Chord/Tab song: Red Apple Falls

Red Apple Falls Album Tab

1. The Morning Paper

Tune down low E to C#

Intro pt. 1 (4x)

E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-----------2-----------2------|
A|-----3---3---3---3---3---3----|
C#---0---0-------0---0-------0--|

Intro pt. 2 (ad nauseum)

E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-----------3-----------3----|
A|-----4---4---4---4---4---4--|
C#---0---0-------0---0--------|

Trumpet part (for guitar):

E|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--666-555-333-111~--|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

The riff should feel syncopated, like there's a beat missing or a beat too many
The last part of the intro is just variations on the main melody:

E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|----6---4---3-------3-------3------------|
A|------4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
C#--0-------------0-------0-------0---0----|

Just keep the riff going between melody lines.
After the line "Red Apple Falls", he plays around with these chords:
C#sus4(044xxx), C#(043xxx), C#/B(021xxx), then slides back up to C#.
Then just play around with the C# and C#sus4 chords
(listen and you'll get it) and ad lib.

End on open C#.

Lyrics:
The morning paper is on its way
It's all bad news on every page
So roll right over, and go to sleep
That evening sun will be so sweet

Roll right over, and I had this thing.
Red apple falls.

2. Blood Red Bird

Standard tuning

Chords:
[F#m] [G#m] [C#m] [C#m7]

E|--2---4---4---7--|
B|--2---4---5---5--|
G|--2---4---6---4--|
D|--4---6---6---6--|
A|--4---6---4---4--|
E|--2---4----------|

C#m7: If you listen to the record, the little high B on the 7th fret of the high E
string is pretty clear.
Also, (----) indicates a pause in the vocals (it's easier to read).

[F#m]I was not [G#m]awoken by the [C#m]rooster
[F#m]Nor by the [G#m]crow's tough [C#m]song
[F#m]But the midnight [G#m]cry of a [C#m]blood red bird
[F#m]Brought this, [G#m]this sleeplessness [C#m]on[C#m7]
[F#m]Threw open the [G#m]window
[C#m]Moonlight on a black garden of th[C#m7]orns
[F#m]The cool [G#m]wet, of my [C#m]sweat[C#m7]
[F#m]Cries home, [G#m]---- where cries [C#m]from[C#m7]

[F#m]A blood red bird [G#m]flies in the [C#m]woods[C#m7]
[F#m]Weeping into [G#m]dead leaves[C#m][C#m7]
[F#m]With wing torn and [G#m]---- jutting [C#m]bone[C#m7]
[F#m]What hand [G#m]---- meant it to [C#m]bust, to be usele[C#m7]ss?
[F#m]What hand that [G#m]could've with two [C#m]fingers?[C#m7]

[F#m]A blood red [G#m]bird, a blood red [C#m]bird[C#m7]
[F#m]A blood red [G#m]bird, a blood red [C#m]bird[C#m7]

[F#m]We can [G#m]continually sink into each [C#m]other [C#m7] - Just
[F#m]Deep enough[G#m] to rip out a bit more [C#m]flesh when you move away
[F#m]Start for skin -[G#m]--- chilling [C#m]out behind[C#m7]
[F#m]Like an arrow,[G#m] I was only passing t[C#m]hrough[C#m7]

[F#m]A blood red [G#m]bird, a blood red [C#m]bird (4[C#m7]x)

F#m G#m C#m C#m7 (4x)

End on C#m.

3. Red Apples

It's all piano, but the chords are Am - G - F
and then a quick staccato F-G lift.
The absolute closest approximation I can get on the guitar is to
tune down a whole step and use these chords:

[Am] [G] [F]

D|-------------|
A|-------------|
F|-------------|
C|--4---2---0--|
G|--5---4---2--|
D|--7---5---3--|

Of course, you can just play barre chords in standard,
but the alternative tuning more closely emulates the sound
of a piano because the thirds and fifths of the chords
are in the proper relative octave.

[Am]I went down to the [G]river to meet the [F]widow[F-G]
[Am]She gave me an [G]apple, it was [F]red[F-G]

(Repeat)

[Am]I slept in her black [G]arms for a [F]century[F-G]
[Am]She wanted [G]nothing in [F]return[F-G]
[Am]I gave her [G]nothing in [F]return[F-G]
[Am]I gave her [G]nothing in [F]return[F-G]

Middle melody (whole step down):

D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
F|------11-9--------9--------------------|
C|--4~-------12-11~---12-11-9-0~--0!-2!--|
G|--5~----------12~-----------2~--2!-4!--|
D|--7~------------------------3~--3!-5!--|x2

[Am]The ghost of her [G]husband, [F]beautiful as a horse[F-G]
[Am]Pulled up an [G]apple ---- [F]cart[F-G]

(Repeat)

[Am]For millions [G]---- of red [F]apples[F-G]
[Am] [G] [F] [F-G]

---- ---- For us

(Middle melody)

Fade out... or end on Am.

4. I Was A Stranger

Standard tuning
Capo 4

All chords relative to capo, in name and fret number:

[C] [Em] [F]

E|--0---0---1--|
B|--1---0---1--|
G|--0---0---2--|
D|--2---2---3--|
A|--3---2---3--|
E|------0---1--|

Intro
[C] [Em] [F]
[C]---- I was a [Em]stranger when I came to [F]town, just [C]yesterday
I was a [Em]stranger, they don't come much [F]stranger[C]

(pause for pedal-steel fill)
For this I usually do something along the lines of:

E|-------------------|
B|--3br-1------------|
G|--------2-0--------|
D|------------3-2----|
A|----------------3--|
E|-------------------| (Capo 4 of course!)

So [C]why, why did you [Em]believe ---- ah, every word I [F]said?
Why did you [C]believe?
Believe a [Em]stranger? A [F]stranger. And
[C]Why do you women in this town let me look at [Em]you so bold?
You should've [F]seen what I was in the [C]last town
Ah, in the [Em]last town
You should've [F]seen what I was...
If [C]I was a stranger, well, I was [Em]worse of a stranger,
I was,[F] I was, I was well-k[C]nown!

(Pedal-steel fill)

C-Em-F-C C-Em-F-C

End on C.

5. To Be Of Use

Standard Tuning

Main riff:

E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|----1------1-----1------1------1----1----1----1----|
D|--2---2--1---2------2------2-----2----2----2----2--|
A|---------------4------2------0-----0----0----0-----|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

And during the "On a horse..." part or "like a candle..." part he plays:

E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1----|
D|------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
A|--2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

Lyrics:
Most of my fantasies are of
Making someone else come
Most of my fantasies are of
To be of use
To be of use
To be of some hard, simple
Undeniable use

Oh, like a spindle
Or oh, like a candle
Or oh, like a horseshoe
Or oh, like a corkscrew

To be of use
To be of use
Most of my fantasies are of
Making someone else come

On a horse
Over palms laid
On the threshold
Of the coming day

Coming day, coming day
Come...

On a horse
Over palms laid
On the threshold
Of the coming day

Coming day, coming day,
Come...
Coming day, coming day
Come...

6. Red Apple Falls

Standard tuning

It's all piano, but you can play it like this:

E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|--4--6-6---4--6-6---4--3-3---4--3-3--|
A|--7--7-7---7--7-7---4--4-4---4--4-4--|
E|-------------------------------------|

Lyrics:
The widow says it's hard to live
With a man, a man like me
The widow says it's hard to live
On the lonely version of love I give
And I seen the way her eyes light up
When she looks at the man in a family way
He's made of iron, and he knows the way

When I think about my brother dying
And my parents trying to slowly do themselves in
Inch by inch, day by day
And the telephone ring is like a banshee wail

The widow says I broke her first
Of course I say just the reverse
And we can't get past this
No we can't get past this
Something she did on the 14th of June
'Cuz of something I said on the 13th of June
We can't get past this
No we can't get past this

If we could lock our lips and block our noses
And swim beneath the barrier
Come up clean on the other side
But we can't get past this
No we can't get past this

7. Ex-Con

Standard Tuning

Chords:
[C] [F]

E|--0---1---|
B|--1---1---|
G|--0---2---|
D|--2---3---|
A|--3---3---|
E|------1---|

Horn part:

E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--------------2222-3333333333333333----|
A|--33333333333--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

Intro: C F C F

[C]Whenever I get dressed up
I [F]feel like an ex-con trying to make [C]good[F]

(Repeat)

[C]Jean jacket and tie
Feel like [F]such a lie
When I [C]go to your house, feel like I'm[F]
Casing the j[C]oint[F]
In the gr[C]ocery store, in [F]line behind a mother and child[C]
I'm gonna [F]take that child
I'm gonna [C]take that child
I'm gonna [F]take that child

[C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [F]
Because a[C]lone in my room
I feel like s[F]uch a part
Of the commun[C]ity
But [F]out on the streets
I feel like a [C]robot by the river[F]
A[C]lone in my room
I feel such a w[F]armth
For the commu[C]nity
But [F]out on the streets
[C]Out on the streets
I feel like a [F]robot by the river[C]
Looking for a [F]drink

[C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [F]
End on C.

8. Inspirational

Standard tuning

Chords:
[E] [C#] [A] [B]

E|--0---4---0---2---|
B|--0---6---2---4---|
G|--1---6---2---4---|
D|--2---6---2---4---|
A|--2---4---0---2---|
E|--0---------------|

Intro: E C# A B

When you're [E]living
The unl[C#]ivable
By l[A]oving
The unlov[B]able
It's time to start c[E]hanging
The unc[C#]hangeable
By l[A]eaving
The un[B]leaveable

Repeat a bunch of times, end on E.

9. Finer Days
Standard tuning (but slightly out of tune)

Play this note ad infinitum: (B)
E|-----
B|-----
G|-----
D|-----
A|--2--
E|-----

Fill 1:

E|-------|

B|--2/4--|
G|--2/4--|

D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-------|

Fill 2:

E|-------|

B|--4\2--|
G|--4\2--|

D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-------|

Lead 1:

E|------------7----------|
B|--7-9-7-5-5---5-4------|
G|------------------6-4--|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|

Lead 2:

E|--7-6-4-2---2----|
B|----------4---4--|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

Lead 3:

E|--2---2---2-4---7-6-4-2------------------|
B|----4---4-----4---------4-5-4-0-0-0-0-0--|
G|--------------------------------4-4-4-4--|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Jam:

E|----7-6-4--1-1-1-1-1-1---------------4-6-4----------------|
B|--4--------0-0-0-0-0-0----7---7-4--7-------7---7---7-7-4--|
G|--------------------------4-4----------------4---4---4-4--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------4-6-4----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7---7-4--7-------7--6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4--4-4-4-4--|
G|--4-4-----------------4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4-4--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(I don't think these leads are exactly right, but they work)
Piano Break:
Guitar plays this:
E|-----
B|-(4)-
G|--4--
D|-----
A|-----
E|-----

Jam 2:

E|-------------------------------------|
B|--4\2--2p0----------------------2/4--|
G|--4\2--2p0--4\3--4\3--3/4--4/6--2/4--|
D|------------5\4--5\4--4/5--5/7-------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

Ending Lead:

E|--7-6-4-------------7-6-4-------------7-6-4------------|
B|--4-----7-5-7-5-4---4-----7-5-4-5-4---4-----7-5-7-5-4--|
G|----------------4-----------------4-----------------4--|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Intro: (B) with fill 1, lead 1 and 2

(B) throughout

Granted passage (Fill 1)
Into the finer days (Fill 1)

How I got here, I do not know
And if it were all to disappear
(Fill 2)
I would not know how to return (Fill 1)

(B) w/fill 1
(Lead 3)

And all of my old friends
Wanted me to stay down, down, down with them
(Fill 2)
I could extend them a hand (Fill 1)

But they would only pull it off
In their grasp
In their powder
(Fill 2)
(Fill 1)

(Jam)

(Fill 1)

And so I find myself
Isolated
Isolated in these fine, fine days
(Fill 2)
(Fill 1)

(Piano Break)

(Jam 2)
(Ending Lead)

End on (B).

That's it.

There ya go.