Sweet Evening Breeze chords by John Mellencamp

Chords with lyrics

"Sweet Evening Breeze"
                 by John Mellencamp


  This a lesser-known tune off the "Human Wheels" album, but a fun one to
play acoustic. It oscillates between meditative picking and exciting
strumming. Notice my naming conventions with D/Dsus2 and D/Dsus4 below.
  Enjoy.


INTRO: (Asus2Asus2)

E MajorE|----------------------0------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------0---------------------0--------------------------------|
G+G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2-----------(repeat-4-times)--|
D MajorD|-------2-----2--------------2---------------2--------------------------|
A augmentedA|----0------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE: (Asus2,G,D [&Dsus4])

E MajorE|----------------------0-------------------------------------------3----|
BB|----------------0---------------------0---------------------0----------|
G+G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2------------0--------0-------|
D MajorD|-------2-----2--------------2---------------2------0-----0-------------|
A augmentedA|----0------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------3----------------------|

   <-------"D/Dsus2"---------->   <-----D/Dsus4----->
E MajorE|----------------0-----0h2------------3-----2------3----2---------------|
BB|----------3--------3---------3------------------3----3-----------------|
G+G|-------2-----2-----------------2--------2-----2----2-------------------|
D MajorD|----0--------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0---------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

   *if you can get the above, you can surely make up a similar picking
   pattern for the C majorC and E minorEm progressions which are next.

VERSE 1:

Asus2Asus2       G+G
I was ..
D/Dsus2        D/Dsus4
She ...
Asus2Asus2           G+G
She .
D/Dsus2      D/Dsus4
I ...
C majorC           E minorEm
We ..
C majorC         E minorEm
Every ...
C majorC       E minorEm
Her ..
      D/Dsus2
>From ....

CHORUS: (strum these chords)

   Asus2Asus2     G+G
   Sweet..
           Asus2Asus2      G+G
   Blows ...
          Asus2Asus2
   As I ..
          G+G
   And ..
   D MajorD        Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
   I ..
          Asus2Asus2 / G+G / Asus2Asus2 / G+G / Asus2Asus2 / G+G / Asus2Asus2 / G+G
   Sweet ...


VERSE 2:

Asus2Asus2      G+G
I ..
D/Dsus2        D/Dsus4
In ...
Asus2Asus2      G+G
She ..
D/Dsus2
And ...
   G+G  D MajorD G+G   D MajorD
Blue ...
C majorC            E minorEm
Still ..
C majorC            *Fill*
And ..
C majorC           E minorEm
And ..
D/Dsus2
Still ..r.

CHORUS

VERSE 3:

Asus2Asus2       G+G
How ...
   D/Dsus2     D/Dsus4
These ..
Asus2Asus2     G+G
Ridiculous ..
    D/Dsus2     G+G  D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD
When ..
C majorC               E minorEm
And ...
C majorC         *Fill*
I can ..
C majorC            E minorEm
And ..
     D/Dsus2
That ..
When ...


CHORUS

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FILL:                CHORDS:
E MajorE|--------------------------|       e b g d a E MajorE
BB|----0---0---0---0---------|   Asus2Asus2 | 0 0 2 2 0 0
G+G|--------------------------|     G+G | 3 0 0 0 2 3
D MajorD|--------------------------|     D MajorD | 2 3 2 0
A augmentedA|----2---0-----------------|   Dsus2Dsus2 | 0 3 2 0
E MajorE|------------3---2---------|   Dsus4Dsus4 | 3 3 2 0
                   C majorC | 0 1 0 2 3
                   E minorEm | 0 0 0 2 2 0