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Jars of Clay - Rose Colored Stain Glass Window Live guitar tab

Jars of Clay

Rose Colored Stain Glass Windows

"Front Yard Luge"

Written by Petra, arranged by Jars of Clay

Tabbed originally by Jonathan Hunter, additions/corrections by

David Schroder

NOTES ABOUT SONG: This is the live version of Rose Colored Stain

Glass Windows that appears on Front Yard Luge. It differs from the

album version primarily in its layering: the electric guitar is much

more prominent live, while the original version (which appeared on

"Never Say Dinosaur") is much more acoustic-natured and even has a

mandolin in the intro. The electric has some pretty heavy distortion

on it, along with some overdrive and a quick wah near the end and the

acoustic has some heavy chorus on it. Also, watch the rhythm in the

acoustic riff-it's slightly different from the original version in

timing and the F in on the d-string comes sooner than expected (listen and

you'll hear it-it's syncopated).

Intro Acoustic riff (used throughout the song):

|-----1--0-1-1-----1--0-1-1-1-1--|

|-----3--3-3-3-----3--3-3-3-3-3--|

|-----2--2-2-2-----2--2-2-2-2-2--|

|-0-0---------3-3----------------|

|--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------|

Dm Dm/F

*the above is considered one bar of intro riff

The intro comprises of:

2 bars intro acoustic riff

2 bars intro acoustic riff with vocal "na na"s

4 bars intro acoustic riff with vocal "na na"s and electric

strums on Dm (but not on the Dm/F)

VERSE ONE-acoustic plays chords, electric arpeggios

Bb C Dm

Another sleepy Sunday, safe within the walls

Bb C Dm

Outside a dying world in desperation calls

Gm F C Dm

But no one hears the cries, or knows what they're about

Gm Bb F C

The doors are locked within, or is it from without?

For the verses, the electric plays mostly arpeggios with a few

straight

strums. Here's a pretty close tab of what the electric plays:

*1st verse *2nd verse

|-1---|-0---||-----------|------------||-1--|-0h1-0---0---|

|-3---|-1---||-1h3-1h3-1-|-1h3-1h3-1--||-3--|-------3---3-|

|-3---|-0---||-----------|------------||-2--|-------------|

|-3---|-2---||-----------|------------||-0--|-------------|

|-1---|-3---||-----------|------------||----|-------------|

|-----|-----||-----------|------------||----|-------------|

Bb C Dm Dm Dm Dm

*1st Verse *2nd Verse

|-------1-|-------0-||-----------|---------0-0-||----|----|

|-------3-|-------1-||-1h3-1h3-1-|-1h3-1h3-----||----|----|

|-----3---|-----0---||-----------|-------------||----|----|

|---3-----|---2-----||-----------|-------------||----|----|

|-1-------|-3-------||-----------|-------------||----|----|

|---------|---------||-----------|-------------||----|----|

Bb C Dm Dm Dm Dm

|-------3-------|-------1-------|-------0-------|---3---1-|

|-------3---3---|-------1---1---|-------1---1---|---------|

|-------3-----3-|-------2-----2-|-----0-------0-|---------|

|-----5---------|-----3---------|---2-----------|-0-------|

|---5-----------|---3-----------|-3-------------|---------|

|-3-------------|-1-------------|---------------|---------|

Gm F C Dm

|-------3-------|-----1------|-1--------|-0--------|

|-------3---3---|-----3------|-1--------|-1--------|

|-------3-----3-|-----3------|-2--------|-0--------|

|-----5---------|---3--------|-3--------|-2--------|

|---5-----------|-1----------|-3--------|-3--------|

|-3-------------|------------|-1--------|----------|

Gm Bb F C

CHORUS-electric guitar drops

Dm Am F7 C

Looking through rose-colored stain glass windows

Dm Am F7 C

Never allowing the world to come in

Dm Am F7 C

Seeing no evil and feeling no pain

Dm Am F7 C Dm

Making the light as it comes from within so dim

Transition: 4 bars intro acoustic riff with electric riff

below and vocal "na na"s the last 2 bars:

1 2 3 & 4 (repeat it)

|-1-----|-1-----||---1---1---1---0---0---0---0---1---1----|

|-3-----|-3-----||-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1------|

|-2-----|-2-----||----------------------------------------|

|-0-----|-0-----||----------------------------------------|

|-------|-------||----------------------------------------|

|-------|-------||----------------------------------------|

Dm Dm/F Dm Dm/F Dm Dm/F

VERSE TWO

Bb C Dm

Out on your doorstep lay the masses in decay

Bb C Dm

Ignore them long enough, maybe they'll go away

Gm F C Dm

When think you have so much, you have so much to lose

Gm Bb F C

You think you have no lack, when you're really destitute

CHORUS-same as above, but acoustic is much softer

Transition:

4 bars-intro acoustic riff and strings

4 bars-intro acoustic riff, strings, electric riff 2, and

vocal "Na na"s

Electric riff 2 (one bar):

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|-1h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1h3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|

Dm Dm/F

BRIDGE-8 bars-intro acoustic riff, strings, electric riff 2

Vocals:

Looking through rose-colored windows

Never allowing world to come in

Feel no pain, seeing no evil

Making a light as it comes from within

(x2)

(electric chords)

Dm F/A

So dim, soooo dim

Dm/F

So dim, soooo dim

Dm F/A

So dim, soooo dim

Dm/F

So dim, soooo dim

4 bars of "Yeah, yeah" vocals with acoustic intro pattern

Electric picks randomly the first two bars, plays a wah "F"

chord (an A-base on fret 8) the last two bars

OUTRO RIFF (repeat 2x)

|-8-6-6-5---8-6-6-5---8-6-6-5---------8-----8-----8-----8-|

|---------8---------8---------8-6-5-6---5-6---5-6---5-6---|

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|

Ending chords:

C F CII F

C F CII *

*instead of an F-chord, play a high "d" on fret 11 of the high e-string

Organ solo to end

CHORDS:

Dm xx0231

Dm/F xx3231

Bb x13331

C x32010

CII x35553

F 133211

F/A x03210

Am x02210

F7 x33210

Gm 355333

Wow! Complicated, huh? Some of it is probably not needed unless you're a

die-hard perfectionist but it should give you some idea of live Jars. Here's

a short outline of the song from start to end:

Intro:

2 bars intro acoustic riff

2 bars intro acoustic riff with vocal "na na"s

4 bars intro acoustic riff with vocal "na na"s and

electric strums on Dm (but not on the Dm/F)

Verse One (w/ electric arpeggios, acoustic strums)

Chorus (no electric-just strings and acoustic guitar)

Transition:

4 bars intro riff with electric riff 1

Verse Two (w/ electric arpeggios, acoustic strums)

Chorus (no electric, soft acoustic, louder strings)

Transition:

4 bars intro riff

4 bars intro riff w/ electric riff 2 and vocal "nana"s

Vocal Bridge:

8 bars intro riff w/ electric riff 2

4 bars intro riff w/ electric chords and "so dim?"

4 bars intro riff w/ electric stuff and "yeah, yeah?"

Outro riff

Ending chords

B3 organ solo

Note: strings are in the song starting at the electric

guitar entrance and ending right before the organ solo

This would be an awesome song to play live for any of you who are part of a

band. Contact me with questions/comments at JCBoyz@aol.com Good luck playing!

Originally c1982 Star Song Records, appeared on Petra: More Power To Ya

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