Cannonball Damien Rice
Cannonball - Damien Rice
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Tuning: Standard
This new version is optimized for solo rhythm guitar.
Performance notes below for Intermediate and Advanced rhythm guitar players:
Beginners may substitute D/F# and Dsus2 with D, Cadd9/G with C or just
skip it.
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0 2 [Em7]2 0 3 0
1st string is accented during some upstrokes, strings 4 and 5 are hammered on
immediately after first down stroke
3 [Cadd9/G]3 2 0 3 0
3 3 2 0 3 3
For this chord the middle finger presses both 5th and 6th string.
4th string is hammered on immediately after first stroke. The 1st string
is accented on some upstrokes or muted. Mute by lightly touching the 1st
string with your pinky on unaccented strokes and pressed during accented
upward strokes.
3 2 0[G] 0 3 X 2 [D/F#]0 0 2 3 x
3 2 0[G] 0 3 3 x [Dsus4]x 0 2 3 3
The 3rd string of the D chords are hammered on after the first stroke.
The 1st string is accented on some upstrokes or muted as in the C chord
above.
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How to Play:
I transcribed these chords by watching and listening to the video of
this really talented (and very pretty) street performer named
Chelsea Williams doing a live solo cover of Damien Rice's Cannonball.
or, copy and paste the following to your browser:
Capo on 6th fret for male singers
Capo on 8th fret for female singers
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Intro:
[Em7] [Cadd9/G] [G] [D/F#]
[Em7] [Cadd9/G] [G] [D/F#]
[Em7]there's still a little [Cadd9/G]bit of your t[G]aste in my[D/F#] mouth
[Em7]there's still a little [Cadd9/G]bit of you la[G]ced with my [D/F#]doubt
[Em7]it's still a little [Cadd9/G]hard to sa[G]y [D/F#]
what's going [Cadd9/G]on
[Em7]there's still a little [Cadd9/G]bit of your g[G]host your[D/F#] witness
[Em7]there's still a little p[Cadd9/G]iece of your f[G]ace i haven't [D/F#]kissed
[Em7]you step a little [Cadd9/G]closer each d[G]ay
so [D/F#]i can't see what's [Cadd9/G]going on
[G]stones [Cadd9/G]taught me to f[D]ly[Dsus4]
[G]love t[Cadd9/G]aught me to l[D]ie[Dsus4]
[G]life t[Cadd9/G]aught me to [D]die
so it's not [Em7]hard to [Cadd9/G]fall
when you [Cadd9/G]float like a cannonb[Em7]all
[Cadd9/G] [G] [D/F#]
[Em7]there's still a little [Cadd9/G]bit of your [G]song in my[D/F#] ear
[Em7]there's still a little [Cadd9/G]bit of your [G]words i long to[D/F#] hear
[Em7]you step a little [Cadd9/G]closer each [G]day
so cl[D/F#]ose that i can't see what's[Cadd9/G] going on
[G]stones [Cadd9/G]taught me to f[D]ly[Dsus4]
[G]love t[Cadd9/G]aught me to l[D]ie[Dsus4]
[G]life t[Cadd9/G]aught me to d[D]ie
so it's not [Em7]hard to [Cadd9/G]fall
when you [Cadd9/G]float like a cannon
[G]stones [Cadd9/G]taught me to f[D]ly[Dsus4]
[G]love [Cadd9/G]taught me to c[D]ry[Dsus4]
so come on co[G]urage
teach [Cadd9/G]me to be shy[D]
'cause it's not [Cadd9/G]hard to fall
when you f[Cadd9/G]loat like a cannonb[Em7]all
[Cadd9/G] [G] [D/F#]
[Em7] [Cadd9/G] [G] [D/F#] [G]
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