With My Face On The Floor

(Emitt Rhodes)

Notes from AWR: The key riff of the song can be expressed as one or

more measures in 6/4 time, usually followed by a measure in 2/4:

(piano arr. for guitar):

(6/4) (2/4)

v v v v v v v v

-------------------------| ---------

-------------8-----------| ---------

-------8-------10------8-| ---8---8-

---8-10----10------8-10--| ---------

-10----------------------| ---------

-------------------------| ---------

(6/4 measure w/piano; 2 6/4 measures w/band; 2/4 measure w/band)

Verse 1:

Well, I'm down with my face on the floor

Yes, I got what I asked for and more

Well, the moment she stepped through that door

I was down with my face on the floor

(6/4 measure w/piano; 6/4 measure w/band; 2/4 measure w/band)

Verse 2:

Now I'm standin' with back to the wall

Waitin', prayin, see [unintelligible] fall

Well, I must have been onto it all

Now I'm standin' with back to the wall

(6/4 measure w/band; fuzz guitar doubles piano octave lower)

Well now she's gone away, just in time to say

Eb (6/4 measure w/fuzz guitar)

I'll drop you a line (drop you a line)

Well now she's gone away, just in time to say

Eb (6/4 and 2/4 measures w/fuzz guitar)

I'll see you sometime

(guitar solo over verse chords)

(6/4 measure w/fuzz guitar)

(repeat chorus)

(repeat verse 1)

Coda:

(rit.)

Well, the moment she stepped through that door

I was down with my face on the floor

(6/4 measure w/piano; repeat 6/4 measure w/band to fade)

-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers