Tablature sweet evening breeze - John Mellencamp

          



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  Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 02:38:35 -0500

  From: "Paul M. Berens" <berensp@bc.edu>

  To: guitar@olga.net

  Subject: CRD: m/mellencamp_john/sweet_evening_breeze.crd

  

                                 "Sweet Evening Breeze"

                                   by John Mellencamp

  

  

      This a lesser-known tune off the "Human Wheels" album, but a fun one to

  play acoustic.  It oscillates between meditative picking and exciting 

  strumming.  Notice my naming conventions with D/Dsus2 and D/Dsus4 below.

      Enjoy.

  

  

  INTRO: (Asus2)

  

  E|----------------------0------------------------------------------------|

  B|----------------0---------------------0--------------------------------|

  G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2-----------(repeat-4-times)--|

  D|-------2-----2--------------2---------------2--------------------------|

  A|----0------------------------------------------------------------------|

  E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

  

  VERSE: (Asus2,G,D [&Dsus4])

  

  E|----------------------0-------------------------------------------3----|

  B|----------------0---------------------0---------------------0----------|

  G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2------------0--------0-------|

  D|-------2-----2--------------2---------------2------0-----0-------------|

  A|----0------------------------------------------------------------------|

  E|------------------------------------------------3----------------------|

  

        <-------"D/Dsus2"---------->     <-----D/Dsus4----->

  E|----------------0-----0h2------------3-----2------3----2---------------|

  B|----------3--------3---------3------------------3----3-----------------|

  G|-------2-----2-----------------2--------2-----2----2-------------------|

  D|----0--------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0---------------|

  A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

  E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

  

       *if you can get the above, you can surely make up a similar picking 

        pattern for the C and Em progressions which are next.

  

  VERSE 1:

  

  Asus2              G

  I was loud and a little sad.

  D/Dsus2                D/Dsus4

  She was visiting from Atlanta, Georgia.

  Asus2                      G

  She had come to spend the summer with her dad.

  D/Dsus2           D/Dsus4

  I thought she was very pretty.

  C                      Em

  We would kiss and hold hands

  C                  Em

  Every night by the football field.

  C             Em

  Her body was tan

             D/Dsus2                  

  >From the afternoons by the public swimming pool.

  

  

  CHORUS: (strum these chords)

  

       Asus2          G

       Sweet evening breeze

                        Asus2           G

       Blows around my thoughts and memories.

                      Asus2

       As I lie here today

                     G

       And drink my tea,

       D                Dsus4  D

       I can still see

                      Asus2 / G / Asus2 / G / Asus2 / G / Asus2 / G

       Sweet evening breeze.

  

  

  VERSE 2:

  

  Asus2           G

  I saw her in a coffee shop

  D/Dsus2                D/Dsus4

  In a big hotel down in Austin, Texas.

  Asus2           G

  She had cut her long hair off

  D/Dsus2

  And replaced it with

        G    D  G     D

  Blue eyes of sad - ness.

  C                        Em

  Still acted like we were kids

  C                        *Fill*

  And she told me that she had to marry

  C                     Em

  And she asked me if I did

  D/Dsus2

  Still remember.

  

  CHORUS

  

  VERSE 3:

  

  Asus2              G

  How redundant the future can be.

        D/Dsus2         D/Dsus4

  These days of old are very, very

  Asus2          G

  Ridiculous for me to see

         D/Dsus2         G    D    G       D

  When I think about the real gone stor - ies

  C                              Em

  And how time holds the winning hand.

  C                 *Fill*

  I can tell by the lines on our faces

  C                        Em

  And the young can't understand

            D/Dsus2

  That they look at me

  When they look at themselves.

  

  

  CHORUS

  

  -++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

  

  FILL:                               CHORDS:

  E|--------------------------|             e b g d a E

  B|----0---0---0---0---------|     Asus2 | 0 0 2 2 0 0

  G|--------------------------|         G | 3 0 0 0 2 3

  D|--------------------------|         D | 2 3 2 0

  A|----2---0-----------------|     Dsus2 | 0 3 2 0

  E|------------3---2---------|     Dsus4 | 3 3 2 0

                                        C | 0 1 0 2 3

                                       Em | 0 0 0 2 2 0

   


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 Sweet evening breeze, de John mellencamp 

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