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Eminor

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1/17

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 17Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

   Tuning: standard ( E   A   D   G   B  E) 
   1's (G1) part too, which is what I do. Or if you can find
   a friend then they can play Guitar 2 (G2), a lead. 
   Weird chords:
   F#/A
   E |----0---|
   B |----0---|
   G |----2---|
   D |----0---|
   A |----0---|
   E |----2---| 
   'p': pull off 
   'h': hammer on 
   'B': bend 
   Intro: (G1) Em x 8 bars (32 beats) 
   Intro: (G2) 
   RIFF 1:
   Bar 1 G1 enter Bar 2
       E |-------------|---0h2p0-------------------------- |----0h2p0--------------------|
       B |-------------|-----------------3s2-----0-------- |-----------------3s2-----3---|
       G |-------------|---------------------------------- |-----------------------------|
       D |----2h4----- |-------------------------------2h4 |-----------------------------|
       A |-------------|---------------------------------- |-----------------------------| 
       E |-------------|---------------------------------- |-----------------------------|
       Repeat RIFF 1 twice. 
   [Verse 1] 
   EmI lDigAmht Cyour cigarette, I bring you apples from the vine 
   EmHow DqAmuicCkly you forget, I run the bath and pour the wine
   EmI bF#/Aring Cyou everything that floats into your mind 
   [Chorus]
   GNoDw Amyou Cdon’t bring me anything but down
   GNoDw Amyou Cdon’t bring me anything but down
   GNoDw Amyou Cdon’t bring me anything but down
   EmWhen you come round
   [Verse 2]
   EmYou DaAmre Ca raging sea, I pull myself out everyday 
   EmI pDleAma iCnsanity, ‘cause I can't leave and I can't stay
   EmYou F#/Asay Cwon’t you come find me and yes is what I’ll say
   [Chorus]
   GYoDu AmdonC’t bring me anything but down
   GYoDu AmdonC’t bring me anything but down
   EmAnd FeAmverCything is crashing to the ground
   [Bridge]
   EmMayAbe I'm not the perfect kind
   CMaybe I’m not what you had in mind 
   EmAnd AmCaybe we’re just killing time 
   [Solo]
   inst. (G1)  G   D   Am   C   G   D   Am  
   inst. (G2) 
   e |---3s7---8---10---12s5---3h5p3h5---7---8---10---12s5---5p3---3h5---3s0---| 
   [Verse 3]
   EmYou DwAmith Cyour silky words, and your eyes of green and blue
   EmYou DwAmith Cyour steel beliefs that don’t match anything you do
   EmYou F#/Awere Cso much easier before you became you.
   [Chorus]
   GYoDu AmdonC’t bring me anything but down. 
   GYoDu AmdonC’t bring me anything but down. 
   GAnDd AmeveCrything just crashes to the ground.
   GWhFen AmyoCu come around.
   GWhFen AmyoCu come around ..
   G D
   Well no more playing seek and hide, 
   Am C
   No more long and wasted nights,
   G D Am C
   Can't you make it easy on yourself.
   G D
   Well I know you wish you were strong,
   Am C
   You wish you were never wrong, 
   G F Am (end by strumming once down on the Am cord.)
   Well I got some wishes of my own.

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Anything But Down

by Sheryl Crow

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#/A

E A D G B E

Tuning: standard ( )

1's (G1) part too, which is what I do. Or if you can find

a friend then they can play Guitar 2 (G2), a lead.

Weird chords:

F#/A

E |----0---|

B |----0---|

G |----2---|

D |----0---|

A |----0---|

E |----2---|

'p': pull off

'h': hammer on

'B': bend

Intro: (G1) Em x 8 bars (32 beats)

Intro: ()

RIFF 1:

Bar 1 G1 enter Bar 2

E |-------------|---0h2p0-------------------------- |----0h2p0--------------------|

B |-------------|-----------------3s2-----0-------- |-----------------3s2-----3---|

G |-------------|---------------------------------- |-----------------------------|

D |----2h4----- |-------------------------------2h4 |-----------------------------|

A |-------------|---------------------------------- |-----------------------------|

E |-------------|---------------------------------- |-----------------------------|

Repeat RIFF 1 twice.

[Verse 1]

Em D Am C

I light your cigarette, I bring you apples from the vine

Em D Am C

How quickly you forget, I run the bath and pour the wine

Em F#/A C

I bring you everything that floats into your mind

[Chorus]

G D Am C

Now you don’t bring me anything but down

G D Am C

Now you don’t bring me anything but down

G D Am C

Now you don’t bring me anything but down

When you come round

[Verse 2]

Em D Am C

You are a raging sea, I pull myself out everyday

Em D Am C

I plea insanity, ‘cause I can't leave and I can't stay

Em F#/A C

You say won’t you come find me and yes is what I’ll say

[Chorus]

G D Am C

You don’t bring me anything but down

G D Am C

You don’t bring me anything but down

Em F Am C

And everything is crashing to the ground

[Bridge]

Em A

Maybe I'm not the perfect kind

Maybe I’m not what you had in mind

Em A C

And maybe we’re just killing time

[Solo]

G D Am C G D Am

inst. (G1)

inst. (G2)

e |---3s7---8---10---12s5---3h5p3h5---7---8---10---12s5---5p3---3h5---3s0---|

[Verse 3]

Em D Am C

You with your silky words, and your eyes of green and blue

Em D Am C

You with your steel beliefs that don’t match anything you do

Em F#/A C

You were so much easier before you became you.

[Chorus]

G D Am C

You don’t bring me anything but down.

G D Am C

You don’t bring me anything but down.

G D Am C

And everything just crashes to the ground.

G F Am C

When you come around.

G F Am C

When you come around ..

G D

Well no more playing seek and hide,

Am C

No more long and wasted nights,

G D Am C

Can't you make it easy on yourself.

G D

Well I know you wish you were strong,

Am C

You wish you were never wrong,

G F Am (end by strumming once down on the Am cord.)

Well I got some wishes of my own.

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