IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY
De: Sheryl Crow e Jeff Trott
Intr.: G Gsus4 G Gsus4 (2x)
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] - i will tab this over Xmas - email me if you want it.
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
De: Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott e 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
Intro:
Em over and over removing finger from the D string every 3rd beat.
End the pattern with...
C Em C Em G Em
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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
De: Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell, Todd Wolfe e 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
De: Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott e 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
A CHANGE
De: Sheryl Crow, Jeff Trott e Brian MacLeod
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
