Scheherezade tab by Matthew Connor

Tabs

Scheherezade by Matthew Connor
From his EP, Denouement
Tabbed by Norman


   {intro, made for one guitar}
  e|-----5---------5------
  BB|-6-----6---5-6---6----
  G+G|---7-----7---------7--
  D MajorD|----------------------
  A augmentedA|-5--------------------
  E MajorE|----------------------


   (verse one)
  DmDm      A minorAm             DmDm     C majorC   FF
  Scheherazade packed up the car, made her way to New Mexico
   DmDm          A minorAm     Bb majorBb     DmDm      C majorC       FF
  A augmentedA clarinet case on her lap, and a map with a scribbled address where to go
      FF             Bb majorBb    Bbmaj7Bbmaj7      FF    D MajorD       G minorGm  A augmentedA
  I first saw her in the lobby of a motel in St. Louis, she was shaking a vending machine
        DmDm              Bb majorBb
  She said, "I told that old innkeeper I'm a pretty light sleeper
  DmDm       C majorC    DmDm    C majorC   FF
  Still my window is facing the street, mmmhhhhh...
        E minorEm      A minorAm             Bb majorBb Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Bb majorBb
  So let's get out of here, you and I could make our escape
      FF     DmDm        G minorGm                Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA
  Come on, buy me a drink before you have a chance to think it's a mistake"

   (chorus)
      D MajorD       A augmentedA        A augmentedA       D MajorD
  And the moon was half perfect, and the bar was half asleep
       D MajorD      A augmentedA
  Her every sigh was a sirocco

  Sweeping the bottles on the floor like tumbleweeds
e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------5-7----8--7----5-----------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------7----6--4----------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------7------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------|

  Yes, she was the stuff of nightmares, she was the lady of my dreams
e|-----------2--------------3------2----------0-------------------------|
BB|-----------3--------------3------3----------2---2-2h3-2---------------|
G+G|-----------2--------------3------2----------2-----------4--2----------|
D MajorD|-----------0--------------3------0----------2-----------------4-------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------5-----------------0-------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------3-------------------------------------------|

  And the night,   and the night,  and the night is always older than it seems
e|----------2-----0-2---------3-----0-2---------2---------------0--------------2----1--|
BB|----------3--/3-------------3--/3-------------3---------------2--------------3----2--|
G+G|----------2-----------------0-----------------2---------------2--------------2----2--|
D MajorD|----------0-----------------0-----------------0---------------2--------------0----3--|
A augmentedA|----------------------------2---------------------------------0-------------------0--|
E MajorE|----------------------------3--------------------------------------------------------|

   (verse two)
  She said, "I had a king who was gorgeous and mean and he loved me like nobody could
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------3---5---7----------------------------------------5--3---5-5h7-5-----|
A augmentedA|------------5-----------5------------------------------------5-----------7-----------------8-7-|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  He made me his wife on the edge of a knife, and I got out while the getting was good
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------3-5--7-/10--8----3----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----5---------------5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

       FF                 Bb majorBb            FF   D MajorD    G minorGm   A augmentedA
  I got his wallet, got his car and yeah, I've made it pretty far without ever looking behind me
       DmDm                Bb majorBb
  I got the police on my trail, won't be the first I've seen a jail"
     DmDm          C majorC     DmDm  C majorC   FF
  I said, "girl, I think you lie to your diary", mmmhhhh....
      A minorAm        DmDm             C minorCm
  Scheherazade, she said, "Tell me, does it matter to you
    G minorGm       FF      E MajorE     A augmentedA
  If nothing of the story but the moral is true?"


   (chorus)
     D MajorD     A augmentedA        A augmentedA       D MajorD
  La la laaa la la laa laaa, la la laaa la la la laaa...
     D MajorD     A augmentedA        A augmentedA          D MajorD
  La la laaa la la laa laaa, la la la la la la la la la laaa...

  Yes, she was the stuff of.....  night......mares,.. she was the lady of my dreams
e|----------14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-10/14-12----10-10-10-10--|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-9--9--9--7--11-9-----7--7--7--7---|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      D MajorD       G+G       D MajorD        A augmentedA       D MajorD  AaugAaug
  And the night, and the night, and the night is always older than it seems


   (verse three)
          DmDm            A minorAm         DmDm      C majorC       FF
  She said, "I'll sing you to sleep if you promise to keep your back to me all through the night"
      DmDm                 A minorAm      Bb majorBb
  In the morning she was gone, probably still had my jacket on
         DmDm       C majorC       FF
  But it ain't cold now, so I guess it's all right

  It's useless to think, even more so to speak of the part I may play in her fables
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------1------|
G+G|-------7----------------------5----------------------7----------0-------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------2-------------------|
A augmentedA|-------5---------------------------------------------5----------2-------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------5----------------------------------------------1------|

  Now I've my own tale to tell 'bout a girl, a motel and the bracelets she left on the table
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2------|
G+G|------7-------------------------------5----------7-------------7-----------5--------------3-----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0----|
A augmentedA|------5--------------------------------------------------------5--------------------------------|