• Song:

    With My Face On The Floor

  • Artist:

    Emitt Rhodes

  • Album:

    Listen, Listen: The Bes...

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:17 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: ./r/rhodes_emitt/with_my_face_on_the_floor.crd

                      "With My Face On The Floor"
                             (Emitt Rhodes)

Notes from AWR:  The key riff of the song can be expressed as one or
more measures in 6/4 time, usually followed by a measure in 2/4:

	(piano arr. for guitar):

	(6/4)                         (2/4)
	 v   v   v   v   v   v         v   v
	-------------------------|    ---------|
	-------------8-----------|    ---------|
	-------8-------10------8-|    ---8---8-|
	---8-10----10------8-10--|    ---------|
	-10----------------------|    ---------|
	-------------------------|    ---------|

Intro:

	(6/4 measure w/piano; 2 6/4 measures w/band; 2/4 measure w/band)

Verse 1:

	           Eb (x43121@3)       Ab/Eb         Eb (x43121@3)Well, I'm down with my face on the floor
	       Eb (x43121@3)       Ab/Eb          Eb (x43121@3)Yes, I got what I asked for and more
	 G (320003@1)      Cm (x3101x@1)         F (133211@1)               Ab/Eb  Eb (x43121@3)Well, the moment she stepped through that door
	      Ab/Bb         Bb (x1333x@1)       Ab/Eb   Eb (x43121@3)I was down with my face on the floor

	(6/4 measure w/piano; 6/4 measure w/band; 2/4 measure w/band)

Verse 2:

	Now I'm standin' with back to the wall
	Waitin', prayin, see [unintelligible] fall
	Well, I must have been onto it all
	Now I'm standin' with back to the wall

	(6/4 measure w/band; fuzz guitar doubles piano octave lower)

	      F (133211@1)                  Ab (xx1114@1)Well now she's gone away, just in time to say
	      Eb(6/4 (x43121@3)measure w/fuzz guitar)
	I'll drop you aline (x02210@1) (drop you aline) (x02210@1)	      F (133211@1)                  Ab (xx1114@1)Well now she's gone away, just in time to say
	     Eb(6/4 (x43121@3)and 2/4 measures w/fuzz guitar)
	I'll see you sometime

	(guitar solo over verse chords)

	(6/4 measure w/fuzz guitar)

	(repeat chorus)

	(repeat verse 1)

Coda:

	(rit.)

	 G (320003@1)       Cm (x3101x@1)       F (133211@1)                Ab/Eb   Eb (x43121@3)Well, the moment she stepped through that door
	      Ab/Bb         Bb (x1333x@1)       Ab/Eb  Eb (x43121@3)I was down with my face on the floor

	(6/4 measure w/piano; repeat 6/4 measure w/band to fade)


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers

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