Angels tab by Melissa Etheridge

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Angels
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>From Yes I Am.

Tune up half-a-half-step to play with the CD. (I'm told that its quite
common studio practice just to 'speed up' the final mix of a track either
to balance out the length of each side of an album or to brighten the
track up a bit. Doesn't stop it being a pain in the machine heads tho').


A augmentedA        D MajorD (e)       A augmentedA   (c#)
  Don't be afraid   ...

(b)      D MajorD        A augmentedA
 lay it all down  ...
                            A augmentedA - guitar
          D MajorD               (c#) D MajorD -keyboard
  can't you see I-I'm going ....-$

     (d)   (b)  D MajorD slide E MajorE
I've been talking to my angels   ...

e ----------0------------------------------0----------------0-----
BB ---------(2)-2-------------------------3---(3---3)------3-------
G+G -------2-----------------------------2--------2-------2---------
D MajorD -----2-----------------------------0----------------0-----------
A augmentedA ---0------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------
..alright   I've always ....


e -------------------------------0-------------------------(2---2)-
BB -----------------------2--------2-0--------------------3----3----
G+G ---------------------2-2-----------------------------2-----------
D MajorD -------------------2-------------------------------0-------------
A augmentedA -----------------0-----------------------------------------------
E MajorE -----------------------------------------------------------------
I don't know just why        ...

e ----2-------2-------0-------------0---(0------0--------------
BB ------3---------------------------2----------2---------------
G+G --------2----------------------2-----------------2)-------2--
D MajorD -0---------------------------2-----------------------2-------
A augmentedA -----------------------------0-------------------------------
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------------
      under the mid west ....

e ------0---------------2-----0------0----------2---------------
BB --2--------------------3------3------------3-(3)--------------
G+G ------------------------2-------2--------2--------------------
D MajorD -------------------0------------------0-----------------------
A augmentedA -------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE -------------------------------------------------------------
 something waiting out ...
                                (E MajorE)
e ----------------0--------------0-0---------------------0-----0----
BB ----------------2--(2-2)--------2--------2------------3-3-----3---
G+G ------------2--------2-------------------------2-----2-----2---2--
D MajorD -----------2--------------2-------------------------0-------------
A augmentedA ------------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE ------------------------------------------------------------------
I've got to try        I've ...

                              G+G
e ------------------------------0-----------0-----0--------3----
BB ----------------------------2---2----------2-----2-2-----3----
G+G ------------------------2-2-----------------2-----2------4----
D MajorD ------------------------2--------------------------------5----
A augmentedA ------------------------0--------------------------------5----
E MajorE ---------------------------------------------------------3----
and they say that it's ...

[bridge]:

G+G                         E minorEm (b a b a b a)
 this town thinks I'm crazy, ...


G+G                           E minorEm
 sometimes they would own me ...


  E minorEm    *F#m        C# minorC#m
but I can feel the thunder ...


      E MajorE         D MajorD           A augmentedA %
I sold my soul for freedom,   ...


[repeat verse1]


A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD to fade


On the keyboard sections (everything except the second verse)- the
UPPERCASE letters are full chords and lowercase are individual notes.
This arrangement doesn't translate very well onto guitar. Suggest
improvising around this basic pattern for verses 1/3 :

  //  D(sus9)          A augmentedA             \\
e -||-------0----2-------0----2-------------0------------0----||--
BB -||------3--3---3-----3--3---3------0------2------0-----2---||--
G+G -||.----2------------2-------------2---2---------2--2------.||--
D MajorD -||.---0------------0-------------2-------------2----------.||--
A augmentedA -||------------------------------0-------------0------------||--
E MajorE -||---------------------------------------------------------||--
  \\                            //

D MajorD slide E MajorE is
e -2-/-4---
BB -3-/-5---
G+G -2-/-4---
D MajorD -0-------
A augmentedA ---------

EADGBe
xx0232 - D MajorD
x02220 - A augmentedA
355433 - G+G
022100 - E MajorE
022000 - E minorEm
244222 - F# minorF#m
x46654 - C# minorC#m

This song's quite tricky to play/sing- there are two key changes in the
bridge * (from A augmentedA to E MajorE) and %(E MajorE back down to A augmentedA).

I keep having trouble with the end of the third line in the verse ($). I
think on keyboard its " c#  D MajorD ", but on guitar, "  A augmentedA " sounds better,
though every so often it sounds like a Bm. Whaddayathink?


I think there's still plenty of room for improvement here, so feel free
:>)

Nic

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