from the album Blind Melon
Words by Shannon Hoon
Music by Blind Melon
transcribed by Travis Miguez (tre@unixg.ubc.ca)
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 &
(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
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]
/ \ 1 & & 3
(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)
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)
Words by Shannon Hoon
Music by Blind Melon
transcribed by Travis Miguez (tre@unixg.ubc.ca)
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)
