Tablature suffocate - Counting Crows

          



 

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  Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 20:01:10 -0800

  From: "Michael A. Mazur" <mmazur@WPI.EDU>

  Subject: TAB: Counting Crows, "Suffocate"

  

  Tab: "Suffocate" Counting Crows

  Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu)

  

  As recorded live at the Hollywood Grand, 16 November, 1995

  

  

  Intro and main riff (played by organ)

  |-------------------|----------------|

  |-------------------|----------------|

  |--------1--1h2--4--|--------1h2-----|

  |-------------------|-----2-------2--|

  |-------------------|----------------|

  |--0--0-------------|--0-------------|

  

  Verse:

  E (with main riff played by organ, guitar 1 enters with chords)

  Come on in baby, guess you want to touch me now

  You want to put your hands on my face, and

  Tell me you love me, tell me you need me

  Don't say that you love me

  Don't say anything, 'cause

  

  A

  I am not that kind of man

  I'm much less than you think I am

  

  (Back to main riff)

  

  |-------------------|

  |-------------------|

  |-------------------| Guitar 2 doubles main riff, except replacing

  |-------6b(7)r6-----| the second measure with this

  |----------------7--|

  |--0----------------|

  

  So many people are just like Jesus,

  They drag all this weight to get to anything better than

  Where they've been, or where they are

  Well tell me what the hell's the reason when we're never getting

  anywhere, but

  

  A

  You want me to say "Hey, it's OK."

  But I'm so dizzy, baby, just get the hell away from me

  

  Chorus:

  E   B       A       * (guitar 2 plays fill 1)

  How can you breathe?

  E   B       A

  How can you see?

  E   B            A                      E  *(guitar 2 plays fill 2)

      I can't even sleep when you're with me

  

   Fill 1           Fill 2

  |--------------|-|----4--2p0-------|

  |--5--4--2-----|-|------------4/5--|

  |-----------2--|-|/4---------------|

  |--------------|-|-----------------|

  |--------------|-|-----------------|

  |--------------|-|-----------------|

  

  

  Verse: (organ and guitar 2 play simile to first verse)

  I'm sick of summertime,

  I know all of the best things in life are unkind

  I could be everything, I could be anything, but

  All the time I think that if I only had a pair if wings...

  

  But you won't touch me

  Just take your hands off me, don't touch me baby

  I can't receive it, you see...

  

  How can you see?

  How can you breathe?

  I can't feel a thing when you're with me

  

  Bridge:

  Organ sustains an E chord for 16 measures,

  Guitar 1 enters after 8 measures, and then plays an E as well

  

  Guitar 2 plays variations on these four measures for the whole

  bridge, usually holding the last note over the next measure

  |-----------|-------------|------------------|--------------|

  |--4h5p4h5--|--5b(7)r5p4--|--4h5p4--5b(7)r5--|--4b(5)r4-----|

  |-----------|-------------|------------------|-----------4--|

  |-----------|-------------|------------------|--------------|

  |-----------|-------------|------------------|--------------|

  |-----------|-------------|------------------|--------------|

  

  Verse: (The first half of the verse is skipped)

  

  A

  I can't take it this way, I hope you understand

  (guitars, organ tacet)

  Don't you fucking touch me,

  I can hold a candle if you can (very unsure of these lyrics)

  

                       * (w/ fill 1, simile)

  How can you breathe?

  How can you see?

  

  (E B A progression continues)

  How can you breathe? How can you see?

  I can't even sleep when you're with me

  How can you breathe? How can you see?

  I can't feel a... I can't feel a thing

  I can't feel a thing

  

  progression changes to E B F#m, played twice, and then ends on E

  

   


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 Suffocate, de Counting crows 

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