Chord/Tab song: Cold Snap

Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 21:47:07 -0500 (EST)
From: lordcope@magi.com
Subject: TAB: Cold Snap by Weeping Tile

Cold Snap, by Weeping Tile -- written by Sarah Harmer
from the album "Cold Snap" (1995)

intro riff:

[G#] [E] [G#] [E]
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]

e-----------------|-----------------|
B---4-4-4-7-4---0-|---4-4-4-7-4---5-| x2
G-----------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-----------------|
A-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|

G#(on 1, 1+ and 2) E(on 3, 3+ and 4) x4

verse 1

[G#]Someone always le[E]aves that light on[G#][E][G#][E]
[G#]I have dreams that [E]little boys burn the [G#]house[E][G#][E]
[G#]Set a[E]fire the i[G#]-vy in the [E]window p[G#]ane
[E]Up from the[G#] grou[E]nd
[G#]Fire dril[E]ls unskilled
They're [G#]uniformed[E]
Wall [G#]paper's warm[E]
Wall [G#]paper's warm[E]

[B]He's gone up, he's g[A]one up, he's gone up to
L[G#]ie down[E][G#][E]
[B]I stay and I w[A]ait I go quietly[G#][E][G#][E]
[B]And watch the minute h[A]and, how could it be
St[G#]olen fr[E]om you[G#]?[E]
[B]Cold snap
[A]Dentalfreeze[E]

during the chorus, when the G# E progression comes in the lead guitar
plays this

first time: second time:
[G#] [E] [G#] [E]
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]

e--------------------| E-------------------------|
B-7b9--7b9-----------| x2 B---7b9-7b9r7-------------| x2
G-----------7b9--7b9-| G---------------7b9-7b9r7-|
D--------------------| D-------------------------|
A--------------------| A-------------------------|
E--------------------| E-------------------------|

third time:
[G#] [E] [G#] [E]
[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2] [3] [4]

e-------------------|----------------------|
B-7b9--7b9----------|-7b9--7b9-10b12-10b12-|
G-----------7b9-7b9-|----------------------|
D-------------------|----------------------|
A-------------------|----------------------|
E-------------------|----------------------|

intro riff x2
verse 2

[G#]I hope you w[E]eren't offended[G#][E][G#][E]
[G#]What I said about the [E]mausoleum[G#][E][G#][E]
[G#]And we l[E]ive rent-fr[G#]ee on l[E]oyalist [G#]land
Better [E]crank the he[G#]at[E]

Fire drills...

second chorus:

He's gone up, he's gone up, he's gone up to
Lie down
I stay and I wait at the end of the stairs
And watch the minute hand, how could it be
Stolen from you?
Cold snap
Frigid air
verse 3 (I'm not too sure about the lyrics)

[G#]Watch the m[E]inute hand
[G#]How cou[E]ld it be still
[G#]Little [E]bird is caught
[G#]In a de[E]ep thought
[G#]I don't wanna [E]seem unke[G#]en
You [E]seem unke[G#]en (last line x4)

transcribed by Annie Lord