Rhythm Of The Blues

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[This song is actually in F. These chords with the lyrics are the chords

that Mary-Chapin Carpenter plays; she has a capo on the 3rd fret and plays

it in D. John Jennings plays it in C with a capo at the fifth fret.]

 

I can hear the rain come down, I can listen with my heart

I can see with both eyes closed in the dark

G G (D) G G

Sleep will come in just a while but till it does I choose

To listen to the rain, it's the rhythm of the blues

I walk along these streets of home that once belonged to us

And now baby I walk alone and I am lost

In the sound of my own footsteps on the avenues

I guess I'm only walking to rhythm of the blues

I don't wanna hear another word spoken, I don't wanna see another tear shed

I can't seem to fix what's broken, like this record baby in my head

 

Lonely looks as bad on me as lonely looks on you

And still we keep on moving to the rhythm of the blues

I want a place to call my own, where you have never been

I wanna look around and know you won't be coming back again

On some pretense paper-thin that I can see right through

You come and go baby, like the rhythm of the blues

You come and go baby, like the rhythm of the blues

You come and go baby, like the rhythm of the blues...

TABLATURE

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[Note that the tab parts are written as if there is a capo at the fifth

fret, since this is how John Jennings plays the song. I'm not sure that

these are the _exact_ fingerings that Jennings uses, but they work.]

[This is played twice, more or less. The notes in parentheses are probably

played by the other guitar. The "strum" markers note places where there's

a noticable strum, but I don't know on which notes.]

E ------s---------|----------------|----------------|----------s-----|

B ------t---------|----------------|----------------|------1---t-----|

G ------r-----O---|----------------|----------------|----O-----r-----|

D ------u---O2--O-|----------------|----------------|--3-------u-----|

A 3-----m---------|----------3-2-O-|-----(O)--------|----------m-O-2-|

E ----------------|----------------|-----------(3=5)|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

GUITAR SOLO:

[If you're using a pick, play the double-stops with a slow sweep for that

arpeggio effect. Doesn't work as well with bare fingers.]

[A variation: at the end of the second C measure, instead of 3-2-0, play

it like the end of the second G measure (but on the D & G strings).]

E ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B ---6|6-5------------1|1-O-----3--1--O-|O1O-------------|----------------|

G --7-|7-5-----------2-|2-O-----0triplet|---2------------|------------O---|

D ----|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------------3-|

A ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

E ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

C G Dm7 Dm7 (C)

E ----------------|----------------|------s-------s-|------------s---|

B ----------------|----------------|------t-------t-|------------t---|

G ----------------|----------------|------r-------r-|------------r---|

D 2---------3-2-O-|------------O---|------u-------u-|------------u---|

A ----------------|--------2=3---O-|------m-------m-|------------m---|

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com