Time Blind Melon
from the album Blind Melon
Words by Shannon Hoon
Music by Blind Melon
transcribed by Travis Miguez (tre@unixg.ubc.ca)
Other transcriptions done by me: Still Remains -S.T.P.
All the Things I Wasn't - Grapes of Wrath
*Blind Melon riffs are hard to transcribe so I just did the bulk of the song so it sounds good if you play it on an acoustic guitar. The end of the song is anybody's guess and I have never heard it done the same way twice so improvise or just end it on the Am chord.
Intro: (Stru[Am]mming Pattern) [E]
1 2 & 4 & 1 2 & 4 &
---------0-0-x-x- --0---0------0-0-0- -0---0-----0-0-0-- -------1---1-x-x- --1---1------1-1-1- -0---0-----0-0-0-- -----2-----2-x-x- *-2---2------2-2-2- -1---1-----1-1-1-* ---2-------2-x-x- --2---2------2-2-2- -2---2-----2-2-2-- -0---------0-x-x- *-0---0------0-0-0- -2---2-----2-2-2-* ----------------- ------------------- -0---0-----0-0-0--
(Like Intro)
[Am]So Long [E]So Long, [C]Bye.[C]
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh
[Am]Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh [E]Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh
[Am]Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh [E]Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh
[Am] [E]
Fill 1
Oooooh
-0-0---0-0-0----------------- -1-1---1-1-1----------P------ -0-0---0-0-0--H--0-0-2^0--P-- -2-2---2-2-2-0^2---------2^0- -3-3---3-3-3----------------- -----------------------------
Repeat Ooooh part
Guitar like Intro Part with the C fill (i.e. the ooooh part)
[Am]All these [E]people here they won't
leave me alone and we
need a little time to ourselves
And half the reasons why I'm
sketchin all the time
The result of this life in hell
F (N.C.)-let F ring
But oh well, I think its time
Riff 1
[Am] [Am7] [Am] [F] [E]
---5---
/ \ 1 & & 3
-3-3-3-3-0-- -0-0----0-0-- -1-1-1-1- -0-0-0-0---- ------------ -1-1-1-1-1-- -1-1----1-1-- -1-1-1-1- -0-0-0-0---- ------------ -2-2-2-2-2-- -2-2----2-2-- -2-2-2-2- -1-1-1-1---* ------------ -2-2-2-2-2-- -2-2----2-2-- -3-3-3-3- -2-2-2-2---- ------------ -0-0-0-0-0-- -0-0----0-0-- -3-3-3-3- -2-2-2-2---* ------------ ------------ ------------- --------- -0-0-0-0---- ------------
(Strum Pattern like first 2 bars above but with E in second bar)
[Am]My faith is [E]falling like the
leaves from a tree
[Am]The pockets [E]both take it [C]away
The sun warms my body as I'm
sitting on a swing watchin'
columbus clouds bring in the rain
F (N.C.)-let F ring
But Oh well, I think its time
(Riff 1 four times (timing for words follow chord pattern))
(Am) (F) (E) (Am)......
its time to go
Chorus
(1 3 ) (1 2 3 4) - Strumming Pattern
[D]My mind is [A]playing tricks on
me all the time
[D]To let you [A]know that I am[E] real
And all the worries you build
up inside your soul
The ones that make your world stand still..
(N.C.) - (let E ring)
Mean you can feel
(Riff 1) x 4 -lyric timing as above
That its time to go (on first time)
Am (strum)
(Am) x3 (E)
Base part: ------- ---------------- ---0-2- -----x-----x---- -0----- -2-2-x-2-2-x-2-2 ------- ----------------
Are you fed up, are you fed up with me
Do you think that you could do better?
Partly Muted Chords:
[(A)]Five fed up [(E)]faces with the
itch to kill the king
[(A)]Blood red [(E)]sunrise and a [(C)]breath to air that's clean
I drink from the faucet from the
porch I take a pee. I
(A) (E) C - loud
look at you through the bushes, where you can't see me
Chorus 2 (Play like chorus 1)
I laugh and slip into
another state of mind
To let you know that I am real
And all the worries that build
up inside your soul
The ones that make your world stand still....
(N.C.)-let E ring
Mean you can feel
(Riff 1)
That its time to go.
Outro (effects, solos etc., free time)
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