Untitled Song Tab

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THE UNTITLED SONG (Emily Saliers)
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Notes on some chords:
Gm/Bb: x10033        Am(9): Alternate between x02210 and x02200
Some F's might be F(9)'s.   Some Em's might be Em7's.    Cmaj7: x32003

IN THE INTRO: keep your pinky on the third fret of the high E string during
the first part of the first 3 measures, then let go for the latter part of
those measures.  In the fourth measure, hammer-on from 0 to 2 on the D string
toward the end of the measure. In the 5th and 6th measures, go from 1 to 0
(but not a pull-off) on the E string in the latter part of the measure.

Actually, at least one (maybe both) of the Indigo Girls fingerpicks this
song; I haven't worked out the picking yet.  For now, I strum it.


[Actually in E; capo 4.]

C  Em/B  Gm/Bb  Asus  Dm  Dm7  F  Gsus - G
[intro]
C  Em/B  Gm/Bb  Asus  Dm  Dm7  F  Gsus - G
[intro]

  C        Em/B        Am(9)    Am(9)/G
I tried my best to get over you
       F             F                   Gsus  G
Kept my distance so I wouldn't have to show
         C                     Em/B       Am(9)       Am(9)/G
That the things which I kept hidden by my casual smile
         F            F                Gsus   G    
Were the things that I needed you to know

               C        Em7/B         Am(9)   Am(9)
You could have seen the acting on the stage
               F          F            Gsus   G
You might have read the writing on the page
               Am             G          F             C  -  Em/B
You could have noticed that a heart went breaking into two
              Am          Am/G  F
But you never knew it was I was falling for

C  Em/B  Gm/Bb  Asus  Dm  Dm7  F  Gsus - G
you   [intro chords]

Sometimes I still think that I could get to you
Then I laugh, think I could swim the seven seas
It seems when I am set to fly, there's a storm up in the sky
When I'm set to sail, there isn't any breeze
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/indigo_girls/untitled_song_tab.html ]
You could have seen the acting on the stage
You might have read the writing on the page
You could have noticed that a heart went breaking into two
But you never knew that it was I was falling for you

[Guitar solo; same chords as a verse]

It's been some time now when I saw you in a photograph
Looking just the way you did so long ago
And I could almost see you throw your head back and start to laugh
In that gentle way you used to let me know

            G           Bm (?)          Em          G/B
Things were okay, and a hurting song is just a cliche
    Am                     Am/G        F     F
And what's the use if they only always fade away
     F            F          Gsus - G
Just like the sun, just like everyone but
C   Em/B  Am  Am/G  F  Gsus - G  Cmaj7.
you.




GUITAR SOLO:
 
= is a hammer-on or pull-off.
/ and \ are slides.
T is the tenth fret.
 
E ----------------|------0-1-3-3/5-|5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|5=3---3-3\1-1-1-|
B ----------------|0-1-3-----------|3-----3=5---5-5-|5---5-5-5\3-3-3-|
G ------------0-2-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D ------0-2-3-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A 0-2-3-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  
 
E 1/3---3-3\1-1-1-|1=3-------------|----------------|----------------|
B 3/5-5-5-5\3-3-3-|1---1-1-1---1-1-|1---1-1---1-1/3-|3-3-3---3--3----|
G ----------------|----0-0-0=2-2-2-|0=2-2-0=2-2-2/4-|--4-4=5-5--4----|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  
 
E ----------------|0-1-1-3-3/5-5/7-|7/8-8/T-T-8-78-7-|57-5-35-3-13-1-1-01-|
B --------0-1---0-|0-0-0-----------|-----------------|--------------------|
G ----0-2-------2-|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D 0-2-------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A ----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ .   ^ .  ^ .  ^ . ^  .  
 
E --0-010--3---010--|3-0-010--0-----0-|0--1-1-/3--1-0--|-----------------|
B 3------3---3----3-|-------3---3-1-1-|1--3-3-/5--3-1--|/3--1-1----------|
G ------------------|-----------------|----------------|/4--2-0--0-------|
D ------------------|-----------------|(t r i p l e t)-|-----------------|
A ------------------|-----------------|----------------|(triplet)--------|
E ------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
  ^ . ^  . ^ . ^  .  ^ . ^  . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  

 


- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com