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From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu
ROCKAWAY (Christine Lavin)
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[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
Am Am Em7 Em7
While the trees outside
Am Am G - Gsus G
Watch their leaves fall to the ground
Am Am Em7 Em7
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
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7
Tumble down
Cmaj7/G Cmaj7/G Cmaj7/G Cmaj7/G
Tumble down
[Ending: repeat "Tumble down," alternating between Fmaj7 and Cmaj7
in 3/4 time; end on Cmaj7.]
TAB:
[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.]
intro:
C Em/B Am7 G6 Fmaj7 Fmaj7
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|0---------------|
B 1---------0-----|--1-------------|----------1-----|------1---------|
G ------0-------0-|------0---------|------2---------|----------2---0-|
D ----2-------2---|----2-----------|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|
A 3-------2-------|0---------------|--------3-------|--------3-------|
E ----------------|--------3---0---|0=1-------------(1)--------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
verse:
C Em/B Am7 G6 Fmaj7 Fmaj7
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|0---------------|
B --1-------0-----|--1-------0-----|--1-------1-----|------1---------|
G ------0-------0-|------0---------|------2---------|----------2---0-|
D ----2-------2---|----2-----------|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|
A 3-------2-------|0---------------|--------3-------|--------3-------|
E ----------------|--------3---0---|1---------------|1---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
chorus:
Am Am Em7 Em7
E ------0---------|------0---------|----------------|0---------------|
B 1---------1-----|--1-------1-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|
G --------------2-|--------------0-|------0---------|------0-------0-|
D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Am Am G Gsus G
E ----------------|------0---------|----------------|----------------|
B --1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--0-------1-----|3--------(0)----|
G ------2-------2-|--------------0-|------0---------|--------------0-|
D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|3-------0-------|0-------0-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
first part of ending ("tumble down"):
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7
E ----------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
B ----------1-----|------1---------|------1---------|----------1-----|
G ------2---------|----------2-----|----------2-----|------2-------0-|
D ----3-------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|
A --------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|
E 1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|1---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Cmaj7/G Cmaj7/G Cmaj7/G Cmaj7/G
E ----------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
B ----------0-----|------0---------|---------(0)----|----------0-----|
G ------0---------|----------0-----|------0-------0-|------0---------|
D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A --------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|--------3-------|
E 3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Artist: Christine Lavin
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