Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 20:59:29 +0000 (Z)
From: "Boulton, Nic"
Subject: TAB:/e/etheridge_melissa/*
>From the "16 Unreleased & Unrecorded", "Melissa Madness" and "Being
Sensitive" demos/bootlegs.
in brief, its like this :
[verse]
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[chorus]
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in not-so-brief, its like this.......
This song isn t on a studio album, so I m gonna assume you ve never heard
it and try to get across how to play it just using this tab......
The song s quite bright in terms of tempo and mood. It s 4/4 timing at
124 beats per minute. There s a bit of a Joan Armatrading 1975/6
influence here...(try the Back to the Night album).
Overall, its an upbeat strummed guitar played over a bongo rhythm track.
The actual rhythm of the drum part isn t a million miles from
"Occasionally", but slightly faster (Occasionally is 119 bpm) and played
on a drum :>)
There are three sections to the guitar part- this first one makes up most
of the song....
First, get something that clicks 124 times a minute (or at least at a
steady rhythm)...this tab won t make much sense without following the
timing pretty close...
then, get the feel for the basic rhythm by playing this over and over
(using barred E shapes).....
e-||----------------|----------------|--------2-------|----------4--4-4||
||----------------|--------6-------|----------2---2-|----------4--4-4||
||--------10------|----------6---6-|------------3---|----------5--5-5||
||----------11--11|------------8---|----------------|----------------||
||------------11--|----------------|----------------|----------------||
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bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Cut the bass notes short (at the ".") to give a funky(?) feel
In the last bar, delay the strums at the end to create an expectation for
the Db in the next bar
Once you ve gotten that into your head...fill it out a bit by playing the
same thing but *also* hitting the string each side of the one you were
picking before......like this....
e-||------------------|-------6-------|-------2-----2-|---------4--4-4||
||-------9----------|-------6-6---6-|-------2-2---2-|---------4--4-4||
||-------10-10----10|-------6-6-6-6-|---------3-3-3-|---------5--5-5||
||11-----11-11-11-11|8--------8-8-8-|4--------4-4---|6--------------||
||11--------11-11-11|8----------8---|4----------4---|6--------------||
||*|*|*|*||
bts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
then, spice that up by sliding between the bass notes, synchopating a
bit, chucking in some extra strumming and generally putting some
expression into it...then call this [part 1].
Right, now you ve got the intro, most of the chorus and half the verse
sorted out.... here s the vocal....
just play [part1] over and over and sing this.....
chord Db Bbm
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e41|
B224222|
G1|
my friends they re so worried (ooh) they say
chord Gb Ab
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e144|
B2442442|
girl there s something defn--it-ly wrong (no no)
chord Db Bbm
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e44411|
B2224422|
it aint natural to go from one to a-nother
chord Gb Ab
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e111|
B44224424|
lover to lover moving a-long they dont.....
on to [part 2], which is just two bars of Gb, followed by a walk up the
bass........
chord Gb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-[vocal]-4---2--------------------------------------------2-------|
G-----------------------3--------------------------3---------------|
kno...ho.......who..................oa it takes
/f /gb
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-[guitar]-------2------4--2----------4--2-----------------------|
G--------------3---------------3-------------3-------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------2-----------------------------------------1*-----2*----|
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
* pick these by
hooking the string
away from the
guitar
[then part 3, four bars of Ab]
chord Ab Ab
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e--------------------------------------------------2---------------|
B-[vocal]-4--4----4----4-2--------2---4-----4---2------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
ten of their kisses to make one of yours
e-----------------------4---------------------------4------------|
B-[guitar]--------------4---------------------------4------------|
G-----------------------5---------------------------5------------|
D----------6--------------------------6--------------------------|
A----------6--------------------------6--------------------------|
E----------4--------------------------4--------------------------|
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
chord Ab Ab
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e------------------------1-4----------6--4---4----4--1------------|
B-[vocal]--4-----4-----------------------------------------4------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------|
ten times baby oh to feel a lot like
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-[guitar]-------------------------------------------------------|
G---------5------5------5------5------5--------------------------|
D---------6------6------6------6------6--------------------------|
A---------6--6---6--6---6--6---6--6---6---[let ring]-------------|
E---------4--4---4--4---4--4---4--4---4--------------------------|
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
then back to [guitar part 1] for the chorus
chord Db
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|
B-[vocal]--2----2---------------------4--------|
G----------------------------------------------|
....you and they kiss m-ee
chord Bbm
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------|
G----------------------------------------------|
and they touch m-ee
chord Gb
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------|
G----------------------------------------------|
say they want m-ee
chord Ab
beats 1 2 3 4
e-----------------------------1----------------|
B-[vocal]-4-----4---4-----2-------------4------|
G----------------------------------------------|
yea they feel a lot like...
chord Db
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|
B-[vocal]--2----2---------------------4--------|
G----------------------------------------------|
....you and they hold m-ee
chord Bbm
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------|
G----------------------------------------------|
and they tell m-ee
chord Gb
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------|
G----------------------------------------------|
that they love m-ee
chord Ab
beats 1 2 3 4
e-----------------------------1----------------|
B-[vocal]-4-----4---4-----2-------------4------|
G----------------------------------------------|
baby they feel a lot like...
chord Db
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|
B-[vocal]--2----2---------------------4--------|
G----------------------------------------------|
....you and they kiss m-ee
chord Bbm
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------|
G----------------------------------------------|
and they touch m-ee
chord Gb
beats 1 2 3 4
e--------------------4--------4--------1-------|
B-[vocal]-------2---------------------4--------|
G----------------------------------------------|
say they want m-ee
chord Ab
beats 1 2 3 4
e-------------------------------------1--------|
B-[vocal]-4-------------------------------4----|
G-------------------1--------------------------|
yea yea they dont....
[part 2 again]
Gb Gb /f /gb [walk up bass]
...kno--whoa
[part 3]
it takes ten of their kisses, to make one of yours
ten times baby ohhhh they feel a lot like
[part 1]
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..you .....[no vocal].......
the rest of the song pretty much just repeats various parts of that.
There s a few extra syllables in verse 2, so here s the melody to the
vocal [play guitar part1]
chord Db Bbm
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e1|
B22222424422|
G3|
I guess I could say I don t know right from wrong when the
chord Gb Ab
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e44|
B222244|
G3|
truth is that I just don t care since you
chord Db Bbm
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e41|
B2444442|
G|
left me I got to get back to that
chord Gb Ab
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e11|
B4242|
G|
feeling somehow somewhere
chord Db
beats 1 2 3 4
e14441111|
B4444|
G|
a little bit here and a little bit there well
chord Bbm Gb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e1|
B2424222222|
G|
it helps to take away this emptiness that
chord Ab
beats 1 2 3 4
e14|
B442|
G|
burns deep inside oooh..
chord Db Bbm
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e464411|
B424222|
G|
..I think if I gather enough pieces I can
chord Gb Ab
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e1|
B2222442|
G|
put together some kind of pride
[play guitar part 2]
e1|
B442|
G|
I don t kno---ow...
it takes ten of their kisses.....[play part 3]
chorus .....[play part 1]
it takes ten of their kisses.....[play part 3]
[saxaphone solo] over part 1
they dont know.....[play part 2]
it takes ten of their kisses.....[play part 3]
chorus.....[play part 1]
adlib (chorusy) vocals over 3 lines of part 1
....[outro]: [still playing guitar part 1]
chord...Ab Db Bbm
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e1|
B4444424|
sometimes if I close my ey-es
chord Gb Ab
beats 1 2 3 4 1 [just one strum of Ab]
e1| then stop dead]
B4222|
close my eyes ba-by
[acapella]
beats 2 3 4
e1|
B2424242|
...I feel a lot li-ike yo-ou
Sing that last line with a lot of irony, kinda like the whole song has
been building to that twist at the end.
Here s the whole thing, set out for timing & structure.........
[intro]
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[verse 1]
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myfriends, they re so worried .... say girl..something definitely wrong
notnatural to go from one to another lover to lover moving along
they
|Gb |Gb f gb| [only 2 bars in this
line]
dont know it takes
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ten of their kisses to make one of yours ten times baby o they
feel..like
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you they kiss me....touch me......* me......yea they feel alot
like
you they hold me....tell me...........love me......baby they feelalot
like
you they kiss me....touch me......* me......yeah yeah they dont
|Gb |Gb f gb| [only 2 bars]
know it takes
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ten of their kisses to make one of yours ten times baby o they
feel..like
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you [---------------no vocals here--------------------------]
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I guess say I don t know right * is don t care since
left me I got to get back feeling somehow
somewhere
little bit here * take away emptiness that burns deep inside
o
I * enough pieces I can put together some kind of pride
I
|Gb |Gb f gb| [only 2 bars in this line]
dont know it takes
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ten of their kisses to make one of yours ten times baby o they
feel..like
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you they kiss me....touch me......*.....yea they feel alot like
you they hold me....tell me...........love me......yeah they feelalot
like
you they kiss me....touch me......* me......yeah yeah they dont
|Gb |Gb f gb| [only 2 bars]
dont know it takes
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ten of their kisses to make one of yours ten times baby o they
feel..like
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you [ - - - - - - - - - - saxaphone solo - - - - - - - - - - - - - -]
[ - - - - - - - - - - - - -saxaphone- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -]
[ - - - - - - - - - - - - -saxaphone- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -they]
|Gb |Gb f gb| [only 2 bars]
dont know it takes
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ten of their kisses to make one of yours ten times baby o they
feel..like
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you they kiss me....touch me......*.....yea they feel alot like
you they hold me....tell me...........love me........oh they feelalot
like
you like you like you oh oh no
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kiss me touch me......* me want me ooh just like
you like yo-oo like you-hoo [outro]sometimes if I
cls
eyes close my eyes baby........[stop][acapella]
I feel a lot like
you
If you already know the song, here s the standard, .crd version
my friends they re so worried (ooh) they say
girl there s something definately wrong (no no)
it aint natural to go from one to a-nother
lover to lover moving a-long
they dont know
it takes ten of their kisses to make one of yours
ten times baby oh to feel a lot like
you and they kiss me and they touch me
say they want me, yeah they feel a lot like
you and they hold me and they tell me
say they love me, baby they feel a lot like
you and they kiss me and they touch me
say they want me, ooohh
they dont know
it takes ten of their kisses to make one of yours
ten times baby ooh they feel a lot like
you
[chorus]
[verse 2]:
I guess I could say I don t know right from wrong
when the truth is that I just don t care
since you left me I got to get back
to that feeling somehow somewhere
a little bit here and a little bit there well it helps to take away
this emptiness that burns deep inside
ooo I think if I gather enough pieces
I can put together some kind of pride
I dont know
[chorus]
[3 lines of [part1] with ad-lib chorus vocals]
[outro]:
Sometimes if I close my eyes close my eyes, baby
I feel a lot like you
E A G D B e
9 11 11 10 9 9 -
7 9 9 7 7 7 -
2 4 4 3 2 2 -
4 6 6 5 4 4 -
small case letters are individual notes (not chords), except b which is a
flat symbol, ;>)
I d appreciate any comments on this presentation.....I ll probably do a
few more of the unreleased songs, but (for example), if everyone s
already got the tapes, I could save on a load of keying in time.....
whaddayathink?.....
Nic
Nic.B*
