Sweet Oblivion Album

artist: the screaming trees

subject: chords of the whole "SWEET OBLIVION" ALBUM

SEE YOU

SCREAMING TREES:

SWEET OBLIVION LIRICS AND CHORDS

nota:

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E' al contrario consentito l'uso personale e la distribuzione gratuita dello stesso.

Ferdinando Boccazzi-Varotto

fbv@rocketmail.com

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Shadows of the season O.K.

Nearly Lost you O.K. gtr riff missing (maybe next time)

Dollar Bill O.K.

More or Less O.K.

Butterfly O.K.-

For celebration past- O.K.

The secret kind -OK

Winter song - OK

Troubled times - OK

No one knows - OK

Julie paradise- OK

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SHADOW OF THE SEASON

Main riff (MR)-Dm chord

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B:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G:10--7---10--7---10---12---10--7---10--7---5---7----------------------------|

D:0---0---0---0---0----0----0---0---0---0---0---0----------------------------|

A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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play the strings together

listen to the record to get the right rithm

MR

The hour is ending, can't you see

There is no way now, to get free

Dm(hold)

In the shadow of the season

Without a reason, to carry home

Without a reason, without a reason

Dm (hold)

And from the north woods

Down on the valley

In a world of hurting, I'm moving on

Out from the lighthouse

Out on the ocean

Can't climb the mountain, so very tall

F G F E-Dm

Said Lord please give me what I need

F G F E-Dm

He said there's pain and misery

Oh sweet oblivion feels alright

M.R. (Dm)

The hour is drawing ever closer

And rolling over, won't let me be

In the shadow of the season

To find a reason, to carry home

Said Lord please give me what I need

He said there's pain and misery

Oh sweet oblivion

She calls me onward to her side

And feels her song deep inside

And find a reason

In the shadow, of the season

To find a reason to carry home

In the shadow, of the season

To find a reason to carry home

Find a reason, to carry home

To carry home, to find a reason

To carry home, to carry home

Bass line (very easy)

D-C D F

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NEARLY LOST YOU

intro: C-(F)-C D-(G)-D A

Riff: A-F A-F

Did you hear the distant cry

Calling me back to my sin

Like the one you knew before

Calling me back once again

F-C F G?

I nearly, I nearly lost you there

And it's taking us somewhere

I nearly lost you there

Let's try to see now

Drag me far enough to know

I'm blind every mile that you burn

There's a rider that's fallen and

It's clear there's no time to return

I nearly, I nearly lost you there

And it's taking us somewhere

I nearly lost you there

Let's try to see now

Did you hear the distant lie

Calling me back to my sin

Like the one you knew before

Calling me back once again

I nearly, I nearly lost you there

And it's taking us somewhere

I nearly lost you there

Weel let's try to see now

I nearly lost you there....

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DOLLAR BILL

INTO AC.GTR C-F

Torn like an old dollar bill

Girl let them say what they will

That no one should hurt ya

And that's all I seem to do

That no one should desert ya

And that's all I seem to do

I gotta tell you, goodbye mama

We've taken this too far

Been trying to tell you what's going on

(C-F)

Trying to make it easy on ya

Trying to make it better, make it easier on ya

It's all I came to do, It's all I came to do

Now down in the light, and I must be dreaming

Cause I see clearly, I see angels

Bringing something to me

Mother Mercy, I told a lie, I didn't need it

Good bye mama, I've taken this too far

Been gone awhile, been gone a long way

I don't want to hurt ya, it's all I seem to do

Don't want to desert ya, it's all I seem to do

I gotta tell you, goodbye mama

I've taken this too far

Been down awhile, been down a long way

Trying to make it easy on ya

Trying to make it better, make it easier on ym

It's all I came to do (x 3)

Torn like an old dollar bill

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MORE OR LESS

rithm gtr intro riff (OVERDRIVE GTR)

eI-----3----3-----3----------

BI-----3----3-----3----------

GI-----0----0-----0----------

DI---------------------------

AI-2-2--3-3------------------

EI-0-0--------3-3---3-3-2-3-2-(0-REPEAT FROM THE START)

LEAD GTR INTRO RIFF (IT STARTS ON THE SECOND REPETITION OF THE RITHM RIFF)

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G:----7-b(9)r7---7---9---7-----------7---9b(11)r9-------------------------7--|

D:---------------------------7---9------------------9---7---9---10---10------|

A:7--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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B:----------------------------------------|

G:------------------7---9b(11)r9---9~~~~--|

D:-10---9---7---9-------------------------|

A:----------------------------------------|

E:----------------------------------------|

note: listen to the recor for the right timing

Now that we've run this road so many times

Tonight it will not take us home

Gonna go to that deep river

Where the water's moving slow

Feels like there's nothing to explain

D*

(Nothing left here)

One more or less it's all the same

Now that it's feeling so much colder

(Coming back again)

Just be glad that it's all over

Now that we've closed our eyes so many times

Tonight I cannot see a thing

Gonna go to that deep river

Where the water's moving slow

Feels like there's nothing to explain

(Nothing left here)

And now you know just who to blame

For why you're feeling so much colder

(Coming back again)

Just be glad that it's all over

Gonna go to that deep river

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BUTTERFLY

intro riff:

A-D5 (D5:XX0230) or A-Asus4

C A-D5

Changing memories they fade away

A-D5

The hours and the day

While in the sunshine, the sunshine bright

A-D5

I kept you on my mind

G D A (D5)

Cry, cry butterfly

IDEM

Heard it on the wings that you're going to die

Cry, cry butterfly

And I'm sick and I wanna go home

Up to an empty room

Four walls around nothing to be found

Of empty promises in a lonesome town

Let me lay you down

Cry, cry butterfly

Heard it on the wings that you're going to die

Cry, cry butterfly

And I'm sick and I wanna go home

The changing memories they fade away

The hours in the day

While in the sunshine, the sunshine bright

I kept you on my mind

Cry, cry butterfly

Heard it on the wings that you're going to die

Cry, cry butterfly

And I'm sick and I wanna go home

Cry, cry butterfly

Heard it on the wings that you're going to die

Cry, cry butterfly

And I'm sick and I wanna go home

Well I'm sick and I want to go home

That I'm sick and I want to go home

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FOR CELEBRATION PAST

INTRO/VERSE

A-C-G-D(sus4)

C-G-D-A(sus4)

A C G D (4)

This is for footsteps approaching the night

C G D A (4)

They keep themselves moving and do what is right

Now watch what you gather and hold in your hand

Numbers are many who misunderstand

Drink your wine away instead

I won't remember all that's said

Say farewell and close the door

You'll find me nevermore

That I believe in

That that I believe in

A G D(hold)

That that I believe in you

D(hold)

Must be a crying shame

Tell you a story of that which comes last

All of the sorrow that lives in the past

Now if you're tired of all that's been told

Don't be surprised that I've grown so old

Drink your wine away instead

I won't remember all that's said

Say farewell and close the door

You'll find me nevermore

That I believe in

That I believe in

That I believe in you

Must be a crying shame

Breathing ind shadows or dead on the vine

I'm there in the morning to take you sometimes

To watch what you gather and hold in your hand

The numbers are many who misunderstand

Drink your wine away instead

I wont remember all that's said

Say farewell and close the door

You'll find me nevermore

That I believe in

That I believe in

That I believe in

That I believe in

That I believe in you

Must be a crying shame (x 3)

Oh yeah

Must be a crying shame (x 3)

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THE SECRET KIND

(I'm not sure all the chords are right;

the intro riff shouldn't be too far from the original one)

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D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A:----------------3---5-----------3---5---3---------------------------3---5--|

E:5---5---3---5-----------3---5---------------5_4_3---5---5---3---5----------|

legato triplet

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B:--------------------------|

G:---------5---7---5--------|

D:-5---7---------------7_6_5|

A:--------------------------|

E:--------------------------|

legato triplet

Lying in the quiet darkness

Hitting high and low

Pictures shifting out of focus

Not as far to go

Eyes to the sun

One more blind

Secret kind

Yesterday is twice removed

Tomorrow's close behind

Alone and unreliable

Windows out of time

Eyes to the sun

One more blind

Secret kind

Lying in the quiet darkness

Hitting high and low

Pictures shifting out of focus

Not as far to go

Eyes to the sun

One more blind

Secret kind

(repeat)

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WINTER SONG

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B:---------0--------------------0-----------3-----3-------3|

G:2----2-------2------1-------------1-------0---\h2--------|

D:0--\h2--------------0---\h2---------------0-----0--------|

A:0--\h2--------------0---\h2------------------------------|

E:--------------------0------------------------------------|

h= hammer on

INTRO:A chord

Jesus knocking on my door

Late last night, and early this morning

Window glass, rusted and weary

I went straight through

And didn't hear no warning

(double time)

Just a roll of the dice, and a precious vice

To bring you 'round, it's easier

When I'm wasting my time

And I'm losing my mind

Oh my mind

Trying to wait for the sky to fall

It's kind of hard now to see it all

Whisper a song of winter in your heart

Dead end street, just out my back door

I heard what's seen, a young girl laughing

Now raindrops fall away like souls

I wondered if she ever heard mine dying

Just a roll of the dice, and a precious vice

To bring you 'round, it's easier

When I'm wasting my time

And I'm losing my mind

Oh my mind

Trying to wait for the sky to fall

It's kind of hard now to see it all

Whisper a song of winter in your heart

(repeat)

Jesus knocking on my door

One last time, and early this morning

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TROUBLED TIMES

Dropped D Tuning

INTRO (AND OUTRO TOO) etc.

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D:--------------------------------3|5|---------------------------------------|

A:----0-------5-------0-------5---------------0---3---5---0-------5----------|

D:3---0---3---0---3---0---3---0-----------3---0---3---5---0---3---0----------|

note:3|5| means "trill"

Chorus chords (based on the Bass line) D C G

Chorus gtr riff (it doesn't change when the chords change)

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B:-----------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----------|

G:-----------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----------|

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

A:------------------------------------------------------------|

D:------------------------------------------------------------|

INTRO (D-F-G)

Lay it to rest, you know my word ain't the best

This is just another question of faith

That I must take

'Til it's laid to waste

Laid to waste

I stood and I watched you weep

Until I'm gone you're sure to cry some more

I stayed, lit a cigarette

I thought we'd been here some time before

CHORUS RIFF

Booked and I got to hurry

Troubled times and worry

Will turn your head away

Swear to you now I'm learning

Troubled times are turning

Turn your head away

She said that "it's five AM

I think it's time for you to go"

Got to hurry, got to get on board

And drink myself to sleep and home

Booked and I got to hurry

Troubled times and worry

Will turn your head away

Swear to you I'm learning

Troubled times are turning

Turn your head away

Shoot me on down baby (x 4)

Booked and I got to hurry

Troubled times and worry

Will turn your head away

Swear to you I'm learning

Troubled times are turning

Turn your head away

Booked and I got to hurry

Troubled times and worry

Will turn your head away

Swear to you I'm learning

Troubled times are turning

Turn your head away

Shoot me on down baby (X4)

Lay it to rest, you know my love ain't the best

This is just another question of taste

That I must take

'Til it's laid to waste

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NOBODY KNOWS

G F6/9 C9 G

F6/9: X03233 C9: X32033 G: 320033

INTRO & CHORUS GTR RIFF

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B:----------------------------|

G:----------------------------|

D:----------------------------|

A:----2---3-----------3-------|

E:3-----------1--------------3|

F6/9 C9 G

Don't turn away, you haven't yet awakened

Why don't you stay, remember what you said

Ten thousand miles and everyone's mistaken

Look where you've been

Where every woman's wasted

All the while you've been sleeping

Drifting on a wind never blown

Tomorrow you'll wake up aching

Wondering how, when no one really knows

Don't speak a word, of all that you've been saving

If there isn't time then you should let it go

Into the fire and bring back all you've taken

Once more alone you'll never let it show

All the while you've been sleeping

Drifting on a wind never blown

Tomorrow you'll wake up aching

Wondering how, when no one really knows

Now what have I do wrong

Can't you tell me what have I done wrong

Baby tell me what have I done wrong

Don't walk away, you haven't yet awakened

Why don't you stay, remember what you said

Ten thousand miles, and everyone's mistaken

Look where you've been

Where every woman's wasted

All the while you've been sleeping

Drifting on a wind never blown

Tomorrow you'll wake up aching

Wondering how, when no one really knows

Now what have I do wrong

Can't you tell me what have I done wrong

Baby tell me what have I done wrong

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JULIE PARADISE

INTRO: B chord

this riff will appear several times in the song

Listen to the record for the right strumming

e:----x---x--------------------------------------|

B:----4---4-----------4--------------------------|

G:----4---4-----------4--------------------------|

D:----4---4-----------4--------------------------|

A:2-------2---000-h2-----------------------------|

E:--------x--------------------------------------|

trip.

A dog hides in the night

No wrong or right

A dog hides from the heat

I need sugar sweet

I need some, but she

Says it's gonna ruin my mind

Something's gone wrong inside

I'm thinking

Paradise... all that I want

And a little water

And a little water

Something's going wrong in my mind

Something's going wrong inside

I'm thinking... Paradise

Julie your mother cried

Sent home a bullet for the family

That's how your father died

Died a broken and lonely man

Something's going wrong in my mind

Something's going wrong inside

I'm thinking

Hey Lord keep ahold

You don't ever know where to fall

Hey Lord keep ahold

You don't ever know where to fall

A dog hides in the night

No wrong from right

A dog hides in the heat

I need sugar sweet

I need some, but she

Says it's gonna ruin my mind

Something's gone wrong inside

I'm thinking...Paradise

Julie your mother cried

Sent home a bullet for the family

That's how your father died

Died a broken and lonely man

Something's going wrong in my mind

Something's going wrong inside

I'm thinking... Paradise

Paradise... Paradise

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for comments and suggestions why don't you send me a mail?

fbv@rocketmail.com

"ithink i've made a good job, of course it's easier play guitar than

transcibe what you're plaing..."

Fac Ut Ardeat Cor Meum in Amandis

IMPORTANT:

I had no time to write the solos, and also miss most of all the solo guitar tabs,

if you are intrested about it, send me a mail, with subject: screaming trees,

if i'll receive enough messages, i will start the work