Melissa Etheridge : "Whispers my heart" Guitar chords
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From: Boulton, Nic [Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 4:00 PM
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Subject: CRD:/e/etheridge_melissa/whispers_my_heart.crd
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>From the "Melissa Madness" demo tape.
If you already know the song, it's.....
[intro]:
| Cm Bb | Cm Bb |
[verse]:
| Cm Bb | Cm Bb | Ab Bb | Cm |
| Cm Bb | Cm Bb | Ab Bb | Cm |
| Bb | Cm | Bb | Cm |
| Fm | Ab Bb |
[chorus]:
|%C G | Am* | C Gx | Am |
| C G | Am* | Dm | G |
| C G | Am* | C Gx | Am |
| C G | Am* |%Cm Bb | Cm |
[verse2]
[chorus]
[bridge]:
| Eb | Ab | Gm | Ab Bb |
| Eb | Ab | Gm | Ab Bb | C |....
saxaphone solo
........| Gm(X) | Ab | Bb |
[chorus]
[outro]:
| Cm Bb | Cm |
If you *don't* know it- its a moody/defiant sounding vocal over a solo
piano. Its 4/4 timing at 80bpm. The verses/bridge are in C minor and the
chorus in C major, which sounds great :>)
The piano part's got loads of twiddly arpeggiated scales and stuff in it,
which sounds a bit too much like like hard work to tab out. It translates
pretty well into to a strummed guitar arrangement though. Here's the
chords, the melody for the vocal and some suggestions for strumming
patterns........
Chords/lyrics.........
[intro]:
| Cm Bb | Cm Bb |
[verse]:
Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) Bb Ab Bb Cm(III)
I can hear somebody ...
Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) Bb Ab Bb Cm(III)
So you came back to say goodbye ...
Bb Cm(III) Bb Cm(III)
If you lost your love for me ...
Fm Ab Bb
So turn around and go but ...
[chorus]:
%C(VIII) G(III) Am* C(0) G(0)$ Am
For you will see no tears ...
C(0) G(0) Am* Dm G(0)
I've got everything under control ...
C(0) G(0) Am* C(0) G(0)$ Am
I refuse to let you believe ...
C(0) G(0) Am* %Cm(III) Bb Cm(VIII)
But as you turn and walk away "so ...
[verse2]:
Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) Bb Ab Bb Cm(III)
I have lived long enough to ...
Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) Bb Ab Bb Cm(III)
It's nothing new to find myself aching ...
Bb Cm(III) Bb Cm(III)
I don't care if it's somebody else I ...
Fm Ab Bb %
Your love seems to be fine so ...
[chorus]
[bridge]:
db/Eb Ab
It seems so easy ..
Gm Ab Bb
our long secret ...
Eb Ab
but you would believe ...
Gm Ab Bb %C(VIII)..
it's something I must do I'll ...
[short saxaphone solo over] .....|Gm(X) | Ab |Bb |
[chorus]
[outro]:
|Cm(III) Bb | Cm(VIII) |
chords and melody for the vocal.........
[verse]:
chord Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) Bb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------4-3---1-----3------------4---3-1--3--------------------------
G--------------------------------------------3-----------------------
I-I can hear ...
chord Ab Bb Cm(III)
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------4----4---3--------------1-------------------------------
G-------------------------3--------3----------------------------------
down this ...
chord Cm(III) Bb Cm(III) Bb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------4--4---3----------------1-4--3----1--3-----------------------
G-------------------3------------------------------------------------
so you came back ...
chord Ab Bb Cm(III)
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------4--4---4---4-----3-------------------1----------------------
G-----------------------------3--------0---0-------------------------
thinking it would make ...
chord Bb Cm(III)
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-----------1---1-----3--1-------1----3--1---------------------------
B--------------------------------------------3--4--------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
if you've lo-ost ...
chord Bb Cm(III)
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-------------------1---1---1--3--1----------------------------------
B--------------------------------------1---1-------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
thats all I ...
chord Fm Ab Bb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e------1----1-1-----------------------------1--1---1----3------------
B---1--------------3---4----------3---4------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
so turn around and go but ...
[chorus]:
chord C(VIII) G(III) Am*
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-------3----3-----3-----3------5------3----5--3---------------------
B---3---%-------------------------------------------5----------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
for you will see no ...
chord C(0) G(0)$ Am
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-----------3--3--3--5----3---5--------------------------------------
B---------------------------------5----------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
as I go back ...
chord C(0) G(0) Am*
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-------3-----3---3--3---3------5-3---5------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------5--------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
I've got ev-ry-...
chord Dm G(0)
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-------1--1---1-----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------1---3--3--------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
ev-ry-thing ...
chord C(0) G(0) Am*
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-------3----3--3------------3--5---3--5-----------------------------
B-------------------------------------------5------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
I re-fuse to let ...
chord C(0) G(0)$ Am
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-------------3--3---3--3--5----3-5----------------------------------
B------------------------------------5-------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
this is ...
chord C(0) G(0) Am*
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e------3----3----3----------3--5--3----5-----------------------------
B---5--------------------------------------5--3----------------------
G-----------------------------------------------5--------------------
but as you turn and ...
chord Cm(III) Bb Cm(VIII)
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-------%------------------------------------------------------------
B-------4------------3-----------1-----1-----------------------------
G---5-------------------3------3-------------------------------------
so long whispers ...
[verse2] [same melody as verse 1]
[chorus]
[bridge]:
chord db/Eb Ab
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e-----------------------1-3----------3---1---1-----1------------------
B--------------------4--------------------------4---------------------
G----------3---3------------------------------------------------------
it seems so easy ...
chord Gm Ab Bb
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------3--3-----3-------------------1------1--4----3---------------
G--------------------3---3-------------------------------------------
ourlong secret nights ...
chord Eb Ab
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e------------------------1--3--------1--3--1--1------1---------------
B------------------4----------------------------4--------------------
G----------3---3-----------------------------------------------------
but you would believe ...
chord Gm Ab Bb C(VIII)
beats 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 234
e-1---3----1---1---------------1-----3-3---3---3---3--1-----1------3-
B-----------------4----1-------------------------------------------%-
G--------------------------------------------------------------------
its something I must do I'll never ...
chord Gm(X) Ab Bb
beats ........1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[................saxaphone...................]
[chorus]
[outro]:
chord Cm(III) Bb | Cm(VIII)
beats 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4
Arrangement..........
the feel is kinda quiet and moody in the early part of the verse,
building up to confident & defiant later on in the verse and in the
chorus (think of Cher getting angsty and expressive.......no?, ok,
whatever). (My) arrangement is for strummed guitar. Here's a suggestion
for how much and when......
the early part of the verses, you can *almost* get by with just a single
strum on each chord change, but here's just a bit more.....
Cm Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm
e-|3---------------|3-------------66|----------------|3----------------|
B-|4---------------|4-------------66|----------------|4----------------|
G-|4-------7-------|5-------7-----77|5-5-5---7-7-7---|5----------------|
D-|4-------8-------|5-------8-------|6-6-6---8-8-8---|5----------------|
A-|--------8-------|--------8-------|6-6-6---8-8-8---|3----------------|
E-|--------6-------|--------6-------|4-4-4---6-6-6---|-----------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
I hear somebody ...
[strum gently and let everything ring, except in the third bar which
kinda chugs]
[...then build it up {louder and faster strumming} til you get to the
chorus {which still isn't *real* loud, maybe two-thirds of the loudest
you could ever strum}. Here's the third line of the chorus....
C G Am* C G$ Am
e-|---------------3|-------------000|0---0-0---------|-----------------|
B-|1---1----------0|1---1-1------111|1---1-0-0-0-0---|1-------------111|
G-|0---0----------0|2---0-2------000|0---0-0-2-0-2---|2-------------222|
D-|2---2---0---0---|2---2-2-2-------|2---2---0-0-0---|2-------------222|
A-|3---3---2---2---|--------0-------|3---3---2-2-2---|0----------------|
E-|--------3---3---|----------------|--------3-3-3---|-----------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
you will see tears ft ...
note the "Am-Am7-Am-Am5" thing in the chorus [marked by a "*" in this
tab]- the guitar follows the melody of the vocal, like this......
Am Am7 Am Am5
e-|---------------------------------|
B-|-----1----1----1-----------------|
G-|-----2----0----2-----------------| [guitar]
D-|-----2----2----2-------2---------|
A-|-----------------------0---------|
E-|---------------------------------|
e-|-----5----3----5---3-------------| [vocal]
B-|-----------------------5---------|
tears from ...
un - der ...
let you ....
similarly for (G+6)-G-(G+6)-Am, [marked "$"]......
C G+6 G G+6 Am
e-|---------------(3)---------------|
B-|---1--1---1-----0----0--0---1----|
G-|---0--0---0-----2----0--2---2----|
D-|---2--2---2-----0----0--0---2----| [guitar]
A-|---3--3---3----(2)----------0----|
E-|---------------(3)---------------|
e-|---3--3---3--3--5----3--5--------| [vocal]
B-|----------------------------5----|
as I go back ...
this is gonna ....
"db/Eb" (at the beginning of the bridge) means pick the A string at the
4th fret, then slide that up and strum the Eb at the 6th fret
"%" is a keychange (C major to C minor or vice versa)
EADGBe
x35543 - Cm(III)
688766 - Bb
466544 - Ab
355333 - Gm
xx0231 - Dm
x6888x - Eb
355433 - G(III)
x02210 - Am
320003 - G(0)
x32010 - C(0)
E A D G B e
8 10 10 9 8 8 - C(VIII)
8 10 10 8 8 8 - Cm(VIII)
x 8 10 10 9 8 - Fm
x 10 12 12 11 10 - Gm(X)
enjoy
Nic
Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com
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