Tablature i danced - Violent Femmes

          



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  Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 22:22:46 -0500

  From: Bryson Meunier <meunier.1@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu>

  Subject: TAB:"I Danced" by "Violent Femmes"

  

          I have understood the chord progression of this song for quite some

  time but I didn't feel that I had enough material to post. Then over the

  winter break I figured out something that sounds like Brian Ritchie's

  wonderfully elastic guitar solo. In other words, I'm posting most of the

  guitar parts of this song. If you have a part that I've neglected to post,

  or if you have comments, questions or corrections, e-mail me at

  meunier.1@osu.edu  

  

                   "I Danced"(Gordon Gano/Max Dunn)

  

  Performed by the violent femmes on "Rock!!!"(1994)

  Music by Gordon Gano

  Lyrics from the poem "I DANCED BEFORE I HAD TWO FEET" by Max Dunn

  Guitar solo by Brian Ritchie

  Transcribed by Bryson Meunier

  

     intro-

       B5              D5      A    

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

     B-------------------------2---xxxx--xxxx--xx-----------|

     G--4--4--x--x--x---7--7---2---xxxx--xxxx--xx4--4--4--4-|

     D--4--4--x--x--x---7--7---2---xxxx--xxxx--xx4--4--4--4-|

     A--2--2--x--x--x---5--5-------xxxx--xxxx--xx2--2--2--2-|

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

          Repeat that riff once more before the lyrics come in. Then, for the

  verse, repeat the riff without making the percussive sounds. At least I

  think that's the only distinction between the introduction and the verse but

  the bass is so prominent that it's hard to tell. If you know of another

  distinction, e-mail me at the aforementioned address and let me in on it.

  Here's my best attempt at the guitar solo:

  

     E--------------------------------|---7-----------------|

     B------------3--2---2brbrbrbr--0-|---7---4---------67-|

     G---4--4--4----------------------|---7---4------7------|

     D--------------------------------|-----------7---------|

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

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

  

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

     B---7--7--8--7--|---15brp14--14h15brp14--14h15brp14----|

     G---------------|--------------------------------------|

     D---------------|--------------------------------------|

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

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

     

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

     B---14h15brp14--14h15brp14-------7---------------------|

     G-----------------------------9--7---2-----------------|

     D-----------------------------9--7---2-----------------|

     A-----------------------------7------0-----------------|

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

  

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

     B--7h8--75--7p5---------------------------------------|

     G-----------------7p5----5h7---53---5p3---------------|

     D------------------------------------------5-----------|

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

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

  

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

     B------------------------------------------------------|

     G----35---57---79---912----14----------------------|

     D------------------------------------------------------|

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

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

  

     Repeat the main riff until the end of the song.

  

     Lyrics:

  

     I Danced before I had two feet 

     I Sang before I had a tongue

     I laughed before I had two eyes

     and loved before my heart was young

     

     I swam before I had two hands 

     and held the distance in my toes

     before I heard the stars or knew

     the wild compulsion of the rose

  

     I bore the fruits of many lives

     before I came into this day 

     I knew before my grave was made

     the worms eat only death away (2x)

  

     I danced before I had two feet (4x)

  

     symbols used in transcription-

   

     x = make percussive sound with fretting hand

     b = bend

     r = release

      = slide

     h = hammer-on

     p = pull-off  

  

              

            

  

  

  

  

  

   


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