Sweet Evening Breeze John Mellencamp
"Sweet Evening Breeze"
by John Mellencamp
This a lesser-known tune off the "Human Wheels" album, but a fun one to
play acoustic. It oscillates between meditative picking and exciting
strumming. Notice my naming conventions with D/Dsus2 and D/Dsus4 below.
Enjoy.
INTRO: (Asus2)
E|----------------------0------------------------------------------------| B|----------------0---------------------0--------------------------------| G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2-----------(repeat-4-times)--| D|-------2-----2--------------2---------------2--------------------------| A|----0------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE: (Asus2,G,D (&Dsus4))
E|----------------------0-------------------------------------------3----| B|----------------0---------------------0---------------------0----------| G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2------------0--------0-------| D|-------2-----2--------------2---------------2------0-----0-------------| A|----0------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------3----------------------| <-------"D/Dsus2"----------> <-----D/Dsus4-----------------------| E|----------------0-----0h2------------3-----2------3----2-----------------| B|----------3--------3---------3------------------3----3-------------------| G|-------2-----2-----------------2--------2-----2----2---------------------| D|----0--------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-----------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*if you can get the above, you can surely make up a similar picking
pattern for the C and Em progressions which are next.
VERSE 1:
[Asus2]I was loud and a li[G]ttle sad.
[D/Dsus2]She was visiting from A[D/Dsus4]tlanta, Georgia.
[Asus2]She had come to spend the s[G]ummer with her dad.
[D/Dsus2]I thought she was [D/Dsus4]very pretty.
[C]We would kiss and hold [Em]hands
[C]Every night by the [Em]football field.
[C]Her body was t[Em]an
[D/Dsus2]
CHORUS: (strum these chords)
[Asus2]Sweet evening b[G]reeze
Blows around my t[Asus2]houghts and memo[G]ries.
As I lie here t[Asus2]oday
And drink my t[G]ea,
[D]I can still see[Dsus4] [D]
Sweet evening b[Asus2]reeze.[/] [G] [/] [Asus2] [/] [G] [/] [Asus2] [/] [G] [/] [Asus2] [/] [G]
VERSE 2:
[Asus2]I saw her in a c[G]offee shop
[D/Dsus2]In a big hotel down in [D/Dsus4]Austin, Texas.
[Asus2]She had cut her [G]long hair off
[D/Dsus2]And replaced it with
Blue e[G]yes o[D]f s[G]ad - n[D]ess.
[C]Still acted like we were [Em]kids
C *Fill*
And she told me that she had to marry
[C]And she asked me if I [Em]did
[D/Dsus2]Still remember.
CHORUS
VERSE 3:
[Asus2]How redundant the f[G]uture can be.
These [D/Dsus2]days of old are [D/Dsus4]very, very
[Asus2]Ridiculous for [G]me to see
When I [D/Dsus2]think about the [G]real [D]gone [G]stor - i[D]es
[C]And how time holds the winning [Em]hand.
C *Fill*
I can tell by the lines on our faces
[C]And the young can't under[Em]stand
That they [D/Dsus2]look at me
When they look at themselves.
CHORUS
[-++++++++++++++++++++++++++++]
FILL: CHORDS:
E|----------------------------------------------------| e b g d a E B|----0---0---0---0---------| Asus2 | 0 0 2 2 0 0-| G|--------------------------| G | 3 0 0 0 2 3-| D|--------------------------| D | 2 3 2 0-----| A|----2---0-----------------| Dsus2 | 0 3 2 0-----| E|------------3---2---------| Dsus4 | 3 3 2 0-----|
C | 0 1 0 2 3
Em | 0 0 0 2 2 0
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