Tablature shapes of things - The Yardbirds

          



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  Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:53 -0500

  From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>

  Subject: ./y/yardbirds/shapes_of_things.crd

  

                             "Shapes Of Things"

              (Keith Relf - Jim McCarty - Paul Samwell-Smith)

  

  Intro:

  

  	(eighth-note triplets):

  

  	F

  	/ / / /  / / / /

  

  Verse 1:

  

  	(bass over verse chord progression):

  

  	 G                F/D

  	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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

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

  	-----2---3---4---|-5---------------

  	-3---------------|-----5---3---1---

  

  	  G

  	Shapes

  	    F/D              G

  	Of things before my eyes

  	      F/D            G

  	Just teach me to despise

  	     F/D                 F

  	Will time make man more wise

  

  Verse 2:

  

  	Here

  	Within my lonely frame

  	My eyes just hurt my brain

  	But will they seem the same

  

  Chorus:

  

  	(bass over chorus chord progression):

  

  	 C                 Bb

  	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

  	-----------5-3---|-----------3-1---

  	-----2---5-----5-|-----0---3-----3-

  	-3---------------|-1---------------

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

  

  	C

  	  Come tomorrow

  	Bb

  	   Will I be older

  	C

  	  Come tomorrow

  	Bb

  	   May be a soldier

  	C

  	  Come tomorrow

  	Bb

  	   Will I be bolder

  	(Bb)    D

  	Than today?

  

  Verse 3:

  

  	Now

  	The trees are almost green

  	But will they still be seen

  	Where time and tide have been

  

  Verse 4:

  

  	Fallen

  	Into your passing hands

  	Please don't destroy these lands

  	Don't make them desert sands

  

  [repeat chorus]

  

  Guitar solo:

  

  	[Note: solo is played entirely on G string; other strings not shown]

  

  	   G                         F

  	   v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v  

  	g -------------------------|-10-12-14-16b17----16-14-12-

  	                              8th-note triplet ^^^^^^^^

  

  	   G                         F

  	   v     v     v     v       v          v     v     v  

  	g -14---b16----------------|----15p14p1214-12-14--15--14--

  	              16th-note triplet ^^^^^^^^       ^^^^^^^^^^ qtr-note

  	                                                          triplet

  

  	   G                         F

  	   v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v  

  	g -15---b17----------10-12-|-8-----10---12b14-12-10--

  	                       qtr-note triplet ^^^^^^^^^^^

  

  	   G                         F

  	   v     v     v     v       v          v       v         v  

  	g -12----------------------|----15p14p1214--121012--1012109---109-

  	             16th-note triplets ^^^^^^^^            ^^^^^^

  

  	   G                             F

  	   v       v       v     v       v     v     v     v  

  	g -7---9-7-5---7-5-4--5--4--5--|-7--9-b10-9--7-------

  

  	   G                         F

  	   v     v     v     v        v     v     v     v  

  	g ----10-10-12-12-14b15r1412|-14b16------------------

  	    8th-note triplet ^^^^^^^

  

  	   G                         F

  	   v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v  

  	g -12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  

  	     * harmonic w/feedback

  

  	   Bb       D [N.C.]

  	   / / / /  /

  

  Verse 5:

  

  	Soon

  	I hope that I will find

  	Loves deep within my mind

  	That won't disgrace my kind

  

  Coda:

  

  	rhythm guitar (quarter notes, doubled with bass; lead guitar

  	  plays drone on open G string):

  

  	G

  	/ / / /  / / / /     [fade...]

  

  

  -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

   


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