"Too Tender" by Caedmon's Call
From "My Calm//Your Storm"
Words and music by Aaron Tate (strings arranged by Aric Nitzberg)
Copyright 1994 Cumbee Road Music ASCAP
Romans 7:15-20
Original standard tuning verson by Trevor Stilwell
(tstilwel@comp.uark.edu)
DGDGAD verson transcribed by Nicholas Rivera (Mex77@hotmail.com)

DGDGAD Tuning
Capo on 2
Key of E

Chord  -  Name
0x4000    E
X44000    E/C#
X24000    E/B
X04000    E/A
4x4000    E/G#
2x4000    E/F#
(These chords have better names than this but I would rather just
simplify it to this)

Most of the song is the following:

riff 1
d|---------0---------------0---------------0--------------0-------|
A|-------0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0----------0---0-----|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------0-------0---|
D|---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------4--4-----------4-|
G|---------------------------------4--------------4---------------|
D|-0---------------0----------------------------------------------|
   E                               E/C#

d|---------0---------------0---------------0--------------0-------|
A|-------0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0----------0---0-----|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0------0-------0---|
D|---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------4--4-----------4-|
G|-2---------------2---------------0--------------0---------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
  E/B                              E/A

verse 1 - riff 1
Water water everywhere
And I complain about my thirst
The prescription's in my hand
While the pain I curse

chorus - riff 1
I know the longer
I know the harder
The walk will be
With my callused feet
And my too tender knees

verse 2 - riff 1
Stumbled upon the truth
Wished it'd get out of my way
When I see the light
I pull down the shade

chorus

(arpeggio on E goes into solo/interlude)

rhythm

In riff 1 the notes are sixteenth and and 2 runs, up and down, on each
chord takes up one measure. In the rhythm part of the solo/interlude,
one run goes through the whole measure. I am not sure of timings but I
do know they are slower. Listen to the bass and you get the measure
timings down. The end is marked in the solo with the *.

riff 2
d|---------0---------------0---------------0-------|
A|-------0---0-----------0---0-----------0---0-----|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|---4-----------4---4-----------4---4-----------4-|
G|-4---------------2---------------0---------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
  E/C#            E/B              E/A
then it goes back into riff 1

lead                                        *
d|-2r0-4--5r4-0-2-2--0--0--7r5-4-0--0h4--2--0--4-4--4-4-0-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|

d|-4-4--4-4-0--0h2--4--5--9/7--7/5-5-5--4-----------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------9/7--7/5-5-5--4-----------------|


[bridge]  E/G#, E/A, E/G#, E/A, E/G#, E/A, E/F#, E/B
If I were as smart as Christopher
I'd find a closet
If I were as weak as Samson was
I'd make a prophet

E|-----------------0-------------------------------0----------------|
B|-----------0---------------0---------------0---------------0------|
G|-------0---------------0---------------0-------0-------0-------0--|
D|-----4---------4-----4---------4-----4---------------4------------|
A|---------------------------------0--------------------------------|
e|-4----------------------------------------------------------------|

   E/G#                             E/A

chorus

I know the longer
     (with my callused feet)
I know the harder
     (and my too tender knees)
The walk will be
     (I know the longer)
With my callused feet
     (I know the harder the walk)
And my too tender knees


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Awakening Compilation", "Intimate Portrait" and the Guild CD visit
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