Down in Front John Hiatt
<br/> <br/> Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 08:55:40 -0700<br/> From: Otto Marten <br/> Reply-To: mail.sky.net@sky.net<br/> To: guitar@olga.net<br/> Subject: CRD: John Hiatt - Down In Front<br/> <br/> [The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set]<br/> [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set]<br/> [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly]<br/> <br/> Down In Front<br/> John Hiatt / Two Bit Monsters 1980<br/> <br/> John in G<br/> Notated in 2 (measure gets 2 beats)<br/> <br/> 1 5<br/> I spend so much time tryin^Ã’<br/> 1 4<br/> To learn all your languages<br/> 1 5 2- 2-<br/> I got nothin^Ã’ to say<br/> 1 5<br/> It^Ã’s all cheap talk in kind <br/> 4 1 <br/> And a matter of time<br/> 5 5 5 5<br/> Some fool gets his way<br/> 1 5 1 4<br/> Down on his knees he says I got this feelin^Ã’<br/> 1 5 2- 2-<br/> That you^Ã’re not that kind of girl<br/> 6- 6- 4 4<br/> And no one knows better as he takes off your sweater<br/> b7 4 5 5<br/> Just what he means when he^Ã’s promised you the world<br/> <br/> |1* 2*|3* 6- |6- 5 |5<br/> Down in front<br/> |1* 2* 3* repeat<br/> That^Ã’s all they want<br/> |1* 2* 3*<br/> Just two square inches<br/> 4 4 / /<br/> He^Ã’s a snake in britches<br/> <br/> Shakin^Ã’ your head as you lie with the enemy<br/> So much louder than words<br/> All that you felt one more notch in his belt<br/> Well have you heard<br/> You got no heart for these bullets he^Ã’s loaded with<br/> They just lite up the sky<br/> And who needs a hero when it^Ã’s zero to zero<br/> I don^Ã’t know baby it^Ã’s just an alibi<br/> <br/> CHORUS<br/> <br/> @<br/> |6- / 5 |6- 6- 5 |<br/> You could be an-y- one<br/> |6- / 5 |6- 5 5 |1 |4 |1 |4 5 |<br/> Who can^Ã’t be both-ered with names<br/> |6- / 5 |6- 6- 5 |<br/> Turn off the lites turn the <br/> |6- / 5 |6- 5 5 |2- |2- |5 |5 |<br/> latch it^Ã’s just more of the same<br/> <br/> CHORUS<br/> <br/> @ triplets, 3 beats per measure of 2 beats duration<br/> * play the low dom5 interval (in E=e & b) on bottom<br/> 2 strings<br/> <br/> Number System: Key Scale Notes (example in key of C)<br/> 1=C 2=D 3=E 4=F 5=G 6=A 7=B 9=D ETC.<br/> b2=Db #4=F# b7=Bb<br/> These hold true for BASS NOTES [ 2-/5 = D-/G ]<br/> <br/> Duration Notation:<br/> | = bar line; within bar lines chords divide measure<br/> No bar line = chord gets entire measure's time<br/> / = play same as previous chord, beat or measure<br/> <br/> transcribed by OtMan (Otto Marten) marten@sky.net<br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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