01. Talkin’ Bout A Revolution
02. Fast Car
03. Across The Lines
04. Behind The Wall
05. Baby Can I Hold You
06. Mountains O’ Things
07. She’s Got Her Ticket
08. Why ?
09. For My Lover
10. If Not Now …
11. For You
TALKIN'BOUT A REVOLUTION GUITAR TABS [By David Ribeiro - Tracy Chapman - A Living Legend] G(320003), Cadd9(x32030), Em (022000) and D(xx0232). To be repeated until the end of the song. Define: Cadd9 0032030} Define: Dsus4 0X00233} Chorus: D[G]on't you [Cadd9]know [D]They're talkin' about [Dsus4]a revolu[G]tion It[Cadd9]sounds [D]like [Dsus4]a whisper Don't you know They're talkin' about a revolution It sounds like a whisper While they're standing in the welfare lines Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation Wasting time in the enemployment lines Sitting around waiting for a promotion Chorus Poor people gonna rise up And get their share Poor people gonna rise up And take what's theirs Don't you know You better run, run, run... Oh I said you better Run, run, run... Finally the tables are starting to turn Talkin' bout a revolution
FAST CAR GUITAR TABS [By David Ribeiro - Tracy Chapman - A Living Legend] e===========0====0==========|5======4====4======== B==T========================|===================== G==A==6=7=6=================|===================== D==B==7=====7==========7====|7======7========7==== A===========================|===================== E===========================|===================== Repeat this over, and over, until the bridge "I remember we were driving..." {eot} You got a fast car, I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal, Maybe together we can get somewhere Anyplace is better, Starting from zero got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something, But me myself I got nothing to prove You got a fast car, And I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store, Managed to save just a little bit of money We won't have to drive too far, Just 'cross the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs, And finally see what it means to be living You see my old man's got a problem, He live with the bottle that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working, I say his body's too young to look like his My mama went off and left him, She wanted more from life than he could give I said somebody's got to take care of him, So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car, But is it fast enough so we can fly away We gotta make a decision, We leave tonight or live and die this way {soc} [D]I remember we were [A]driving driving in your car [F#m]The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk [Esus]City lights lay out before us [D]And your arm felt nice wrapped[F#m]'round my shoulder [E]And I [D]had a feeling that [F#m]I belonged [E]And I [D]had feeling I [E]could be someone, be someone, be someone {eoc} You got a fast car, And we go cruising to entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job, And I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better, You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter, Buy a big house and live in the suburbs You got a fast car, And I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar, See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better, Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans I ain't going nowhere, So take your fast car and keep on driving You got a fast car, But is it fast enough so you can fly away You gotta make a decision, You leave tonight or live and die this way
ACROSS THE LINES GUITAR TABS Across the[F#m] lines Who could [E]dare to go [Bm]Under the bridge [D]Over the tracks [G]That separates whites from blacks[A] [A(add9)] [A] Choose sides Or run for your life Tonight the riots behin On back streets of America They kill the dream of America Little black girl gets assaulted Ain't no reason why Newspaper prints the story And racist tempers fly Next day it start a riot Knives and guns are drawn Two black boys get killed One white boy goes blind Little black girl gets assaulted Don't no one know her name Lots of people hurt and angry She's the one to blame
BABY CAN I HOLD YOU GUITAR TABS D A7sus A7 e=====2===2==2=0===2===|0===0===0======== B==T==3===3==3=3===3=0=|3===3=0=2======== G==A==2===2==2=2===2===|0===0===0======== D==B==0===0==0=0===0===|2===2===2======== A======================|0===0===0======== E======================|================= Sorry[D] [A7sus]Is all that [A7]you can't s[Em]ay Y[A7sus]ears gone by[A7] and st[D]ill [A7sus]Words don't c[A7]ome easil[Em]y [G]Like so[A]rry [G]like so[A]rry Forgive me Is all that you can't say Years gone by and still Words don't come easily Like forgive me forgive me {c:chorus} But you can say baby [Em]baby, can I [G]hold you [D]tonight. [Em]Baby, if I [G]told you the [Bm]right words, oo= at the righ[A]t time, you'd be mine.[D] === [Em] === [F#m] === [G] === [A] repeat I love you Is all that you can't say Years gone by and still Words don't come easily Like I love you I love you {c: to chorus}
MOUNTAINS O' THINGS GUITAR TABS [Am],---------- [Dm],---------- [F]---------- and [G]. The life I've always wanted I guess I'll never have I'll be working for somebody else Until I'm in my grave I'll be dreaming of life of ease And mountains o' things To have a big expensive car Drag my furs on the ground And have a maid that I can tell To bring me anything Everyone will look at me with envy and with greed I'll revel in their attention And mountains Oh mountains o' things To have Sweet lazy life Champagne and caviar I hope you'll come and find me Cause you know who we are Those who deserve the best in life And know what money's worth And those whose sole misfortune Was having mountains o' nothing at birth Oh they tell me There's still time to save my soul They tell me Renounce all Renounce all tose material things you gained by Exploiting other human beings Consume more than you need This is the dream Make you pauper Or make you queen I won't die lonely I'll have it all prearranged A grave that's deep and wide enough For me and all my mountains o' things Mostly I feel lonely Good good people are Good people are only My stepping stones It's gonna take all my mountains o' things To surround me Keep all my enemies away Keep my sadness and loneliness at bay I'll be dreaming, dreaming, dreaming.. Dreaming...
SHE'S GOT HER TICKET GUITAR TABS [C]She's got her ticket [G]I think she gonna use it [Am]I think she going [C]to fly away[Am] No one should try and stop her Persuade her with their power She says that her mind is made Up Why not leave why not Go away Too much hatred Corruption and greed Give your life And invariably they leave you with Nothing Young girl ain't got no chances No roots to keep her strong She's shed all pretenses That someday she'll belong Some folks call her a runaway A failure in the race But she knows where her ticket takes her She will find her place in the sun And she'll fly, fly, fly...
WHY? GUITAR TABS [Bm]Why do the babies starve, there's enough food to feed the world? [G]Why, when there's so many of us are [A]there people still alone? [Bm]Why are the missiles called peacekeepers, when they're aimed to kill? [G]Why is a woman still not safe [A]when she's in her home? [Dadd9]Love is hate [Aadd9] war is peace, [Bm] no is yes,- [G]we're all free... But, some[Bm]body's gonna have to answer, the time is coming soon. Amidst Amidst [G]all these questions and contradictions there're [A]some who seek the truth. Tell me... Why do the babies starve, When there's enough food to feed the world Why when there're so many of us, Are there people still alone Why are the missiles called peace keepers, When they're aimed to kill Why is a woman still not safe, When she's in her home? Love is hate War is peace No is yes And we're all free But somebody's gonna have to answer The time is coming soon When the blind remove their blinders And the speechless speak the truth
FOR MY LOVER GUITAR TABS Intro: v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ D=2==2======0= ==0==0======0= Em A=2==2==0_2== G ==2==2==0_2== D Cmaj7 [Em]Two weeks in a Vir[G]ginia jail [D]For my lover, f[A]or my lover. [Em]Twenty thousand [G]dollar bail [D]For my lover, [A]for my lover.... [C]And everybody thinks [Aadd9]I'm the fool. (x02420) [D]They don't get any [C]love from you. [Em]Things we won't do for love...[Aadd9] [Em]I'd climb a mountain if I had to, [G]risk my life so I could have you [D]you, you, you, you... [Cmaj7]yo, you, you, you, you. (x32000) Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed for my lover, for my lover. Dope me up and I tell them lies for my lover, for my lover.... [C]And everybody thinks [Aadd9]I'm the fool. (x02420) [D]They don't get any [C]love from you. [Em]Things we won't do for love...[Aadd9] [Em]I'd climb a mountain if I had to, [G]risk my life so I could have you [D]you, you, you, you... [Cmaj7]yo, you, you, you, you. (x32000) [Cmaj7]I follow my heart [Em]and leave my head to ponder [D]deep in this love no [Cmaj7]man can shake. I follow my heart and leave my mind to wonder, is this love worth, the sacrifices I make?
IF NOT NOW GUITAR TABS {c:capo barred at the second fret} {c: Riff:} Gmaj7 D F=====0===0==0===0==|0==0====0====2=====|0====0==0======0==|0==0====0===0==== C#=T==1===1==1===1==|0==1====1======3===|1====1==1======1==|0==1====1=====1== A==A==2===2==2===2==|2==2====2========2=|0====0==0======0==|0==0====0=======0 E==B==3===3==3===3==|3==3====3==========|2====2==2======2==|2==2====2======== B===================|===================|3====3==3======3==|3==3====3======== F===================|===================|==================|================= If not now then when If not today then [C]Why make your [Am]promises [G]A love declared for days to [Em]come (133211)Is as good as none You can wait 'til morning comes You can wait for the new day You can wait and lose this heart You can wait and soon be sorry Now love's the only thing that's free We must take it where it's found Pretty soon it may be costly If not now what then We all must live out lives Always feeling Always thinking The moment has arrived
FOR YOU GUITAR TABS e----------------------|--0-------------|----------------|--------------| B--T--3---0-0------0---|3---0-2-----2---|3---0-1-----1---|1---0-3---3---| G--A----0--------2---0-|----------2---2-|--2-------0---0-|--0-----2---0-| D--B-------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------| A-----2-----0----------|2-----0---------|0-----3---------|3-----0-------| E----------------------|----------------|----------------|--------------| This is what is played in the intro, but watch for changes in the pattern once she begins singing, as the order of the bars varies. Perhaps despite first appearances, not very complex left hand fingering. Basically, finger-picking between G, D, and C chords. Pattern changes to strumming right before "Look at me losing control,". Use Em (022000), C (x32010), Am7 (x02010) and another C. Upon "emotions" the finger picking pattern is resumed.