Tuesdays Dead Chords by Cat Stevens #----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: sennet@haas.berkeley.edu (Sennet Williams) Date: 8 Jun 1995 08:55:32 GMT Subject: CRD Re: REQ: Tuesday's dead. Cat Stevens. This may require a little editing as the file is 80 columns wide and the terminal only supports 75: Tuesday's Dead -Cat Stevens SIMPed by Sennet fret: (?) 10 8 3 10 8 3 10 8 3 5 5 5 5 5 intro: | D C | G D C | G D C | G A | D A | D A | \ = dn | \\\ | \ \\\ | \ \\\ | \ \\\ \ | \ \\\ \ | \ \\\ \ | \ = up fret: 5 10 8 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 . | D D C | G A | D A | D A | D A | . | \ \\\ | \ \\\ \ | \ \\\ \ | \ \\\ \ | \ \ | D A D A G A D A If I make a mark in time, I can't say the mark is mine. D A D G G\F# A\E A I'm only the underline of the word. Yes, D A D A G A D A I'm like him, just like you, I can't tell you what to do. A D A D A G F#\G E\A A Like everybody else I'm searching thru what I've heard. _ CHORUS: | D G D G A D | Whoa, Where do we go? When you don't want no one to know? | G D G F#\G E\A A D A D A D A D A | Who__ told tomorrow? Tuesday's dead! | D A D A G A D Oh preacher won't you paint my dream, won't you show me where you've been D A D A G G\F# A\E A Show me what I haven't seen to ease my mind. Cause D A D A G A D A I will learn to understand, if I have a helping hand. . D A D A G F#\G E\A A I wouldn't make another demand all my life. _ (CHORUS) _ D A D A G A D A What's my sex, what's my name, all in all it's all the same. D A D G G\F# A\E A Everybody plays a different game, that is all. Now, D A D A G A D A man may live, man may die searching for the question why. But D A D A G F#\G E\A A if he tries to rule the sky he must fall. _ (CHORUS) . D A D A G A D A Now every second on the nose, the humdrum of the city grows. D A D A G G\F# A\E A reaching out beyond the throws of our time. D A D A G A D A We must try to shake it down. Do our best to break the ground. D A D A G G\F# A\E A Try to turn the world around one more time. Yeah, D A D A G A D A We must try to shake it down. Do our best to break the ground. D A D A G F#\G E\A A Try to turn the world around one more time, (CHORUS) end: D A D "A (D) (or) "G A D A G F# E_ A,_ D_!" . \ \\\ \ \ \\\ \ \ Chord chart: SIMPed by Sennet string: E A D G B E string: E A D G B E string: E A D G B E D x x 0 2 3 2 G 3 2 0 0 0 3 C - 3 2 0 1 0 Sennet usually uses open chords for the chorus A 0 0 2 2 2 0 . and bar chords for verses A 5 7 7 6 5 5 D - 5 - 7 7 5 E 0 3 3 2 0 0 F 1 3 3 2 1 1 F# 2 4 4 3 2 2 G 3 5 5 4 3 3 G 3 5 5 4 3 3 Backslash: I play either chord (usually the first one) Cat always plays G and A (never F# or E) _____ Cat Stevens requests: (crd/SIMP preferred) . Wigwam, I Never Wanted (to be a star), Daytime, . Here comes my baby (esp intro riff tab), I.m gonna get me a gun, . Ready, I Love My Dog, Matthew and Son . (or if anyone knows how I can get a book with these songs -tell me!) _ Also, I would die for a poster of the "Teaser & the Firecat" Any Ideas? new request: I Kissed a Girl sennet@haas.berkeley.edu Date: Sun, 6 Aug 1995 23:27:40 -0600 (MDT) From: Aaron Smethurst Here's Cat Stevens' "tuesday's dead" Intro (rythym only): D-DDD-A-D-DDD-A These chords are strummed in an up/down type pattern pretty fast, Getting the rythym right is a cinch if you've ever heard the song For the verses, a G chord is thrown in on every other line, so it looks like: D---DDD---A---DD--D-A-D --GGG------------------AA-DD Verse lyrics: If I make a mark in time/ I can't say that mark is mine I'm only the underline/ of the word / 'cause I'm like him, and just like you I can't tell them what to do/ Like everybody else I'm searching through What I've heard; CHORUS: [D]woah, [G]where do you go,[D] [G] when you don't want [A] no-one to know[D] [D] who [G] told tomorrow[D] [G] tuesday's dead[A] [D] {play intro part} Other verses: preacher won't you paint myy dream/won't you tell me where you've been Show me what I haven't seen/ to ease my mind 'cause I will learn to understand/ if I have a helping hand I wouldn't make another command/ all my life (CHORUS) What's my sex what's my name/ All in all it's all the same Everybody plays a different game/ that is all for man may liive, and man may die/ searching for the question why but if he tries to rule the sky/ he must fall (CHORUS) Every second on the nose/thhe humdrum of the city grows Reaching out beyond the throes/ of our time we mind try to shake it down/do out best to break the ground try to turn the world around/ one more time (CHORUS) Sorry about the vague nature of these last two (my first two) posts, I'll fix them If I ever slow down. send list of my failures to: FerretG@AOL.com
