Rockaway — Christine Lavin
From [email protected] Fri Mar 10 19:49:16 PST 1995 Article: 13958 of rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic,rec.music.folk Path: unixg.ubc.ca!vanbc.wimsey.com!news.mindlink.net!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!tribune.usask.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!newsflash.concordia.ca!uunet!panix!zip.eecs.umich.edu!umn.edu!maroon.tc.umn.edu!schn0170 From: [email protected] (Adam Schneider) Subject: TAB: "Rockaway" (Christine Lavin) Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] (Usenet News Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: maroon.tc.umn.edu Organization: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 23:45:40 GMT Lines: 147 Xref: unixg.ubc.ca alt.guitar.tab:43181 rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature:35471 rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic:13958 rec.music.folk:51024
ROCKAWAY (Christine Lavin) [Refer to the tablature at the end of this file for chord voicings; I can't figure out how to play the last part of the ending, because the voices get in the way and I can't hear the guitar. I'd just guess, but the ending is in 3/4, so it's different. Ad lib it.]
Actually In F; Capo 5.
C - Em/B Am - G6 Fmaj7 Fmaj7
Intro
C - Em/B Am - G6 Fmaj7 Fmaj7
Intro
C - Em/B Am - G6 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 I stop to look out the window C - Em/B Am - G6 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 The sky above the water's turned a bitter gray C - Em/B Am - G6 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 The summer people have packed their station wagons C - Em/B Am - G6 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 The city is calling them away
The air is not as warm as it once was The ocean's not as tempting as before The seagulls cry a mournful tune now As I shutter up the windows and the doors
While the trees outside Am Am G - Gsus G Watch their leaves fall to the ground But these walls inside me Am Am G - Gsus G [pause] Will they never tumble down
I think of all the chances that have passed me And all the opportunities I've let slip by And all the friends along the way I have lost track of It's enough to make me lay down and cry
And yet I push on blindly toward the future Though I haven't got a notion of where I am As I'm moving in some vague direction There are times when I couldn't give a damn
While the trees outside Watch their leaves fall to the ground But these walls inside me Will they never, oh, tumble down
I'll take one last walk along this angry ocean Greet the fishermen in my usual way Maybe stoop to find a pretty piece of beach glass To remind me of old Rockaway
The salty spray stings my sunburned face now As I button up my coat against the cold There's a sorrow I always find elating That chills me deep into my soul
While the trees outside Watch their leaves fall to the ground But these walls inside me Oh, will they never tumble down Tumble down Tumble down
[Ending: repeat "Tumble down," alternating between Fmaj7 and Cmaj7 in 3/4 time; end on Cmaj7.]
[Note that she doesn't play every single measure of the verse or chorus exactly as I've written it here; these are typical patterns. The intro is pretty much what's on the recording, though.]
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Verse
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Chorus
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Am Am G Gsus G ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
First part of ending ("tumble down"): ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
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Adam Schneider [email protected] Minneapolis, MN If you want guitar chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter, Indigo Girls, Mary Karlzen, Lucinda Williams, etc., mail me or check my home page: http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/hpp/acs.html