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Counting Crows - August And Everything After (and extras) 18 March 1995 ------------------------------------------------------ I have compiled all of the circulating files from the net into this one overview file. If you have anything to add, mail it to me and I'll update it. Original credit is left intact, much thanks to Ken McLeod who did many of them and Paul Hutchinson for his trained ear and skillfull corrections. If I have forgotton to name anyone that credit is due to, please flame me. ;-) -Steve Vetter [vetters@vax1.elon.edu] Further Note - Steve's a bit busy at the moment, so I've finished and tidied up the file myself. If anyone has any further corrections, I'll accept them if necessary. Full credit to Steve and Ken who did most of the work on this. -Paul Hutchinson ------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS: --------- Round Here Omaha Mr. Jones Perfect Blue Buildings Anna Begins Time and Time Again Rain King Sullivan Street Ghost Train Raining In Baltimore A Murder of One *** Einstein on the Beach - From DGC Rareties v.1 Marjorie - Unreleased Demo Goodnight, Elizabeth - Unreleased Concert Staple ------------------------------------------------------ -- ROUND HERE -- Counting Crows (NB During the verses, the guitar plays the riff shown - the chords marked are implied by the keyboards and bass. However, during the chorus, the guitar plays the chords as shown. Note also the funky "Sleeping children.." bit. On the album, there is definitely a chord change implied from A to G (by the wah-wah guitar and possibly the keyboards) but the main guitar and bass play the same thing under both chords, which kind of confuses the ear. You can approximate what's happening like this A G/A E|---------------------------|----------------------------| B|-0h2-2-2-----0--2--0--2----|-0---0-0-----0-----0-----0--| G|-0h2-2-2-----0--2--0--2----|-0---0-0-----0-----0-----0--| D|-0h2-2-2-----0--2--0--2----|-0---0-0-----0-----0-----0--| A|-0---0-0-----0--0--0--0----|-0---0-0-----0-----0-----0--| E|---------------------------|----------------------------| Hope that helps) Intro & verse riff: E|-----5--------5------------| B|-------8--------8------8---| G|---7--------7--------7-----| D|---------------------------| A|---------------------------| E|---------------------------| C (riff) D Step out ... Em G/D into the ... C D And in .. Em G/D of the .. C D I walk .. Em G/D Where? .. C D Maria ... Em G/D Why? ... C D Em G/D Round .. C D Em G/D Round .. verse 2 C D Em G/D Round ... C D Em G/D Round .. C D Round ... Em G/D But .. C D Em A D A Round .. / / Oh... G/A A G/A A Sleeping ... G/A A C D Mama's ... verse 3 C D Em G/D Round .. C D Em G/D Round .. C D Round ... Em G/D Nobody .. C D Em G/D Round ... C D Em G/D I can't .. C D You catch .. Em G/D Will .. I said .. I'm innocent, .. I can't ... CHORDS: C x32010 G 320003 D xx0232 Em 022000 G/D 320033 A x0222x G/A x0000x ------------------------------------------------------ -- OMAHA -- Counting Crows These chords were figured out by Matt Fleming. Further corrections by Paul Hutchinson. This was orginally posted with no capo. I have been informed that the Crows play it with a capo on 2 and I found that it makes it a lot easier to play. I have changed the file to be played with a capo on II. Note the A chord in the verse. At times, if you sing it by yourself, it will sound like it should be an Am, but I assure you that it should definitely be an A. If you play it as Asus2, it might make things easier. Intro: Em D Em C Em Bm Start ... D A Em Run past ... Bm C Start ... Em Roll ... Bm D In the ... A Em Treading ... Bm D Well ... C G Could ... Chorus: D Em Omaha C Somewhere ... G D C Get ... G D It's ... Em A C I think ... G D/F# Em Em/D C G/B D/A And get ... Verse 2: [Chorus] [Bridge chords] x 4 Verse 3: [Chorus] x 2 [Bridge chords] x 2 G CHORDS: Em 022000 D xx0232 C x32010 Bm x24432 G 320033 D/F# 200232 Em/D xx0000 G/B x20033 D/A x00232 ---------------------------------------------- -- MR. JONES -- Counting Crows Corrections by Eric Simon and Ken McLeod. Am F Dm G Am F G G sha .. Am F Dm G I was .. Am F G Mr. Jones ..Am F Dm G She ... Am F G We all ... Am F So come ... Dm G Am F G * sha ... Am F Dm G Cut ... Am F G Pass me ... Am F Dm G Believe ... Am F G (cause) .. C F G Mr. .. C F Stare ... G "She's ... C F G Smiling ... C F G When ... Am F Dm G I will ... Am F G All of ... Am F Dm G * (you know) ... Am F G If I ... C F G Mr. ... C F Stare ... G "She's ... C F G Standing ... C F G Am When ... Am I will ... G I will .. Am F I ... Am G We all .... Am F Believe .. Am G and I ... C F G Mr. Jones ... C F Yeah we ... G "She's ... C F I want ... G Mr. ... C F G When ... C F G Mr. Jones ... C F G When ... C F G We ... C F G But ... C F G Mr. ..... CHORDS: C x32010 F x33211 G 320003 Am x02210 Dm x00231 (*) The following fill is used at a couple of points in the song, marked with an asterisk. G Am ------------|---------------- ----0-1-0---|---------------- ----------0-|-2-------------- ------------|---------------- ------------|---------------- ------------|---------------- -------------------------------------------------- -- PERFECT BLUE BUILDINGS -- Counting Crows (NB You will notice that some lines in some verses have an Am at the end of them, and others don't. A general guide is, if the words stop on the Bb chord, then stay on Bb, and don't play Am) Intro pattern (repeat 2x)** Dm E|--------------------1---------| **also play at end of first chorus B|------------------3---3----3--| G|---------------2---------2----| D|--0-(let ring)----------------| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| Dm C Bb Am Just down ... Dm C Bb I stay ... Dm C Bb Am And ... Dm C Bb Well, .. Gm Bb Help ... Down .. Where .. You .. I .. Help ... CHORUS: F C Gm Asleep ... F C Gm Beside ... F C Gm Bb Gonna ... F C Bb 1.| Dm** 2.| F Try ...| me | (myself and) me | | It's ... It .. In ... of .. Help ... (CHORUS) INSTRUMENTAL: (each chord is held for a bar) F C Gm Bb F C Gm Bb I got... There's .. Beneath ... There's ... Please ... (CHORUS) x 3 ------------------------------------------- -- ANNA BEGINS -- Counting Crows Corrections by Paul Hutchinson. (verses Ams2 x02200 - G 320003) Ams2 My friend ..." G I am ... Ams2 My ..., G make ... Wrap ... Send ... I am ... With ... "Oh," .. But .. It .. (bridge Em 022000 - Cmaj7 x32000 - D13 x54000) Em Say this ... Cmaj7 D13 Em Because ... Cmaj7 D13 And I ... Em Cmaj7 But I'm ... D13 Or .. Em Cmaj7 D13 And I ... [2nd verse] My friend ... touching her and.. (Chorus G 320033 - Csus2 x32033 - Am7s4 x02233 - D xx0232 - Em7 xx2033) G Csus2 Am7s4 D G This time ... Csus2 Em7 Dsus4 G And Anna ... Csus2 Am7s4 Dsus4 G Csus2 "These ..." Em7 Dsus4 And .. [3rd verse] ... I am not ...thing before [Bridge] But then ... Because .. [Chorus] This time .. And ... And .. and .. She's ... It's ... And ... And ... Oh ... Her .... It's .. And Anna ... It's ... Oh ... -------------------------------------------------------------------- TAB:- Verse Figure: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B----0--------0---|----0--------0---|----0--------0---|----0--------0---| G-------2-------2-|-------2-------2-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-| D-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A-0---------0-----|-0---------0-----|-----------------|-----------------| E-----------------|-----------------|-3---------3-----|-3---------3-----| This appears in the second verse - the first half of the first verse has no guitar (the bass carries the accompaniment) and for the second half of it, the guitar plays only the first 2 notes over the Ams2 chords. Repeat throughout. Bridge: + + + + + + + + E-----------------|----0-------0----| B----0------------|----0-------0----| G-----------------|-------0-------0-| D-2-----2---------|-2-------4-------| A-----------------|-3-------5-------| E-0---------------|-----------------| Repeat throughout. Chorus: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + E----3-------3----|----3------------|----3-------3----|----3------------| B-------3-------3-|-------3----3----|-------3-------3-|-------3----3----| G-----------------|---------------0-|-----------------|---------------0-| D-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|-2-------0-------| A---------3-------|-0---------------|---------3-------|-----------------| E-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------| ------------------------------------------------ -- TIME AND TIME AGAIN -- Counting Crows Corrections by Paul Hutchinson. Intro & verse pattern: F/C + + + C + + + E---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-3-|-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-3-| E-3h5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----|-3-------3-----3-----3-----3-----| NB You should play the tab rather than chords over the verse, but if you do play chords, use these - F/C x33210 C x32010 F/C C F/C C I wanted ... F/C C F/C C Staring ... F/C C I wanted ... F/C C And get ... F/C C I wanted ... F/C C Without ... CHORUS: Dm C Dm C Time and ... Dm C F Time and ... Intro pattern x 2 F/C C I wanted ... F/C C I wanna ... F/C C Maybe ... F/C C And I'll ... (CHORUS) Gm Bb F Gm Bb F So when ... Gm F Bb F C/E Dm You ... Gm C Bb F/C Well ... Intro pattern x 2 F/C C I wish ... F/C C Beneath ... F/C C I'm gonna ... F/C C And out ... (CHORUS) (SOLO) - Same chords as chorus. (CHORUS) ------------------------------------------- There is a second guitar in the song which plays fills and the solo at the end. During verse 1, from the first 'I wanted to see' onwards, it plays the following over the F/C chords + + + + E-----------------| B---1-------------| G--2--------------| D-----------------| A-----------------| E-----------------| During the choruses it connects the Dm and C chords with + C + E--1p0-----|------------ B------3---|---------1-- G----------|-0---------- D----------|------------ A----------|------------ E----------|------------ Over the bridges before the 2nd and third verse, and during the third verse and the second half of the second, it plays the following, repeating throughout. + + + + + + + + E-----------------|-----------------| B---1-------------|---1-------------| G--2--------------|--0--------------| D-----------------|-----------------| A-----------------|-----------------| E-----------------|-----------------| SOLO: + + + + + + + + E-------------------------|---------------------------| B-------------------------|---------------------------| G-12b(14)r(12)------9-10--|-9-10----------(9)--9-10p9-| D-----------------12----12|-----12-------------10-----| A-------------------------|---------------------------| E-------------------------|---------------------------| + + + + + + + + E----------------------------|----10--------------10--------10------| B----------------------------|--------10------13b(15)r13p10-13p10---| G-10----------10--10---------|--------------------------------------| D-10----------10--10h12------|-12-----------------------------------| A---12----------10-----------|--------------------------------------| E----------------------------|--------------------------------------| + + + + + + + + E--/10-10----10-12---/10-10----10-12---|----------------------------| B--/10-10-10---------/10-10-10---------|-----13-13----15---13h15----| G--------------------------------------|---/14------14---14-----14--| D--------------------------------------|----------------------------| A--------------------------------------|----------------------------| E--------------------------------------|----------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- RAIN KING -- Counting Crows Write me if you use this. Note: the timing of the words to the chord changes is approximate, because the singer uses very elastic phrasing.This is how I do it. [verse] D A When I ... Bm A D Deliver ... A Bm A D A I think ... Bm A D A And all ... Bm A In the ... Bm G Don't ... Bm G I've ... D E And I ... [chorus] A Bm D E A I belong ... A Bm D E A I belong ... A Bm D E She's ... A Bm D E And I ... [verse] E D A Bm A And I .. D A I can't ... Bm A I'm scared ... D A I'm ... Bm A But ... D A If ... Bm A Why .. Bm G Don't .. Bm G I've ... D E And I .. [chorus] A Bm D E A I belong ... A Bm D E A I belong ... A Bm D E She's ... A Bm D E And .. [bridge] Bm D A Hey, I ... Bm D A Bm Henderson .. D A Oh, it .. Bm D A After ... repeat D A Bm A 2x here [verse] D A When ... Bm A D Deliver .. A Bm I .. A D A Lay me ... Bm A D A Render .. Bm A In ... Bm G Don't .. Bm G I've .. D E And I ... [chorus] A Bm D E A I belong . A Bm D E A I belong .. A Bm D E She's .. A Bm D E And I .. --------------------------------------------- -- SULLIVAN STREET -- Counting Crows Corrections by Paul Hutchinson and Preserved Moose Intro: D Gmaj7 x 4 D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 Take the .. D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 Cross the .. D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 Past the .. D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 Pretty .. Chorus: G A Em I'm .. G D She's .. Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 Take ... Take .. Where .. If she .. Either .. [Chorus] Take the .. I'm just .. Chorus: G A Em I'm almost .. A Em She's .. G D Gmaj7 It's .. D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D I'm .. Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 D Gmaj7 I'm .. D Down .. [Ken sent me an article that was posted a while back: - sv] Just to expand a little further, while playing the 'D' chord during the verses, it sounds like he may be occasionally pulling off the 1st string (2nd fret), then hammering on again for the next strum. Here's an attempt to tab the the way I'm currently playing it, with bass notes added for the piano chord part (sounds ok to my ears, although I haven't worked it out to see if it's correct.) Your mileage may vary. Feel free to jump in and correct me, show me a different way, etc. V = pluck bass notes together / = strum top three strings, alternating up & down strums D D4 V / / / / / / / V V / / / / / / / V V E|----|-2-0h2--2-2-2-2------|-2-0h2--2-2-2-2------| B|----|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------|-3-3-3--3-3-3-3------| G|--2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-2-| D|--0-|-----------------0---|-------------------0-| A|----|-------------------2-|-----------------2---| E|----|---------------------|---------------------| Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street ... In the change from D to D4, your index finger moves from the G string down to the A string, then back. Of course, this whole sequence isn't strictly repeated over and over... sometimes there are the little piano runs in between, and so on. ------------------------------------------------------- -- GHOST TRAIN -- Counting Crows NB The verses of this are a bit harmonically strange in that, like Round Here and Time and Time Again, the guitar is not playing chords during the verses, and so the bass carries the song rather a lot. However, I get the impression that the verses are based on Dm the whole way through, with the bass guitar playing Ds and Fs (and a G just before the first verse). This should make the song horribly boring for you if you're trying to play it by yourself without a bass guitarist, but them's the breaks. On the album, the guitar and some other strange instrument are messing about with the following notes during the verses - listen to the tape to get a better idea: ====== |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||x|x ||x|x| |||x|| Intro: |Dm |Dm Dm/F |Dm |Dm Dm/G | Dm I took .. Across .. I rode ..C/G Fifty .. Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9 "How ..?" C/G Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9 She ..?" Dm She .. She climbs .. Love .. C/G Hold ... Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9 "How .. C/G Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9 She .... |Fmaj9 |C/G |Am |Am | Yeah. |Fmaj9 |C/G |Am |Am | |Fmaj9 |C/G |Am |Am | |Fmaj9 |C/G |Am |Am |D G .... Dm I took .. Watched .. Love ..C/G "Remember ..." Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9 "How ..?" C/G Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9 C/G She ..?" Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9 "How ..?" C/G Fmaj9 Em7 Fmaj9 She .?" Chords used: Dm xx0231 C/G 332010 Fmaj9 133010 Em7 022030 Am x02210 ---------------------------------------------------- -- RAINING IN BALTIMORE -- Counting Crows Corrections by Paul Hutchinson Dm Bb C F This .. Dm Bb C The big .. Dm Bb C F It's .. Dm Bb C Where .. Bb F I need .. Bb F I need .. Bb F I need .. Bb F I need ... Verse 2 Chorus C Bb And I.. C Bb And .. C Bb F It's .. Bb F C But Verse I need a .. I can .. And I .. Because .. I'd like .. I think .. I need .. I need .. I really .. I really.. I really I really ---------------------------------------------- -- MURDER OF ONE -- Counting Crows Corrected by Paul Hutchinson lyrics from cs.uwp.edu This is played in D with a capo at the 4th fret. The As can be exchanged for Asus2s whenever you feel like it. D xx0232 Dsus2 xx0230 G 3x0033 Gmaj7 3x0032 A x02220 Asus2 x02200 Intro: |D |Dsus2 |G | Gmaj7| x2 Verse 1 A Blue morning ... G Wrapped ... A Curiosity..., G Doesn't .. A You can ... G He ... A We can ... G We can ... Chorus: D Dsus2 G Gmaj7 All your ... D Dsus2 G Gmaj7 All your ... verse 2: Chorus I dreamt ... Casting ... A G/B One for .. A/C# G/D Five for .. There's .. Sleeping .. When .. I wish .. All your .. All your .. Open up .. You can .. You .. You .. D I walk ... G I am .. D G Change, .. NB This figure appears and is played constantly from 'I walk these hillsides' onwards. ------------------------- ---2-3-----2-3-----2-3--- -2-------2-------2------- etc ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ -- EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH -- Counting Crows from the DGC Rarities Disk, Volume I (Intro) E A E B (1st Verse) [Bouncy E A E B] Albert's .. His ... Better ... Better ... A E A E B And Albert's ... A All his ... (Chorus) C#m B A E And the ... C#m B A E The worst ... C#m B A E And all ... F#m A For an ... A Will ... E A E B (2nd Verse) (Bridge) A E A E B One more ... A One more .. (Chorus) G#m A G#m Albert's .. A On a field .. G#m A B For the .. (Solo) (Bridge) (Chorus) G#m A G#m Albert's ... A Cracked ... (Chorus x 2) (Ad lib outtro) E A E B etc No never ... No no .. What you .. ------------------- -- MARJORIE -- Counting Crows Unreleased Demo F#m 244222 B? x22442 Intro riff: -0--0----0--0-------- -0----0--0----0------ -1-------1----------- -2-------2----------- -2-------2----------- -0-------0----------- E In the ... D Shaking ... A We rolled .. E She shakes .. E Water .. D Bleeding ... A Rivers .. E Between .. D E But .. D A E Twists .. Breathless .. Baited .. Tuck .. And .. For .. Frustration .. The .. Will ... But oh, .. Sticks .. [solo] F#m B? [repeat] Dust .. And .. Close .. Stuck .. I .. Haunting .. Even so, .. This ... I took .. To the .. Where a .. I looked .. She .. It's .. Render .. But .. Takes .. Oh, .. Love .. Oh, .. My heart .. [solo over F#m and B?] Oh, I .. It's .. Oh, I . It's got .. ------------------------------------------------- -- GOODNIGHT, ELIZABETH -- Counting Crows Unreleased Concert Staple with help from an anonymous post. A: x02220 -A: 577855 E: 022100 -E: x79997 G: 320003 -G: 355433 D: xx0323- D: x57775 The - chords are barre chords. Intro.: -A -E -G -D A E Wasted ... G D Waiting .. A E I woke .. G D Had .. I wish .. Hope .. I hope .. I just .. Chorus: Good, .. Goodnight .. Good, .. Goodnight, .. We .. So .. Some .. Roam .. Well .. Can .. I say ... And I ... I said [chorus] Well .. I miss .. I wait .. And I .. If you .. I will .. And .. Baby, .. And I said: [chorus] ------------------------------------------------------------- /-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\ I Steve Vetter I "I'm not the same I \ vetters@vax1.elon.edu I As I was long ago, / I vetters@sun0.elon.edu I I've learned some new things I / Elon College I And I hope that it shows..." \ I Alpha Kappa Psi I -Neil Young (Homefires) I \-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/