This Perfect World Freedy Johnston
Subject: Correction to "Bad Reputation" Freedy Johnston
Someone pointed out a lyric mistake in my original post. I posted a
correction, but didn't see the correction make it to any of the mirrors. So
I'm dropping this note. I've also added chords to the rest of the lyrics to
make it easier for some to follow. Enjoy.
Bad Reputation - Freedy Johnston
From "This Perfect World"
- tabbed by Norman Joseph (joseph@ctc.com)
(no warrantees expressed or implied - have fun)
(1st verse:)
[Em]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I know I got a bad repu - ta - tion
[G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
and it isn't just talk, talk, talk.
[Am] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
If I could only give you every - thing
[Em] [D] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
you know I haven't got...
[Em]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I couldn't have one conver -sa - tion
[G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
if it wasn't for the lies, lies, lies
[Am] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
And still I wanna tell you every - thing
Em D (Refrain:)
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
`till I close my eyes. Sudden -ly I'm
[G] [C] [D7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
on the street, seven years dis - ap -
[G] [C] [D7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
pear be - low my feet. Been break - in'
[Em] [Am7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
down. Do you want me now? Do you want me
[D7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
now? Sudden - ly I'm down in
[G] [C] [D7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Herald Square. Lookin' in the crowd your
[G] [C] [D7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
face is ever - y - where. Been turn - in'
[Em] [Am7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
`round. Do you want me now? Do you want me
[D7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
now?
[Em] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(solo)
[Am7] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(solo)
[D7] [D7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(solo)
(2nd verse:)
[Em]Don't try to be an inspiration.
[G]Just waistin' your time, time, time.
[Am]You know about the [C]best I'll ever be
[Em]I see it in your [D]eyes.[C]
[Em]I know I got a bad reputation
[G]and it isn't just talk, talk, talk.
[Am]If I could only [C]give you everything
[Em]you know I haven't [D]got.
(Refrain:)
Suddenly I'm [G]on the [C]street.
[D7]Seven years disap[G]pear be[C]low my [D7]feet.
Been breakin' [Em]down.
Do you want me [Am7]now?
Do you want me [D7]now?
Suddenly I'm in a[G]nother [C]place.
[D7]Lookin' in the crowd I [G]think I [C]see your [D7]face.
Been turnin' `[Em]round.
Do you want me [Am7]now?
Do you want me [D7]now?
(down, down, [Em]down)
Do you want me [Am7]now?
Do you want me [D7]now?
(down, down, [Em]down)
Do you want me [Am7]now?
Do you want me [D7]now?
Don't you think I've [G]heard the [C]talk?
[D7]Nobody's going to [G]tell me [C]who to [D7]love.
Been breakin' [Em]down.
Do you want me [Am7]now?
Do you want me [D7]now?
Suddenly I'm down in [G]Herald [C]Square.
[D7]Lookin' in the crowd your [G]face is [C]every[D7]where.
Just turnin' `[Em]round.
Do you want me [Am7]now?
Do you want me [D7]now?
Been breakin' [Em]down.
Do you want me [Am7]now?
Do you want me [D7]now?
I'm just breakin
[Em]down, down, [Am7]down, down.[D7]
Been breakin'
[Em]down, down, [Am7]down, down. [D7](Repeats and fades)
[--] ~ ~
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Concurrent Technologies Corporation 814/269.2633 --+--
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From: joseph@sgi50.ctc.com (Norman P. B. Joseph)
Here's cut #2:
Evie's Tears - Freedy Johnston
From "This Perfect World"
- tabbed by Norman Joseph (joseph@ctc.com)
(no warrantees expressed or implied - have fun)
(intro)
[A] [E] [B7] [E]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[A] [E] [B7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(1st verse)
[A] [E] [B7] [E]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
In the middle of her con - fes - sion,
[A] [E] [B7] [E]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
he comes over and pulls her hair.
[A] [E] [B7] [E]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I wake up, she is crying.
A E B7 E (chorus)
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I guess he was here a - gain. Evie's
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
tears are ne - ver gon - na
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
dry. E - vie's sec - ret
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
tears burn this bed she
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
comes to on - ly when its right.
(night? light?)
(2nd verse)
[A]We [E]met in a [B7]lonely [E]summer,
[A]two sur[E]vivors of [B7]para[E]dise.
[A]She ran [E]off when [B7]I first [E]touched her.
[A]Now she [E]wakes me [B7]every [E]night.
(chorus)
Evie's [C#m7]tears are [A]never [B]gonna [C#m7]dry.
[A]Evie's [B]secret [C#m7]tears
[A]burn this [B]bed she [C#m7]comes to only [A]when its [B]right.
(1st bridge)
[A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Faith - less girl, you've been dreamin'.
[E] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Star - ing up, your face is white with
[A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
fear. O - K, now I'm list - nin'.
[E] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------| You're not mine and he's not here-------------|
(solo for chorus)
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Now I'm list - nin'.
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------| You're not mine and he's not here-------------|
(3rd verse)
[A]In the [E]middle of [B7]Evie's [E]garden,
[A]in a [E]simple [B7]iron [E]chair.
[A]Wind's [E]blowin' and [B7]she is [E]singin'.
[A]Begs the [E]moon to [B7]disap[E]pear.
(chorus)
Evie's [C#m7]tears are [A]never [B]gonna [C#m7]dry.
[A]Evie's [B]guilty [C#m7]tears
[A]burn this [B]bed she [C#m7]comes to only [A]when its [B]right.
[C#m7]Tears. [A] [B]Evie's [C#m7]tears. [A] [B]Evie's [C#m7]tears,
[A]burn this [B]bed she [C#m7]comes to only [A]when its [B]light.
(2nd bridge)
[A]Catholic girl, [B]you've been dreamin'.
[E]Staring up, your [A]face is white with fear.
[A]OK, [B]now I'm listnin'.
E B (fades out...)
You're not mine and he's not here.
[--] ~ ~
Norman Joseph, Systems Administrator joseph@ctc.com IC|XC
Concurrent Technologies Corporation 814/269.2633 --+--
NI|KA
From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Mon Apr 24 18:21:16 1995
From: joseph@sgi50.ctc.com (Norman P. B. Joseph)
Date: 24 Apr 1995 10:55:02 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: CRD: Freedy Johnston: This Perfect World, 3/12
Here's cut #3:
Can't Sink This Town - Freedy Johnston
From "This Perfect World"
- tabbed by Norman Joseph (joseph@ctc.com)
(no warrantees expressed or implied - have fun)
(intro)
[E] [F#m] [Bm] [D]
1-------2-------3-------4-------1-------2-------3-------4-------|
E F#m Bm D (hold for count)
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(one..., two..., three..., four...)
(solo over verse)
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(1st verse)
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
A bare - foot whore
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
walk - in' by a fa - mous clock.
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
A - gainst her door,
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
wait - ing for the chimes to stop.
(chorus)
[E] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Can't sink this town.
[E] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Pull the gates and bring it down.
[E] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I'd glad - ly drown - than
[E] [F#m] [Bm] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
let you leave me lone - ly.
(2nd verse)
[A]She[E] pulled t[B7]he cord[E].
[A]On a ni[E]ght like t[B7]his [E]she never works.
[A]I said n[E]o more.[B7] [E]
[A]Do I thi[E]nk I'm un[B7]dersto[E]od with her?
(chorus)
[E]Can't sink this [D]town.
[E]Pull the gates and [D]bring it down.
[E]I'd gladly [D]drown
than [E]let you [F#m]leave me [Bm]lonely.[D]
I[E] can't sink this [D]town.
[E]Lookin' back a[D]cross the sea.
[E]I'd gladly [D]drown.
I [E]thought you [F#m]said you were [Bm]lonely?[D] [E] [F#m] [Bm] [D]
(solo over verse)
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(3rd verse)
[F#m]Tell you [Bm]what,
is a [E]broken promise [Bm]cheap enough?
[F#m]It's all I [Bm]got.
[E]Looks so sad, [Bm]talks to tough.
(chorus)
[E]Can't sink this [D]town.
[E]Pull the gates and [D]bring it down.
[E]I'd gladly [D]drown
than [E]let you [F#m]leave me [Bm]lonely.[D]
I[E] can't sink this [D]town.
[E]Lookin' back a[D]cross the sea.
[E]I'd gladly [D]drown
I [E]thought you [F#m]said you were [Bm]lonely?[D] [E] [F#m] [Bm] [D]
I [E]thought you [F#m]said you were [Bm]lonely?[D] [E] [F#m] [Bm] [D]
I [E]thought you [F#m]said you were [Bm]lonely?[D]
(solo over verse)
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
E Bm (hold & fade...)
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[--] ~ ~
Norman Joseph, Systems Administrator joseph@ctc.com IC|XC
Concurrent Technologies Corporation 814/269.2633 --+--
NI|KA
From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Mon Apr 24 18:21:17 1995
From: joseph@sgi50.ctc.com (Norman P. B. Joseph)
Date: 24 Apr 1995 10:56:35 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: CRD: Freedy Johnston: This Perfect World, 4/12
Here's cut #4:
This Perfect World - Freedy Johnston
From "This Perfect World"
- tabbed by Norman Joseph (joseph@ctc.com)
(no warrantees expressed or implied - have fun)
You might want to try a capo on the 4th fret and use the following
shapes instead of barring:
open Am for C#m
open Dm for F#m
open E7 for G#7
open C for E
F for A
G for B
This seems to sound closest to the record. Or, you could practice
your barring technique :-). Or you could just find the chords without
a capo, but the sound won't be -quite- right, especially for the intro
arpeggios. But, hey, fool around: you're here to learn!
Try these chords (who knows what their -real- names are?):
(intro)
[F#m+6] [G#7+4] [G#7]
x-x-+-+-+-+ IV +-+-+-+-+-+ IV +-+-+-+-+-+ IV | | 1 - 1 - barre 1 - 1 - 1 1 barre 1 - 1 - 1 1 barre +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | 3 | | | 3 | 4 | | | 3 | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
(verses)
[C#m] [F#m] [G#7]
x-x-+-+-+-+ IV +-+-+-+-+-+ IV +-+-+-+-+-+ IV | 1 - - - 1 barre | 1 - - - - barre 1 - 1 - 1 1 barre +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | 3 4 | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | 4 |
[+-+-+-+-+-+]
(intro arpeggio)
[F#m+6]
1-------2-------3-------4-------1-------2-------3-------4-------|
[F#m+6] [G#7+4] [G#7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(1st verse)
[C#m] [F#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
You ought to see your face.
[G#7] [C#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
You ought to hear your voice.
[F#m] [G#7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Last time I was here I
[C#m] [F#m] [G#7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
would - n't turn a - round.
[C#m] [F#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
You ought to lock that door.
[G#7] [C#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Some - body might get in.
[F#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Didn't I teach you tha -
G#7+4 (chorus) E
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
- - t? This per -fect world.
[A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
So blue I Can't be - gin to
[A] [E]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
say. This per -fect world.
[A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I know I ne - ver should have
[A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
gone a - wa - y.
[A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
But I still de - serve to
[A] [F#m+6]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
say good - bye no matt - er what I've
[G#7+4] [C#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
do - - - ne. No
[C#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
matt - er what I've
F#m+6 (intro arpeggio)
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
done.
[F#m+6] [G#7+4] [G#7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(2nd verse)
[C#m]I see her in your [F#m]face.
[G#7]I hear her in your [C#m]voice.
[F#m]Last time [G#7]I was here they'd [C#m]found her in the [F#m]lake.[G#7]
[C#m]You ought to see my [F#m]scars.
[G#7]You think I'm made of [C#m]stone.
[F#m]Didn't you tell me that--?[G#7+4]
(chorus)
This [E]perfect world.[A] So blue I [B]can't begin to [A]say.
This [E]perfect world.[A] They say that [B]soon I will be [A]gone away.[B] [A]
But I [B]still deserve to [A]say goodbye no [F#m+6]matter what I've [G#7+4]done.[G#7]
This [E]perfect world.[A] [B] [A]
This [E]perfect world.[A] [B] [A]
Now I've [B]come around it's [A]far too late.[B] [A]
And these [B]pills won't even [A]let me cry.[B] [A]
No one [B]knows you even [A]when your gone.[B] [A]
But I [B]still deserve to [A]say goodbye no [F#m+6]matter what I've [G#7+4]done [G#7] - [C#m] -.
F#m+6 (intro arpeggio) G#7+4 G#7
No matter what I've done.
(3rd verse)
[C#m]You ought to see your [F#m]face.
[G#7]You ought to hear your [C#m]voice.
[F#m]Lock this after me [G#7+4] - [G#7] - [C#m] -.
[--] ~ ~
Norman Joseph, Systems Administrator joseph@ctc.com IC|XC
Concurrent Technologies Corporation 814/269.2633 --+--
NI|KA
From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Mon Apr 24 18:21:17 1995
From: joseph@sgi50.ctc.com (Norman P. B. Joseph)
Date: 24 Apr 1995 10:57:46 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: CRD: Freedy Johnston: This Perfect World, 5/12Here's cut #5:
Cold Again - Freedy Johnston
From "This Perfect World"
- tabbed by Norman Joseph (joseph@ctc.com)
(no warrantees expressed or implied - have fun)
Sorry, I didn't have the patience to figure out the chords he's using
in this song, so I'll post the unadorned lyrics instead, and hope that
someone a little more talented can match up the right chords.
(intro)
(1st verse)
When I woke up, I was already evicted.
And when you say lie, do you think I believe anything?
(chorus)
Cold again, cold again, walkin' over Brooklyn Bridge.
Cold again, cold again, hey Miss Liberty where have you been?
(2nd verse)
When you walked up, I was lookin' at the wrong ___.
And now I'm locked out, I will be back in familiar spots.
(chorus)
Cold again, cold again, back alone before the end.
Cold again, cold again, do you really think I'd turn you in?
Cold again, cold again, walkin' over Brooklyn Bridge.
Cold again, cold again, hey Miss Liberty where have you been?
Keywords:
[--] ~ ~
Norman Joseph, Systems Administrator joseph@ctc.com IC|XC
Concurrent Technologies Corporation 814/269.2633 --+--
NI|KA
From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Mon Apr 24 18:21:17 1995
From: joseph@sgi50.ctc.com (Norman P. B. Joseph)
Date: 24 Apr 1995 10:59:08 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: CRD: Freedy Johnston: This Perfect World, 6/12
Here's cut #6:
Two Lovers - Freedy Johnston
From "This Perfect World"
- tabbed by Norman Joseph (joseph@ctc.com)
(no warrantees expressed or implied - have fun)
The "C+" chord below (I don't know what the proper name is) is an open C
chord with G on the top and an added A. This is how I finger it:
X===[C+]X======
| | | | 1 |
[+-+-+-+-+-+]| | | 2 | |
[+-+-+-+-+-+]| 3 | | | 4
[+-+-+-+-+-+]
I dunno, sounds pretty close to me. Corrections always welcome.
(intro)
[G] [Bm]
1-------2-------3-------4-------1-------2-------3-------4-------|
[Em] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[G] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Em C C+ (hold)
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------| |-------|-------|-------|-------|
(1st verse)
[G] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Lovers cry, one last
[Em] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
kiss by the edge then hand in hand.
[G] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Two lovers stop their hearts,
Em C C+ (hold)
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Bet - ter than to be a - part.
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
They had
[D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
run from her father to the high - est bri - dge.
[D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Hold - ing to- gether as they jumped i - n.
[D] [D7] [C+]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(2nd verse)
[G]Lovers [Bm]fly on the [Em]hill where they once lay[C] side by side.
[G]Two lovers [Bm]stop their hearts, [Em]better than to [C]be apart[C+].
(solo, follows intro chords)
[G] [Bm] [Em] [C]
[G] [Bm] [Em] [C] [C+]
She was [D]rich, he was common, but she wouldn't say no.
[D]Lying together on the rocks below.
They had [D]run from her father to the highest bridge.
[D]Holding together as they jumped in.[D7] [C+]
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/freedy_johnston/this_perfect_world_crd.html )
(3rd verse)
[G]Lovers [Bm]cry. One last [Em]kiss by the edge, then[C] hand in hand.
[G]Two lovers [Bm]stop their hearts, [Em]better than to [C]be apart.[C+]
[G]Lovers [Bm]cry. Lovers [Em]cry. Lovers [C]cry.
[G]Lovers [Bm]cry. Lovers [Em]cry. Lovers [C]cry.
[G]Lovers [Bm]cry. Lovers [Em]cry. Lovers [C]cry.
G Bm Em C C+ (hold)
Lovers cry. Lovers cry. Lovers cry.
[--] ~ ~
Norman Joseph, Systems Administrator joseph@ctc.com IC|XC
Concurrent Technologies Corporation 814/269.2633 --+--
NI|KA
From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Mon Apr 24 18:21:18 1995
From: joseph@sgi50.ctc.com (Norman P. B. Joseph)
Date: 24 Apr 1995 11:01:09 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: CRD: Freedy Johnston: This Perfect World, 7/12
Here's cut #7:
Across The Avenue - Freedy Johnston
From "This Perfect World"
- tabbed by Norman Joseph (joseph@ctc.com)
(no warrantees expressed or implied - have fun)
(intro)
[A7] [G]
1-------2-------3-------4-------1-------2-------3-------4-------|
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(1st verse)
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Though you've gone a - wa - - y,
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I play your favo - rite songs.
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
In the blue and go - - ld,
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
with your dark glass - es on.
(chorus)
[D] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I al - ways think I see you
[G] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
a - cross the a - ven - ue.
[D] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Walk - in' by where I lost you.
[G] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
It's all I e - ver do.
(2nd verse)
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
You just walked a - wa - - y.
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
"We'll meet to - night." "O - K."
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Go - in' a - gainst the li - - ght.
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Run down in front of me.
[D] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I al - ways think I see you
[G] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
a - cross the a - ven - ue.
[D] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Some day I'll come to meet you
[G] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
on the o - ther side. A -
[F]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
cross the A - ven - ue.
[F] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[A] [-]
[F]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
cross the A - ven - ue.
[F] [G] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------| |-------|-------|
(solo)
[A7] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [G] [/]
[A7] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [G] [/]
(3rd verse)
[A7]Though you've gone awa[G]y, [A7]I wear your favorite s[G]hirt.
[A7]Sitting in the sun[G], [A7]by the library li[G]on.
(chorus)
[D]I always [A]think I see you[G] across the [A]avenue.
[D]Someday I'll [A]come to meet you[G] on the [A]other side.
A[F]cross the avenue.[G]
A[F]cross the avenue.[G]
A[F]cross the avenue.[G]
A[F]cross the avenue.[G]
(repeates and fades)
[--] ~ ~
Norman Joseph, Systems Administrator joseph@ctc.com IC|XC
Concurrent Technologies Corporation 814/269.2633 --+--
NI|KA
From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Mon Apr 24 18:21:19 1995
From: joseph@sgi50.ctc.com (Norman P. B. Joseph)
Date: 24 Apr 1995 11:02:21 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: CRD: Freedy Johnston: This Perfect World, 8/12
Here's cut #8:
Gone Like The Water - Freedy Johnston
From "This Perfect World"
- tabbed by Norman Joseph (joseph@ctc.com)
(no warrantees expressed or implied - have fun)
[G]
|-------2-------3-------4-------|
[A]
[G]
|-------2-------3-------4-------|-------2-------3-------4-------|
red suit - case she'll ne - ver miss,
[D] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
lea - ther coat he used to wear.
[G]
|-------2-------3-------4-------|-------2-------3-------4-------|
Think-in' tough, look-in' tired, with
D G (chorus)
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
momm - a's money and dadd - y's ring. He's
[F] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Go - ne like the wa - ter down to
[G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
N - Y - C.
[F] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Sleep-in' on the Eight-O - Two a -
[G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
long this river runn-in' down. He's
[F] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Go - ne like the wa - ter down the
[G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
de - pot drai - - n.
[F] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Dis - a - pear - in' in the city.
[D7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(2nd verse)
[G]Twenty-four and goin' pale. [D]Growin' out, cuttin' [G]back.
[G]Drew a face on a ticket stub with [D]momma's hands and daddy's [G]pen.
(chorus)
He's [F]gone like the [C]water down to [G]NYC.
[F]Sleepin' on the [C]Eight-O-Two a[G]long this river runnin' down.
He's [F]gone like the [C]water down the [G]depot drain.
[F]Dissappearing [C]in the city.[D7] [G]
(solo on verse & chorus)
(3rd verse)
[G]Talk all night, cook all day. [D]Lookin' for a new place to [G]stay.
[G]Thinkin' hard, lookin' bad, with [D]momma's dollar in daddy's [G]coat.
(chorus)
He's [F]gone like the [C]water down to [G]NYC.
[F]Sleepin' on the [C]Eight-O-Two a[G]long this river runnin' down.
He's [F]gone like the [C]water down the [G]depot drain.
[F]Dissappearing [C]in the city.[D7] [G]
[--] ~ ~
Norman Joseph, Systems Administrator joseph@ctc.com IC|XC
Concurrent Technologies Corporation 814/269.2633 --+--
NI|KA
From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Mon Apr 24 18:21:19 1995
From: joseph@sgi50.ctc.com (Norman P. B. Joseph)
Date: 24 Apr 1995 11:03:29 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: CRD: Freedy Johnston: This Perfect World, 9/12
Here's cut #9:
Delores - Freedy Johnston
From "This Perfect World"
- tabbed by Norman Joseph (joseph@ctc.com)
(no warrantees expressed or implied - have fun)
As best I can tell, this tune is really played a half step lower than
I've tabbed it here, that is, in Gb (F#?) rather than G. Adjust
accordingly, if so inclined.
(intro)
[G] [D] [C] [D]
|-------2-------3-------4-------|-------2-------3-------4-------|
[G] [D] [C] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
De -
(1st verse)
[G] [D] [C] [D]
|-------2-------3-------4-------|-------2-------3-------4-------|
lores was her middle name. She'd
[G] [D] [C] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
read the book & every - thing.
[G] [D] [C] [D]
|-------2-------3-------4-------|-------2-------3-------4-------|
Now I know how old I am.
[G] [D] [C] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Have you ever seen that film?
[C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Talkin' to a ho - tel mirror with my glasses
[D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
off.
[C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Now you know just what he's cryin' about.
[D] [D7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(2nd verse)
De[G]lores was her [D]middle name.[C] [D]
[G]Dangling from a [D]silver chain.[C] [D]
[G]Where'd you learn to [D]talk that way?[C] [D]
[G]I look like James [D]Mason's ghost.[C] [D]
[C]Talking to a friend after school but you don't [D]see
[C]that she's really lookin' right at [D]me. [D7]Yeah, yeah, yeah.
(solo on verse)
[G] [/] [D] [/] [C] [/] [D] [/]
[G] [/] [D] [/] [C] [/] [D] [/]
(3rd verse)
De[G]lores was her [D]middle name.[C] [D]
And [G]now her mother's [D]wonderin',[C] [D]
"If [G]I could see my [D]wrinkled face."[C] [D]
[G]Paint her lovely [D]toenails red.[C] [D]
[C]Writin' all my problems in a secret little [D]book.
[C]Now I know just what he should have [D]done.
[C]Talkin' to me like I'm just a little [D]late.
[C]Now you know just what he's talkin' [D]about--.[D7]
(solo)
[C] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [D] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
[C] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [D] [/] [/] [/] [D7] [/] [/] [/]
De[G]lores was her [D]middle name.[C] [D]
De[G]lores was her [D]middle name.[C] Yeah, [D]yeah, yeah.
G / D / C / / / D / / / G (hold)
[--] ~ ~
Norman Joseph, Systems Administrator joseph@ctc.com IC|XC
Concurrent Technologies Corporation 814/269.2633 --+--
NI|KA
From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Mon Apr 24 18:21:20 1995
From: joseph@sgi50.ctc.com (Norman P. B. Joseph)
Date: 24 Apr 1995 11:04:51 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: CRD: Freedy Johnston: This Perfect World, 10/12
Here's cut #10:
Evie's Garden - Freedy Johnston
From "This Perfect World"
- tabbed by Norman Joseph (joseph@ctc.com)
(no warrantees expressed or implied - have fun)
Try fingerpicking these chord shapes for the intro and verse:
(intro)
G D open A, open D
X------------------------------|X-+-+-+-+ III X-X-+-+-+-+ II
| | | | 1-1 barre | | | 1---1-| barre
+-+-+-+-+----------------------| +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | 2 | | | | | | 2 |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | 3 | | | | | 3 | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
(intro)
[G] [D]
|-------&-------2-------&-------3-------&-------4-------&-------|
[A] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[G] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[A7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(1st verse)
[G] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
In the mid - dle of
[A] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
E - vie' - s gar - den
[G] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
was a rock she could
[A] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
ne - ver move.
[G] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Worn a - way by a
[A] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
faith - ful ha - nd 'till
[G] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
no - one knows the
[A] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
date.
(chorus)
[Bm] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Bring back the
[G] [F#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
rain, we'll go
[Em] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
walkin'. Mmm - mmm - -
[A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
mmm -- .
[Bm] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Bring back the
[G] [F#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
wind like you
[Em] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
do. Mmm - mmm - -
[A7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
mmm -- .
(2nd verse)
[G]Of the [D]flowers in [A]Evie's [D]garden
[G]one would [D]never go [A]out of [D]bloom.
[G]Planted [D]over a [A]well, for[D]gotten.
[G]Opened [D]by the [A]moon.[D]
(chorus)
[Bm]Bring [A]back the [G]rain we'[F#m]ll go [Em]walkin' [D]Mmm mmm [A]mmm.
[Bm]Bring [A]back the [G]wind [F#m]like you [Em]do. [D]Mmm mmm [A]mmm.
[Bm]Bring [A]back the [G]rain to [F#m]Evie's [Em]garden. [D]Mmm mmm [A]mmm.
[Bm]I'm [A]at the [G]gate [F#m]looking [Em]through.[D] [A7]
(3rd verse)
[G]In the [D]middle of [A]Evie's [D]garden
[G]was a [D]rock she could [A]never [D]move.
[G]Nearly [D]buried in a [A]night bloom [D]angle.
[G]Pale and [D]smooth as [A]skin.[D]
[--] ~ ~
Norman Joseph, Systems Administrator joseph@ctc.com IC|XC
Concurrent Technologies Corporation 814/269.2633 --+--
NI|KA
From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Mon Apr 24 18:21:22 1995
From: joseph@sgi50.ctc.com (Norman P. B. Joseph)
Date: 24 Apr 1995 11:06:25 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: CRD: Freedy Johnston: This Perfect World, 11/12
Here's cut #11:
Disappointed Man - Freedy Johnston
From "This Perfect World"
- tabbed by Norman Joseph (joseph@ctc.com)
(no warrantees expressed or implied - have fun)
(intro)
[Dm]
|-------2-------3-------4-------|-------2-------3-------4-------|
[G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[Dm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[G] [Am]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(1st verse)
[Dm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Did you take your mother's name so
[G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
you could sleep more eas - i - ly?
[Am]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
She took you back too late and
[G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
now you ne - ver e - ven call.
[Dm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Did you take that mon - ey drawer while
[G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
she was praying?
[Am]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
They said you dis - ap - peared
[G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
just like wa - ter down a drain.
(chorus)
[Dm] [Dm+F] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Why'd you call me?
[Am] [Am+C] [Dm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Must be bad.
[Dm] [Dm+F] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Dis - ap - point - ed
[Am] [Am+C] [Dm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
man. Where've you been?
[Dm] [Dm+F] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Hide your - self so
[Am] [Am+C] [Dm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
well in this city.
[Dm] [Dm+F] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Dis - ap - point - ed
Am Am+C Dm (hold for count)
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
man.
[Dm] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [G] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
[Dm] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [G] [/] [/] [/] [Am] [/] [/] [/]
(2nd verse)
[Dm]Did you sell your father's ring so [G]you could stay one more night?
[Am]It shone like his glass eye [G]in the worn, velvet case.
[Dm]Did you fill this hired room with [G]guilty words?
[Am]Your white piano hands [G]flutter like poisoned birds.
(chorus)
[Dm] [Dm+F] [G] Why'd you call me? [Am] [Am+C] [Dm] Must be bad.
[Dm] [Dm+F] [G] Disappointed man [Am] [Am+C] [Dm] where've you been?
[Dm] [Dm+F] [G] Hide yourself so [Am]well [Am+C] [Dm] in this city.
[Dm] [Dm+F] [G] Disappointed man [Am] [Am+C] [Dm] where've you been?
[Dm] [Dm+F] [G] Disappointed man [Am] [Am+C] [Dm] where've you been?
Dm Dm+F G Am Am+C Dm (hold)
Disappointed man.
[--] ~ ~
Norman Joseph, Systems Administrator joseph@ctc.com IC|XC
Concurrent Technologies Corporation 814/269.2633 --+--
NI|KA
From rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Mon Apr 24 18:21:22 1995
From: joseph@sgi50.ctc.com (Norman P. B. Joseph)
Date: 24 Apr 1995 11:07:30 -0400
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Subject: CRD: Freedy Johnston: This Perfect World, 12/12
Here's cut #12:
I Can Hear The Laughs - Freedy Johnston
From "This Perfect World"
- tabbed by Norman Joseph (joseph@ctc.com)
(no warrantees expressed or implied - have fun)
(intro)
[E] [G#m] [B]
|-------2-------3-------4-------|-------2-------3-------4-------|
[E] [G#m] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[F#m] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|<br /
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