Bm7             D/F#   Esus    F#m
DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT THAT MAN IS SAYING
E          D9bar      E
WHO DO YOU SAY IS HE

[chorus]
A9   D9       E     D9
ALL I KNOW IS I WAS BLIND, HE SAID
A9  D9       E  D9
AND NOW I SEE
A9   D9       E  D9
ALL I KNOW IS
        A9     D9  E  D9
IS HE HEALED ME

[verse 3]
A9     Bm7            D9/F#  Esus E
WELL I SIT HERE TODAY
      A9      E     D9     E
SO I SAY THAT I BELIEVE IN HIM
A9     Bm7     D9/F#    Esus         F#m
YET I CANNOT FATHOM THE WIND-LIKE WAY
     E       D9bar
HE'S MADE ME NEW AGAIN

[bridge 2]
E                      D9
SHACKLED IN DARKNESS SINCE MY BIRTH
E                  D9                 E*
WHOSE SIN, WAS IT ME, WHAT'S IT ALL WORTH

[repeat chorus]
A9   D9       E     D9
ALL I KNOW IS I WAS BLIND, I SAID
A9  D9       E  D9
AND NOW I SEE
A9   D9       E  D9
ALL I KNOW IS
        A9     D9  E  D9
IS HE HEALED ME

[verse 4]
A9  Bm7              D/F#  Esus E
NOW NEW FROM THE WOMB
             A9     Bm7
THEY INTERROGATE ME
        D/F#  Esus E
SAYING WHO IS HE
A9     Bm7               D/F#    Esus    F#m
DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT THAT BOOK IS SAYING
  E    D9bar
OH HOW GULLIBLE CAN YOU BE

[bridge 3]
E                   D9
DARWIN MAY TEND TO DISAGREE
E            D9
OH I DON'T KNOW
E                   D9
MARX IS WRITING A DRUG I NEED
E               D9
STILL I DON'T KNOW
E
FREUD ANALYSIS IN MY HEAD
                   D9
NIETZSCHE'S SAYING GOD IS DEAD
BUT I'M SAYING

[repeat chorus twice]
A9   D9       E     D9
ALL I KNOW IS I WAS BLIND, I SAID
A9  D9       E  D9
AND NOW I SEE
A9   D9       E  D9
ALL I KNOW IS
        A9     D9  E  D9
IS HE HEALED ME

[outro]  A9, Bm7, D/F#, Esus, E (2x)
A9       Bm7            D/F#    Esus E
SPIT AND THE CLAY, WHEN WASHED AWAY
A9        Bm7         D9sus6/F#
GAVE THIS BLIND MAN SIGHT


Transcribed 8/11/97, revised 12/18/1997 by tstilwel@comp.uark.edu
More songs available at http://www.engr.uark.edu/~tks/tab/