Caedmon's Call - Intimate portrait
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1. Bus Driver
G 3x0033
G/F# 2x0033
G/E 02x033
G2/D xx0233
C x3x033
D4/F# 2x0233
Bb2 x13311
C2 x32030
Em9 020032
D2 x00230
D2sus/C x30030
D2sus/B x20030
D2sus/Bb x10030
D/A x02030
-Intro-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# (6x)
-Verse 1-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C
I am a bus driver
G G2/D D(4)/F# G
and it's four in the morning
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# G
And I'm pressing out my clothes beside my bed
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
Fourteen years been on the job and with many miles behind
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
Still I'm up at three thirty to make sure I'm there on time
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# G
My car gets me along just fine to and from the station
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
But my castle is this Houston Metro Bus
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
My first stop is Ashbury.
G2/D D(4)/F# G
And the sign's been gone for years
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
but all the same the people wait cause they know that I'll be there.
-Chorus-
Bb2What would you C2say if I Gtold you that I Em9won't be by today'
Bb2 C2 D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
Would you say that I'm just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B D/A
and what do I know'
-Verse 2-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
Well, I'm always there by five fifteen
G2/D D(4)/F# G
and lately I've been early
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
'cause Judith likes to be in early to the bank.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# G
And she gives me conversation and a token good for riding.
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
And she's hapyy all alone
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
And then there's Charles in retail sales;
G2/D D(4)/F# G
and I hope they pay him well
G/F# G/E G/D2 C G G2/D D(4)/F#
for the work that young man does
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
Cause I've never seen the inside
G2/D D(4)/F# G
of a custom refrigerator
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D
but I know he's the first and last one there
-Chorus-
Bb2What would you C2say if I Gtold you that I Em9won't be by today'
Bb2 C2 D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
Would you say that I'm just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B D/A
and what do I know'
D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/C D/A
And what do I know.
-Piano solo-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# (4x)
-Vesre 3-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
I wonder what they do all day,
G2/D D(4)/F#
and their respective works.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
Suppose they give money and take money away.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
Still, I'm just orbiting this town
G2/D D(4)/F# G
with the post office my sun.
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
And I'm circling again.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
And I wonder how this world would be
G2/D D(4)/F# G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
if I was never here to drive this bus around from Ashbury to Main.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
Suppose this town would be the same
G2/D D(4)/F# G
but with one bus less exhaust.
G/F# G/E G2/D C G
But that bank and retail stores,
G2/D D(4)/F# Bb2
they just wouldn't be the same.
But what can IC2 see from the Glimited confines of Em9my bus driving seat'Bb2
Only me.C2
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
And I'm just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb D2
and it's time to go home.
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B D/A G
2. April Showers
Clean Guitar
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Intro:
--2--2--2h3--2--2h3--3--3----------------2--2--2h3--2--2h3--3--3--------------
--3------------------3--3----------------3------------------3--3--------------
--2------------------0--0---------0------2------------------0--0--------------
--0------------------2--2--0h2p0---------0------------------2--0--0h2p0-------
---------------------3--3-----------------------------------3--2---------0----
---------------------------------------------------------------3--------------
(Play twice)
Verse 1:
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LiDke ACadd9pril Showers on the sDlick cCadd9ement G
WhDen I cCadd9onsider hDow our light is sCadd9pent G
KeDeping tCadd9he candles inDside the catCadd9hedral G
HoDld on tCadd9ight, Don't go into the nDight
SCadd9o full of eGvil
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D
Chorus:
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RGain rain don't gDo away
WCadd9e need you this dCadd9ry and dusty day
RGain rain don't gDo away
TCadd9hough some may saCadd9y please go away
Solo:
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-10-----------------------------------10-- --10-12-12h14-14h15-14--12--------------------
-10-----------------13-12---------10------ ----------------------------12-12-12p10-------
-11-11-11h12-11-11---------12-12---------- ----------------------------12-12-12p11-11----
-12--------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------12-
------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------
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------------------------- ---0----3--3-
-7-7--------------------- -3---3--3--3-
-7-7--7---7-------------- --------0--0- Back into Verse...
------7h9-7--5-4\2-0h2-0- --------0--0-
------------------------- --------2--2-
------------------------- --------3--3-
I tried to break it up into sections where you can hear a "pause". listen to the cd, you'll
see what i mean.
NOTE on Solo: 2 things about this. 1st, it is my interpretation, so the fingerings
might be different than Derek's, but it sounds the exact same, i checked several times.
2nd, i play solo guitar, so i have added come chord inversions where usually cliff would
play, to fill it out. so sometimes there is _more_ here than on the CD. as always, mail
me if you are lost.
Verse 2: (Same as Verse 1)
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Like the April Showers on the slick cement
And the roads once straight have now become so bent
Weaving through the trees of vain security
Rounding round the hard rocks of hard morality
Cadd9 G D (This time the Cadd9 G after verse is played only once)
Chorus (See above)
(Intro Lick is played ONCE)
Bridge:
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AEmnd the sAm7acred cows
FEmeed on the gAm7reen
WEmhile the leaAm7st of these
Em D Barre-D (10th fret)
Are dying on the streets
And they're crying...
Chorus
Chorus
Outro:
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Pick through D-Cadd9-G slowly (ritard)
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Chord Signatures:
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E|-3---3---2----0-----0------10---
B|-3---3---3----0-----1------10---
G|-0---0---2----0-----0------11---
D|-0---2---0----2-----2------12---
A|-2---3---x----2-----0------12---
e|-3---x---x----0-----x------10---
G Cadd9 D Em Am7 Barre-D (10th fret)
3. The Truth
020033 Em7
x32033 C9 (Cadd9)
x30033 C2
x30032 C11 (that's what i'm calling it :)
320033 G
x20033 /B (G/B)
xx0232 D
200233 /F# (Dsus4/F#)
xx0233 D4 (Dsus4)
( * = F# bass note, sixth string 2nd fret.)
( ¤ = hammer first and third strings 0h2 as in the intro.)
INTRO:
3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
E-|---|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B-|--3|------3----|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G-|--0|----------0|------0---0|------0---0|------0---0|
D-|--0|----------0|02----0---0|------0---0|------0---0|
A-|---|-----------|3-------3--|0h2--------|0---0------|
E-|---|0----------|-----------|3-------3--|3---3---2--|
Em7........ C9......... G.................. *
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|-----------|-----------|-----------|0h2---2---3|
|-----------|-----------|----------3|3-----3---3|
|------0---0|------0---0|------0---0|0h2---2---0|
|----------0|02----0---0|------0---0|0-------0--|
|-----------|3-----3---3|0h2--------|-----------|
|0-------0--|-----------|3-------3--|-----------|
Em7........ C9......... G.......... D¤.........
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|-----------|-----------|-----------|0h2---2---3|
|-----------|----------3|----------3|3-----3---3|
|------0---0|----------0|------0---0|0h2---2---0|
|------0---0|02----0----|------0----|0-------0--|
|--------2--|3-----3----|0h2--------|-----------|
|0----------|-----------|3-------3--|-----------|
Em7........ C9......... G.......... D..........
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|------3---0h2-----2---0h3-----3x---|-----------|
|------3---3|------3---3|------3x---|-----------|
|-----------|--------0--|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|3----------|3---3------|3---3--x---|23--2------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------02-|
C9........ C11........ C9.........
VERSE 1: |Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |/F# . . |(7x)
|Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |D . . |
|C9 . . |C2 . . |
I've been putting on and putting off too many people
And I'm getting old to live like an injured man
Ailment and unfilled prescription like the nose on my face
Like a broken boat safety raft and a love for the water
And I just can't decide to sink or swim it's me or them
Should I save myself or go back for the others because
BRIDGE 1: |G . . |. . * |Em7 . . |. . . |(2)
|C9 . . |C11 . . |C9 . . |C2 . . |(x)
Maybe there's no gray and I was wrong to tell 'em so
And maybe all that I've to do was done a long time ago
CHORUS: |G . . |G . . |C9 . . |C9 . . |
|Em7 . . |D . . |C9 . . |C9 . . |
|G . . |G . . |Em7 . . |Em7 . . |
|D . . |D . . |C9 . . |C2 . . |
|C9 . . |D4 . . |
'Cause there was life before my life
There was provision before my need
There was redemption before my sin
For the sake of the world I thank the Lord
That the truth's not contingent on me
HALF INTRO: |Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |. . * |
|Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |D¤ . .D4|
VERSE 2:
Em7 C9 G /F Em7 C9 G
I've been dressing up and dressing down for too many people
/F Em7 C9 G /F
And I'm a little young to live like a troubled boy, a troubled soul
Em7 C9 G /F Em7 C9
A fish out of water, 'cause we're all just the same
G /F Em7 C9 G
We're all just as good and just as bad and just as distracted
/F Em7 C9 G /F
By the corners of our eyes as our fathers were and theirs before
Em7 C9 G /F# C9 C9
And all those before them and still I glance around
BRIDGE 2:
And Gwith the way I Em7stare you'd think I'd C9seen through a C2two-by-fouC9r C2
And Gwith the way I Em7walk you'd think I'd C9never seen C2grace beforeC9 C2
CHORUS:
There was Glife before my C9life
There was Em7provision beD4fore my C9need
There was Gredemption before my sEm7in
For the sake of the Dworld I thank the LC9ord C2
That the C9truth's not contD4ingent on me
SOLO: |C9 . . |. . C2 |G . . |Em7 . . |
|C9 . . |C2 . . |C9 . . |C2 . . |
VERSE 3 (half-verse):
But I've been putting up and putting down too many things
That I know nothing about but I'm jealous of
Holding pride as tight as I can like she was my only daughter
REPEAT CHORUS
OUTRO: |C9 . . |. . C2 |G . . |/B . . |
|C9 . . |C2 . . |C9 . . |D . . |
'Cause the truth's not contingent on me
|Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |. . * |
|Em7 . . |C9 . . |G |
4. Piece of Glass
Bm X24432 (or X20432 back-strum first time)
A* X040XX (or X04030)
Gx 3200XX (G)
Em7 010000
G6 320000
G6/A X00000
D X00232 (D/A)
E7 020100
D/F# 200232
G2 320203
G 320003
G/A X00003
A7sus X02030
A7 X02020
INTRO: Bm, A*, Gx, Bm, A*, Em7
VERSE 1:
Bm A* Gx
I can't believe that I did it again
Bm A* Em7 Bm
Wake me up from this nightmare
Bm A* G6 D
'Cause this monster's filling me up
E7Filling me outG6 G6/A
Bm A* Gx
Everyday I live a bit less
Bm A* Em7
One night leads to another
Bm A* G6 D
Even if I went back they wouldn't
E7Recognize G6me
E7Criticize G6me G6/A
CHORUS 1:
Who Dare you that D/F#lies when you G2stare at my face
E7Telling me that GI'm just a G/Atrace
Of the Dperson I D/F#once was 'cause G2I just can't tell
If you're E7telling the truth or a Glie
E7On you I just can't relyG
E7 G G/A (Bm)
After all you're just a piece of glass
REPEAT INTRO
VERSE 2:
Bm A* Gx
Still this nightmare's all mine
Bm A* Em7
When I call him he answers
Bm A* G6 D
I can tell him when to come
E7When to stay G6 G6/A
Bm A* Gx
Sometimes I'm weaker than he is
Bm A* Em7
Is he just letting me win
Bm A* G6 D
He can tell me when to come
E7When to stay G6 G6/A
REPEAT CHORUS 1
BRIDGE: D, D/F#, G2
E7Don't talk, Glisten
E7Hold me Gtighter
E7Stay with me just for a Gwhile
UnE7til the sun shines (till the sun shines)
D/F#Stay with me (stay with me just give)
Just Ggive me one moreA7sus day A7
CHORUS 2:
Who Dare you that _D/F#cries_ when you G2stare at my face
E7Telling me that GI'm just a G/Atrace
Of the Dperson I D/F#once was 'cause G2we're not the same
E7You're just a picture of Gme
E7You're gone as soon as I Gleave
E7You've lived my life for Gme
E7And you're no more Gthan a G/Apiece of Dglass
E7You're no more than Gjust a G/Apiece of Dglass
OUTRO: D, D/F#, G2, E7, G, G/A, D
5. Hope to carry on
Guitar tuned down 1/2 step to: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
-INTRO-
D G
-VERSE 1-
I can see DJesusG hanging on the DcrossG
I can see DJesusG hanging on the DcrossG
I can see DJesusG hanging on the Dcross
He came looking for the lost
-CHORUS-
And EmLove has Gcome
EmLove has Gcome
EmLove has Gcome
And it's giving me hope to caArry on D G
-VERSE 2-
I can hear DJesusG saying "FaDther forGgive"
I can hear DJesusG saying "FaDther forGgive"
I can hear DJesusG saying "FaDther forgive"
What a thing he did
-CHORUS-
And EmLove has Gcome
EmLove has Gcome
EmLove has Gcome
And it's giving me hope to caArry on D G
D G
-VERSE 3-
EI can see ALove
Love is all EI want to seAe
ELove can make Aa beggar rich and set Ea prisoner Afree
EI know He can Ado it for you
And God Eknows He did it for meA.
-VERSE 4-
A7 A7,6(sus4)
I can see Love
A9(no3) A7,6(sus4) A7 A7,6(sus4)
Love is all I want to show you. Love,
A9(no3) A7,6(sus4) A7 A7,6(sus4)
Love's the only way to go. And love,
A9(no3) A7,6(sus4) A7 A7,6(sus4)
Love is all a man might need to know
Yes, I knowA7
-VERSE 5-
You know DPeterG put away his DswordG
I can see DPeterG puttin' away his swordD G
I can see DPeterG, he put away his Dsword
He won't fGight no more
-CHORUS-
And EmLove has Gcome
EmLove has Gcome
EmLove has Gcome
And it's giving me hope to caArry on D G
D G I gotta carry onD G A D
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| chords |
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D G Em A E A7 A7,6(sus4) A9(no3)
Eb-|-2--3--0---0--0--0---0-----------0---
Bb-|-3--3--0---2--0--2---3-----------5---
Gb-|-2--0--0---2--1--0---0-----------0---
Db-|-0--0--2---2--2--2---4-----------5---
Ab-|-0--2--2---0--2--0---0-----------0---
Eb-|-x--3--0---0--0--0---0-----------0---
enjoy