Rococo Zephyr Bill Callahan
Rococo Zephyr by Bill Callahan (solo)
Open D tuning (DADF#AD), capo 1 (chords and riffs tabbed below)
-based on video from in-store performance at Schoolkids' Records
-this tab isn't note for note, but it's close - mess around and you will get it all.
Riff 1
She lay beside me like a branch from a tender willow tree
I was as still, as still as a river could be
Riff 2
When a rococo zephyr swept
Riff 3
over her and me
Riff 4
She watched the water ripple ripple ripple ripple light
Light watched the water ripple ripple ripple ripple she
E*
I did some kind of dance
G* D
jaunty as a bee
E*
I tried to look my best
G* D
a finch in wild mint vest
E*
A fiercer force had wrenched her
G* D
E*
I caught and caressed the length of her
G* D
a tender willow branch floating on me
Riff 5
Riff 1
Well maybe this was all, was all meant to be
Maybe this is all, is all that meant to be
Riff 2
A rococo zephyr
Riff 3
crept up and stepped over
Riff 1
her and me
Riff 2
Well I used to be
Riff 3
sort of blind
Riff 2
Now I can
Riff 3
sort of see
Riff 1
END
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CHORDS AND RIFFS:
E*
2-2----|
2--2---|
2----2-|
2------|
x-----
x-----
G*
5-5-----| 5---5---| 5-----5-| 5-------|
x
x
[D]
0-0-----| 0---0---| 0-----0-|
0
0
0
Riff 1
x-x-x-x-|
x-x-x-x-|
x-x-x-x-|
4-4-4h5-|
0-0-0-0-|
0-0-0-0-|
Riff 2
x
x
x
0
0
[4]
Riff 3
x
x
x
0
0
[5]
Riff 4
------0---0---0-------0---0---0-----| --------7---7-----------7---7-------| ----5---------------5-----------5---| --7---------------7---------------7-| ------------------------------------| 0---------------0-------------------|
Riff 5
2-2---2-4-2---2-2-----2--2---2-4-5-4-2-0-| 2---2-------2-2---2---2----2-------------| 2-------------2-----2-2------------------| 2-------------2-------2------------------| x-------------x-------x------------------| x-------------x-------x------------------|
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