Solitude Standing
Tom's diner
[Actually in Fm; capo 1.]
Em C Em C
E ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----|0-4-----0-4---4-|2=0-2=02--0-----|0-4-----0-4---4-|2=0-2=02--------|
D 2-4-|----2-4-----2---|------------2-4-|----2-4-----2---|------------2-1-|
A ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
G F(b5) Em B7
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|--0-0---1=0-----|0=1-----0=1---1-|1=0-0---0-------|
G --4-4-2-4-2-----|------2-----0=2-|----0=2-----0---|------2---------|
D 0-----------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A --------------4-|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Luka
[E: 022100 Bsus4: x24400 Asus2: x02200 C#m7: x46600]
E Bsus4 Asus2 Bsus4
[intro; just one guitar]
C#m7 Bsus4 C#m7 Bsus4 Asus2 Bsus4 Asus2 Bsus4
[intro; whole band comes in]
E Bsus4
My name is Luka
Asus2 Bsus4
I live on the second floor
E Bsus4
I live upstairs from you
Asus9 Bsus4
Yes I think you've seen me before
C#m7 Bsus4 C#m7
If you hear something late at night
Bsus4 Asus2
Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight
Bsus4
Just don't ask me what it was
Asus2 Bsus4
Just don't ask me what it was
Asus2 Bsus4
Just don't ask me what it was
Maybe it's because I'm clumsy
I try not to talk too loud
Maybe it's because I'm crazy
I try not to act too proud
They only hit until you cry
And after that you don't ask why
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore
E Bsus4 Asus2 Bsus4 E Bsus4 Asus2 Bsus4
[guitar solo]
Yes, I think I'm okay
Walked into the door again
If you ask that's what I'll say
And it's not your business anyway
I guess I'd like to be alone
With nothing broken, nothing thrown
Just don't ask me how I am
Just don't ask me how I am
Just don't ask me how I am
My name is Luka
I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you
Yes I think you've seen me before
If you hear something late at night
Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight
Just don't ask me what it was
Just don't ask me what it was
Just don't ask me what it was
And they only hit until you cry
And after that you don't ask why
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore
E Bsus4 Asus2 Bsus4 E Bsus4 Asus2 Bsus4 C#m7 Bsus4 Asus2 Bsus4 E.
[instrumental]
Ironbound/Fancy poultry
Itabbed by Bambi Kill ([email protected]), with contribution
from Shinar Ofer ([email protected])
CHORDS:
Am x0x210 alternate interlude chords:
Am7 x0x010 Am7 x02213
F xx3x11 C x32010
Fadd2 xx3011 G x20030
Em 0xx000
Dsus4 xx0233
D xx0232
A x02220
A7sus2 x02000
F7add2 xx3010
Asus2 x02200
F7 xx3201
PLAYING NOTES:
This song is finger-picked.
Play intro, verses and choruses by playing bass note of chord, then plucking the rest of the strings. Each chord is played twice.
Interlude can be played as per the tab, or if you prefer something simpler, by apeggioing the alternative interlude chords above.
Bridge is played as triplets by apeggioing the two bass notes
then the rest of the strings. Each chord is played twice.
INTRO:
Am Am7
F Fadd2
VERSE 1:
Am Am7
In the ironbound section near Avenue L
F Fadd2
where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell
Am Am7
the clouds so low the morning so slow
F Fadd2
as the wires cut through the sky
VERSE 2:
The beams and bridges cut the light on the ground
into little triangles and the rails run round
through the rust and the heat
the light and sweet coffee color of her skin
CHORUS 1:
Em F Em
Bound up in wire and fate
F Em
watching her walk him up to the gate
F
in front of the ironbound school yard.
VERSE 3:
Kids will grow like weeds on a fence
She says they look for the light they try to make sense.
They come up through the cracks
Like grass on the tracks
She touches him goodbye.
CHORUS 2:
Steps off the curb and into the street
the blood and feathers near her feet
into the ironbound market
INTERLUDE:
Am C B C x 4
Am C G C
E ----------------|-------------0---|-------0---------|-------------0---|
E ------0---0---0-|---------0-------|-----0-----------|---------0-------|
E --------12------|---0---0---10----|---0-------0---0-|---0---0---10----|
E ----10------10--|-----10----------|---------12------|-----10----------|
E 0h12------------|-10--------------|-9-----------9---|-10--------------|
E ----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
VERSE 4:
In the ironbound section near Avenue L
where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell
the clouds so low the morning so slow
as the wires cut through the sky
CHORUS 3:
She stops at the stall
fingers the ring
opens her purse
feels a longing
away from the ironbound border
INTERLUDE
Am C G C x 4
BRIDGE
A A7sus2 A A7sus2
Fancy poulty parts sold here.
Fadd2 F7add2 Fadd2 F7add2
Breasts and thighs and hearts.
Asus2 F7 Asus2 F7
Backs are cheap and wings are nearly (repeat)
A A7sus2 A A7sus2
free.
Fadd2 F7add2 Fadd2 F7add2
Nearly free.
A A7sus2 A A7sus2
Nearly free. (repeat x 4)
(repeat chords till fade out)
Night vision
Tabbed by Freezetag
([email protected])
capo on 2nd fret
Intro & Verse
Am Em7 Am Em7
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
G-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---|
D--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)|---0--(0)--0--(0)|--(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)|---0--(0)--0--(0)|
A-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Am/C G Am/C Esus4 E
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|
G-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0---0---|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---1---1---|
D---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|---0---0---0---0-|---2---2---2---2-|
A-3---3---3---3---|---2---2---2---2-|-3---3---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|
E-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
F G F Esus4 E
E-----0-------0---|----(0)-----(0)--|-----0-------0---|-----------------|
B-----0-------0---|----(0)-----(0)--|-----0-------0---|---0---0---0---0-|
G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---2---1---1---|
D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---2---2---2---2-|
A---0-------0-----|---2-------2-----|---0-------0-----|-2---2---2---2---|
E-1-------1-------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|-----------------|
Bridge
Cdim7 Db
E-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
B-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D---4-------4-----|---4-------4-----|---6-------6-----|---6-------6-----|
A-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-4-------4-------|-4-------4-------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Cdim7 Db
E-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
B-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D---4-------4-----|---4-------4-----|---6-------6-----|---6-------6-----|
A-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-4-------4-------|-4-------4-------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Cdim7 G F Esus4 E
E-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-0-------0-------|-----0-------0---|
B-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-0-------0-------|---0---0---0---0-|
G-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---2---1---1---|
D---4-------4-----|---4-------4-----|-----------------|---2---2---2---2-|
A-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-2-------2-------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-3-------1-------|-----------------|
Solitude standing
Amsus2: x02200
Am(9): x05500 B5/A: x0440x
Am(9)/C: x35500 B5: x2440x
Amsus2/G: 302200 Amsus2/F:102200
C#m7: x46600 Bsus4: x24400
[Intro: 12 measures of Amsus2]
Amsus2 Amsus2
Solitude stands by the window
Amsus2 Amsus2
She turns her head as I walk in the room
Amsus2 Amsus2
I can see by her eyes she's been waiting
Amsus2 Amsus2
Standing in the slant of the late afternoon
Am(9) Am(9)
And she turns to me with her hand extended
B5/A B5/A Amsus2 Amsus2
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame
Am(9)/C Am(9)/C B5 B5 Am(9)/C Am(9)/C B5 B5
[instrumental; melody is cdeGABcd eGABcdeG ABcdeGAB etc.]
Amsus2 Amsus2 Amsus2 Amsus2
[instrumental]
Solitude stands in the doorway
I'm struck once again by her black silhouette
By her long cool stare and her silence
I suddenly remember each time we've met
And she turns to me with her hand extended
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame
[12 bars of instrumental again]
Amsus2 Amsus2 Amsus2/G Amsus2/F
And she says, "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"
Amsus2 Amsus2 Amsus2/G Amsus2/F
And she says, "I've come to lighten this dark heart"
C#m7 C#m7 Bsus4 Amsus2
And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear
C#m7 C#m7 Bsus4 Amsus2
And I say, "I never thought of finding you here"
And I turn to the crowd as they're watching
They're sitting all together in the dark and the warm
And I wanted to be in there among them
I see how their eyes are gathered into one
And she turns to me with her hand extended
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame
[12 bars of instrumental again]
And she says, "I've come to set a twisted thing straight"
And she says, "I've come to lighten this dark heart"
And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear
And I say, "I never thought of finding you here"
Solitude stands in the doorway
I'm struck once again by her black silhouette
By her long cool stare and her silence
I suddenly remember each time we've met
And she turns to me with her hand extended
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame
[Fade out on repeated Am(9)/C & B5]
Calypso
E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4
[intro]
E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4
My name is Calypso, and I have lived alone
E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4
I live on an island, and I 'waken to the dawn
A A7/6sus4 A A7/6sus4
Long time ago, I watched him struggle with the sea
E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4
I knew that he was drowning, and I brought him in to me
Asus4 Asus4 A(4) A(4)
Now today, come morning light
C Cmaj7 F#m7(4) F#m7(4) E E7sus4 E E7sus4
He sails away; after one last night, I let him go
Repeat chord sequence for the rest of the song.
Language
A(9)/E G/D Cmaj7 Bm7
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------0-----------0-----|------0-----------0-----|
|----6---6-------4---4---|----9---9-------7---7---|
|--7-------7---5-------5-|--9-------9---7-------7-|
|7-----------5-----------|------------------------|
|------------------------|8-----------7-----------|
A(9)/E: x7760x G/D: x5540x Cmaj7: 8x990x Bm7: 7x770x
Am9: 5x550x G: 3x000x G/F: 1x000x Esus4: 0x220x
Esus4/B: x2220x F#m7(4): 2x220x G6(9): 3x220x Asus9: x0220x
C#m9: x4x440 B(4)/F#: 2xx440 Emaj7/G#: 4xx440 Asus9(#4): x0x440
D6(9): x5x400 A(9)/C#: x4x200
A(9)/E G/D Cmaj7 Bm7 Am9 G G/F G
[intro]
A(9)/E G/D Cmaj7 Bm7 Am9 G G/F G
If language were liquid, it would be rushing in
A(9)/E G/D Cmaj7 Bm7 Am9 G G/F G
Instead here we are, in a silence more eloquent than any word could ever be
A(9)/E G/D Cmaj7 Bm7 Am9 G G/F G
These words are too solid, they don't move fast enough
A(9)/E G/D Cmaj7 Bm7 Am9 G G/F G/F
To catch the blur in the brain that flies by and is gone
Esus4 Esus4/B Esus4 Esus4/B F#m7(4) F#m7(4) G6(9) G6(9)
And is gone, and is gone, gone,
F#m7(4) F#m7(4) G6(9) G6(9) Asus9 Asus9 Asus9 Asus9
Gone, gone, and is gone
I'd like to meet you in a timeless, placeless place
Somewhere out of context and beyond all consequences
Let's go back to the building on Little West 12th; it is not far away and
the river is there (Words are too solid, they don't move fast enough)
And the sun and the spaces are all laying low, and we'll sit in the slience
that comes rushing in (To catch the blur in the brain that flies by...)
And is gone, and is gone, gone,
Gone, gone, and is gone
C#m9 C#m9 B(4)/F# B(4)/F# Emaj7/G# Emaj7/G# Asus9(#4) Asus9(#4)
[instrumental]
C#m9 C#m9 B(4)/F# B(4)/F# Emaj7/G# Emaj7/G# Asus9(#4) Asus9(#4)
[instrumental]
C#m9 C#m9 D6(9) D6(9) A(9)/C# A(9)/C# D6(9) D6(9)
[instrumental]
A(9)/E G/D Cmaj7 Bm7
[instrumental]
I won't use words again, they don't mean that I meant, they don't say
what I said
It's just the crust of the meaning with realms underneath, never touched,
never stirred, never even moved through
If language were liquid, it would be rushing in
A(9)/E G/D Cmaj7 Bm7 Am9 G G/F G/F
Instead here we are in a silence more eloquent than any word could ever be
Esus4 Esus4/B Esus4 Esus4/B F#m7(4) F#m7(4) G6(9) G6(9)
And is gone, gone,
F#m7(4) F#m7(4) G6(9) G6(9) Asus9 Asus9 Asus9 Asus9
Gone, gone, and is gone [repeat and fade]
Chords formatting done by yours truly.
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