Freddie Stevenson ~ Heart Shaped Stone
Tabbed by ~Coxy~.
From his first album, Body On The Line.
Deceptively simple song that I spent ages trying to figure out.
Once I'd finally deciphered the odd tuning it's in (a hallmark of
a lot of Freddie's stuff) it fell together quite easily. Enjoy, it's a beautiful song.
Tuning: CGCGBD (variation of Open C)
Drop the low E down 2 tones to a C
Drop the A and D strings down a tone
Leave G and B strings as they are
Drop the high E down a tone
Capo at 5th to put it in the key of C
Chords used: No idea what their actual names are, I'm just going for
the closest standard chord/root.
C [x02010]
Am [4x4010]
F [x54500]
G [x76700]
Am* [x97900]
E [x43400]
Intro & Verse:
d|--------------0------------------------------0-------------|
b|----------0h1---1--0--------------------0h1-----1--0-------|
G|-------0--------------0-----0--------0----------------2----|
C|----2--------------------2--------2------------------------|
G|-0-----------------------------0---------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------|
d|--------------0------------------------------0-------------|
b|----------0h1---1--0-------------0--------------------0----|
G|-0-----0---------------0-------5-----5-----5-------5-----0-|
C|----4---------------------2s4-------------------4----------|
G|----------------------------------------5------------------|
C|-4---------------------------------------------------------|
C
I am on my way
Am
In the softly falling rain
F
My head is full of dreams
And I am ready to start again
Through the nights and days
Down the twisting paths and vast highways
My imagination strives
To define what it craves
In a hilltop town
The sun or moon is shining down
On ancient cobbled streets
Through the dancing dust of the centuries
On a distant shore
I can hear the restless ocean roar
And it sounds like a reply
To something there is no question for
Chorus
d|----------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------0--------------0-------------0----------------|
G|---------7--------7-----7-------------9-----9-------------|
C|------6--------6-------------------7----------7-----------|
G|--5s7----------------7--------7s9-------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
d|-------------------------------------0--------------------|
b|-----------0-------------------0--------------0-----------|
G|--------4-----4-------------5--------------5--------------|
C|-----3-----------3-------4--------------4-----------------|
G|--4-----------------4s5-----------5-----------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------|
b|-----------0----------------0-----------------|
G|--------5-----4----------7--------------------|
C|-----4----------------6--------6--------------|
G|--5--------------5s7--------------------------|
C|----------------------------------------------|
G Am* E F
And I am oh such a long way from home
G C
With nothing in my pocket but a heart shaped stone
And in Malibu
I begin to grasp a sense of you
As me & David watch the sun
Dissolve like ink into the ocean
And we walked away
Through the fringes of the dying day
And I was looking for a word
But there is nothing left to say
Except I am oh such a long way from home
G Am*
With nothing in my pocket but a heart shaped stone
d|------------------0---------------------------------------------|
b|------------0--------------0-----------0----------------0-------|
G|---------9--------------7-----------5-----5----------7----------|
C|------7--------6-----------------4----------------6--------6----| ENDING
G|--7s9----------------7--------5--------------5s7--------------0-|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F G C
With nothing in my pocket but a heart shaped stone
Artist: Freddie Stevenson
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