#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# From: Boulton, Nic [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 4:00 PM To: Return requested Subject: CRD:/e/etheridge_melissa/whispers_my_heart.crd /e/etheridge_melissa/whispers_my_heart.crd >From the "Melissa Madness" demo tape. If you already know the song, it's..... [intro]: | Cm Bb | Cm Bb | [verse]: | Cm Bb | Cm Bb | Ab Bb | Cm | | Cm Bb | Cm Bb | Ab Bb | Cm | | Bb | Cm | Bb | Cm | | Fm | Ab Bb | [chorus]: |%C G | Am* | C Gx | Am | | C G | Am* | Dm | G | | C G | Am* | C Gx | Am | | C G | Am* |%Cm Bb | Cm | [verse2] [chorus] [bridge]: | Eb | Ab | Gm | Ab Bb | | Eb | Ab | Gm | Ab Bb | C |.... saxaphone solo ........| Gm(X) | Ab | Bb | [chorus] [outro]: | Cm Bb | Cm | If you *don't* know it- its a moody/defiant sounding vocal over a solo piano. Its 4/4 timing at 80bpm. The verses/bridge are in C minor and the chorus in C major, which sounds great :>) The piano part's got loads of twiddly arpeggiated scales and stuff in it, which sounds a bit too much like like hard work to tab out. It translates pretty well into to a strummed guitar arrangement though. Here's the chords, the melody for the vocal and some suggestions for strumming patterns........ Chords/lyrics......... [intro]: | Cm Bb | Cm Bb | [verse]: Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) Bb Ab Bb Cm(III) I can hear somebody walking down this midnight street Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) Bb Ab Bb Cm(III) So you came back to say goodbye thinking it would make it complete Bb Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) If you lost your love for me that's all I need to know Fm Ab Bb So turn around and go but don't listen too close [chorus]: %C(VIII) G(III) Am* C(0) G(0)$ Am For you will see no tears from these eyes as I go back to the start C(0) G(0) Am* Dm G(0) I've got everything under control everything but my heart C(0) G(0) Am* C(0) G(0)$ Am I refuse to let you believe this is gonna tear me apart C(0) G(0) Am* %Cm(III) Bb Cm(VIII) But as you turn and walk away "so long" whispers my heart [verse2]: Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) Bb Ab Bb Cm(III) I have lived long enough to know the pleasure and the pain Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) Bb Ab Bb Cm(III) It's nothing new to find myself aching standing in the pouring rain Bb Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) I don't care if it's somebody else I don't wanna hear those lines Fm Ab Bb % Your love seems to be fine so I'll take back mine [chorus] [bridge]: db/Eb Ab It seems so easy for you to forget Gm Ab Bb our long secret nights I haven't yet Eb Ab but you would believe I am surviving too Gm Ab Bb %C(VIII).. it's something I must do I'll never let you feel what's true [short saxaphone solo over] .....|Gm(X) | Ab |Bb | [chorus] [outro]: |Cm(III) Bb | Cm(VIII) | chords and melody for the vocal......... [verse]: chord Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) Bb beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e--------------------------------------------------------------------| B-------4-3---1-----3------------4---3-1--3--------------------------| G--------------------------------------------3-----------------------| I-I can hear somebody walking chord Ab Bb Cm(III) beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e----------------------------------------------------------------------| B-------------4----4---3--------------1--------------------------------| G-------------------------3--------3-----------------------------------| down this midnight st-reet chord Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) Bb beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e--------------------------------------------------------------------| B-------4--4---3----------------1-4--3----1--3-----------------------| G-------------------3------------------------------------------------| so you came back t'sa-ay goodbye chord Ab Bb Cm(III) beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e--------------------------------------------------------------------| B--------4--4---4---4-----3-------------------1----------------------| G-----------------------------3--------0---0-------------------------| thinking it would make it com-ple-ete chord Bb Cm(III) beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e-----------1---1-----3--1-------1----3--1---------------------------| B--------------------------------------------3--4--------------------| G--------------------------------------------------------------------| if you've lo-ost your lo-ove f'me chord Bb Cm(III) beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e-------------------1---1---1--3--1----------------------------------| B--------------------------------------1---1-------------------------| G--------------------------------------------------------------------| thats all I nee-eed to know chord Fm Ab Bb beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e------1----1-1-----------------------------1--1---1----3------------| B---1--------------3---4----------3---4------------------------------| G--------------------------------------------------------------------| so turn around and go but don't listen too close [chorus]: chord C(VIII) G(III) Am* beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e-------3----3-----3-----3------5------3----5--3---------------------| B---3---%-------------------------------------------5----------------| G--------------------------------------------------------------------| for you will see no tears from the-ese eyes chord C(0) G(0)$ Am beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e-----------3--3--3--5----3---5--------------------------------------| B---------------------------------5----------------------------------| G--------------------------------------------------------------------| as I go back to the start chord C(0) G(0) Am* beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e-------3-----3---3--3---3------5-3---5------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------5--------------------------| G--------------------------------------------------------------------| I've got ev-ry-thing under control chord Dm G(0) beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e-------1--1---1-----------------------------------------------------| B----------------------1---3--3--------------------------------------| G--------------------------------------------------------------------| ev-ry-thing but my heart chord C(0) G(0) Am* beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e-------3----3--3------------3--5---3--5-----------------------------| B-------------------------------------------5------------------------| G--------------------------------------------------------------------| I re-fuse to let you be-lieve chord C(0) G(0)$ Am beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e-------------3--3---3--3--5----3-5----------------------------------| B------------------------------------5-------------------------------| G--------------------------------------------------------------------| this is gonna tear me a-part chord C(0) G(0) Am* beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e------3----3----3----------3--5--3----5-----------------------------| B---5--------------------------------------5--3----------------------| G-----------------------------------------------5--------------------| but as you turn and wa-alk a wa-aa-ay chord Cm(III) Bb Cm(VIII) beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e-------%------------------------------------------------------------| B-------4------------3-----------1-----1-----------------------------| G---5-------------------3------3-------------------------------------| so long whispers my-y heart [verse2] [same melody as verse 1] [chorus] [bridge]: chord db/Eb Ab beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e-----------------------1-3----------3---1---1-----1------------------| B--------------------4--------------------------4---------------------| G----------3---3------------------------------------------------------| it seems so easy for you to forget chord Gm Ab Bb beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e--------------------------------------------------------------------| B--------3--3-----3-------------------1------1--4----3---------------| G--------------------3---3-------------------------------------------| ourlong secret nights I haven't yet chord Eb Ab beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 e------------------------1--3--------1--3--1--1------1---------------| B------------------4----------------------------4--------------------| G----------3---3-----------------------------------------------------| but you would believe I am surviving too chord Gm Ab Bb C(VIII) beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 234 e-1---3----1---1---------------1-----3-3---3---3---3--1-----1------3-| B-----------------4----1-------------------------------------------%-| G--------------------------------------------------------------------| its something I must do I'll never let you fee-eel what's true.. chord Gm(X) Ab Bb beats ........1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 [................saxaphone...................] [chorus] [outro]: chord Cm(III) Bb | Cm(VIII) beats 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 Arrangement.......... the feel is kinda quiet and moody in the early part of the verse, building up to confident & defiant later on in the verse and in the chorus (think of Cher getting angsty and expressive.......no?, ok, whatever). (My) arrangement is for strummed guitar. Here's a suggestion for how much and when...... the early part of the verses, you can *almost* get by with just a single strum on each chord change, but here's just a bit more..... Cm Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm e-|3---------------|3-------------66|----------------|3----------------| B-|4---------------|4-------------66|----------------|4----------------| G-|4-------7-------|5-------7-----77|5-5-5---7-7-7---|5----------------| D-|4-------8-------|5-------8-------|6-6-6---8-8-8---|5----------------| A-|--------8-------|--------8-------|6-6-6---8-8-8---|3----------------| E-|--------6-------|--------6-------|4-4-4---6-6-6---|-----------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 I hear somebody down midnight street [strum gently and let everything ring, except in the third bar which kinda chugs] [...then build it up {louder and faster strumming} til you get to the chorus {which still isn't *real* loud, maybe two-thirds of the loudest you could ever strum}. Here's the third line of the chorus.... C G Am* C G$ Am e-|---------------3|-------------000|0---0-0---------|-----------------| B-|1---1----------0|1---1-1------111|1---1-0-0-0-0---|1-------------111| G-|0---0----------0|2---0-2------000|0---0-0-2-0-2---|2-------------222| D-|2---2---0---0---|2---2-2-2-------|2---2---0-0-0---|2-------------222| A-|3---3---2---2---|--------0-------|3---3---2-2-2---|0----------------| E-|--------3---3---|----------------|--------3-3-3---|-----------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 you will see tears ft eyes as back start note the "Am-Am7-Am-Am5" thing in the chorus [marked by a "*" in this tab]- the guitar follows the melody of the vocal, like this...... Am Am7 Am Am5 e-|---------------------------------| B-|-----1----1----1-----------------| G-|-----2----0----2-----------------| [guitar] D-|-----2----2----2-------2---------| A-|-----------------------0---------| E-|---------------------------------| e-|-----5----3----5---3---------------| [vocal] B-|-----------------------5-----------| tears from the-ese eyes un - der con - trol let you be - lieve similarly for (G+6)-G-(G+6)-Am, [marked "$"]...... C G+6 G G+6 Am e-|---------------(3)---------------| B-|---1--1---1-----0----0--0---1----| G-|---0--0---0-----2----0--2---2----| D-|---2--2---2-----0----0--0---2----| [guitar] A-|---3--3---3----(2)----------0----| E-|---------------(3)---------------| e-|---3--3---3--3--5----3--5----------| [vocal] B-|----------------------------5------| as I go back to the start this is gonna tear me a--part "db/Eb" (at the beginning of the bridge) means pick the A string at the 4th fret, then slide that up and strum the Eb at the 6th fret "%" is a keychange (C major to C minor or vice versa) EADGBe x35543 - Cm(III) 688766 - Bb 466544 - Ab 355333 - Gm xx0231 - Dm x6888x - Eb 355433 - G(III) x02210 - Am 320003 - G(0) x32010 - C(0) E A D G B e 8 10 10 9 8 8 - C(VIII) 8 10 10 8 8 8 - Cm(VIII) x 8 10 10 9 8 - Fm x 10 12 12 11 10 - Gm(X) enjoy Nic [email protected]
