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NINEDAYS - " 257 Weeks "
The Madding Crowd (track 7)
Tabbed By: Chris Ryan

 / slide up    \ slide down    b bend

Intro:
 Piano
 e -----------------------------------
 B -----------------------------------
 G --7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-
 D --7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-
 A -----------------------------------
 E -----------------------------------

   you could be waiting for a day that wont come
and you could be so much more than youve become
and i have found my feet 257 weeks
but you could be waiting for a day that wont come


 ...and i have found my feet...
 e -------------------------------
 B -------------------------------
 G --7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-6-6-6--
 D --7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
 A -------------------------------
 E -------------------------------

 Pick-up thingee - guitar and piano
 e -------------
 B -------------
 G -------------
 D ------0---0--
 A --0-2---2----
 E -------------

 -when the drums come in: guitar
 e ----------------
 B ----------------
 G --7--7----7--7-- listen for right beats
 D ----------------
 A ----------------
 E ----------------

you could be waiting for your life to begin
and you could be so much more than youve been
and i have found my feet 257 weeks
but you could be waiting for a day that wont come

 pickup into chorus:  B and then A

 Chorus:

  G                D              B
 so sad, you're so good and im so bad
  G                D                  A (slide up and down) B
 but you wont see me wastin' the best thing i ever had
          G                  D                B
 and its such a shame, that I can't tell you anything
  (played on up beats):
     G                  A
 you wont hear me, still you endear me now...

 little mini-solo after 1st chorus:
 e -5/7-7-7-7\5-5-5-5\--------------
 B -------------------0-0/1-2-2 2---
 G ---------------------------------
 D ---------------------------------
 A ---------------------------------
 E ---------------------------------

 e ----------------------------
 B --3b-3b-3b-3-33-3-----------
 G ----------------------------
 D -------------------2--4--2--
 A ----------------------------
 E ----------------------------


hard to see past the window facing forward looking back
over years spent tracing wondering how you left your track
underwater breathing burns your lungs and breaks your back
and you could be waiting right here for a day that wont come

 Chorus

 pre-solo thingee:
 e --5-5-5-5-5-5------5-----5---------------
 B --------5-5-5--5/7---6/7----8\7-7\5-5\3--
 G -----------------------------------------
 D -----------------------------------------
 A -----------------------------------------
 E -----------------------------------------

 Solo: i think it uses a Chorus Petal
 e --5-2----------------------0/2-2-----0/2-2-----0---
 B ------0-3-5-7-5-3-3---0/3--------5-3-------5-3-----
 G -------------------------------------------------2-
 D ---------------------------------------------------
 A ---------------------------------------------------
 E ---------------------------------------------------

 e ---------------------2--2/5------0-2-0-2-------0-2-0--
 B ------3-5-3--5-3/5-5/--------0/2-----------0/2--------
 G --0/2-------------------------------------------------
 D ------------------------------------------------------
 A ------------------------------------------------------
 E ------------------------------------------------------

you could be waiting for your life to begin
and you could be so much more than youve been
and i have found my feet 257 weeks
but you coul be waiting for your life to begin

 Chorus (2x)

 pre-solo thingee: played twice i think
 e --5-5-5-5-5-5------5-----5---------------
 B --------5-5-5--5/7---6/7----8\7-7\5-5\3--
 G -----------------------------------------
 D -----------------------------------------
 A -----------------------------------------
 E -----------------------------------------

the end - have fun


I think I have most of the parts right. listen to the cd for where
each part goes.  i got the solos as close as i could.

any questions email me at  CaptainSucrose@aol.com