Chord/Tab song: Time

from the album Blind Melon
Words by Shannon Hoon
Music by Blind Melon

transcribed by Travis Miguez ([email protected])

Other transcriptions done by me: Still Remains -S.T.P.
All the Things I Wasn't - Grapes of Wrath

Blind Melon riffs are hard to transcribe so I just did the bulk of the song so it sounds good if you play it on an acoustic guitar. The end of the song is anybody's guess and I have never heard it done the same way twice so improvise or just end it on the Am chord.

Intro: (Stru[Am]mming Pattern) [E]
1 2 & 4 & 1 2 & 4 &

---------0-0-x-x- --0---0------0-0-0- -0---0-----0-0-0--
-------1---1-x-x- --1---1------1-1-1- -0---0-----0-0-0--
-----2-----2-x-x- -2---2------2-2-2- -1---1-----1-1-1-
---2-------2-x-x- --2---2------2-2-2- -2---2-----2-2-2--
-0---------0-x-x- -0---0------0-0-0- -2---2-----2-2-2-
----------------- ------------------- -0---0-----0-0-0-- 

(Like Intro)
[Am]So Long [E]So Long, [C]Bye.[C]

Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh
[Am]Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh [E]Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh
[Am]Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh [E]Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh
[Am] [E]
Fill 1

Oooooh

-0-0---0-0-0-----------------
-1-1---1-1-1----------P------
-0-0---0-0-0--H--0-0-2^0--P--
-2-2---2-2-2-0^2---------2^0-
-3-3---3-3-3-----------------
----------------------------- 

Repeat Ooooh part

Guitar like Intro Part with the C fill (i.e. the ooooh part)

[Am]All these [E]people here they won't
leave me alone and we
need a little time to ourselves

And half the reasons why I'm
sketchin all the time
The result of this life in hell

F (N.C.)-let F ring
But oh well, I think its time

Riff 1

[Am] [Am7] [Am] [F] [E]

---5--- 

/ \ 1 & & 3

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

(Strum Pattern like first 2 bars above but with E in second bar)

[Am]My faith is [E]falling like the
leaves from a tree
[Am]The pockets [E]both take it [C]away

The sun warms my body as I'm
sitting on a swing watchin'
columbus clouds bring in the rain

F (N.C.)-let F ring
But Oh well, I think its time

(Riff 1 four times (timing for words follow chord pattern))
(Am) (F) (E) (Am)......
its time to go

Chorus

(1 3 ) (1 2 3 4) - Strumming Pattern
[D]My mind is [A]playing tricks on
me all the time
[D]To let you [A]know that I am[E] real

And all the worries you build
up inside your soul
The ones that make your world stand still..

(N.C.) - (let E ring)
Mean you can feel

(Riff 1) x 4 -lyric timing as above
That its time to go (on first time)

Am (strum)
(Am) x3 (E)

Base part: ------- ----------------
---0-2- -----x-----x----
-0----- -2-2-x-2-2-x-2-2
------- ----------------

Are you fed up, are you fed up with me
Do you think that you could do better?

Partly Muted Chords:
[(A)]Five fed up [(E)]faces with the
itch to kill the king
[(A)]Blood red [(E)]sunrise and a [(C)]breath to air that's clean

I drink from the faucet from the
porch I take a pee. I
(A) (E) C - loud
look at you through the bushes, where you can't see me

Chorus 2 (Play like chorus 1)

I laugh and slip into
another state of mind
To let you know that I am real

And all the worries that build
up inside your soul
The ones that make your world stand still....

(N.C.)-let E ring
Mean you can feel

(Riff 1)
That its time to go.

Outro (effects, solos etc., free time)