Chord/Tab song: Sweet Evening Breeze

Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 02:38:35 -0500
From: "Paul M. Berens"
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: CRD: m/mellencamp_john/sweet_evening_breeze.crd

"Sweet Evening Breeze"
by John Mellencamp

This a lesser-known tune off the "Human Wheels" album, but a fun one to
play acoustic. It oscillates between meditative picking and exciting
strumming. Notice my naming conventions with D/Dsus2 and D/Dsus4 below.
Enjoy.

INTRO: (Asus2)

E|----------------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------0---------------------0--------------------------------|
G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2-----------(repeat-4-times)--|
D|-------2-----2--------------2---------------2--------------------------|
A|----0------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE: (Asus2,G,D (&Dsus4))

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

From the afternoons by the public swimming pool.

CHORUS: (strum these chords)

[Asus2]Sweet evening b[G]reeze
Blows around my t[Asus2]houghts and memo[G]ries.
As I lie here t[Asus2]oday
And drink my t[G]ea,
[D]I can still see[Dsus4][D]
Sweet evening b[Asus2]reeze.[/][G][/][Asus2][/][G][/][Asus2][/][G][/][Asus2][/][G]

VERSE 2:

[Asus2]I saw her in a c[G]offee shop
[D/Dsus2]In a big hotel down in [D/Dsus4]Austin, Texas.
[Asus2]She had cut her [G]long hair off
[D/Dsus2]And replaced it with
Blue e[G]yes o[D]f s[G]ad - n[D]ess.
[C]Still acted like we were [Em]kids
C Fill
And she told me that she had to marry
[C]And she asked me if I [Em]did
[D/Dsus2]Still remember.

CHORUS

VERSE 3:

[Asus2]How redundant the f[G]uture can be.
These [D/Dsus2]days of old are [D/Dsus4]very, very
[Asus2]Ridiculous for [G]me to see
When I [D/Dsus2]think about the [G]real [D]gone [G]stor - i[D]es
[C]And how time holds the winning [Em]hand.
C Fill
I can tell by the lines on our faces
[C]And the young can't under[Em]stand
That they [D/Dsus2]look at me
When they look at themselves.

CHORUS

[-++++++++++++++++++++++++++++]
FILL: CHORDS:

E|----------------------------------------------------| e b g d a E
B|----0---0---0---0---------| Asus2 | 0 0 2 2 0 0-|
G|--------------------------| G | 3 0 0 0 2 3-|
D|--------------------------| D | 2 3 2 0-----|
A|----2---0-----------------| Dsus2 | 0 3 2 0-----|
E|------------3---2---------| Dsus4 | 3 3 2 0-----|

C | 0 1 0 2 3
Em | 0 0 0 2 2 0