#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 02:38:35 -0500 From: "Paul M. Berens" To: [email protected] Subject: CRD: m/mellencamp_john/sweet_evening_breeze.crd "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----------------------| From the afternoons by the public swimming pool. CHORUS: (strum these chords) Asus2 G Sweet evening breeze Asus2 G Blows around my thoughts and memories. Asus2 As I lie here today G And drink my tea, D Dsus4 D I can still see Asus2 / G / Asus2 / G / Asus2 / G / Asus2 / G Sweet evening breeze. VERSE 2: Asus2 G I saw her in a coffee shop D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4 In a big hotel down in Austin, Texas. Asus2 G She had cut her long hair off D/Dsus2 And replaced it with G D G D Blue eyes of sad - ness. C Em Still acted like we were kids C *Fill* And she told me that she had to marry C Em And she asked me if I did D/Dsus2 Still remember. CHORUS VERSE 3: Asus2 G How redundant the future can be. D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4 These days of old are very, very Asus2 G Ridiculous for me to see D/Dsus2 G D G D When I think about the real gone stor - ies C Em And how time holds the winning hand. C *Fill* I can tell by the lines on our faces C Em And the young can't understand D/Dsus2 That they 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
