Whispers My Heart chords by Melissa Etheridge

Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 4:00 PM


/e/etheridge_melissa/whispers_my_heart.crd

>From the "Melissa Madness" demo tape.

If you already know the song, it's.....

[intro]:
| Cm Bb | Cm Bb |

[verse]:
| Cm Bb | Cm Bb | Ab Bb | Cm   |
| Cm Bb | Cm Bb | Ab Bb | Cm   |
| Bb  | Cm  | Bb  | Cm   |
| Fm  | Ab Bb |

[chorus]:
|%C G | Am*  | C Gx | Am   |
| C G | Am*  | Dm  | G   |
| C G | Am*  | C Gx | Am   |
| C G | Am*  |%Cm Bb | Cm   |

[verse2]
[chorus]

[bridge]:
| Eb  | Ab  | Gm  | Ab Bb |
| Eb  | Ab  | Gm  | Ab Bb | C   |....

saxaphone solo
........| Gm(X) | Ab  | Bb   |

[chorus]

[outro]:
| Cm  Bb | Cm   |




If you *don't* know it- its a moody/defiant sounding vocal over a solo
piano. Its 4/4 timing at 80bpm. The verses/bridge are in C minor and the
chorus in C major, which sounds great :>)

The piano part's got loads of twiddly arpeggiated scales and stuff in it,
which sounds a bit too much like like hard work to tab out. It translates
pretty well into to a strummed guitar arrangement though. Here's the
chords, the melody for the vocal and some suggestions for strumming
patterns........



Chords/lyrics.........


[intro]:

| Cm Bb | Cm Bb |

[verse]:

Cm(III) Bb  Cm(III)  Bb   Ab     Bb    Cm(III)
I can  hear somebody ...

Cm(III)   Bb    Cm(III)  Bb Ab        Bb   Cm(III)
So you came back to say goodbye  ...

Bb        Cm(III)  Bb          Cm(III)
If you lost your love for me ...

  Fm              Ab    Bb
So turn around and go but ...


[chorus]:

  %C(VIII)  G(III) Am*         C(0)   G(0)$    Am
For you will see no tears ...

C(0)   G(0)    Am*      Dm         G(0)
I've got everything under control ...

C(0) G(0)  Am*      C(0)      G(0)$  Am
I refuse to let you believe ...

  C(0)  G(0)   Am*     %Cm(III) Bb     Cm(VIII)
But as you turn and walk away "so ...


[verse2]:

Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) Bb   Ab     Bb      Cm(III)
I have lived long enough to ...

Cm(III)   Bb   Cm(III)   Bb   Ab        Bb   Cm(III)
It's nothing new to find myself aching ...

Bb          Cm(III)   Bb            Cm(III)
I don't care if it's somebody else I ...

     Fm         Ab       Bb    %
Your love seems to be fine so ...

[chorus]

[bridge]:

db/Eb        Ab
  It seems so easy ..

 Gm           Ab      Bb
our long secret ...

Eb            Ab
 but you would believe ...

   Gm            Ab      Bb    %C(VIII)..
it's something I must do I'll ...


[short saxaphone solo over] .....|Gm(X) | Ab  |Bb  |

[chorus]

[outro]:

|Cm(III) Bb | Cm(VIII)  |





chords and melody for the vocal.........


[verse]:
chord  Cm(III)   Bb      Cm(III) Bb
beats  1   2   3   4   1  2  3 4
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------4-3---1-----3------------4---3-1--3--------------------------
G--------------------------------------------3-----------------------
    I-I can  hear     ...


chord  Ab       Bb      Cm(III)
beats  1  2     3  4     1   2   3   4
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------4----4---3--------------1-------------------------------
G-------------------------3--------3----------------------------------
      down this ...


chord  Cm(III)   Bb        Cm(III) Bb
beats  1   2  3   4     1  2 3  4
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------4--4---3----------------1-4--3----1--3-----------------------
G-------------------3------------------------------------------------
    so you came back     ...


chord  Ab        Bb         Cm(III)
beats  1    2     3   4      1   2  3  4
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------4--4---4---4-----3-------------------1----------------------
G-----------------------------3--------0---0-------------------------
    thinking it would make ...


chord  Bb              Cm(III)
beats  1  2    3  4      1 2   3   4
e-----------1---1-----3--1-------1----3--1---------------------------
B--------------------------------------------3--4--------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
      if you've lo-ost  ...


chord  Bb                Cm(III)
beats  1  2         3  4   1  2  3  4
e-------------------1---1---1--3--1----------------------------------
B--------------------------------------1---1-------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
         thats all I ...


chord  Fm                 Ab     Bb
beats  1  2    3   4        1   2  3   4
e------1----1-1-----------------------------1--1---1----3------------
B---1--------------3---4----------3---4------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
  so turn around and go     but ...


[chorus]:
chord  C(VIII)  G(III)    Am*
beats  1  2   3   4   1   2      3   4
e-------3----3-----3-----3------5------3----5--3---------------------
B---3---%-------------------------------------------5----------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
  for you will see  no   ...


chord  C(0)     G(0)$       Am
beats  1  2    3   4      1   2   3   4
e-----------3--3--3--5----3---5--------------------------------------
B---------------------------------5----------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
      as I go back ...


chord  C(0)   G(0)     Am*
beats  1   2  3   4    1   2  3  4
e-------3-----3---3--3---3------5-3---5------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------5--------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
    I've got ev-ry-...


chord  Dm          G(0)
beats  1   2  3   4  1   2   3   4
e-------1--1---1-----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------1---3--3--------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
    ev-ry-thing  ...


chord  C(0)   G(0)      Am*
beats  1  2  3  4     1   2  3   4
e-------3----3--3------------3--5---3--5-----------------------------
B-------------------------------------------5------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
    I  re-fuse     to let ...


chord  C(0)        G(0)$   Am
beats  1  2       3   4  1   2   3   4
e-------------3--3---3--3--5----3-5----------------------------------
B------------------------------------5-------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
      this is ...


chord  C(0)   G(0)      Am*
beats  1  2  3  4     1   2    3   4
e------3----3----3----------3--5--3----5-----------------------------
B---5--------------------------------------5--3----------------------
G-----------------------------------------------5--------------------
  but as you turn    and ...


chord  Cm(III)   Bb         Cm(VIII)
beats  1   2   3     4    1   2   3   4
e-------%------------------------------------------------------------
B-------4------------3-----------1-----1-----------------------------
G---5-------------------3------3-------------------------------------
  so long    whispers  ...



[verse2] [same melody as verse 1]

[chorus]


[bridge]:
chord db/Eb             Ab
beats  1   2    3   4   1   2    3   4
e-----------------------1-3----------3---1---1-----1------------------
B--------------------4--------------------------4---------------------
G----------3---3------------------------------------------------------
      it seems so easy     ...


chord  Gm              Ab       Bb
beats  1     2    3   4   1   2    3   4
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------3--3-----3-------------------1------1--4----3---------------
G--------------------3---3-------------------------------------------
    ourlong secret nights    ...


chord  Eb               Ab
beats  1   2    3    4    1   2   3   4
e------------------------1--3--------1--3--1--1------1---------------
B------------------4----------------------------4--------------------
G----------3---3-----------------------------------------------------
     but you would believe   ...


chord Gm               Ab      Bb      C(VIII)
beats 1    2   3  4     1   2    3    4    1 234
e-1---3----1---1---------------1-----3-3---3---3---3--1-----1------3-
B-----------------4----1-------------------------------------------%-
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
 its something I must do    I'll never ...

chord      Gm(X)     Ab      Bb
beats  ........1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4  1 2 3 4
     [................saxaphone...................]


[chorus]

[outro]:

chord      Cm(III)  Bb    | Cm(VIII)
beats      1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4



Arrangement..........

the feel is kinda quiet and moody in the early part of the verse,
building up to confident & defiant later on in the verse and in the
chorus (think of Cher getting angsty and expressive.......no?, ok,
whatever). (My) arrangement is for strummed guitar. Here's a suggestion
for how much and when......


the early part of the verses, you can *almost* get by with just a single
strum on each chord change, but here's just a bit more.....


  Cm   Bb    Cm   Bb    Ab   Bb    Cm
e-|3---------------|3-------------66|----------------|3----------------|
B-|4---------------|4-------------66|----------------|4----------------|
G-|4-------7-------|5-------7-----77|5-5-5---7-7-7---|5----------------|
D-|4-------8-------|5-------8-------|6-6-6---8-8-8---|5----------------|
A-|--------8-------|--------8-------|6-6-6---8-8-8---|3----------------|
E-|--------6-------|--------6-------|4-4-4---6-6-6---|-----------------|
  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4
  I   hear  somebody       ...

[strum gently and let everything ring, except in the third bar which
kinda chugs]


[...then build it up {louder and faster strumming} til you get to the
chorus {which still isn't *real* loud, maybe two-thirds of the loudest
you could ever strum}. Here's the third line of the chorus....

  C    G    Am*       C    G$    Am
e-|---------------3|-------------000|0---0-0---------|-----------------|
B-|1---1----------0|1---1-1------111|1---1-0-0-0-0---|1-------------111|
G-|0---0----------0|2---0-2------000|0---0-0-2-0-2---|2-------------222|
D-|2---2---0---0---|2---2-2-2-------|2---2---0-0-0---|2-------------222|
A-|3---3---2---2---|--------0-------|3---3---2-2-2---|0----------------|
E-|--------3---3---|----------------|--------3-3-3---|-----------------|
  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4  1  2  3  4
 you will see  tears ft ...




note the "Am-Am7-Am-Am5" thing in the chorus [marked by a "*" in this
tab]- the guitar follows the melody of the vocal, like this......

    Am  Am7 Am   Am5
e-|---------------------------------|
B-|-----1----1----1-----------------|
G-|-----2----0----2-----------------| [guitar]
D-|-----2----2----2-------2---------|
A-|-----------------------0---------|
E-|---------------------------------|

e-|-----5----3----5---3-------------| [vocal]
B-|-----------------------5---------|
   tears from ...
    un - der ...
    let you ....


similarly for (G+6)-G-(G+6)-Am, [marked "$"]......

   C      G+6 G G+6 Am
e-|---------------(3)---------------|
B-|---1--1---1-----0----0--0---1----|
G-|---0--0---0-----2----0--2---2----|
D-|---2--2---2-----0----0--0---2----| [guitar]
A-|---3--3---3----(2)----------0----|
E-|---------------(3)---------------|

e-|---3--3---3--3--5----3--5--------| [vocal]
B-|----------------------------5----|
   as I go  back ...
  this is gonna ....



"db/Eb" (at the beginning of the bridge) means pick the A string at the
4th fret, then slide that up and strum the Eb at the 6th fret

"%" is a keychange (C major to C minor or vice versa)

EADGBe
x35543 - Cm(III)
688766 - Bb
466544 - Ab
355333 - Gm
xx0231 - Dm
x6888x - Eb

355433 - G(III)
x02210 - Am
320003 - G(0)
x32010 - C(0)

E A D G B e
8 10 10 9 8 8 - C(VIII)
8 10 10 8 8 8 - Cm(VIII)
x 8 10 10 9 8 - Fm
x 10 12 12 11 10 - Gm(X)

enjoy


Nic
Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com