Scheherezade tab by Matthew Connor

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


      {intro, made for one guitar}
   e|-----5---------5------
   B|-6-----6---5-6---6----
   G|---7-----7---------7--
   D|----------------------
   A|-5--------------------
   E|----------------------


     (verse one)
   Dm           Am                          Dm         C     F
   Scheherazade packed up the car, made her way to New Mexico
     Dm                   Am         Bb         Dm           C              F
   A clarinet case on her lap, and a map with a scribbled address where to go
            F                         Bb       Bbmaj7           F        D             Gm   A
   I first saw her in the lobby of a motel in St. Louis, she was shaking a vending machine
                Dm                           Bb
   She said, "I told that old innkeeper I'm a pretty light sleeper
    Dm              C       Dm       C      F
   Still my window is facing the street, mmmhhhhh...
                Em            Am                         Bb  Bbmaj7  Bb
   So let's get out of here, you and I could make our escape
            F         Dm               Gm                               Asus4  A
   Come on, buy me a drink before you have a chance to think it's a mistake"

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

   Sweeping the bottles on the floor like tumbleweeds
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   Yes, she was the stuff of nightmares, she was the lady of my dreams
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A|--------------------------5-----------------0-------------------------|
E|--------------------------3-------------------------------------------|

   And the night,     and the night,    and the night is always older than it seems
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A|----------------------------2---------------------------------0-------------------0--|
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     (verse two)
   She said, "I had a king who was gorgeous and mean and he loved me like nobody could
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   He made me his wife on the edge of a knife, and I got out while the getting was good
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D|----------------------3-5--7-/10--8----3----------------------------------------------|
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             F                                  Bb                        F     D        Gm      A
   I got his wallet, got his car and yeah, I've made it pretty far without ever looking behind me
              Dm                               Bb
   I got the police on my trail, won't be the first I've seen a jail"
          Dm                   C         Dm    C     F
   I said, "girl, I think you lie to your diary", mmmhhhh....
           Am               Dm                          Cm
   Scheherazade, she said, "Tell me, does it matter to you
       Gm             F            E          A
   If nothing of the story but the moral is true?"


     (chorus)
         D          A               A             D
   La la laaa la la laa laaa, la la laaa la la la laaa...
         D          A               A                    D
   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
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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---|
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           D              G              D               A             D    Aaug
   And the night, and the night, and the night is always older than it seems


     (verse three)
                   Dm                        Am                 Dm           C              F
   She said, "I'll sing you to sleep if you promise to keep your back to me all through the night"
           Dm                                 Am            Bb
   In the morning she was gone, probably still had my jacket on
                 Dm             C              F
   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
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A|-------5---------------------------------------------5----------2-------------------|
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   Now I've my own tale to tell 'bout a girl, a motel and the bracelets she left on the table
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