Leave Tab by Nixons #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 17:09:19 -0400 From: Brandon Wolfe Subject: Tab: Leave by The Nixons Band: The Nixons Title: Leave Album: The Nixons *Tuning: Down 1/2 Step* Transcribed by Brandon Wolfe wolfeb@rpi.edu NOTE: This was written based on acoustic versions of the song that were performed long before the new album was out. The tab may vary slightly from the electric version on the album, but they are very close. Enjoy! [Note: Please do not modify this tab without consulting the author] Intro/Verse: E G A5 Dsus2 E]--0-0-0------0-0------0-0-0----0-0----------------------------------| B]--0-0-0------3-3------0-0-0----3-3----------------------------------| G]--1-1-1------0-0------2-2-2----2-2----------------------------------| D]--2-2-2------0-0------2-2-2----0-0----------------------------------| A]--2-2-2------2-2------0-0-0----0-0----------------------------------| E]--0-0-0------3-3------0-0-0----0-0----------------------------------| E G A5 [Let Ring] E]--0-0-0------0-0------0--------------------------------------------| B]--0-0-0------3-3------0--------------------------------------------| G]--1-1-1------0-0------2--------------------------------------------| D]--2-2-2------0-0------2--------------------------------------------| A]--2-2-2------2-2------0--------------------------------------------| E]--0-0-0------3-3------0--------------------------------------------| [Note: Only let the last A5 ring in the first Verse of the entire song. Strum A5 several more times in the later verses. ] Chorus: C G A5 E]--0-0-----0-0------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------| B]--1-1-----3-3------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------| G]--0-0-----0-0------2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------| D]--2-2-----0-0------2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------| A]--3-3-----2-2------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------| E]--x-x-----3-3------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------| C G A5 E]--0-0-----0-0------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------| B]--1-1-----3-3------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------| G]--0-0-----0-0------2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------| D]--2-2-----0-0------2-2-2-2-----------------------------------------| A]--3-3-----2-2------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------| E]--x-x-----3-3------0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------| C G C G C G E]--0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-0------------------------| B]--1-1---3-3-------1-1---3-3-------1-1---3-3------------------------| G]--0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-0-------0-0---0-0------------------------| D]--2-2---0-0-------2-2---0-0-------2-2---0-0------------------------| A]--3-3---2-2-------3-3---2-2-------3-3---2-2------------------------| E]--x-x---3-3-------x-x---3-3-------x-x---3-3------------------------| Song Composition: Intro (x1) Verse (x3) I'm a man, I'm a man who believes in A man who believes in... love I'm a king, I'm a queen, I'm a force that The only with our lie You're the face that I see when I'm far away You're the place I will return Chorus (x1) I won't leave you there I won't leave you there I'll keep you deep inside I'll keep you in my mind I won't leave you there Intro (x1) Verse (x3) In the time and the space that's allotted us I only give you everything This life, inside, you begin, we begin to see Chorus (x1) I won't leave you there I won't leave you there I'll keep you in this song When everything is gone I won't leave you Break: (improvise + mute strings etc.) E E]-----0------0--0------------------| B]-----0------0--0------------------| G]-----1------1--1------------------| D]-----2---2--2--2------------------| A]--2-----2---2---------------------| E]--0---------0---------------------| Solo (guitar 2) + Verse x3 (guitar 1) [Any ideas on the solo?] Chorus (x1) I won't leave you there I won't leave you there I'll keep you in this song When everything's left; everything is gone I won't leave you Verse [Vocals only; no instruments] I'm a man, I'm a man who believes in A man who believes in love [Instruments in] (play verse progression) [Instruments out] I'm now, I'm then, I'm the future E]--------------------| B]--------------------| G]--------------------| D]--x-x---------------| A]--x-x---------------| E]--x-x---------------| I'm the shadow... in your sun [Instruments in] Verse (x8) MAIN VOCALS BACKUP VOCALS I won't leave you ( I'm a man, I'm a man who believes in ) I'll never leave ( I'm a man who, I'm a man who ) I only believe, only believe ( I'm a man, I'm a man who believes in ) It's hard to believe ( I'm a man who, I'm a man who ) To believe in anything, everything ( I'm a man, I'm a man who believes in ) I won't leave you, I won't leave you ( I'm a man who, I'm a man who ) I'm a king, I'm a queen, I'm only every ( I'm a man, I'm a man who believes in ) Everything Everything Everything Every I'm Every (x9), every little thing Outro: (x1) C G A5 E]--0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0------0-0-------------------| B]--1-1-1-1-1-1----3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0-----0--0-------------------| G]--0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2----2---1-------------------| D]--2-2-2-2-2-2----0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2---2----2-------------------| A]--3-3-3-3-3-3----2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0--0-----2-------------------| E]--x-x-x-x-x-x----3-3-3-3-3-3--0-0--------0-------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------------| NOTES: Well, that's it. It may be different from the album version (once that is released). Please send any corrections/additions/solos to me. If you have ANY other Nixons tab, please email it to me. wolfeb@rpi.edu www.rpi.edu/~wolfeb/ [Please do not modify tablature without permission from the author Brandon Wolfe (c) 1997] ====================================== Brandon Wolfe wolfeb@rpi.edu Home Page: http://www.rpi.edu/~wolfeb/ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Computer Science "I should have no feeling, because feeling is pain. Everything I need is denied to me, and everything I want is taken away from me. But who have I got to blame? Nobody but me. It's time I got back...." ======================================