Chord/Tab song: Cracking

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Subject: /v/Suzanne.Vega/Cracking.tab

CRACKING (Suzanne Vega)

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[Actually in B; capo up four frets.]

[Csus2][intro][G/B][G5][G5/F#][Csus2][G/B][G5][G5/F#][G5/F#]
Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note]
[intro]

It's a [Csus2]one time t[G/B]hing, it just[G5] happens[G5/F#] a lot
[Csus2] Walk with m[G/B]e and [G]we will see what [G5/F#]we have got
[Csus2]Ahhhhhh[G/B]h... [G5] [G5/F#] [Csus2]Ahhhhhh[G/B]h...[G5][G5/F#]

My [Csus2]footsteps are [G/B]ticking, like [G5]water dripping[G5/F#] from a tree
[Csus2]Walking a h[G/B]airline, and [G5]stepping very [G5/F#]carefully
[Csus2]Ahhhhhh[G/B]h... [G5] [G5/F#] [Csus2]Ahhhhhh[G/B]h...[G5][G5/F#][G5/F#]
Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note]
Ahhhhhhh...

My [Csus2]heart is [G/B]broken;[G5] it's worn o[G5/F#]ut at the knees
[Csus2]Hearing muffled, [G/B]seeing blind, [G5]soon it will h[G5/F#]it the deep freeze
[Csus2]Ahhhhhh[G/B]h...[G5][G5/F#][Csus2][G/B][G5][G5/F#]

And [Csus2]something is [G/B]cracking,[G5] I don't know w[G5/F#]here
[Csus2]Ice on the s[G/B]idewalk, [G5]brittle branches [G5/F#]in the air

The [Csus2]sun is bl[G/B]inding, [G5]dizzy golden, d[G5/F#]ancing green
Csus2 G/B G5 F#[single note]
Through the park in the afternoon, wondering where the hell

I[Csus2] have[G/B] been[G5][G5/F#][G5/F#]
Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note]
Ah ha haaaaa...

INTRO AND VERSE:

[Most of the verse just uses the first four measures of tab.]
[Note that whenever the G5 measure comes before the Em7-A7 part,
there is also an A bass note in the second half of the measure.]

[Csus2] [G/B] [G5] [G5/F#]

----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|
----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
3---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|3---------------|2---------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

[Csus2] [G/B] [G5] [G5/F#] [G5/F#]

----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|---3----|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|-----0--|
----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|--0---0-|
3---------------|2---------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------|
----------------|----------------|3---------------|02-------------|2-------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^.^.^.^.

[Em7] [Em7/B] [A7] [A7]

----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
------3---------|------3---------|------2---------|------2---------|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|
----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
----------------|2---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

C Cmaj7 G5 G5 [single note]

----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
------1---------|------0---------|------3---------|----------------|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------------|
----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----------------|
3---------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|3---------------|3---------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

"THE SUN IS BLINDING...":

[Csus2] [G/B]

E ------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| The quick notes there
B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--| are actually 16-------|th-note
G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------| triplets; the "03-----|s
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---| and "02"s are hammer--|
A 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02-----------------------------| ons, obviously. Good
E ------------------------|------------------------| luck. You can subs---|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . titute something easier.
..sun is blind - ing,

[G5] [G5/F#]

E ------------------------|------------------------|
B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--|
G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------|
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---|
A ------------------------|------------------------|
E 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02----|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
dizzy, gol - den, danc - ing green

[Csus2] [G/B]

E ------------------------|------------------------|
B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--|
G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------|
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---|
A 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02----|
E ------------------------|------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Through the park in the af - ter - noon,

[G5] [G5/F#]

E ------------------------|------------------------|
B ---------3-----------3--|------------------------|
G ---0-----------0--------|------------------------|
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|------------------------|
A ------------------------|------------------------|
E 03----03----03----03----|2-----------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
wondering where the hell I have been...