Roy Orbison Knows John Wesley Harding
Title: Roy Orbison Knows (The Best Man's Song)<br/> Artist: John Wesley Harding<br/> Album: It Happened One Night [L-FIEND CD 137] Track 16<br/> Credits: Song written by John Wesley Harding<br/> Transcription started by "Sen" <br/> continued by William Vaughan <br/> transposed to E major and edited by Ryan Harding <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Naming convention 1)bass runs are shown in square brackets [G# A A# B]<br/> 2)only a few bass strings to be played when ...............<br/> a line of dots is used above chords, e.g. E E F# F# G# G#<br/> 3)only play strings 2, 3 & 4 (B, G & D) for ,,,,,<br/> the end B: & A: chords with commas above: B: A:<br/> Note: This file is in 80 column format. One line's chords extend beyond 80 col<br/> so have been put on the next line (after the lyrics and a backslash character).<br/> <br/> <br/> ROY ORBISON KNOWS (THE BEST MAN'S SONG)<br/> =======================================<br/> <br/> E A C#m F#<br/> Well your voice grips me tight like fingers<br/> <br/> A B E [bass run: G# A A# B] B7<br/> Takes hold of whatever's inside<br/> <br/> E A C#m F#<br/> Though we try to harmonize with different singers<br/> ...............<br/> A B E A: E E E F# F# G# G#<br/> When we're out of tune at least we'll know we tried<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> A B<br/> Baby its a hopeless feeling<br/> <br/> D<br/> Leaves Mister Logic reeling<br/> <br/> A E<br/> I love you I know, but what does that mean<br/> <br/> C#m F#<br/> When the only place forward is where we've just been<br/> <br/> A A<br/> Its time to think twice, its time to decide<br/> <br/> E [G# A A# B] B7<br/> Turn and keep walking or be my bride<br/> <br/> A: Asus4 A:<br/> Or be my bride, yeah, <br/> <br/> E Esus4 E<br/> Or be my bride<br/> <br/> E E7 A: C#m C#m Cm Bm F#<br/> Well Roy Orbison, he knows that I can't forget you<br/> <br/> A B E [G# A A# B] B7<br/> Well he told me last night at forty-five<br/> <br/> E E7 A: C#m C#m Cm Bm F#<br/> Hope this honesty doesn't honestly upset you<br/> .........<br/> A B E A: E E F# G# A<br/> He said to lie is death to love - I know it's still alive, yeh<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> A B<br/> Baby when the mornings breakin'<br/> <br/> D<br/> So many actresses 've already started fakin'<br/> <br/> A E<br/> I love you I know, but its not such a big deal<br/> <br/> C#m F#<br/> I'm gonna tape you this song on my reel to reel to reel<br/> <br/> A A7<br/> Its time to think twice, make up your mind<br/> <br/> E [G# A A# B] B7<br/> Take me to the altar or leave me behind<br/> <br/> A E Esus4 E<br/> Or leave me behind, yeah, or leave me behind<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> E A C#m C#m Cm Bm F#<br/> Well my memories, they lie to me just because they want to<br/> <br/> A B E B7<br/> Well like a runaway train, you know, I have no control<br/> <br/> E E7 A C#m C#m Cm/<br/> I'm gonna tell 'em where you live so that they can go and haunt you \Bm F#<br/> ........<br/> A B E (E7) A: E E F# G A<br/> And take back and take back all the parts of me you stole <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> A B<br/> But I no longer feel like crying,<br/> <br/> D<br/> My nervous system's dying<br/> <br/> A E<br/> I love you I know, but I'm anaesthetised<br/> <br/> C#m Cm F#<br/> I was foolishly hopeful, now I've realised<br/> <br/> A A7: (triplets)<br/> It was time to think twice, you had to go<br/> <br/> E C#m<br/> I hope that you blossom, I hope that you grow<br/> <br/> A A7: (triplets)<br/> Write me a postcard make it some little thing<br/> <br/> E C#m<br/> If you get married, I'll carry the ring<br/> <br/> A: B7 <br/> If you get married introduce me to him<br/> <br/> A: Asus4 A:<br/> Introduce me to him<br/> ,,,,,<br/> E A: B: A: E<br/> Introduce me to him<br/> <br/> <br/> ===============================================================================<br/> <br/> Notes:<br/> ======<br/> 1. Will (see credits) tells me he was told by Wes that it is played in D<br/> usually with a capo, but this was in about 1994. On the CD, I'm sure<br/> I can hear a bass-E in the first bar or two so I've transcribed it in<br/> open standard tuning.<br/> <br/> 2. I'm pretty certain that the words are correct after initially being<br/> unsure who "'ve already started fakin'" and about "Write me a postcard<br/> make it .....", "I know it's still alive" and "Mister Logic". Whether<br/> you sing "or be my bride" etc. or "woah be my bride" is entirely up to<br/> you.<br/> <br/> 3. Don't worry too much about the specific chord fingerings for the most<br/> part, nor that you have this uncontrollable urge to play an A7 of some<br/> variety when "its time to decide" - Wes decided not too just for that<br/> verse.<br/> <br/> 4. Feel free to email me with any comments (see header for email address)<br/> or to request tabs for songs. If you have a favourite JWH song you'd<br/> like me to have a go at, let me know. I now have the four full albums,<br/> "The Name Above The Title", "It Happened One Night", "Why We Fight" and<br/> "Here Comes The Groom". If I haven't got the songs, I could only do<br/> them if you send me an audio tape with them on. If you could work out<br/> the lyrics, that would be a great help. The songs I've tabbed/chorded<br/> so far are:<br/> From "The Name Above The Title":<br/> I Can Tell (When You're Telling Lies)<br/> Save A Little Room For Me<br/> The People's Drug<br/> The Person You Are<br/> Long Dead Gone } lyrics supplied by <br/> Backing Out } Alan Pulliam - thanks<br/> from "It Happened One Night":<br/> Roy Orbison Knows (The Best Man's Song)<br/> - thanks to Will Vaughan & "Sen"<br/> and from "Here Comes The Groom"<br/> The Red Rose And The Briar } thanks to Patrick Barnett<br/> and coming soon, the version not from "Here Comes The Groom" of<br/> When The Sun Comes Out } thanks to Patrick again<br/> <br/> These are archived on the guitar tab archives, ftp.nevada.edu and its<br/> mirror sites such as ftp.uwp.edu - you can find local mirror sites by<br/> using a program such as "archie". Cal Woods & Jim Carson, the new<br/> maintainers of the Nevada archive have kindly placed in it a file to aid<br/> archie searches. It is called "Nevada.Guitar.Archive". You can find<br/> the guitar directory of any nearby mirror sites using:<br/> <br/> unix% archie -m5 -N Nevada.Guitar.Archive<br/> <br/> Host unix.hensa.ac.uk<br/> <br/> Location: /pub/uunet/doc/music/guitar<br/> FILE -r--r--r-- 80 Jun 16 09:21 Nevada.Guitar.Archive<br/> <br/> Wes's tabs are archived under ???/guitar/h/john_wesley_harding<br/> <br/> 5. The FTP archive at Trinity College Dublin (ftp.maths.tcd.ie) has also<br/> uploaded a lot of Wes songs in the directory:<br/> /pub/music/guitar/h/john_wesley_harding<br/> <br/> In addition to the songs I've worked out, there is a copy of Crystal<br/> Blue Persuasion, originally by Tommy James and the Chandelles (sp?)<br/> which appears on "The Name Above The Title". There doesn't appear to be<br/> a mirror site to Trinity College Dublin.<br/> <br/> 6. Enjoy!<br/> <br/> <br/> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/> Parallel lines DO meet but only incognito. Ryan Harding, Applied Optics, UKC<br/> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/> "Now no-one's sitting on the fence, whose garden will we end up sitting in?"<br/> - John Wesley Harding, "The Person You Are" from "The Name Above The Title"<br/> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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