Fairweather johnson album — Hootie And The Blowfish
Subject: TAB: Fairweather Johnson (Album) By Hootie and the Blowfish Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 10:37:06 +0000 (GMT) From: Grant Mcallister <[email protected]>
Fairweather Johnson by Hootie and the Blowfish
This file contains the two songs missing from the original posting by [email protected] as well as the corrections I have made To the other songs on the album. Thanks to [email protected] (Sorry! I don't know your real name :) Enjoy.....
SONG: Be The One (tabbed by [email protected]) (extensive corrections by [email protected]) (my hootie page: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcallist)
Am:x02210 Cmaj7:33200x F:133211 C:x32010 Em7:022033 Fmaj7:x33210 G:320003 E7#9:68789x B7:x21202 Dsus2:x Cadd9:
(verse) I wonder Why are we involved With the seasons And the living of our own Let me see if nothing's wrong I just want to be the one
(verse) (She) wanted You still give her all our lives Let her be sons Who is she buying See her crawl I'll just make it out
(chorus) (Now) Now................ Let me be the one (We don't see it bleeding)
I want to die with you (Something no ones needing)
(verse: as before) I left the other day But you're never here You only listen to things You want to save But the power it's ok with you You knew I'd find something else to do
Let me be the one (we don't see it bleeding) I wanna fly, I wanna die with you (Something no ones)
See it's not like they Are gonna take my faith away Let me in it's ok now Close________ the door
Is it really needing When you find a place That's only yours Just go he beams
Well I've died for good now
Let me feel it Let her come---let her run---let her run
(chorus) (Now) Now let me be the one (We don't see it bleeding) I can't feel it, I can't see it (Something no ones needing)
I, I feel dumb
Repeat chorus chords then end with E7#9 Am
Sad Caper By Hootie and the Blowfish
Tabbed By Grant McAllister My Hootie page: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcallist
This is a great song and it is now FULLY correct.
CHORDS: D: xx0232 Dmaj7: xx0222 D7: xx0212 G: 320003 A: x02220 Asus4: 002230 Bm: x24432 Gm7: 353333 Gm:xx0333 Em7: 022033
I know, she said... Before you left me you were free So I'll just lay me down
Fill: (Asus4) (A7)
Control has left me And I can't feel another thing So let me turn around
Fill: (Asus4) (A7)
Do you really want to play these games
Just to keep things goin' Or are you ready now to let it be It's like sometimes you wanna see the rain But the sun gets in your eyes And you wanna die now
(Rest of the song follows the same chord progression)
Control has left me And I can't feel another thing So let me turn around I see I see But things just couldn't be the same SO let me hold you down
Never let me down I swore to you But now I lie I'm here to make it all seem worthwhile You want I know But I'll have to try To find a way to make me quiet now
Control has left me And I can't feel another thing So let me turn around I see I see But things just couldn't be the same So won't you hunt her down
I know she said Before you left me you were free So I'll just lay me down.
Parts of the song marked with an asterix (*) have a fill which goes like:
Finger D7
5|x x x x 6|x x x x
@SONG: Tucker's Town (tabbed by [email protected]) (corrected by [email protected])
Chords: C:x32010 Csus:x33010 Fmaj7:x33210 G:320003 Am7: Am7*:5x555x Fadd9:xx3213 Fsus2:13300x
C Csus Staring back at you Did you see my lips Or were you smiling right in front of me
Your father called my name Then he smiled with great relief 'Cause it wasn't me that you were clinging to
He made you turn around G Am7* You do that thing you do And then you laughed with me
I don't know What I can't see I don't know but I'm makin' time to call I don't know What I can't see I don't know but she's watching me leave
Just wish they'd turn around Just wish they'd try to see But they don't understand and that's alright with me I'm leaving now
Going down to Tucker's Town Where I can lie for free Nobody stares at me and I'd love to hurt the population
She called last night I said I'm about to leave Then I heard him scream, "I'll pack your bags"
I don't know What I can't see I don't know but I'm makin' time to call I don't know
What I can't see I don't know but I'm leaving here
Csus C Fsus2
To see the world through your Rosy glasses I'll teach her to fly but they teach greed We live the belt but I can bleed
C Csus I don't know............................................ What I can't see........................................ I don't know What I can't see
Ad-lib til end......
@SONG: She Crawls Away (tabbed by [email protected]) (this one can be played with a capo at the 4th using C Dm or something))
(verse) I fall in she sees me and smiles Then she starts to hate herself again She screams something under her breath That I wouldn't know if she said it outloud
(verse) She turns over to start a conversation With a man that noone else can see She dreams of loving me sometimes And it makes me see what we've been missing
(bridge) C#m E F#m B-B It's like I never knew anyone so strong before She Brings the man outa me A B-B And she makes me see that they don't matter
(chorus) I believe A B-B We see her playin' with another She runs around you and then It's like the sun goes down and she crawls away again
(verse) She wears white pants a Miami sweater Says that She loves the O's So Uncle Dean will come by
(verse) Her smile is like sunshine Her tears hurt like leather She runs the show she lets me know Says it's all about being the only
(bridge) It's like someone said you could have one good thing in your life She couldn't be your type I didn't plan for your smile, but you make me laugh when you stand dreamin'
(chorus) I believe, we see her layin with another She runs around you and then It's like the sun goes down and she crawls away again
Where were you yesterday Now that my heart is wild and free And my lips have room to wander How can I say your needing me now When I've got a plan I know you don't understand why my heart is sorry now
(chrous 2x) I believe We see her laying with another She runs around you and then It's like the sun goes down and she crawls I believe We see her waiting with another She runs around you and then It's like the sun goes down and she crawls away again
@SONG: So Strange (tabbed by [email protected]) (capo 2nd)
(verse) It's so hard to breathe right now Living things without a friend of mine Air just filling every bit, of every end, of every mind You thought you could feel
(verse) And it's maybe 6 a.m. And no one wants to be with me So I'm calling out to someone and something that I don't know so well Ohh, I'm free
(chorus) If I can't find the warmth in my summer And I can't find the light in my day I just look to my friends and we'll see our troubles away You make me feel so strange
D-A-G-D-A-G
(verse) Won't you let me breathe the air I want to hold on to right now Won't you let me read a book about Someone's queen who came back for me
(verse) I see bridges in my eyes I see mornings left for the children I see people holding back, trying to find another reason so they can walk away And it makes me scream and I pray
(chorus) If you can't find the warmth in my summer And I can't find the light in my day I just look to my friends and I'll see our troubles away You make me feel so
It can never end 'cause we don't speak It will never just die So why don't you call the man And, tell him to come over here and just clean up my pride
(chorus) If you can't find the warmth in my summer And I can't find the light in my day I just look to my friend and we'll see our little troubles away You make me feel so strange
(chorus) If you can't find the warmth in my summer And I can't find the light in my day I just look to my friend and we'll see our troubles away .................. Riff A Riff B
@SONG: Old Man & Me (tabbed by [email protected])
(capo 2nd)
Well an old man said to me In a voice filled with pain Where you going young man
(same) Said I'm going to fight a war Gonna fight for my country In some foreign land
(same) He said "The sun will never hurt you Never harmed anyone But you must realize"
(same) If you try to stare her down She will win in the end She will burn your eyes She will burn them
Seen a million places Seen a million faces die And I wonder who will walk with me (repeat intro) When I get to Heaven
He said "Boy I was young once Yeah I was tough Sailing on Uncle Sam's boat Hey I could kill the enemy I could die on foreign streets But I could not vote But now you walk by me You won't talk to me Say this is my fate But every time you walk the streets boy Most of them you meet You see it's you they hate It's you...
Seen a million faces Seen a million places die And I wonder who will walk with me When I get to Heaven I hope I get there
(solo)
Seen a million places Seen a million faces die And I wonder who will walk with me When I get there
(stab chords on offbeat) See this woman sitting next to me She's been there for a long, long time And when I fell, she picked me up When I cried, she wiped my tears I thank god she's mine And when I leave this world She won't have anything But her love for me 'Cause the man took everything else Made me hate myself So just let her be boy Won't you let her be
(guitar back full) Seen a million faces Seen a million places die Seen a million mothers Seen a million mothers cryin' And I wonder who will walk with me When I get to Heaven When I get to Heaven I hope I get there When I get to Heaven
Earth Stopped Cold at Dawn By Hootie and the Blowfish
Tabbed By Grant McAllister ([email protected]) My hootie page: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcallist/
Chords: C/G:332010 Am:x02210 Fmaj7:x33210 G:320003 Fsus2:xx3013 C/E:xx2013 D7:x
Capo 2nd fret (chords shown relative to capo)
Another reason to doubt me Another teardrop falls Can't wait for a friend when loneliness calls Another kiss in the basement Pour salt on my tongue No one cries for heros left unsung
(chorus) Look at me when I'm talking to you Look at me in the eyes Then look away and tell me why_______why
Another tasteless movie Another kiss goodnight Could be a dark oasis in my life Another icon smashed to pieces By yesterday's romance Another hated person no more chances
(chorus) Look at me when I'm talking to you Look at me in the eyes Then look away and tell me why...why
(Quietly...with some damping)
Playin' with a happy boy A cold place for a man Familiar faces in a foreign land
The hands kept spinning around the face But the earth stopped cold at dawn For a moment, then moved on For a moment, then moved on...
@SONG: Fairweather Johnson (tabbed by [email protected])
These are the piano chords
Am-G-F-G for the whole thing...
Liked the Steelers...in '75 I only like the Broncos, when they come alive (laugh) Liked the Redskins in '83 And when the Dolphins are playing well Yeah well, they're the team for me
Cause I'm... Fairweather Johnson (Johnson) Yeah, yes, I'm... Fairweather Johnson (laugh) spoken: I liked the Braves in '95
Honeyscrew
Tabbed by Grant McAllister
Chords: A:x02220 D/A:x04230 D:x00232 G:320003 G5:35xxxx
Fly inside Feel me dealing Holding on to a story just told About a man whos the life of a funeral Grabbing on to a woman whos soul He just stole for a dream he dont believe in Now she sits and she yells for a smile "Dont let the sun make me feel lonely" Oh let me in let me in let me in
Is it me Or is it honey
(same as first verse) We all seem to hold To Something we dont see Is He here Is He there Where does He live Some people say in the pull of a heartbeat Some people say in the mind of a stranger I cant explain what it is I believe in So take your heart take your mind and escape
Is it me Or is it honey Is it me Or is it honey
(mute strings) Is it me trying to raise your little children Is it me trying to take your little flame Why are you trying to steal my judgement day away Let me scream let me scream let me scream (solo) Dont take it away
(same as first verse) Another day in the arms of the real thing Another day in the eyes of a fool I called today just to make me feel hopeless Lie to me and Ill try to believe
@SONG: Let It Breathe (tabbed by [email protected])
(verse) Could we do it again If he asked how it felt And I didn't say this time You tried to scare me with empty thoughts That means not a thing 'Cause I'm down behind you
(verse) Could we swing it again If I changed how he looked And turned to the right to bend You live with something that I can't explain But your face cracks a smile when you see it shining
(chorus) You feel things in your own way And I'm supposed to lay down and bow to you I'm tired of bailing hay for something that I can't see I don't want to be you You don't want to be me. Just let it breathe
E-B-C#m-B-A
(verse) If the moon goes up tomorrow and I'm down on a farm And you don't believe whose writing with me Keep your hands to yourself Keep your mind to yourself Keep your breath to yourself Let me float on by you
(chorus) You see things in your own way And I'm supposed to lay down and bow to you I'm tired of bailing hay for something that I can't see You don't want to be me I don't want to be you
(bridge) It's so very necessary It's so delectable to see a stone It's so impossible to find a reason When you're standing there Watching me now
E-B-C#m-B-A
(verse) Could we live it again If we dressed just the same And held on to lovers when We couldn't really live with anyone See mostly ourselves so just go on lying
(chorus) You feel things in your own way And I'm supposed to lay down and bow to you I'm tired of bailing hay for someone that I can't see I don't want to be you You don't want to be me
Just let it breathe Let it breathe
@SONG: Silly Little Pop Song (tabbed by [email protected])
One thing's for sure I just can't find the way To let it seem like all is wrong Inside my den
(verse) Hold back Breathe easy She said to me Go somewhere and change your mind Just let me sleep
I've been living in a lesson Please just come inside and listen
Is it anger at life Or are you happy to be with me Are you seeing someone
(verse) Or will your faith Go with no other man Come on Let me dream
I've been living in a lesson Please just come inside and listen No need to worry 'bout all the lying Please just come inside
(verse) It's a thing To make me want to go See another That makes me doubt
I've been living in a lesson Please just come inside and listen No need to worry 'bout all the lying All the changing Please just come inside
I've been living in a lesson Please just come inside (ooo la-la) ..........
Fool By Hootie and the Blowfish
(tabbed by [email protected])
(verse) Saw you last night You were sleeping in my mind Doubting you'll ever be free again Then I climbed back inside Someone open my eyes To find me drunk again Bonnie on the radio, and she was singing low "Give it up or let me go" Every night there is one more Every night there is two more Saying I shouldn't be feeling this pain I think I better grow up now or go insane
(chorus) There's so much I feel So much I conceal
There's just so many things I can be
(verse) Someone write the story of 5 points No one wanted to know me Now they all have opinions of what we do So they go down to Bar None so we can have a drink or two Can't write a story from the trees I know somewhere she's watching me Saying "Boy carry your load" Oh I don't want to go back on the road now
(chorus twice) There's so much I feel So much I conceal There's just so many places to see And faces I can read There's just so many things I can be
(play intro to end) ..........
(play this the last time)
@SONG: Tootie (tabbed by [email protected])
(verse) You put a rose in my hand Put a dollar in my pocket G Riff A But you don't understand How the days grow longer, the sky is black as night I see the morning but you won't see the light
(chorus) I thought about you for a long, long time I wrote about you but my words don't seem to rhyme And now you're lying here But my heart still beats for you
(verse) Had a dream about you You sat right down beside me And you told me we were through It was all so real and you told me reasons why You brought me to the window And you taught me how to fly
(chorus) I thought about you for a long, long time I said I love you but we just don't have the time And now you're lying here But my heart still beats for you
String Break: (verse)
(chorus) I thought to hold you for a long, long time You said I love you but my heart won't seem to chime in And now you're lying here And my heart still beats for you...
Ohhh...I'm trying... And my heart still beats for you ..........
SONG: When I'm Lonely By Hootie and the Blowfish
Tabbed by Grant MCAllister [email protected]
Chords: E:022100 A(add2/E):077600 C#m7:x46454 F#m7:242222 G#:466544 A:x02220 B:x24440 C#m:
Eyes like an infant Staring me down She'll take anything that's tied up In my glorious past
It's just 4 days 'til Sunday When I say that I'm gone Little one screams you cry Tell the pain to leave me alone
(Same as before) It's just 2 days 'til Monday Another week 'til the 4th Is anyone listening or Should I call on the Lord
Oh believe me... Sometimes I breathe Sometimes I see Then I dream a dream that won't come true And I struggle with lies when I'm lonely
(Rest of song continues with same chord progression)
Someone called my name out loud about 4 a.m. It wasn't you so I let her in Just to see what she wanted She left screaming because I called her by your name But the next day she came to call And we finished our game
Alright now Some days I breathe Some days I see Then I dream a dream that won't come true And I struggle with time when I'm lonely
Shep plays piano down in Shandon on the other side of Rosewood You said he wasn't your type But you went anyway You left screamin' cause you thought you would Call him by my name Ah and you whisper Why do I do this I can't go through this why do I do this, why
Sometimes I breathe Sometimes I see Then I dream a dream that won't come true And I struggle with life when I'm lonely