Tablature patience of angels - Boo Hewerdine

          



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  Date: 5 Jan 1996 10:15:07 +0000

  From: "Boulton, Nic" <Nic.Boulton@mcl.co.uk>

  Subject: /h/Boo Hewerdine/Patience of Angels.crd

  

  Patience of Angels (Boo Hewerdine)

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  Written & performed by Boo Hewerdine, but I don't know of a recording of it by

  him.  Eddi Reader has recorded it, it's on her first album (called Eddi

  Reader!)

  

  

              G               D                 C                   D 

     From the top  of the     bus           she thought she saw him wave

      she saw Tuesdays and forgetfulness and a  little    money     saved

  Does she know ?    I don't know     but from  here    I   can     tell

  

  [Chorus]:

                G       D                   C           D    

  That it would try        the patience of angels 

       it would try        the patience of angels

  

  

              G               D                C                   D 

     And you know something's wrong  when the  morning hurts your eyes 

    <and the baby won't stop crying> you'll be waiting 'til  you  die

      Would I be   any   good       and if I   was   would   I    find

  

  [Chorus]

  

              G         D                C          D 

   There's a door in  a wall  in a       house in a street 

       <in a town where no-one knows her name>          she's the patience of 

             angels 

  

  

  

              G            D                 C          D 

  Does she   know? I don't know    but from  here I can tell

   There's a door in a     wall  in      a   house in a street 

       <in a town where    no-one knows her  name>          she's the patience 

          of angels

  

  

  

  Strumming is: 

  

       |x-----------------x-x------x--------x--------x--------|      = 1 bar

  beats 1        2        3        4        5        6        

  

  6 beats per bar, one chord per bar. Play the 6th beat as the top 4 strings

  open (DGBe = ?Gadd6) in every bar. (This sounds right and it gives you ages to

  make the chord change!)

  

  Suggest picking out the lines marked < x > by singing them an octave higher

  than the rest. 

  

  Chords are standard (open) fingerings.

  

  This G D C D stuff is a bit of an oversimplification. Live, there seems to be

  some melody going on on the top two strings, but I haven't worked out what

  he's doing. Still, this should be enough to carry the tune in the

  Underground/Subway!

  

  Boo plays this live in Db (capo at 6th fret), Eddi Reader's album version is

  in Bb (capo 3), I can't get above B (Capo 4) if I'm going to hit the next

  octave in the vocal- just play it in as high a key as you can. 

  

  Also, if it's quiet you can try an arpeggio intro: 

  

        E ----------3------------------2----------------0---------------2-----

  ||

        B ------------3--------------2---3----------------1-----------2---3---

  ||

        G

  --------------4----------3-------2----------0-----0-------3-------2-.||

        D

  --------5-----------0---------------------2-----------0-------------.||

        A ------5-------------------------------3-----------------------------

  || 

        E -3------------------------------------------------------------------

  || 

           G(barre 3)         D                 C               D

  

  

  All comments, corrections, improvements etc. welcome.

  

  Nic 

  

  Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk

  

  

  

   


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 Patience of angels, de Boo hewerdine 

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