Shotgun Down the Avalanche Shawn Colvin

 
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[Am]I'm riding shotgun down the [D]ava[G/D]lanch[D]e H[G/D]mmmmm[Am]m

[Am]Tumbling and falling down the [D]ava[G/D]lanch[D]e [G/D]Hmmmm[Am]mmmm

But I will [A#]raise up my [G]voice [C1-C2]into the [D]void

You have [A#]left me [Em]nowhere to [Am]go

I love you so much and it's so bizzare

A mystery that goes on and on and on

It is the best thing and the very most hard

And we don't get along

After countless appeals, we keep spinning our wheels

On this mountain of new fallen snow

So I let go the catch and we're over the edge

You have left me nowhere to go

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche

(guitar interlude: Am D G/D D G/D Am)

Sometimes you make me loose my will to live

And just become a beacon for your soul

But the past is stronger than my will to forgive

Forgive you or myself, I don't know

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm

Tumblin' and fallin' down the avalanche Hmmmmmmmm

So be quiet tonight, be sure to step lightly

On this mountain of new fallen snow

But I will raise up my voice into the void

You have left me nowhere to go

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm

(Guitar Ending:) heavy strumming on D/E chord,

then single slow strum on D* chord

[--]Marc Hirsh (marc@owlnet.rice.edu)

\ /

^ --"I went to the funeral and Lord it made me happy..."

(Lyle Lovett)

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{t:Shotgun Down the Avalanche}
 {st:Shawn Colvin}
 
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 #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
 
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 ##This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
 ##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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 # <9310102137.AA10827@stygian.owlnet.rice.edu>
 #Subject: CRD: "Shotgun Down The Avalanche" (Shawn Colvin)
 #To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
 #Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1993 16:37:51 -0500 (CDT)
 #X-Mailer: ELM (version 2.4 PL22)
 #Mime-Version: 1.0
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 #Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
 #Content-Length: 3946
 #
 #Not transcribed or type in by me, but could you please add this
 #to the ftp archives?
 #
 #Here's the rendition of the song as played on the ACL show last year, and it
 #follows Shawn's guitar style very closely. Luckily,
 #I taped it and the camera man was nice enough to focus on her left hand
 #for much of the set. Please excuse my chord names, as I have little knowledge
 #of musical theory or chord nomenclature.
 #
 # 
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 {eot}
 #
 # Shotgun Down The Avalanche
 #
 # (Shawn Colvin, J. Leventhal)
 #
 #
 #Guitar: dropped D tuning (DADGBE - low to high),
 # capo V.
 #
 #Chords:
 #
 #
 #Am: D A D G B E D:
 # ============= =============
 # _|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
 # _o_|_o_o_|_|_ _|_|_|_o_|_o_
 # _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_
 # _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
 #
 #G/D: A#:
 # ============= =============
 # _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
 # _|_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
 # _|_|_|_|_o_o_ _o_o_|_|_|_|_
 # _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
 #
 #G: D*:
 # ============= ===========X=
 # _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
 # _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
 # _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_
 # _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_o_|_|_|_
 # _o_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
 #
 #C1: D/E: Em:
 # ============= ============= =============
 # _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
 # _|_x_|_|_|_|_ (C2) _|_|_|_o_|_|_ _o_o_|_|_|_|_
 # _|_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
 # _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
 # ^ (hammer on)
 #
 #
 #Notes: 1) The D* chord is questionable.
 # 2) C1 is a hammer on 3rd fret, fifth string, and C2 is a hammer
 # on 2nd fret, same string.
 #
 #
 # (Am chord)
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 # ^ ^ ^
 # (hammer on)
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 #Words:
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 #1:
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 [Am]I'm riding shotgun down the [D]ava[G/D]lanch[D]e H[G/D]mmmmm[Am]m
 [Am]Tumbling and falling down the [D]ava[G/D]lanch[D]e [G/D]Hmmmm[Am]mmmm
 But I will [A#]raise up my [G]voice [C1-C2]into the [D]void
 You have [A#]left me [Em]nowhere to [Am]go
 
 2:
 
 I love you so much and it's so bizzare
 A mystery that goes on and on and on
 It is the best thing and the very most hard
 And we don't get along
 After countless appeals, we keep spinning our wheels
 On this mountain of new fallen snow
 So I let go the catch and we're over the edge
 You have left me nowhere to go
 
 I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche
 
 (guitar interlude: Am D G/D D G/D Am)
 
 3:
 
 Sometimes you make me loose my will to live
 And just become a beacon for your soul
 But the past is stronger than my will to forgive
 Forgive you or myself, I don't know
 
 I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm
 Tumblin' and fallin' down the avalanche Hmmmmmmmm
 
 So be quiet tonight, be sure to step lightly
 On this mountain of new fallen snow
 But I will raise up my voice into the void
 You have left me nowhere to go
 
 I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm
 
 (Guitar Ending:) heavy strumming on D/E chord,
 then single slow strum on D* chord
 
 [--]Marc Hirsh (marc@owlnet.rice.edu)
 
 \ /
 ^ --"I went to the funeral and Lord it made me happy..."
 V
 (Lyle Lovett)

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