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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 16:29:50 +1300
From: ROGER CURL
Subject: CRD:G/Grant_Lee_Buffalo/Arousing_Thunder.crd
Song : Arousing Thunder
Artist : Grant Lee Buffalo
Album : Copperopolis
Transcribed by : Geoffrey Nickles
For this song you will need to detune your guitar down
1/2 a step: eb bb gb db ab eb
The intro of the song is D and Dsus4 with the
following riff played over the top it four times:
D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
e-----2-3--2---- X 4
b---3---------3-
g-2-------------
d---------------
a---------------
e---------------
Then the first verse starts
(with intro riffx2 played over the top)
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 DMaybe (xx0232@1)the rain's holding off,
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus4 D(I'll (xx0232@1)just refer
Surely it knows, we're down here to this as
Driff (xx0232@1)now)
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) Driff (xx0232@1)Walking 'round barefoot lost
Em (022000@1) aPretty (x02210@1)soon these clouds have got to clear
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) aI (x02210@1)know it's a lot
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) aArousing (x02210@1)thunder I only ask it to stop
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) aFor (x02210@1)a second so I could coax you to talk
(There could be a very quick G in here, I'm not sure)
Em ^ D riff
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) Driff (xx0232@1)Think when we first layed eyes
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) Driff (xx0232@1)Didn't know who you were and then I was one more passerby
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) Driff (xx0232@1)You were the girl in the entryway, thats all that I knew but
Em (022000@1) aYou (x02210@1)were still in school and I was insecure
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) a (x02210@1)I know it's a lot
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) a (x02210@1)
Arousing thunder I only ask it to stop
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) aFor (x02210@1)a second so I could coax you to talk
a (x02210@1) F#m (244222@1) a (x02210@1) F#m (244222@1)name="chord_x02210@1">a F#m (244222@1)name="chord_x02210@1">a F#m (244222@1)name="chord_x02210@1">a F#m (244222@1)a (x02210@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m Driff (xx0232@1) Driff (xx0232@1)
About your dreams and orange soda tea leaves, tv, more....more
(If you don't like all the changes above you can just strum the F#m
the whole way though til 'more' but it doesn't sound as good)
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) Driff (xx0232@1)Looks like the rains holding off
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) Driff (xx0232@1)Might as well take this slow
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) Driff (xx0232@1)You know sometimes when I hold you in silence I listen real close
Em (022000@1) a (x02210@1)
Then I hear you talking to my soul
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) aWell (x02210@1)I know it ain't half
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) a (x02210@1)of this story I'm only meaning to ask
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) a (x02210@1) Driff (xx0232@1) Driff (xx0232@1)Driff (xx0232@1)etc
Just what would it take to coax you to laugh? To laugh, To laugh To laugh
Em G D riff
Em G D riff
Em G D riff
Just play G over the following lines
What would it
What would it DWhat (xx0232@1)would it take you to laugh?
Repeat the above twice, then
I'm not too sure on the ending but I'll give it a go
G (320003@1) EmBa (022000@1)ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
G (320003@1) EmBa (022000@1)ba ba ba ba ba ba
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) DNa (xx0232@1)na na na na na na
Then play D (plus the riff a few times) till
the end.
A couple of the chords:
D sus4 F#m
e-3- e-2-
b-3- b-2-
G-2- G-2-
D-0- D-4-
a-0- a-4-
e-x- e-2-
If you have any comments or corrections or just let me know someone's
using this tab e mail me at CURLEY@xtra.co.nz :-)
