<9401102148.AA10522@ucscb.UCSC.EDU> To: jamesb@nevada.edu Subject: /v/Suzanne.Vega/Cracking.tab CRACKING (Suzanne Vega) ----------------------- [Actually in B; capo up four frets.]

^Csus2[intro]^G/B ^G5 ^G5/F# ^Csus2 ^G/B ^G5 ^G5/F# ^G5/F# Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note] [intro]

It's a ^Csus2one time t^G/Bhing, it just^G5 happens^G5/F# a lot ^Csus2 Walk with m^G/Be and ^Gwe will see what ^G5/F#we have got ^Csus2Ahhhhhh^G/Bh... ^G5 ^G5/F# ^Csus2Ahhhhhh^G/Bh... ^G5 ^G5/F#

My ^Csus2footsteps are ^G/Bticking, like ^G5water dripping^G5/F# from a tree ^Csus2Walking a h^G/Bairline, and ^G5stepping very ^G5/F#carefully ^Csus2Ahhhhhh^G/Bh... ^G5 ^G5/F# ^Csus2Ahhhhhh^G/Bh... ^G5 ^G5/F# ^G5/F# Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note] Ahhhhhhh...

My ^Csus2heart is ^G/Bbroken;^G5 it's worn o^G5/F#ut at the knees ^Csus2Hearing muffled, ^G/Bseeing blind, ^G5soon it will h^G5/F#it the deep freeze ^Csus2Ahhhhhh^G/Bh... ^G5 ^G5/F# ^Csus2 ^G/B ^G5 ^G5/F#

And ^Csus2something is ^G/Bcracking,^G5 I don't know w^G5/F#here ^Csus2Ice on the s^G/Bidewalk, ^G5brittle branches ^G5/F#in the air

The ^Csus2sun is bl^G/Binding, ^G5dizzy golden, d^G5/F#ancing green Csus2 G/B G5 F#[single note] Through the park in the afternoon, wondering where the hell

I^Csus2 have^G/B been^G5 ^G5/F# ^G5/F# 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...

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