Calypso tab by Suzanne Vega

Tabs

id AA10513; Mon, 10 Jan 94 13:48:25 -0800


CALYPSO (Suzanne Vega)
----------------------
 I learned this from the book _The_Authentic_Guitar_Style_of_Suzanne_Vega_,
published by Cherry Lane Music. No guitar-playing Suzanne Vega fan should
be without it. Buy it; it's only $12.95, and it has very good transcriptions
of eleven songs from Suzanne's first two albums. If your local music store
doesn't have it, do a special order or call Hal Leonard (Cherry Lane's
distributor) directly; that's how I got it.


TAB FOR INTRO AND FIRST VERSE:

[The second and third verses are slightly different; if you want to get it
 exactly right, just listen to the recording.]
[An equal sign (=) is a hammer-on; *2 means quickly hammer-on from 0 to 2.]
[Accents are on the 1st, 4th, and 7th eighth notes of each measure; those are
 usually played by the thumb. (In the recording, you can barely even hear
 the non-accented notes.)]
[Actually in G; capo at the 3rd fret.]

 E7E7        E7sus4E7sus4      E7E7        E7sus4E7sus4
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB --0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-----0-|
G+G ----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|
D MajorD ----------------|------0---------|2-----------0=2-|0-----------0---|
A augmentedA ------2---------|2-----------2---|------2---------|------2---------|
E MajorE 0-----------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

 E7E7        E7sus4E7sus4      E7E7        E7sus4E7sus4
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB --------------0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|
G+G ------1---1-----|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|
D MajorD 0=2--------*2---|0-----------0---|----------------|------0---------|
A augmentedA ----------------|------2---------|------2---------|2-----------2---|
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|0-----------0---|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

 E7E7        E7sus4E7sus4      E7E7        E7sus4E7sus4
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB --0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-----0-|
G+G ----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|
D MajorD ----------------|------0---------|2-----------0=2-|0-----------0---|
A augmentedA ------2---------|2-----------2---|------2---------|------2---------|
E MajorE 0-----------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
     My name ..

 E7E7        E7sus4E7sus4      E7E7        E7sus4E7sus4
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB ----0-----0-----|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|
G+G ------1---------|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|
D MajorD 0=2---------0=2-|0-----------0---|----------------|------0---------|
A augmentedA ----------------|------2---------|------2---------|2-----------2---|
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|0-----------0---|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
    I ..

 A augmentedA        A7/6sus4     A augmentedA        A7/6sus4
E MajorE --0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|
BB ----2-----2-----|----3-----3-----|----2-----2-----|----3-----3-----|
G+G ------------2---|------0---------|------------2---|------0---------|
D MajorD ------2---------|4-----------4---|------2---------|4-----------4---|
A augmentedA 0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
A augmentedA ..

 E7E7        E7sus4E7sus4      E7E7        E7sus4E7sus4
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB --0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-----0-|
G+G ----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|
D MajorD ----------------|------0---------|2-----------0=2-|0-----------0---|
A augmentedA ------2---------|2-----------2---|------2---------|------2---------|
E MajorE 0-----------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
    I knew ..

 Asus4Asus4      Asus4Asus4      A(4)       A(4)
E MajorE --0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--------0-------|
BB ----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----2-----2-----|----2-----2-----|
G+G ----------------|------2---------|------------2---|------2---------|
D MajorD ------0-----2---|0-----------0---|------0---------|0=2---------2---|
A augmentedA 0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
     Now ..

 C majorC        Cmaj7Cmaj7      F#m7(4)     F#m7(4)
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB --1-----1-----1-|--0-----0-------|----------------|----------------|
G+G ----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|----2-----2-----|----------2-----|
D MajorD ------2-----2---|------2---------|----------------|------2---------|
A augmentedA 3---------------|3---------------|-----*2---------|0=2---------2---|
E MajorE ----------------|------------0---|2-----------0=2-|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
 he    ..

 E MajorE        E7sus4E7sus4      E MajorE        E7sus4E7sus4
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB --0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|
G+G ----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|
D MajorD ------------2---|------0---------|------------2---|------0---------|
A augmentedA ------2---------|2-----------2---|------2---------|2-----------2---|
E MajorE 0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
    night...

LYRICS AND CHORDS:

[It's a judgement call as to whether the E7's are actually E's or E7's.
 And it doesn't really matter.]
[For the "I let him go" parts at the ends of the verses, play as many
 E MajorE - E7sus4E7sus4 sequences as is necessary, using the picking pattern from
 the last two measures of the first verse.]
[Capo 3.]

E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4 E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4  E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4 E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4
[intro]

E7E7     E7sus4E7sus4     E7E7       E7sus4E7sus4
 My name ..
E7E7       E7sus4E7sus4   E7E7    E7sus4E7sus4
 I live ...
A augmentedA      A7/6sus4  A augmentedA          A7/6sus4
Long ..
E7E7       E7sus4E7sus4     E7E7         E7sus4E7sus4
 I ..me
Asus4Asus4  Asus4Asus4  A(4)  A(4)
 Now ..
C majorC     Cmaj7Cmaj7   F#m7(4)  F#m7(4)  E MajorE   E7sus4E7sus4 E MajorE     E7sus4E7sus4
He ..

verse 2

[Guitar solo: same chords as one verse, but for all the E MajorE - E7sus4E7sus4 parts,
 just play it like the "I let him go" parts at the end of the verses.]

verse 3