• Song:

    Come To Me Tonight

  • Artist:

    Daniel Johnston

Come To Me Tonight Chords by Daniel Johnston

from the "my so called life" sndtrk.
transcribed by david piniella
email requests/comments/corrections to:
(dpinie01@servax.fiu.edu)
(thatguy@pro-entropy.cts.com)

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chords:
Aadd9 : x 0 2 2 0 0
G     : 3 2 0 0 0 3
Dadd9 : x 0 0 2 3 0
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Aadd9
come to me tonight
Aadd9
if you can hear me thinking
G
come to me tonight
Aadd9
i dont need to invite
Aadd9
if you can catch the vibes
Dadd9      G
come to me tonight
Dadd9 G              Aadd9
yesterday is gone again
G                  Dadd9     Aadd9
im thinking how it might have been
Aadd9
its getting really late
Aadd9
and im not feeling too great
G
come to me tonight
Aadd9
girl, come share my dream
Aadd9
cos reality sucks
Dadd9      G
come see me tonight
Dadd9         G
i know you've thought of it before
Aadd9
i'm waiting for the knock upon my door
Aadd9
please dont make me beg
Aadd9
if you can hear my thinking
G                  Aadd9
come see me tonight
Aadd9
im not pulling your leg
Aadd9
can you hear me calling
Dadd9      G
come to me tonight
G
i'm hopin for a girl like you
Aadd9            G       Aadd9
none other would really do
Aadd9
come to me tonight
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strum: hit the bassnote in the chord and then strum the middle and high
strings, with less emphasis on the root than on the chord tones, example:

   Aadd9           G                  Dadd9
e|-----0-00-00-0--|-----3-33-33-3--|-----0-00-00-0--|
B|-----0-00-00-0--|-----0-00-00-0--|-----3-33-33-3--|
G|-----2-22-22-2--|-----0-00-00-0--|-----2-22-22-2--|
D|-----2-22-22-2--|-----0-00-00-0--|-----0-0-----0--|
A|--0-(0-00-00-0)-|-----2-22-22-2--|---0------------|
E|----------------|--3-------------|----------------|

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i know it's not perfect, but fuck, man, it's daniel --it would sound
bad if it *were* perfect.

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wanted by D. Johnston:
Happy Time
Mind Contorted

i'd do 'em myself, but i dont have a copy of either tape OR cd.

-d

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"...is it me, or am i trapped in a mirror?"
-d

"i'm in the midst of a trauma, leave a message and i'll call you back."
[jane's addiction]
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