TAB: one space equals one eigth note
main pattern repeats through out song (note variations at end of choruses):
e|----3---|2---0---|----3---|2---0---|----3---|2---0---|----3---|2---0---|
B|--3---3-|--2---3-|--3---3-|--2---3-|--3---3-|--2---3-|--3---3-|--2---3-|
G|-2-2-2-2|-3-3-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-3-3-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-3-3-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-3-3-2-2|
D|0-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|
E|--------|--------|3-------|----(2)-|0-------|--------|--------|--------|
end of verse progression:
o-o-------o o-o-------- o-o-------- o-o-------o
other verse pattern (I don't know the pick pattern, so I just strum these):
last chord:
D (final)
MI LA RE SOL SI MIx o o
7 7INTRORE RE/SOL RE/MI RE/LA
RE
It was my first night in that roomin' house,
RE/SOLin the last room down the hall.
I heard a hoarse voice, and an old guitar,
RE/LAcomin' through the paper thin walls.
REA crazy nonsense nursery rhyme,
it did not mean a thing.
RE/MIBut for the first of what was to be a thousand times,
RE/LAthis is what I heard him sing.
CHORUS RE
Hold that "D" chord on the old guitar,
RE/SOL'till I find the "G."
Drop it down to old "E" minor,
RE/LA RE RE/LA'till the "A" chord rolls back home around to "D."
I had to lay there listening, it seemed he was in the room.
RE/MI RE/LAThe stranger with the melodies, singin' there in the gloom.
SIm FAAnd he repeated it over and over again, such a soft and sinking sound.
It was kind of like a music box that was slowly windin' down.
FA MImAnd he sang it, he hummed it, he whistled it, and he strummed it.
SOL LA LA LA7 LA6He laughed it, and he cried it. He did anything but hide it.
CHORUS LA RE
Hold that "D" chord on the old guitar,
RE/SOL'till I find the "G."
Drop it down to old "E" minor,
RE/LA RE RE/LA'till the "A" chord rolls back home around to me.
So I lay there in that lumpy bed, counted choruses instead of sheep,
RE/MI RE/LA'till I banged on the wall and out I called, "Hey bub, I need some sleep."
(D) (stop pattern, just base) (G)
A sudden void of silence, then I heard that hoarse voice say,
(E) (A) D (resume pattern) D/A
"It weren't so long ago, boy, they paid me to play.
RE RE/SOLSo I said, "It's kind of late for music, sir. Two hours 'till it's daylight."
RE/MI RE/LAHe answered, "I need my music most in these dark hours of the night.
You see I've tried gettin' high on somethin', son; it only brings me down.
LAm MImStayin' dry don't work out better, boy, 'cause my eyes get wet and I drown.
FA MImWon't you please let me continue, and I'll be in your debt.
You see I'm not singin' to remember, son. I'm just singin' to forget.
Hold that "D" chord on the old guitar,
'till I find the "G."
RE/MIDrop it down to old "E" minor,
RE/LA RE RE(strum) RE(strum) LA'till the "A" chord rolls back home around to me.
DO SOL
That's when I said, if I'm supposed to listen to you, sir,
DO SOLone quick question, then.
Why in the hell do you sing one song, over and over again?
(spoken) And this is what he said.
RE RE RE RE/SOL
I gave her the music, son. She gave me the words.
RE/MI RE/LATogether we'd write the kinds of songs the angels must have heard.
Of course, we'd fight like cats and dogs; life ain't no rosebud dream.
RE/MI RE/LAStill, where ever we'd go, everybody'd know, we were truly a team.
RE RE/SOLI can't remember now if I'd done her wrong, or if she'd done wrong to me.
Still, all I know is when I let her go, it did not set me free.
SImThat's when I said, "You sound like what's-his-name."
FAHe said, "That's who I am.
But you can't wrap a name around you boy,
MIm'cause it really don't mean a damn.
FA MImYou see, a song don't have no meanin', when it don't have nothin' to say.
What she could do was magic, son. All I can do is play.
REHe started singin' again, that's when I drifted off,
RE/SOLand maybe I'd dreamed what I'd heard,
about the stranger with the melodies,
RE/LAwho'd gone and lost the words.
CHORUS
Hold that "D" chord on the old guitar,
RE/SOL'till I find the "G."
RE/MIDrop it down to old "E" minor,
D/A D D(final)
'till the "A" chord rolls back home around to "D."
TAB: one space equals one eigth
..note
main pattern repeats through out
..song (note variations at end of
..choruses):
e|----3---|2---0---|----3---|2---0---|----3---|2---0---|----3---|2---0---|
B|--3---3-|--2---3-|--3---3-|--2---3-|--3---3-|--2---3-|--3---3-|--2---3-|
G|-2-2-2-2|-3-3-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-3-3-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-3-3-2-2|-2-2-2-2|-3-3-2-2|
D|0-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|0-------|--------|
E|--------|--------|3-------|----(2)-|0-------|--------|--------|--------|
end of verse progression:
LA LA7 LA6 LAo-o-------o o-o-------- o-o-------- o-o-------o
other verse pattern (I don't know
..the pick pattern, so I just
..strum these):
last chord:
D (final)
MI LA RE SOL SI MIx o o
7 7INTRORE RE/SOL RE/MI RE/LA
RE
It was my first night in that
..roomin' house,
RE/SOLin the last room down the hall.
RE/MII heard a hoarse voice, and an old
..guitar,
RE/LAcomin' through the paper thin
..walls.
REA crazy nonsense nursery rhyme,
it did not mean a thing.
RE/MIBut for the first of what was to
..be a thousand times,
RE/LAthis is what I heard him sing.
CHORUS
Hold that "D" chord on
..the old guitar,
'till I find the
.."G."
Drop it down to old "E"
..minor,
'till the "A" chord
RE RE/LA..rolls back home around to
.."D."
RE
I had to lay there listening, it
..seemed he was in the room.
RE/MIThe stranger with the melodies,
RE/LA..singin' there in the gloom.
And he repeated it over and over
FA..again, such a soft and sinking
..sound.
LAmIt was kind of like a music box
MIm..that was slowly windin' down.
And he sang it, he hummed it, he
MIm..whistled it, and he strummed it.
SOLHe laughed it, and he cried it.
..He did anything but hide it.
LA7 LA6
CHORUS
Hold that "D" chord on
..the old guitar,
'till I find the
.."G."
Drop it down to old "E"
..minor,
'till the "A" chord
RE RE/LA..rolls back home around to me.
So I lay there in that lumpy bed,
RE/SOL..counted choruses instead of
..sheep,
RE/MI'till I banged on the wall and out
RE/LA..I called, "Hey bub, I need some
..sleep."
(D) (stop pattern, just base)
..(G)
A sudden void of silence, then
..I heard that hoarse voice say,
(E) (A)
.. D (resume pattern)
..D/A
"It weren't so long ago, boy,
..they paid me to play.
RESo I said, "It's kind of late for
..music, sir. Two hours 'till
..it's daylight."
He answered, "I need my music most
RE/LA..in these dark hours of the
..night.
SImYou see I've tried gettin' high on
FA..somethin', son; it only brings
..me down.
LAmStayin' dry don't work out better,
..boy, 'cause my eyes get wet and
..I drown.
Won't you please let me continue,
MIm..and I'll be in your debt.
SOLYou see I'm not singin' to
..remember, son. I'm just
LA LA7 LA6..singin' to forget.
CHORUS
Hold that "D" chord on
..the old guitar,
'till I find the
.."G."
Drop it down to old "E"
..minor,
'till the "A" chord
RE..rolls back home around to me.
RE(strum) RE(strum) LA
DO
That's when I said, if I'm
SOL..supposed to listen to you, sir,
one quick question, then.
FA DOWhy in the hell do you sing one
LA..song, over and over again?
(spoken) And this is what he said.
I gave her the music,
RE/SOL..son. She gave me the words.
RE/MITogether we'd write the kinds of
..songs the angels must have
..heard.
Of course, we'd fight like cats
RE/SOL..and dogs; life ain't no rosebud
..dream.
RE/MIStill, where ever we'd go,
RE/LA..everybody'd know, we were truly
..a team.
REI can't remember now if I'd done
..her wrong, or if she'd done
..wrong to me.
Still, all I know is when I let
RE/LA..her go, it did not set me free.
SImThat's when I said, "You sound
..like what's-his-name."
FAHe said, "That's who I am.
But you can't wrap a name around
..you boy,
'cause it really don't mean a
..damn.
You see, a song don't have no
MIm..meanin', when it don't have
..nothin' to say.
SOLWhat she could do was magic, son.
LA LA LA7 LA6 LA..All I can do is play.
He started singin' again, that's
..when I drifted off,
and maybe I'd dreamed what I'd
..heard,
about the stranger with the
..melodies,
who'd gone and lost the words.
Hold that "D" chord on
..the old guitar,
RE/SOL'till I find the
.."G."
RE/MIDrop it down to old "E"
..minor,
D/A
.. D D(final)
'till the "A" chord
..rolls back home around to
.."D."
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