Children In Bloom tab by Counting Crows

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Tab: "Children in Bloom" Counting Crows
Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur ([email protected])


All guitars tuned down 1/2 step (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)

Intro: Guitar 2 plays a Dsus2/A and sustains it with feedback
    Guitar 1 plays the part below:

||--------------------------------|-----------0-----0-----|
||------3-----3-----3\2--------2--|--0-----0-----------0--|
||*--2-----2-----2-------2--2-----|-----2--------2--------|
||*-------------------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------------------|-----------------------|

                (    First ending   )
|-------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----3-----3-----3\2--------2--|--0-----0--0-----0-----0---||
|--2-----2-----2-------2--2-----|-----2--------2-----2-----*||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------*||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------||


( Second ending )
|-----------------|
|--0-----0--------|
|-----2-----------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|


Verse: (Guitar 1 just plays E-D,
Guitar 2 doubles it, then picks through Dmaj7sus2 at the end)
(Dmaj7sus2 = xx0220)

E MajorE      D MajorD       Dmaj7sus2
Children in ...
waiting for ...
leave my ...
she don't ...
she is ...
we are ...

Chorus: Guitar 1 plays intro riff
B minorBm     A augmentedA     Esus4Esus4
I gotta ...
I gotta ...
I gotta ...
It's ...
I gotta ...

All these ...
waiting for ...
bring me ...
because i'm dying ...

I gotta get ...
I gotta ...
I gotta ...
It's melting ...
I gotta ...

Solo: (Guitar 1 plays E MajorE D, guitar 2 plays solo)
|----------7-------------------------------------------|
|--7----------7----------------------------------------|
|--9b(11)--------(11)r9--9~~~--9~~~--9~~~--9h11--7~~~--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|
|---------7---------7---------0--|
|--6b(7)-----6b(7)-----(7)r6--4--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|


|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--7b(9)r7--9b(10)r9--10~~~--|--10h12~~~--12~~~--12~~~--10h12--|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------|
|--12b(14)--12b(14)--12b(14)--(14)r12p10--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


|--12----------12----------12----------12----------12----------|
|--15b(17)~~~--15b(17)~~~--15b(17)~~~--15b(17)~~~--15b(17)~~~--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


|--14-------14-------14-------19p14----------|--17b(19)--------|
|--17b(19)--17b(19)--17b(19)---------17--15--|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------|

Bass interlude, both guitars tacet eight measures

Guitar 1 plays E MajorE D MajorD as usual, guitar 2 plays the part below:

Where's the ...
The fairground's ...
Nicole's my ...
but the ...

Guitar 2's part over third verse: (Begins just before the verse)
|--------|------------------------|
|--------|--9--10--9--9--10p9--9--|
|--------|--9--9---9--9--9--9--9--|
|--------|------------------------|
|--x--x--|------------------------|
|--------|------------------------|


|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--10h12--12--12--12p10--10--10p9--9--|--9h10--10--10--10p9--9h10--|
|--9------9---9---9--9---9---9--9--9--|--9-9---9---9---9--9--9-9---|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|


|-----------------------------|--7--7--------|
|--5/7--7--7--7\5--5--5--5h7--|--9--9--------|
|--7/9--9--9--9\7--7--7--7----|--9--9--------|
|-----------------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------|


|----------10------------------|--7--7-----|
|------------------------------|--9--9-----|
|--9b(11)------9b(11)--(11)r9--|--9--9-----|
|------------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------------|-----------|


|--7\5-----------------|----|
|--9\7-----------------|----|
|--9\7-----7b(9)r7-----|----|
|-------------------7--|/9--|
|----------------------|----|
|----------------------|----|

I gotta ...
I gotta ...
I gotta ...
It's melting ...
I gotta ...

Guitar 1 plays B minorBm A augmentedA E MajorE until end

* (Guitar 2 begins the outro solo here)
Home, home, home... I can't ...

Guitar 2 plays this, starting where marked:
|--------------------------|----------0------------------|
|--------3-----------------|-------------0-------0-------|
|-----------4--------2-----|-----------------------------|
|-----4-----------2-----2--|-------6--------6h7-----6\2--|
|--2-----------4-----------|--4/7------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|


|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------3-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------4--------2-----|----------9-------9--7h9--|
|-----4-----------2-----2--|-------6--9--6/7--9--7h9--|
|--2-----------4-----------|--4/7---------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|


|------7-------------5--------|----7-------------5\---0--|
|---------7-------------5-----|-------9------------0-----|
|--/7--------7--7\6--------6--|/9--------9---/7----------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|


|--10-------------5--------|-------7--------7-----|
|------10------------5-----|----------9--------9--|
|----------11--6--------6--|--6/9--------9--------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|


|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--9b(10)--9b(10)--9b(10)--9--7\5h|--7~~~--7~~~--7p5~~~--5p3~~~--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|


|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--4--4/6--6--6/7--7/9--9--|--9--9/11--11--11\9--9/11--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|


|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--11/13--13\11--11--11/13--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--13/14--14\13--13/14--14/16--16\14--14/16--16--| *This measure and
|------------------------------------------------| the next are
|------------------------------------------------| tremlo picked
|------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|--14/16--16--14/16--16--14/16--16--14/16--16--14/16--16--14/16--16
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------


|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--14/16--16--14/16--16--14/16--16--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------|
|--19b(22)--19--17--19b(22)r19--17--19--17--19~~~--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------|
|--19p17--17p15--15--15p14--14\12--12h14--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


|-----------14-----------16-----------17---------------|
|--14b(16)------14b(16)------14b(16)------14b(16)--14--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------|-----------10---------------------------------|
|--14~~~--14~~~\|--10b(12)------(12)r10p8--10b(12)r10p8-----8--|
|---------------|----------------------------------------9-----|
|---------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--9p7-----7~~~--9p7-----7~~~--7p9--7-----7--|
|-------9-------------9----------------9-----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--9--7------------------7-------------|
|--------9--8--7\5--7/9-----9\7--5-----|
|-----------------------------------7--|


|--------------------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------10b(12)r10---------|--10b(12)--|
|----------------7/9--11--------------11--9--|-----------|
|----------7--9------------------------------|-----------|
|--5--7/9------------------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------|

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