Pushing The Needle Too Far Tab by Indigo Girls

Pushing The Needle Too Far tab by Indigo Girls

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PUSHING THE NEEDLE TOO FAR (Amy Ray)
------------------------------------
[Each chord is one 6/8 measure, except two chords joined by a hyphen are
 one measure _total_.]
[G=320033; C(9)=x32033; F6(9)=xx3233.  Use your index finger to hammer-on
 and pull-off a lot, whenever you feel like it.]

G    C(9)    G    C(9)     F6(9) - C(9)    G    F6(9) - C(9)    G    C(9)
[intro]

       G                          C(9)                      G       C(9)
Well I ..
          G                                   C(9)        G              C(9)
You ..
F6(9)   -   C(9)          G     F6(9)   -   C(9)          G    C(9)
  I ..

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     G                         C(9)              G               C(9)
Now, ..
        G                                C(9)
I'm ..
G                       C(9)
  I ..
         F6(9)  -   C(9)          G     F6(9)   -   C(9)          G    C(9)
I said ..

               G                  C(9)                      G     C(9)
See, ..
         G                           C(9)                  G
Well, ..,
                       C(9)
   I ..

            Bm                       Am
Well, ..
   Bm                          Am
We ..
D   -  Dsus - D  - Dsus  D-Dsus-D  F6(9)   -   C(9)       G   C(9)   G   C(9)
Pushin' ..

G  C(9)  G  C(9)    G  C(9)  G  C(9)
[Guitar solo]
G  C(9)  G  C(9)    G  C(9)  G  C(9)
[Guitar solo]

            G                            C(9)                          G   C(9)
Well ..
           G                            C(9)             G                 C(9)
Maybe ..
F6(9)   -   C(9)          G     F6(9)   -   C(9)          G
  I ..

         G                    C(9)      G           C(9)   [etc.]
It's ..
The ...
A ..
The ..
(You'd ..
(I ..)
(You'd ..
(I ..

[Ad lib on G & C(9) for a while]

         F6(9)  -   C(9)          G     F6(9)   -   C(9)          G    C(9)
I said I..

[slowly:]       F6(9)   -   C(9)       G   [end on slow arpeggio of G chord]
          We're pushing the needle too far



STRUMMING PATTERN:

[Amy Ray probably doesn't strum every measure exactly the same, but these are
 typical.  Note that this isn't the intro, or the chorus, or anything; it's
 just for illlustrative purposes.  ("d"=strum down, "u"=strum up.)]

  G                        C(9)                     F(9)        C(9)
E 3---3-3---3-3-----3-3-3-|3---3-3---3-3-----3-3-3-|3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-|
B 3---3-3---3-3-----3-3-3-|3---3-3---3-3-----3-3-3-|3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-|
G 0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-|0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-|2-----2-2-2-0-----0-0-0-|
D 0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-0-|2---2-2---2-0=2---2-2-2-|3-----3-3-3-2-----2-2-2-|
A 2---2-2---2-0=2---2-2-2-|3---3-3---3-3-----3-3-3-|------------3-----3-3-3-|
E 3---3-3---3-3-----3-3-3-|------------------------|------------------------|
  ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .
  d   d u   u d     u d u  d   d u   u d     u d u  d     u d u d     u d u


GUITAR SOLO:

=    hammer-on or pull-off
/    slide
T    tenth fret (takes up less space this way)

t16  denotes 16th-note triplets; other than those, the timing and spacing
      are accurate.

  G                        C(9)                     G
E ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G ------------------------|4=5---------------------|-----------57---5---4---|
D ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .

  C(9)                     G                        C(9)
E ------------------------|------------------5-7-8-|T87---------T87---------|
B ------------------------|----------3-5-7-8-------|----8-----------8-------|
G 45----------------------|----0=2/4---------------|^^^---------^^^---------|
D ------------------------|0=2---------------------|t16---------t16---------|
A ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .

  G                        C(9)                     G
E ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G 7-----------7---5---4---|5-----------------------|2=0---4-----5-----7-----|
D ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .

  C(9)                     G                        C(9)
E ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
G 5-----4-----2---020-----|7---4-------5---2---0---|4-------0---2=0-----0---|
D --------------------4---|--------5---------------|----5-----------4=5-----|
A ----------------^^^-----|------------------------|------------------------|
E ----------------t16-----|------------------------|------------------------|
  ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .

  G                        C(9)                     G
E ------------------------|------------------------|------------------5-7-8-|
B ------------------------|------3-----5-----8-----|----------3-5-7-8-------|
G 2=0---4-----5-----7-----|2=0---4-----5-----7-----|----0=2/4---------------|
D ------------------------|------------------------|0=2---------------------|
A ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .

  C(9)                     G                        C(9)
E T--T--T--T--T--8--7-----|------------------------|------------------------|
B ------------------------(8)----------------------|------------------------|
G ------------------------|2-----------2=4---------|4/5---------5/7---------|
D ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E ------------------------|-------(This-section-repeats-four-times)---------|
  ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .    ^   .   .   ^   .   .
              "Well if you wake up in the morning..."

[The (8) on the B string in the second-to-last measure is only played the
 first time through, coming out of the solo.  After that, play the 2 on
 the G string.]



- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com

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