• Song:

    Suite Judy Blue Eyes

  • Artist:

    Crosby Stills And Nash

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From rkamath@hammerhead.cs.indiana.edu (rajesh kamath)
Subject: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes....
Date: 18 Dec 92 17:26:21 GMT


                SUITE: JUDY BLUE EYES
                                - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
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     D               Gsus4               D       A
It's get-ting to the point, where I'm no fun any-more
     G     (G->C back to G)
I am sor-ry.
     D       Gsus4              D           A
Sometimes it hurts so bad-ly I must cry out loud,
     G     (G->C back to G)
I am lone-ly.
             D              A             G             G7sus4
        I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are,
                    D          G
        You make it ha-A-A-ard.

Remember what we've said, and done, and felt about each other;
Oh babe, have mercy.
Don't let the past re-mind us of what we are not now;
I am not drea-ming
        I am yours.....hard.
              G                      D            A
Tear-ing your-self ____ away from me now, you are free-ee
         G
and I am cry-ing.
              G                           D          A
This does not me-ean, I don't love you; I do. That's for-ev-er;
             G
yes, and for al-ways..
        I am yours.....hard.

(....same tune as verses 1 and 2....)
Some-thing in-side is telling me that I--'ve got your secret;
Are you still lis-t'ning?
Fear is the lock and laugh-ter the key to your heart;
and I love you -
        I am yours you.....hard, and you make it ha-a-rd.

                (Bass -> A B D B->A D...repeat on A and D strings)
D                                 G             G7sus4
Fri-day evening____Sun-day in the af-ter-noon;
                      D
what have you got to lose?
D                                       G               G7sus4
Tuesday morning____please, be gone, I'm tired of you...
                     D
what have you got to lose?
              C                      G                 {A really strange chord}
        Can I tell it like it is?____Listen to me ba-by.
        C                                           G
        It's my hea--rt that's a-suf-f'rin'; it's a dy-in'
                                     D
        and that's what  I__ have to lose.

(....same as Friday evening....)
I___'ve got an an-swer; I'm going to fly a-way;
what have I got to lose?
Will you come see__ me, Thurs-days and Sat-ur-days (ays, ays),
what have you got to lose?

                (Bass: A->B A A->B A A->B A A->B A -- on A string)
C/D               D      C/D            D
Chest-brown ca-na-ry,___ru-by throa-ted spar-row,
C/D                                              D
sing a song,___ don't be long,__thrill me to the mar-row.

Voi-ces of the an-gels,___ ring a-round the moon-light;
Ask-ng me, said she's so free, how can you catch the spar-row.

La-cy lil-ting ly-ric,___los-ing love la-ment-ing;
Change my life,___make it right,____be my la-dy.
G           Am  Em   C      D
Du du du du du, du du du du du du,
G           Am  Em   C   D
Du du du du du, du du___ du du;

(Repeat...interspersed with some junk that goes like "Dabadee,da durebedooba")

However, the current tab doesn't include the Spanish words at the end
of the song.  Everyone thinks it's just a bunch of "dabadee" nonsense
but it is not.  As far as I can understand them, these are the words:

  Que linda me triaga Cuba
  La reina de la mar Caribe
  Cielo sol no tiene sangre alli
  y que triste (o lastima) que no puedo va ya.

Which sounds like this:

  Kay Linda mey try-aga Kooba
  La rey-een-a day la mar Car-ee-bey
--|  See-ay-lo sole no tee-en-ay san-grey ay-yee
--|  ee kay tree-stay (last-ee-ma) kay no poo-ey-do   vahy-ya

Which means:

How I love to go to Cuba,
the crown of the Caribean.
The sky has no blood,
And how sad it is that I cannot go there.
If you have any corrections, email: Ken_loves_his_mother@yahoo.com

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Gsus4                           G7sus4
E A D G B E                     E A D G B E
3 x 0 0 1 3                     3 x 0 0 1 1

C may sound better than Gsus4...

Have fun!

Rajesh

From: Harlan L Thompson 

SUITE: JUDY BLUE EYES- Crosby, Stills and Nash

TUNING: E E E E B E  (D D D D A D also works)

INTRO: (strum the whole thing, check record for the timing)
   E                     E(no5)   E(no3)    E(no5)E(no3)
E -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-5--4--0-4--0-0-0-0-0---4-0-0-0-0-0------|
B -9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-8-7--5--0-5--0-2p0-2p0---5-0-2p0-2p0------|
E -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| (repeat)
E -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E -------------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------|

PART 1:
     E(no5)           Asus2            E(no3)   B(no3)*     Asus2 A7Sus4
It's getting to the point, where I'm no fun anymore, I am sorry
     E(no3)   Asus2           E(no3)       B(no3)*      Asus2 A7Sus4
Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud, I am lonely
     E(no3)         B(no3)        Asus2       A7Sus4          E(no3) Asus2
I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are,   you make it hard

   E(no5)            Asus2              E(no3)           B(no3)*
Asus2 A7Sus4
Remember what we've said, and done, and felt about each other, oh babe,
have mercy
 E(no3)        Asus2              E(no3)         B(no3)*         Asus2 A7Sus4
Don't let the past remind us of what we are not now, I am not dreaming
       E(no3)        B(no3)         Asus2    A7Sus4           REPEAT INTRO
I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are,    you make it hard

 E(no5)     Asus2              E(no3)       B(no3)        Asus2
Tearing yourself away from me now, you are free and I am crying
 E(no3)        Asus2                   E(no3)     B(no3)
Asus2 A7Sus4
This does not mean I don't love you, I do, that's forever, yes and for always
        E(no3)       B(no3)         Asus2     A7Sus4         E(no3) Asus2
I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are,   you make it hard

   E(no5)   Asus2                    E(no3)         B(no3)*
Asus2 A7Sus4
Something inside is telling me that I've got your secret, are you still
listening?
  E(no3)     Asus2                 E(no3)      B(no3)*      Asus2 A7Sus4
Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart, and I love you
       E(no3)        B(no3)         Asus2   A7Sus4             E(no3)  Asus2
I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are,   you make it hard
                E(no3) Asus2           E(no3) Asus2               E(no3)
And you make it hard,   and you make it hard,    and you make it hard

PART 2:
 E*=                           RIFF=
   
E -----<12>---5-5--4-5------   --5-3-------------|
B -----<12>---5-5--5-5------   ------5-3---------|
E -----<12>---0-0--0-0------   ----------5-4-0---|
E --------------------------   ------------------|
E --------------------------   ------------------|
E -0-0------0---------------   ------------------|

E*  E*

E*           E*                    Asus2 A7Sus4  RIFF                  E* E*
Friday evening, Sunday in the afternoon,        what have you got to lose?
E*            E*                        Asus2   A7Sus4
RIFF                  E* E*
Tuesday morning please, be gone, I'm tired of you,     what have you got
to lose?

       D6(no3)                Asus2
Can I tell it like it is? Listen to me baby
D6(no3)
Asus2                            E* E*
It's my heart that's a-sufferin', it's a dyin' and that's what I have to
lose

  E*              E*                Asus2 A7Sus4  RIFF                E* E*
I've got an answer, I'm going to fly away,       what have I got to lose?
 E*                E*                    Asus2 A7Sus4
RIFF                  E* E*
Will you come see me, Thursdays and Saturdays,        what have you got
to lose?

(SOLO- play notes on first string while simultaneously hitting 6th string
for rhythm)

PART 3:
  D(no5)    E(no5) D(no5)          E(no5)
Chestbrown canary, ruby throated sparrow
 Esus2       A/E           E7(no3)           D(no5) C#m(no5)
Sing a song, don't be long, thrill me to the marrow---
(SHORT SOLO)

Voices of the angels, ring around the moonlight
Askng me, said she's so free, how can you catch the sparrow
(SHORT SOLO)

Lacy lilting lady, losing love lamenting
Change my life, make it right, be my lady

D/E  C#m/E  D/E  C#m/E  D/E  C#m/E  D/E C#m/E D/E C#m/E C#m/E2 Bm/E

PART 4:
A(no3)   Bm(no3) F#m(no3) D(no3)2       E(no3)2
Du du du du du,     du      du    du du du du
A(no3)  Bm(no3) F#m(no3) D(no3)2  E(no3)2
Du du du du du,  du      du     du du
(REPEAT SEVEN TIMES)

CHORDS:
    E    Esus2 E(no5) E(no3) Asus2 B(no3) B6(no3) A7Sus4 Esus4  D6(no3)
D(no5)  A/E
E --7-- --5--- --4--- --0--- --0--- --7--- --7--- --3--- --5--- --0---
--2--- --9---
B --9-- --7--- --5--- --0--- --0--- --7--- --9--- --3--- --5--- --0---
--3--- --10--
E --0-- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --7--- --7--- --0--- --0--- --0---
--0--- --0---
E --0-- --0--- --0--- --0--- --0--- --7--- --7--- --0--- --0--- --0---
--0--- --0---
E --0-- --0--- --0--- --0--- --5--- --7--- --7--- --5--- --0--- --10--
------ ------
E --0-- --0--- --0--- --0--- --5--- --7--- --7--- --5--- --0--- --10--
------ ------

  E7(no3)C#m(no3) D/E  C#m(no3)C#m(no3)2 A(no3) Bm(no3) F#m(no3) D(no3)2
E(no3)2
E --10-- --0---  --14--  --12-- --9---   --5--- --7---  --14---  --10---
--12----
B --12-- --1---  --10--  --9--- --9---   --5--- --7---  --14---  --10---
--12----
E --0--- --0---  --10--  --9--- --12--   --5--- --7---  --14---  --10---
--12----
E --0--- --0---  --0---  --0--- --0---   --5--- --7---  --14---  --10---
--12----
E ------ ------  ------  ------ ------   --5--- --7---  --14---  --10---
--12----
E ------ ------  ------  ------ ------   --5--- --7---  --14---  --10---
--12----

NOTES:
B(no3)* means alternate between B(no3) and B6(no3) like a blues rhythm
pattern
E(no5) can substitute E(no3) since they are so similar. Asus2 can be
played with all the strings barred at the 5th fret for a fuller sound.
I also like to play all the 12th string harmonics each time after he says
"I am yours".


(from Crosby, Stills and Nash, 1969)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)


Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 15:17:01 -0700
From: John Blair 
Subject: CRD: Suite-Judy Blue Eyes (Updates)

Dear OLGA,
I posted the modal tuning version a
while back. Since then I've watched the
Warfield concert video again and noted
a couple of mistakes in my original post:

1) The tuning is actually DADDAd, and *not* DDDDAd
as I originally thought. This might seem like a major
change, but in fact it's hard to tell the difference. All of
the chord fingerings remain the same. The only way
I determined the 5th string was an A was that Stills plays
a brief riff on the top three strings during his solo.

2) I originally indicated chord (3) as the second chord
in the first set of verses (e.g., on the word "point" in
"It's getting to the point..."). Careful viewing/listening
to the video made me change this to chord (8). It doesn't
seem to go as well with the melody note, but that's what
Stills seems to be playing.

Here it is again with the corrections added.
-jb

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Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
(Solo guitar acoustic version)
Words and music: Stephen Stills

Miscellaneous gossip: Judy supposedly refers to Judy Collins

Chords from the 1991 San Francisco Warfield Theatre
concert video: "Crosby, Stills & Nash, Acoustic".

Here's my best shot at the chords after repeated viewings
of the video. Some of the fingerings aren't very visible in
the video so there are undoubtedly some mistakes below.
Corrections are welcome.

Guitar: Modal D tuning (DADDAd)
Note: the original recording was in modal E tuning (EBEEBe)
      which uses the same fingerings but sounds in E.
      (Note that the two versions differ a bit musically.)

Modal
Chords  D  A  D  D  A  D   (These chord names are
------  +  +  +  +  +  +    obviously approximations)
 (1) =  0  0  0  0  9  7    D
 (2) =  0  0  0  0  8  6    Db
 (3) =  0  0  0  0  7  5    C
 (4) =  0  0  0  0  5  4    D
 (5) =  0  0  0  0  0  0    D
 (6) =  0  0  0  0  2  0    G
 (7) =  7  0  0  7  0  0    A
 (8) =  5  0  0  5  0  0    G
 (9) =  5  5  0  0  3  3    G7 (Stills fingers TT00ii)
(10) =  2  x  x  x  x  x    E bass
(11) = 10  0  0 10  0  0    C
(12) =  0  0  0  0  0  5    C
(13) =  0  0  0  0  0  4    B
(14) =  0  0  0  0  3  2    C
(15) =  0  0  0  0  2  0    G
(16) =  0  0  0 10 10 10    C
(17) =  0  0  0 10 10 14    Em
(18) =  0  0  0  9  9 12    D
(19) =  0  0  0  9  9  9    B
(20) =  0  0  0  7  7  7    A
(21) = 14  0  0 14  0  0    Em
(22) = 10  0  0 10  0  0    C
(23) = 12  0  0 12  0  0    D
(24) =  x  x  x  x  x <12>  D harmonic
(25) =  0  0  0  0 12 10    F
(26) =  3  0  0  3  0  0    F
(27) =  0  0  0 10 10 13    E?
(nc) = no chord strumming, let the previous one ring

Sorry about using numbers (n) to refer to chords,
but I found it the easiest way since there are
multiple fingerings used for the same chords
throughout the song.

Stills plays some sections with a flat pick,
some with hand strumming.

(Intro with flat pick = 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 5 4 5 6 5 6 5, twice)

(now hand strum...)
(4)It's getting to the (8)point where I'm no (4)fun any(7)more
And I am (8)sorry (9)
(4)Sometimes it (8)hurts so badly I (4)must cry out (7)loud
That I am (8)lonely (9)
I am (4)yours, you are (7)mine, you are (8)what you are (9)
You make it (4)hard (10 slides to 8)

(4)Remember what we've (8)said, and done
And (4)felt about each (7)other
Oh babe, have (8)mercy (9)
(4)Don't let the (8)past remind us of (4)what we are not (7)now
I am not (8)dreaming (9)
I am (4)yours, you are (7)mine, you are (8)what you are (9)
You make it (intro riff, still hand strum)hard
(In the original recording he throws a 1 25 into the middle of
the riff)

(4)Tearing your(8)self away from me (4)now you are (7)free
And I am (8)sorry (9)
(4)This does not (8)mean that I don't love you
I (4)do, that's (7)forever
Yes, and for (8)always (9)
I am (4)yours, you are (7)mine, you are (8)what you are (9)
You make it (4)hard (10 slides to 8)

(4)Something (8)inside is telling me
That (4)I've got your (7)secret
Are you still (8)listening? (9)
(4)Fear is the (8)lock
And laughter the (4)key to your (7)heart
Yes, and I (8)love you (quickgrabaflatpickand 9)
I am (4)yours, you are (7)mine, you are (8)what you are (9)
You make it (4)hard (10 slides to 8)
And you make it (4)hard (10 slides to 8)
Oh, and you make it (4)hard (10 slides to 8)
Yes, and you make it (4)hard

(12 13 12 5 24, five times)
(nc)Friday evening(12 13 12 5 24)
(nc)Sunday in the (8)afternoon (9)
(nc)What have you got to (5)lose?
(24 12 13 12 5 24 12 13 12 5 24)
(nc)Tuesday morning (12 13 12 5 24)
(nc)Please be gone I'm (8)tired of you(9)
(nc)What have you got to (5)lose? (24 12 13 12 5 24)

Can I (11)tell it like it is?  (8)Listen to me baby
(11)It's my heart that's (7)suffering, it's (8)dying
And that's what I've (26)got to (5)lose
(12 13 12 5 24 12 13 12 5 24)

(nc)I've got an answer (12 13 12 5 24)
(nc)I'm going to (8)fly away (9)
(nc)What have I got to (5)lose? (24 12 13 12 5 24, twice)
(nc)Will you come see me(12 13 12 5 24)
(nc)Thursdays and (8)Saturdays? (9)
(nc)What have I got to (5)lose? (24)

--------
Lead solo-sorry, my fingers don't do leads :(
--------

(17 18 17 18)  (note: sometimes 17-27-18 rather than 17-18)
(14)Chestnut brown (4)canary, (15)ruby throated (4)sparrow
(3)Sing a song, (1)don't be long
(16)Thrill me to the (17)marrow (18)
(17 18 17 18)
(14)Voices of the (4)angels, (15)ring around the (4)moonlight
(3)Asking me, said (1)she so free
(16)How can you catch the (17)sparrow? (18)
(17 18 17 18)
(14)Lacy lilting (4)lyrics, (15)losing love (4)lamenting
(3)Change my life, (1)make it right, (16)be my (17)lady (18)
(Ending = 17 18 17 18 17 18 17 18 17 18 19 20
 then 8 7 21 22 23 repeats with doo doo doo doot doo etc)
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