Chords
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]:
| 
C minorCm 
Bb majorBb | C minorCm Bb majorBb |
[verse]:
| C minorCm Bb majorBb | C minorCm Bb majorBb | 
AbAb Bb majorBb | C minorCm |
| C minorCm Bb majorBb | C minorCm Bb majorBb | AbAb Bb majorBb | C minorCm |
| Bb majorBb | C minorCm | Bb majorBb | C minorCm |
| 
F minorFm | AbAb Bb majorBb |
[chorus]:
|%C 
G+G | Am* | 
C majorC Gx | 
A minorAm |
| C majorC G+G | Am* | 
DmDm | G+G |
| C majorC G+G | Am* | C majorC Gx | A minorAm |
| C majorC G+G | Am* |%Cm Bb majorBb | C minorCm |
[verse2]
[chorus]
[bridge]:
| 
Eb MajorEb | AbAb | 
G minorGm | AbAb Bb majorBb |
| Eb MajorEb | AbAb | G minorGm | AbAb Bb majorBb | C majorC |....
saxaphone solo
........| Gm(X) | AbAb | Bb majorBb |
[chorus]
[outro]:
| C minorCm Bb majorBb | C minorCm |
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 majorC minor and the
chorus in C majorC 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]:
| C minorCm Bb majorBb | C minorCm Bb majorBb |
[verse]:
Cm(III) Bb majorBb Cm(III) Bb majorBb AbAb Bb majorBb Cm(III)
I can hear somebody ...
Cm(III) Bb majorBb Cm(III) Bb majorBb AbAb Bb majorBb Cm(III)
So you came back to say goodbye ...
Bb majorBb Cm(III) Bb majorBb Cm(III)
If you lost your love for me ...
F minorFm AbAb Bb majorBb
So turn around and go but ...
[chorus]:
%C(VIII) G(III) Am* C(0) G(0)$ A minorAm
For you will see no tears ...
C(0) G(0) Am* DmDm G(0)
I've got everything under control ...
C(0) G(0) Am* C(0) G(0)$ A minorAm
I refuse to let you believe ...
C(0) G(0) Am* %Cm(III) Bb majorBb Cm(VIII)
But as you turn and walk away "so ...
[verse2]:
Cm(III) Bb majorBb Cm(III) Bb majorBb AbAb Bb majorBb Cm(III)
I have lived long enough to ...
Cm(III) Bb majorBb Cm(III) Bb majorBb AbAb Bb majorBb Cm(III)
It's nothing new to find myself aching ...
Bb majorBb Cm(III) Bb majorBb Cm(III)
I don't care if it's somebody else I ...
F minorFm AbAb Bb majorBb %
Your love seems to be fine so ...
[chorus]
[bridge]:
db/Eb AbAb
It seems so easy ..
G minorGm AbAb Bb majorBb
our long secret ...
Eb MajorEb AbAb
but you would believe ...
G minorGm AbAb Bb majorBb %C(VIII)..
it's something I must do I'll ...
[short saxaphone solo over] .....|Gm(X) | AbAb |Bb majorBb |
[chorus]
[outro]:
|Cm(III) Bb majorBb | Cm(VIII) |
chords and melody for the vocal.........
[verse]:
chord Cm(III) Bb majorBb Cm(III) Bb majorBb
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 AbAb Bb majorBb 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 majorBb Cm(III) Bb majorBb
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 AbAb Bb majorBb 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 majorBb 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 majorBb 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 F minorFm AbAb Bb majorBb
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)$ A minorAm
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 DmDm 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)$ A minorAm
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 majorBb 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 AbAb
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 G minorGm AbAb Bb majorBb
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 MajorEb AbAb
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 G minorGm AbAb Bb majorBb 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) AbAb Bb majorBb
beats ........1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[................saxaphone...................]
[chorus]
[outro]:
chord Cm(III) Bb majorBb | 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.....
C minorCm Bb majorBb C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb Bb majorBb C minorCm
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 majorC G+G Am* C majorC G$ A minorAm
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......
A minorAm 
Am7Am7 A minorAm 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+G+6)-G-(G+G+6)-Am, [marked "$"]......
C majorC G+G+6 G+G G+G+6 A minorAm
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 augmentedA string at the
4th fret, then slide that up and strum the Eb MajorEb at the 6th fret
"%" is a keychange (C majorC major to C majorC minor or vice versa)
EADGBe
x35543 - Cm(III)
688766 - Bb majorBb
466544 - AbAb
355333 - G minorGm
xx0231 - DmDm
x6888x - Eb MajorEb
355433 - G(III)
x02210 - A minorAm
320003 - G(0)
x32010 - C(0)
E MajorE A augmentedA 
D MajorD G+G 
BB e
8 10 10 9 8 8 - C(VIII)
8 10 10 8 8 8 - Cm(VIII)
x 8 10 10 9 8 - F minorFm
x 10 12 12 11 10 - Gm(X)
enjoy
Nic
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