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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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GUITAR CHORDS
TRACY CHAPMAN
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[Image]Across The Lines
[Image]Baby Can I Hold You
[Image]Fast Car
[Image]For My Lover
[Image]For You
[Image]If Not Now
[Image]Mountains O' Things
[Image]She's Got Her ticket
[Image]Talkin 'Bout A Revolution
[Image]Why ?
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ACROSS THE LINES
Pretty much just four chords, F#m (244222), E (022100), Bm (x244322) and D
(xx0232). If I recall correctly there's a break that goes between an A and
A(add9) (x02420) and back to A, but am not sure. Also not sure, but in the
outro I think she's playing G and A.
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{title:Across The Lines}
{st:by Tracy Chapman}
Across the[F#m] lines
Who could [E]dare to go
[Bm]Under the bridge
[D]Over the tracks
[G]That separates whites from blacks[A] [A(add9)] [A]
Choose sides
Or run for your life
Tonight the riots behin
On back streets of America
They kill the dream of America
Little black girl gets assaulted
Ain't no reason why
Newspaper prints the story
And racist tempers fly
Next day it start a riot
Knives and guns are drawn
Two black boys get killed
One white boy goes blind
Little black girl gets assaulted
Don't no one know her name
Lots of people hurt and angry
She's the one to blame
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BABY CAN I HOLD YOU
{title:Baby Can I Hold You}
{st:by Tracy Chapman}
D A7sus A7
e=====2===2==2=0===2===|0===0===0========
B==T==3===3==3=3===3=0=|3===3=0=2========
G==A==2===2==2=2===2===|0===0===0========
D==B==0===0==0=0===0===|2===2===2========
A======================|0===0===0========
E======================|=================
Sorry[D]
[A7sus]Is all that [A7]you can't s[Em]ay
Y[A7sus]ears gone by[A7] and st[D]ill
[A7sus]Words don't c[A7]ome easil[Em]y
[G]Like so[A]rry [G]like so[A]rry
Forgive me
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like forgive me forgive me
{c:chorus}
But you can say baby
[Em]baby, can I [G]hold you [D]tonight.
[Em]Baby, if I [G]told you the [Bm]right words,
ooh, at the righ[A]t time, you'd be mine.
[D] === [Em] === [F#m] === [G] === [A] repeat
I love you
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like I love you I love you
{c: to chorus}
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D A7sus A7
e-----2---2--2-0---2---|0---0---0--------
B--T--3---3--3-3---3-0-|3---3-0-2--------
G--A--2---2--2-2---2---|0---0---0--------
D--B--0---0--0-0---0---|2---2---2--------
A----------------------|0---0---0--------
E----------------------|-----------------
This is played and repeated twice, the second time it's repeated the vocals
come in: "Sorry- is all that you can't say." However on "say" an Em chord is
played. Repeat the chord changes, but go to a D on "still" in "years go by
and still." Repeat once more landing on an Em, then change to a G, then A
each time "sorry" is repeated. Watch for the time signature changes around
the G. This entire sequence is repeated, with the exception of the opening
strums before the singing begins. Of course, substitute the next verses,
i.e. "Forgive me..."
The remaining part of the song goes:
Em G D
Baby, can I hold you tonight.
Em G Bm
Baby, if I told you the right words,
A
oo- at the right time,
D Em F#m G A repeat.
you'd be mine.
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FAST CAR
e-----------0----0----------|5------4----4--------
B--T------------------------|---------------------
G--A--6-7-6-----------------|---------------------
D--B--7-----7----------7----|7------7--------7----
A---------------------------|---------------------
E---------------------------|---------------------
Repeat this over and over, until the bridge "I remember we were driving...".
D for one measure, A for one measure, F#m(244222) for a measure, Esus
(022200) for a measure, then a measure in which a D and F#m are given equal
time, followed by a measure of E. Repeat the last two measures, then play
one with a D and E. Back to the repeating riff.
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This is what I've got for Fast Car by Tracy Chapman:
I'm not going to post the words, b/c I don't know them. But this is a decent
compromise on the continual riff throughout the song, considering I can't
play bass and acoustic guitars at the same time. Oh, and yes, I did this by
listening to the CD.
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 repeat...
e---|-------0---0----|-5-----4---4----|
B-T-|-2-3-2----------|----------------|
G-A-|-2-----------2--|-----2-------2--|
D-B-|-0--------------|----------------|
A---|-------0--------|----------------|
E---|----------------|-2-----0--------|
I apologize if my notation is unconventional, but this is my first TAB post
attempt. It's a little tricky to play this version, but I can manage it by
keeping my index finger on the G, and by cheating with my thumb for the E
bass notes.
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FOR MY LOVER
I use "^" for hammer-on, and the "d" and "u" to indicate downward and upward
strums. Here's the intro:
Em G D Cmaj7
d u d u d u d u
e-----0---0-----------3---3-----------|2---2---2---0---------|
B--T--0---0-----------0---0-----------|3---3---3---0---------|
G--A--0---0-----------0---0-----------|2---2---2---0---------|
D--B--2---2-------0---0---0-------0---|0---0---0---2---------|
A-----2---2---0^2-----2---2---0^2-----|------------3---------|
E-----0---0-----------3---3-----------|----------------------|
The intro is repeated, and then:
Em G
Two weeks in a Virginia jail
D A
For my lover, for my lover.
Em G
Twenty thousand dollar bail
D A
For my lover, for my lover.---
C
And everybody thinks
A(add9) (x02420)
I'm the fool.
D
They don't get---any
C
love from you.
Em
Things we won't do for love---
A(add9)
Em
I'd climb a mountain if I had to,
G
risk my life so I could have you---
D
you- you- you- you...
Cmaj7 (x32000)
you- you -you -you -you.
Repeat this progression with these lyrics:
Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed
for my lover, for my lover.
Dope me up and I tell them lies
for my lover, for my lover.---
And everybody thinks... etc.
Stay on the Cmaj7 the second time through an extra measure, for:
Cmaj7
I follow my heart
Em
and leave my head to ponder
D
deep in this love--- no
Cmaj7
man can shake.
Keep with these chord changes for the remaining lyrics:
I follow my heart
and leave my mind to wonder,
is this love worth- the sacri-
fices I make?
Now repeat the from the "Two weeks in a Virginia jail" verse.
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