SONG: SYMPATHY
ARTIST: MELISSA ETHERIDGE
ALBUM: 4th STREET FEELING
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
SYMPATHY
MELISSA ETHERIDGE
INTRO: A A* D C A - 2x's
Note: When playing the A barre chord in the beginning
of the INTRO alternate (A*-see below) by lifting
your finger on and off the low E string. Then
when going from the D barre chord hit the C barre
chord once and then back to the A.
- LISTEN FOR THE TIMING TO GET THE PATTERN DOWN-
A A* D C A
E -5--5----5----3---5--|
B -5--5----7----5---5--|
G -6--6----7----5---6--|
D -7--7----7----5---7--|
A -7--7----5----3---7--|
E -5--0----5----3---5--|
CONTINUE PLAYING THE INTRO PATTERN
FOR THE VERSE UP UNTIL THE BREAK ...
VERSE:
There's a liar in your bed
And there's a shotgun to your head
You can't breathe but you can smoke
N.C
You can't cry
But you can joke about it
VERSE:
You can drink yourself to chills
You can hide your little pills
As your life slowly explodes
You can believe nobody knows about it
BREAK:
C
Do you think that you're the only one
E D
Who's losing their minds
C
Keeping it together
B A E
Is everyone's favorite pastime, well
CHORUS:
A D
Everybody's had some really, really bad
A D
Some this has got to be the end
A
I would really like to try for you
D
Sit around and cry for you
F E
Muster up some sympathy yeah
D A A
Well that's too much to ask of me
VERSE: (play the INTRO pattern 2x's until BREAK)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/melissa_etheridge/sympathy_crd.html ]
You try so hard to be discreet
With all your secrets in the sheets
As you solemnly refuse
The very spark that lights your fuse
BREAK:
C E
Do you think that you're the only one
D
Who can be unkind
C
Tearing at each other's flesh
B A E
Is everyone's favorite pastime, well
CHORUS:
A D
Everybody's had some really, really bad
A D
Some this has got to be the end
A
I would really like to try for you
D
Sit around and cry for you
F E
Muster up some sympathy, yeah
D
Well that's too much to ask of me
INSTRUMENTAL: SOLO over the following chords
F C G D F
C G A
BREAK 2:
A
Have some, have some sympathy now
F#m F
Have some, have some sympathy now
Have some now
CHORUS:
A D
Everybody's had some really, really bad
A D
Some this has got to be the end
A
I would really like to try for you
D
Sit around and cry for you
F
Muster up some sympathy
E
Well that's too much to ask of me
(SOLO OVER THE CHORDS)
A D A D
OUTRO:
A D
Sympathy, sympathy
F E A
That's too much, too much to ask of me
D A D
Sympathy, sympathy honey, that's too much to ask of me
A D
Oh-oooooh, Sympathy,
F E (A)
That's too much to ask of me
