Sofia

Performed By: LIVE
From the Album: "Songs From Black Mountain"
Lyrics & Music Written By: Edward Kowalczyk


Eb(D#) Tuning (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb) Low to High
              (D# G#C# F#A# d#) Low to High


Chord used in order of appearence:
(Low to High)


D5 (xx023x@1) | 5 5 7 7 x x 

E5 (022xxx@1) | 7 7 9 9 x x 

C5 (x355xx@1) | x 3 5 5 x x

G5 (355xxx@1) | 3 5 5 x x x

E5*  | 7 7 9 9 7 7


Intro:
(Note: Listen to the recording to get the strumming pattern)

   D5 (xx023x@1) D5 (xx023x@1) E5 (022xxx@1) E5 (022xxx@1)(*)D5   D5 (xx023x@1) E5 (022xxx@1) E5 (022xxx@1)
(*) Guitar 2 plays this fill under the D5 chord:

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Verse 1:

D5 (xx023x@1)                                   D5 (xx023x@1)  Diamonds and pearls don't move this girl

             E5 (022xxx@1)                    E5She (022xxx@1)could be icy cold to the crawl

D5 (xx023x@1)                                D5 (xx023x@1)  One of her lungs breathes in another world

          E5 (022xxx@1)                            E5While (022xxx@1)the other sticks around to blow you off

D5 (xx023x@1)  Even when the four winds blow, 

D5 (xx023x@1)                               E5 (022xxx@1)                            E5she (022xxx@1)kinda passes by like she don't feel it, no mama she don't feel it

D5 (xx023x@1)                           D5 (xx023x@1)  One of these days I'm gonna dive into her waves and

E5 (022xxx@1)                                 E5 (022xxx@1) bring back the meaning of it all


Chorus 1:

  C5 (x355xx@1)   G5 (355xxx@1)            D5 (xx023x@1)           E5Sofia, (022xxx@1)I need ya, like a junkie needs a vein

            C5 (x355xx@1)       G5And (355xxx@1)I wanna feel ya, Sofia

        D5 (xx023x@1)                E5*
Fallin' down.... on me like rain


(Note: There are little fills played after each chord 
       except the final D5 and E5*. They are difficult to 
       pick out, but are similar to these. You may play
       them wherever you see fit):

       
       |--7--7-----7-----|    |--5--5-----5-----|
       |--------8-----8--|    |--------5-----5--|
       |-----------------|    |-----------------|
       |-----------------|    |-----------------|
       |-----------------|    |-----------------|
       |-----------------|    |-----------------|


Verse 2:

D5 (xx023x@1)  They say in Ancient times, man, that women ruled the World

         E5That (022xxx@1)the Goddess was the one who laid it down

D5 (xx023x@1)  Well, I got me a woman as alive as the day

                E5Gonna (022xxx@1)breathe a whisper, knock you right down to the ground

D5 (xx023x@1)  So go ahead, man, and say what you came to say

                     E5"The (022xxx@1)black widow's a spider, the black widow's a spider"

D5 (xx023x@1)  Then go and prepare for your dying day

               E5Won't (022xxx@1)take one minute 'til you're curled up dead beside her

E5Oh (022xxx@1)yeah!


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Bridge:

(Lead Part 1)

 *                       **       ***         ****
|-----------7-----------|--7--7--|-----8--7--|-------------------|
|--0--7--0-----0--7--0--|--------|--7--------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--------|-----------|--9"--7"-----------|
|-----------------------|--------|-----------|----------11"--9"--|
|-----------------------|--------|-----------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--------|-----------|-------------------|

Play (*) once with (**), then (*) once with (***), then play (****) once


(Lead Part 2)

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|-----------7-----------|-----8--7--|-----7--10--12"p10p7h10p7h10h12"~~--|
|--0--7--0-----0--7--0--|--7--------|--7---------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------|------------------------------------|

Play (*) once with (**), then (*) once with (***)


After lead:

  C5 (x355xx@1)   G5 (355xxx@1)            D5 (xx023x@1)           E5(upstrum)   E5(downstrum)
Sofia, I need ya, like a junkie needs a vein

            C5 (x355xx@1)       G5 (355xxx@1)         D5 (xx023x@1)            D5(strum into chorus)
And I wanna feel ya, Sofia, fallin' down on me like rain


(Repeat Chorus 1 w/altered lyrics (same chords/pattern, etc.)):

Sofia, I need ya, like a freeloaded needs his train
And I wanna feel ya, Sofia, fallin' down on me like rain... oh...


Chorus 2:

  C5 (x355xx@1)      G5 (355xxx@1)                    D5 (xx023x@1)                     E5Sofia, (022xxx@1)rain down on me, and I ain't never, I'll never be the same

        C5 (x355xx@1)       G5 (355xxx@1)         D5I (xx023x@1)wanna feel ya, Sofia, fallin' down...

           (*)
on me like rain


(*)END ON:
  (Note: Hold chord and fade out)

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