Sheryl Crow - the album
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If it makes you happy
Everyday is a winding road
Redemption Day
Hard to make a stand
Oh Marie
Home 
a Change
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From: "John L Beane II" 
Found at : http://www.globalserve.net/~aburdi/index.html
with a few corrections by me jlb.


                          If It Makes You Happy
                          (Sheryl Crow/Jeff Trott)

Intro - G  Gsus4  G  Gsus4  X2

G              Gsus4
I've been long, along way from here

G               Gsus4
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes,

G                                C
And drank 'til I was thirsty again

G                 Gsus4
We went searching through thrift store jungles

G                     Gsus4
Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo

G                              C
And Benny Goodman's corset and pen

                        D
Well, o.k. I made this up

C                            D
I promised you I'd never give up

[Chorus]

N.C               Am
If it makes you happy

C                G    D
It can't be that bad

                  Am
If it makes you happy

C                            G
Then why the hell are you so sad

G  Gsus4   G  Gsus4

You get down, real low down
You listen to coltrane, derail your own train
Well who hasn't been there before?
I come round, around the hard way
Bring you comics in bed,
Scrape the mold off the bread,
And serve you french toast again
Well, o.k. I still get stoned
I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home

Chorus  X 2
(ending with:)

   C                         Em
then why the hell are you so sad

Solo:
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------|
|--4/5--4--2--0--2-|--4/5--4--2--0--2-|--4/5--4--2--0--2-|--2-2-2-2-0-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------|

We've been far, far away from here
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitos,
And everywhere in between
Well, o.k. we get along
So what if right now everything's wrong?

Chorus

                         Everyday Is A Winding Road
                   (Sheryl Crow/Jeff Trott/Brian MacLeod)

This is the way the song goes.
When Sheryl plays it her guitar is tuned down and so instead of playing
the Db she plays a D.  If you'd want to play that version instead, lower
all the notes by one semi-tone, or if you can't, e-mail me.

The first thing you hear in this song, is a little funky sound,
and then the drums kick in.
If you want to play that sound it goes like this:
E--0--7---
B-----9---
G-----9---
D--------
A--------
E--------

(Hit those strings and bend them slightly)

Intro:
First Guitar: Db   B   Gb...
Second Guitar: Sliding sound played over first guitar:
       Db     B     Gb                               Db     B    Gb
E------------------------9/11--9/11--9-----------------------4/6--4/6--4--|
B------------------------9/11--9/11--9-----------------------4/6--4/6--4--|
G------------------------9/11--9/11--9-----------------------4/6--4/6--4--|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse:
Db                         B        Gb
     I hitched a ride with a vending machine repair man
Db                            B              Gb
     He says he's been down this road more than twice
Db                    B    Gb
     He was high on intellectualism
Db                         B                  Gb
     I've never been there but the brochure looks nice

Bridge:

Abm                      Db   B
      Jump in, let's go
Abm                   Db         B
      Lay back, enjoy the show
Abm                                 Db              B
      Everybody gets high,      everybody gets low,
Abm                           B
       These are the days when anything goes

Chorus:

          Db    E      Gb
Everyday is a winding road
Db    E                Gb
           I get a little bit closer
          Db        E       Gb
Everyday is a faded sign
Db           E          Gb                Db   (same as the intro :1x)
       I get a little bit closer to feeling fine

In the chorus, there is a little riff in the background, it may be played
by a keyboard or a guitar, It sounds like a guitar.  It goes like this:

E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G------------11---------------|
D--8--9--8-----8--------------|
A------------------11---------|
E-----------------------------|

Verse 2:
(during the 2nd and 3rd verses remember that the second guitar comes
in playing the sliding parts like in the intro)

Db                         B              Gb
      He's got a daughter he calls Easter
Db                       B       Gb
     She was born on a Tuesday night
Db                         B              Gb
     I'm just wondering why I feel so all alone
Db                B               Gb
      Why I'm a stranger in my own life

(Bridge)

The chorus is the same as before just that it is repeated, and when you get
to the end where she says, "feelin' fine...", just hold the last Db 'til it
fades.  Then you go into the solo:

E---------------------------------------------------|
G--4/6-4/6-4----9/11-11--x-9/11-11-11---------------|
B--4/6-4/6-4----9/11-11--x-9/11-11-11---------------| x4
D--4/6-4/6-4----9/11-11--x-9/11-11-11---------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|

(Feel free to be yourself with this solo, it is usually played with a
slide(bottleneck), but if you don't have one you can still do it - use your
fingers! Bend the strings, add wah-wah, add distortion, the weirder you
play it the more it will sound like the song. When you finish
the "9/11" part slide your hands up the guitar before you go back to
repeat the bar, it sounds good.  Be creative.

Verse 3:
(this verse starts off with no guitar and then both guitars fade in around
 the 3rd line. Chords are the same as before.)

I've been living in a sea of anarchy
I've been living on coffee and nicotine
I've been wondering if all the thing I've seen
Were ever real, were ever really happening

(Last chorus is the same as the others)

....................

                               Redemption Day
                               (Sheryl Crow)

CAPO 6

Intro:
 Em over and over removing finger from the D string every 3rd beat.
 End the pattern with...

           C  Em  C  Em  G  Em
        |------------------------------
        |------------------------------
        |------------------------------
        |------------------------------
        |--3--2---3--2---------------
        |-----------------3---0--------

Verse 1:

Em
  I've wept for those who suffer long

But how I weep for those who've gone

Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong
             A        G    Em
But keep on killing

It's in the soul to feel such things

But weak to watch without speaking

Oh what mercy sadness brings
           A       G      Em
If God be willing

Chorus:

            G
There is a train that's heading straight
             Em  C            G
To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate

And on the way, child and man,
          Em    C          A
And woman wait, watch and wait
                Em  (intro riff)C  Em C Em G Em
For redemption day

Verse 2:(same as before)

Fire rages in the streets
And swallows everything it meets
It's just an image often seen
On television
Come leaders, come you men of great
Let us hear you pontificate
Your many virtues laid to waste
And we aren't listening

Bridge:

Em
What do you have for us today
Throw us a bone but save the plate
On why we waited til so late
Was there no oil to excavate
No riches in trade for the fate
Of every person who died in hate
Throw us a bone, you men of great

Chorus(same as before)

It's buried in the countryside
It's exploding in the shells at night
It's everywhere a baby cries
Freedom...


..............

                            Hard To Make A Stand
              (Sheryl Crow/Bill Bottrell/Todd Wolfe/R.S.Bryan)

CAPO 3

INTRO:  A  E  D  A  E - 2X

Verse 1:

A         E
Old James Dean Monroe
D                        A      E
Hands out flowers at the shop-n-go
A                   E              D    A   E
Hopes for money but all he gets is fear
        A          E
And the wind blows up his coat
    D                      A       E
And this he scribbles on a perfume note
    A       E                     D    A    E
"If I'm not here, then you're not here"

And he says,
 A    E  D      A
"Call me miscreation,
D     A        D   E
I'm a walking celebration"

Chorus:

         A                   E   D   A   E
And it's hard to make a stand
           A                   E   D   A   E
Yeah, it's hard to make a stand
             A                   E   D   A   E
I think it's hard to make a stand
         A                   E   D   A   E
Oh, it's hard to make a stand

Verse 2:

A         E
My friend, o lawdy
D                    A       E

Went to take care of her own body
A            E               D   A   E
But she got shot down in the road
A                E
She looked up before she went
       D                 A      E
Said, "this isn't really what I meant"
        A          E                     D  A  E
And the daily news said, "two with one stone"

And I say,
 A     E     D     A
"Hey, there, miscreation,
D       A       D        E
Bring a flower, time is wasting"

Chorus:

         A                   E   D   A   E
And it's hard to make a stand
         A                   E   D   A   E
Oh, it's hard to make a stand
         A                   E   D   A   E
Oh, it's hard to make a stand
             A                   E   D   A   E
I think it's hard to make a stand

Yes it is

Bridge:
   F#m  D   Bm   E

Verse 3:
       A                 E
We got loud guitars and quite suspicions
D                   A      E
Big, big guns and small ambitions
A            E                 D   A   E
And we still argue over who is God

And I say,
 A    E     D    E
"Hey there, miscreation
D      A      D   E
We all need a revelation"

I say,
 A   E      D    E
"Hey there, miscreation
D      A      E
We all need a celebration"

Last Verse:
            A                   E   D   A   E
Yeah , it's hard to make a stand
         A                   E   D   A   E
Oh, it's hard to make a stand
            A                   E   D   A   E
Yeah , it's hard to make a stand
             A                   E   D   A   E
I think it's hard to make a stand
             A                   E   D   A   E
Oh, and it's hard to make a stand
             A                   E   D   A   E
I think it's hard to make a stand
             A                   E   D   A   E
I think it's hard to make a stand

.........

                                  Oh Marie
                   (Sheryl Crow/Jeff Trott/Bill Bottrell)

CAPO 1

INTRO:  G - 4X
G                     F#                C  Em
Here she comes, she's all dressed up in daisies
G                     F#              C  Em
Half the time you'd swear that she is crazy
Am
Flowered drinks and a low-cut dress
B
That's the way I know her best
     Am
She says she's lonely, how could she be?
B
Every night she's got company

Chorus:
C     Em
Oh, Marie
D      C           Bm    Am
I sure hope you're happy
C     Em
Oh, Marie
            D  C     Bm   Am
What about me,     Marie

G                      F#             C  Em
She likes tye way she looks in her camaro
G                      F#                 C  Em
She likes lingerie but he prefers the sombrero
Am
She's so famous on the block
      B
She stumbles home around four o'clock
     Am
She claims the guys are hard to please
           B
She wears teen perfume behind her knees

Chorus

Solo:  Am   Em    C   G   Am   Em   C   D   C   Bm   Am

G                 F#              C  Em
All day long she fills me up with dogma
G                       F#             C  Em
She's all magazines and benzedrine and vodka
      Am
There was one man she truly loved
        B
He took everything but her bear-skin rug
    Am
And now and then it's clear to me
      B
That need is love and love is need

Chorus

C      Em
Oh, Marie
D              C       Bm    Am
What are you looking for
C       Em
Oh, Marie
D          C    Bm   Am
Allways an open door
D             C        Bm   Am   G
What are you looking for

..........

                                    Home
                               (Sheryl Crow)

Intro:
   G
|----3--3--3--3--3-|
|----3--3--3--3--3-|
|----0--0--0--0--0-| repeat
|----0--2--3--3--0-|
|----2-------------|
|--3---------------|

Verse 1:

G
I woke up this morning
Dm
Now I understand
Bb
What it means to give your life
C
To just one man
 G
Afraid of feeling nothing
   Dm
No bees or butterflies
   Bb
My head is full of voices
       C
And my house is full of lies

Chorus:

        G  Dm   Bb   C
This is home,   home
            G  Dm   Bb  C
And this is home,   home
         G
This is home

Verse 2: (same as before)
I found your standing there
When I was seventeen
Now I'm thrity-two
And I can't remember what I'd seen in you
I made a promise
Said it everyday
Now I'm reading romance novels
And I'm dreaming of yesterday

Chorus:(same as before)

Bridge:

Bb                    C
 I'd like to see the Riviera
Am                    G
   And slowdance underneath the stars
C                           Bb
  I'd like to watch the sun come up
Am
   In a stranger's arms

Chorus:(instrumental)-there is a solo part in here but I haven't
figured it out yet.  I'll keep you posted with whatever I come up with.
If you have any parts figured out please let me know.

Verse 3:(same as before)
I'm going crazy
A little at a time
And everything I wanted
Is now driving me away
I woke this morning
To the sound of beating hearts
Mine is full of questions
And it's tearing yours apart (repeat last line a few times)

Outro: (this outro is also the piece that is played between verses)

   G
|----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
|----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|
|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
|----0--0--0--2--3--3--0--0--| repeat
|----2--2--2--0--0--0--------|
|--3----0--0--0--0--0--------|

...........

                                  A Change
                   (Sheryl Crow/Jeff Trott/Brian MacLeod)

A Change


Intro:  F5    D#5   C5 ...

verse 1:

 F5                      D#5  C
 Ten years living in a pap-er-bag
 F5                    D#5     C
 Feedback baby, he's a flipped out cat
        F5                        D#5      C
 He's a platinum canary, drinkin' falstaff beer
 F5                   D#5  C
 Mercedes rule, and a rented lear
 Bb
 Botton feeder insincere
 F
 Prophet lo-fi pioneer
 Gm
 Sell the house and go to school
 Bb
 Get a young girlfriend, daddy's jewel

Chorus:

   F5       D#5  C
 A change
              F5     D#5   C
 would do you good
    F5    D#5   C
 A change
               F5     D#5   C
 would do you good

Verse 2:(same as before)

 God's little gift is on the rag
 Poster girl posing in a fashion mag
 Canine, feline, Jekyll and Hyde
 Wear your fake fur on the in-side
 Queen of south beach, aging blues
 Dinner's at six, wear your cement shoes
 I thought you were singing your heart out to me
 Your lips were syncing and now I see


Chorus:(same as before)

 A change
 would do you good
 A change
 would do you good

Verse 3:(same as before)

 Chasing dragons with plastic swords
 Jack off Jimmy, everybody wants more
 Scully and angel on the kitchen floor
 And I'm calling Buddy on the ouija board
 I've been thinking 'bout catching a train
 Leave my phone machine by the radar range
 Hello it's me, I'm not at home
 If you'd like to reach me, leave me alone

Last Chorus:
   F5     D#5   C
 A change
              F5     D#5   C
 would do you good
    F5     D#5   C
 A change
               F5     D#5   C
 would do you good
 Gm
 Hello, it's me, I'm not at home
 Bb
 If you'd like to reach me, leave me alone

   F5     D#5   C
 A change
               F5     D#5   C
 would do you good
    F5     D#5   C
 A change
               F5     D#5   C
 would do you good                     (repeat and fade)


...........

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Tab explanation:
       / = Slide
       h = Hammer-on
       p = Pull-off
  ^ or b = Bend
       r = Relase bend back to fret indicated

Have fun =)

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