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