Shotgun Down The Avalanche

Not transcribed or type in by me, but could you please add this

to the ftp archives?

Here's the rendition of the song as played on the ACL show last year, and it

follows Shawn's guitar style very closely. Luckily,

I taped it and the camera man was nice enough to focus on her left hand

for much of the set. Please excuse my chord names, as I have little knowledge

of musical theory or chord nomenclature.

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Shotgun Down The Avalanche

(Shawn Colvin, J. Leventhal)

Guitar: dropped D tuning (DADGBE - low to high),

capo V.

Chords:

Am: D A D G B E D:

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G/D: A#:

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G: D*:

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C1: D/E: Em:

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^ (hammer on)

Notes: 1) The D* chord is questionable.

2) C1 is a hammer on 3rd fret, fifth string, and C2 is a hammer

on 2nd fret, same string.

(Am chord)

Intro: E ------------0---------------0-----

B ------------1-----1---------1-----

G ------------2---------2-----2-----

D -0-2-0------2-------2-------2----- (repeat twice)

A -------2--0--------------0--------

D ---------------2------------------

^ ^ ^

(hammer on)

Words:

1:

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm

Tumbling and falling down the avalanche Hmmmmmmmm

A# G C1-C2 D

But I will raise up my voice into the void

You have left me nowhere to go

2:

I love you so much and it's so bizzare

A mystery that goes on and on and on

It is the best thing and the very most hard

And we don't get along

After countless appeals, we keep spinning our wheels

On this mountain of new fallen snow

So I let go the catch and we're over the edge

You have left me nowhere to go

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche

(guitar interlude: Am D G/D D G/D Am)

3:

Sometimes you make me loose my will to live

And just become a beacon for your soul

But the past is stronger than my will to forgive

Forgive you or myself, I don't know

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm

Tumblin' and fallin' down the avalanche Hmmmmmmmm

So be quiet tonight, be sure to step lightly

On this mountain of new fallen snow

But I will raise up my voice into the void

You have left me nowhere to go

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm

(Guitar Ending:) heavy strumming on D/E chord,

then single slow strum on D* chord

--

Marc Hirsh (marc@owlnet.rice.edu)

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^ --"I went to the funeral and Lord it made me happy..."

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(Lyle Lovett)