xSand is one of my favorite Lovemongers (Heart) songs, and I've wanted to learn to play
forever but could never find any tabs. It finally clicked with me and I think I figured
out pretty well. I don't really know the technical names of the chords, but I refer to
as "open". If you listen to the strumming pattern it's easy enough to figure out.
Capo 5
E (022100)
E* (079900)
Aadd9 (002200)
B (799800)
E*2 (067800)
G* (355000) or (355400)
A* (577000) or (577600)
E*
I asked a distance star, I wonder where you are.
Aadd9
A shadow at my door, a friend there is no more.
E Aadd9 E Aadd9 E
E Aadd9 E* E*2
I watched him go to the wind, I close my eyes, good-bye, good-bye my friend .
E*
Friends and family are branches of the tree.
Aadd9
Sheltered in the rain, telling me again,
E Aadd9 E Aadd9 E
E Aadd9 E* E*2
No matter how the raindrops run, the world will turn, turn back to the sun, yeah, yeah, yeah.
E* Aadd9 E
B*
A trick of light upon our eyes, a trick of time upon our life's.
E* Aadd9
B*
Ancient songs cry out to you, surely this sweet sand is slipping through.
Bridge:
Aadd9 E X3
Slide to each chord
E--0---0----0---0---0---0-----|
B--7---9----7---4---6---7-----|
G--9---11---9---6---8---9-----|
D--9---11---9---6---8---9-----| X4
A--0---0----0---0---0---0-----|
e--0---0----0---0---0---0-----|
E Aadd9 E Aadd9 E
E Aadd9 E*
I watched him go to the wind, I close my eyes, good-bye, good-bye my friend,
E*2
yeah yeah yeah.
E* Aadd9 E
B*
A trick of light upon our eyes, a trick of time upon our life's.
E* Aadd9
B*
Ancient songs cry out to you, surely this sweet sand is slipping through.
E* Aadd9
Slipping through the glass of time. (Slipping through the glass of time)
Aadd9 E* B*
Surely this sweet sand will run on by and by.
E* Aadd9
And while the days come down to you. (While the days come down to you)
Aadd9 E* B*
You are just a traveler passing through,
Aadd9 E X3
mmmm mmmm
Rock Bridge:
E G* A* G* E X4 (hopefully you can figure out how the slides, etc)
*sometimes Nancy plays a slight variation to the bridge:
E G* A* G* G* A*
E (the G-A-G slide is very quick)
End:
E--0---0----0---0---0---0-----|
B--7---9----7---4---6---7-----|
G--9---11---9---6---8---9-----|
D--9---11---9---6---8---9-----| X4
A--0---0----0---0---0---0-----|
e--0---0----0---0---0---0-----|
This is my second tab, so any comments are appreciated. Thanks and I hope this helps! :)
