| vetters@vax1.elon.edu | |
| tabbed by Steve Vetter |
| Chords: G D C |
| Riff during chorus: |
B---10--12---repeat
| From: rds@zk3.dec.com |
| Note - tbis version bas corrected lyrics and performance notes |
| Let her Cry - Hootie & The Blowfish |
| cbarted by Rick Scbofield (rds@mv.mv.com |
| v1) G D |
| She sits alone by a lampo-ost |
| C | G | |
| Trying to find a thought that's escaped her | mind |
| G | D | |
| She says there's the one I love | the most |
| C | G | |
| his type's not far b | ehind |
| G | D | |
| She never lets me in | only tells me where she's been |
| C | G | |
| when she's had to much to | drink |
| G | D | |
| I say that I don't care I just | run my hands through her dark hair |
| C | G | |
| then I pray to God, "You gotta help me fly | away" (and just) |
| chorus: |
| C | G | |
| let her | cry if the | tears fall down like rain |
| C | Em | D | |
| let her | sing If it | eases all her | pain |
| C | G | |
| let her | go let her | walk right out on me |
| D | |
| and if the | sun comes up tomorrow, |
| C | G | |
| let her | be, let her | be |
| G | 4 barsD | C | G | |
| solo | ] |
| verse 2 |
| This morning I woke up alone found a note standing by the phone |
| saying "maybe, maybe I'll be back someday" |
| I wanted to look for you |
| you walked in, I didn't know just what I should do |
| So, I sat back down, had a beer and felt sorry for myself |
| cborus |
| solo - 8 bars over verse |
| cborus |
| verse 3 |
| last night I tried to leave |
| cried so much I could not beleive |
| she was the same girl I fell in love with long ago |
| she went in the back to get high |
| I sat down on my couch and cried yelling |
| "Whoa Lord whoa, please help me. Won't you hold my hand" |
| cborus - ends differently as.... |
| D | G | |
| and if the | sun comes up tomorrow, let her | be |
| cborus |
| Performance Notes: |
| 1. tambourine |
| onehit on the 2-beat starts at line 3 and continues during |
| the verses |
| double-time accent 3 during chorus and solo |
| 2. drums: |
| ride shimmer between line 4 and 5 |
| enter at first chorus |
| don't play during last verse (shimmer accents only) |
| play ride on bell during chorus |
| 3. vocal harmonies |
| first chorus on "if the sun comes up tomorrow" |
| "if the sun comes up tomorrow" |
| 4. lead guitar |
| arpeggiates chords during chorus |
| play accents over last verse (wailing emotion, feedback |
| effects, etc) |
| classic Marshall/LesPaul sound |
| 5. all |
| in the chorus after the solo and the last chorus, the last |
| two lines are played with reduced dynamnics - no drums, |
| no strum, no tamb - just easing down. |