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Subject: b/buffett_jimmy/if_the_phone_doesnt_ring_its_me.crd
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 14:02:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:
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"If the Phone Doesn t Ring, It s Me" by Jimmy Buffett
>From "The Last Mango in Paris" album
Submitted by Richard Burchett
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I wrote the intro-melody part out in tab format. This part needs to be
played by finger-picking. The chords above the tab usually give an easy
reference to the proper positioning of the left hand while the individual
notes are played.
Intro-melody:
[tab] () () () (repeat
2x)[/tab]
[tab]E:----------0------------0----------------0---------1-------------------------
---[/tab]
[tab]B:----------------------------3----------------3-----1---------------0--1--3--
-[/tab]
[tab]G:-----------------0----------------------------------------2-----2-----------
---[/tab]
[tab]D:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]
[tab]A:----------3-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----[/tab]
[tab]E:-----------------------------------0------------------1---------------------
----[/tab]
() () ()
[tab]E:----------0------------0-----------------0---3------5-----------------------
--[/tab]
[tab]B:-----------------------------3----------------------------------------------
-----[/tab]
[tab]G:-----------------0----------------------------------------------------------
-----[/tab]
[tab]D:-------------------------------------------------------3--------------------
-----[/tab]
[tab]A:----------3-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----[/tab]
[tab]E:-----------------------------------0----------------------------------------
-----[/tab]
Verse 1:
[tab]
There are oceans of feelings be-tween us,[/tab]
[tab]
currents that take us and sweep us away.[/tab]
[tab]
That s why we seldom have seen us,[/tab]
[tab]
in the light of a cold hard day.[/tab]
[tab]
Lot s of new friends, with the same old answers,[/tab]
[tab]
open your eyes you might see,[/tab]
[tab]
if our lives were that simple we d live in the past,[/tab]
[tab]
if the phone doesn t ring, its me.[/tab]
Chorus:
[tab]
If the phone doesn t ring, you know that it s me,[/tab]
[tab]
I ll be out in the eye of the storm,[/tab]
[tab]
if the phone doesn t ring, you know that I ll be,[/tab]
[tab]
where someone can make me feel warm.[/tab]
[tab]
It s too bad we can t turn and live in the past,[/tab]
[tab] -(first chord of intro)
if the phone doesn t ring, it s me.[/tab]
Intro-melody: No repeats this time.
Verse 2:
[tab]
I ve had good days and bad days and going - half - mad days,[/tab]
[tab]
I try to let go, but your still on my mind.[/tab]
[tab]
I ve lost all the old ways, I m searching for new ways,[/tab]
[tab]
Putting it all on the line.[/tab]
[tab]
Lots of new friends, with the same old problems,[/tab]
[tab]
open your eyes you might see,[/tab]
[tab]
if our lives were that simple we d live in the past,[/tab]
[tab]
if the phone doesn t ring, it s me.[/tab]
Repeat chorus.
Intro-melody: Play the tab part, singing these words over it. All repeats
this time.
[tab]
It s me, it s me,[/tab]
[tab]
it s me, it s me,[/tab]
[tab]
it s me, it s me,[/tab]
[tab]
it s me, it s me.[/tab]
Coda: (Slowly)
[tab]
If it takes all our future we ll live through the past,[/tab]
[tab]
if the phone doesn t ring, it s me.[/tab]
That s All. Once again, this song sounds much better if you finger-pick it.
Also, it s a nice touch to add a high "g" note to the Em chords.
-Richard
Burchett
"We re wanted men, we ll strike again, but first let s have a beer!"
-J. Buffett