Cradle And All

Cradle and All by Ani Difranco

>From Not a Pretty Girl on Righteous Babe records

Like the majority of Ani's amazing songs, cradle and all uses a crazy

alternative tuning. On the CD, I believe the tuning is F-F-C-Ab-C-Eb

but I transposed the song down a half step because E-E-B-G-B-D is

easier for me to understand. The two E's are low and in unison, so the

5th string, usually tuned to A, gets pretty floppy.

Ani always adds slight rhythmic variations, so this tablature should not

be considered as exact. Use this notation as a basic structure, and listen

to the recording to iron out the details. I believe she uses reinforced

press-on nails, so it may be difficult to emulate her sound without them.

I think that I can get pretty close with my fingers, or a pick.

Key: h=hammer-on p=pull-off s=slide x=muffled note

H=harmonic

Thrash out this tune. Don't stick too close to the exact notation

The main progression

D|-0-----0-x-0-------0-0-0----------|---------0-x-0--------0-x-0-7H-12H|

B|-0-----0-x-0-------0-0-0h2--p0----|---------0-x-0--------0-x-0-7H-12H|

G|-0-----0-x-0-------0-0-0h2--p0----|---------0-x-0--------0-x-0-7H-12H|

B|-0-----0-x-0----------------------|---------0-x-0--------0-x-0-7H-12H|

E|-0-----------0h3------------------|-0h8-----------8s10---------7H-12H|

E|-0-----------0h3------------------|-0h8-----------8s10---------7H-12H|

D U D U D D U D D U D U D U D U D D

D=downstroke U=upstroke

The "rockabye" part

D|-7-----7-----7-----9---9-9-9------|-4-----4-----4-----5---5-5-5------|

B|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-0-0------|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-0-0------|

G|-x-----x-----x-----x---x-x-x------|-x-----x-----x-----x---x-x-x------|

B|-7-----7-----7-----8---8-8-8------|-3-----3-----3-----5---5-5-5------|

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

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

D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U

Don't let any of the notes in this part ring. I included the up and

downstrokes even where there's no sound because that is the motion I

make with my hand while I play it. The strokes in between the chords

I make in the air right in front of the strings.

The accompaniment behind the crazy slide solo

D|-0-----0-x-0----------------------|

B|-0-----0-x-0----------------------|

G|-0-----0-x-0----------------------|

B|-0-----0-x-0----------------------|

E|-0-----------0h3-------0----------|

E|-0-----------0h3-------0----------|

D U D U D D

I welcome any corrections, comments, questions or other Ani chords or tab

My wish list includes:

Worthy

Buildings and Bridges

Falling is like this

Pick your nose

Out of Range

Hell Yeah

Dan Sharp Minneapolis, Minnesota

SAMMTUBA@DELPHI.COM or SHARPD@AC.GRIN.EDU

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Could you please archive this transcription of "cradle and all" by Ani

DiFranco

Although it says that it was submitted by Samuel Sharp, he's my father and

I I used his account.

Thanks, Dan Sharp SHARPD@AC.GRIN.EDU