#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: /v/Suzanne.Vega/Cracking.tab CRACKING (Suzanne Vega) ----------------------- [Actually in B; capo up four frets.] Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F# [intro] Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note] [intro] Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# It's a one time thing, it just happens a lot Csus2 G/B G G5/F# Walk with me and we will see what we have got Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Ahhhhhhh... Ahhhhhhh... Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# My footsteps are ticking, like water dripping from a tree Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Walking a hairline, and stepping very carefully Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F# Ahhhhhhh... Ahhhhhhh... Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note] Ahhhhhhh... Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# My heart is broken; it's worn out at the knees Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Hearing muffled, seeing blind, soon it will hit the deep freeze Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Ahhhhhhh... Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# And something is cracking, I don't know where Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Ice on the sidewalk, brittle branches in the air Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# The sun is blinding, dizzy golden, dancing green Csus2 G/B G5 F#[single note] Through the park in the afternoon, wondering where the hell Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F# I have been Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note] Ah ha haaaaa... INTRO AND VERSE: [Most of the verse just uses the first four measures of tab.] [Note that whenever the G5 measure comes before the Em7-A7 part, there is also an A bass note in the second half of the measure.] Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|------3---------| ----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----| ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| 3---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|3---------------|2---------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F# ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------| ------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|---3----| ----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|-----0--| ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|--0---0-| 3---------------|2---------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------| ----------------|----------------|3---------------|0=2-------------|2-------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^.^.^.^. Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ------3---------|------3---------|------2---------|------2---------| ----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----| ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---| ----------------|2---------------|0---------------|0---------------| 0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . C Cmaj7 G5 G5 [single note] ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ------1---------|------0---------|------3---------|----------------| ----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------------| ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----------------| 3---------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|3---------------|3---------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . "THE SUN IS BLINDING...": Csus2 G/B E ------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| The quick notes there B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--| are actually 16-------|th-note G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------| triplets; the "03-----|s D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---| and "02"s are hammer--| A 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02-----------------------------| ons, obviously. Good E ------------------------|------------------------| luck. You can subs---| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . titute something easier. ..sun is blind - ing, G5 G5/F# E ------------------------|------------------------| B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--| G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------| D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---| A ------------------------|------------------------| E 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02----| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . dizzy, gol - den, danc - ing green Csus2 G/B E ------------------------|------------------------| B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--| G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------| D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---| A 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02----| E ------------------------|------------------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . Through the park in the af - ter - noon, G5 G5/F# E ------------------------|------------------------| B ---------3-----------3--|------------------------| G ---0-----------0--------|------------------------| D --0-----0-----0-----0---|------------------------| A ------------------------|------------------------| E 03----03----03----03----|2-----------------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . wondering where the hell I have been...
