"Sweet Evening Breeze"
by John Mellencamp
This a lesser-known tune off the "Human Wheels" album, but a fun one to
play acoustic. It oscillates between meditative picking and exciting
strumming. Notice my naming conventions with D/Dsus2 and D/Dsus4 below.
Enjoy.
INTRO: (Asus2Asus2)
E MajorE|----------------------0------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------0---------------------0--------------------------------|
G+G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2-----------(repeat-4-times)--|
D MajorD|-------2-----2--------------2---------------2--------------------------|
A augmentedA|----0------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE: (Asus2,G,D [&Dsus4])
E MajorE|----------------------0-------------------------------------------3----|
BB|----------------0---------------------0---------------------0----------|
G+G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2------------0--------0-------|
D MajorD|-------2-----2--------------2---------------2------0-----0-------------|
A augmentedA|----0------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------3----------------------|
<-------"D/Dsus2"----------> <-----D/Dsus4----->
E MajorE|----------------0-----0h2------------3-----2------3----2---------------|
BB|----------3--------3---------3------------------3----3-----------------|
G+G|-------2-----2-----------------2--------2-----2----2-------------------|
D MajorD|----0--------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0---------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
*if you can get the above, you can surely make up a similar picking
pattern for the C majorC and E minorEm progressions which are next.
VERSE 1:
Asus2Asus2G+G
I was ..
D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4
She ...
Asus2Asus2G+G
She .
D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4
I ...
C majorCE minorEm
We ..
C majorCE minorEm
Every ...
C majorCE minorEm
Her ..
D/Dsus2
>From ....
CHORUS: (strum these chords)
Asus2Asus2G+G
Sweet..
Asus2Asus2G+G
Blows ...
Asus2Asus2
As I ..
G+G
And ..
D MajorDDsus4Dsus4D MajorD
I ..
Asus2Asus2 / G+G / Asus2Asus2 / G+G / Asus2Asus2 / G+G / Asus2Asus2 / G+G
Sweet ...
VERSE 2:
Asus2Asus2G+G
I ..
D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4
In ...
Asus2Asus2G+G
She ..
D/Dsus2
And ...
G+GD MajorDG+GD MajorD
Blue ...
C majorCE minorEm
Still ..
C majorC *Fill*
And ..
C majorCE minorEm
And ..
D/Dsus2
Still ..r.
CHORUSVERSE 3:
Asus2Asus2G+G
How ...
D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4
These ..
Asus2Asus2G+G
Ridiculous ..
D/Dsus2 G+GD MajorDG+GD MajorD
When ..
C majorCE minorEm
And ...
C majorC *Fill*
I can ..
C majorCE minorEm
And ..
D/Dsus2
That ..
When ...
CHORUS
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FILL: CHORDS:
E MajorE|--------------------------| e b g d a E MajorEBB|----0---0---0---0---------| Asus2Asus2 | 0 0 2 2 0 0
G+G|--------------------------| G+G | 3 0 0 0 2 3
D MajorD|--------------------------| D MajorD | 2 3 2 0
A augmentedA|----2---0-----------------| Dsus2Dsus2 | 0 3 2 0
E MajorE|------------3---2---------| Dsus4Dsus4 | 3 3 2 0
C majorC | 0 1 0 2 3
E minorEm | 0 0 0 2 2 0