Afghan Whigs - You My Flower guitar tab
you my flower
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song: dulli
tabs: mcclure
Intro:
Bit of a tricky son of a bitch is this song as it’s in 7/8 time I believe,
which in this song anyway means alternating bars of 4/4 and 3 /4 .
To get the feel right, just sing along with the track:‘1 2 3 4, 1 2 3’ until
you’re in time, then translate it into your strumming. Maybe this is obvious
but it took me a while to get it right.
So the main progression is :
Bar count 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Em7 G Cadd9 Cadd9
The chords being as follows : Em7 = 022033
G = 320033
Cadd9 = X32033
For the bass you could either follow the root notes and/or play one of
John’s best basslines :
Em7 G Cadd9
G------------------------------|
D-2-----------0----------------|
A---2-------2---3-23-23-23-235-|
E-----0-0-3--------------------|
Once you get the hang of it, it may be more authentic to play it all on
the low E string to get the right feel of sliding into all the notes like
it sounds on the record.
Anyway you play the Em7, G, Cadd9 progression 4 times as an intro before
the vocals.
Verse:
Same Em7, G, Cadd9 progression 8 times as per the intro over these lyrics :
Em7 G Cadd9
so what YOU make me hard
if i was harder now i would crack into a million things
things i didn't really need
things i didn't really need but how i wanted so
what a nice dream
didn't want to wake up so i kept it dark all the time
dark enough so not to see
but not as dark as the plans that YOU have for me
Bridge:
Basically a bit of a jam on the G chord. I play it by alternating
between a G and a G5 chord :
G - 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
G5 - 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
G - 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
G5 - 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
i.e. G = 320033 and G5 = 3X0033
Verse:
Same Em7, G, Cadd9 progression 8 times as per the intro over these lyrics :
Em7 G Cadd9
so what YOU made me smile
i had smiled at lesser things before i ever thought of YOU
before i thought my soul was mine
now i think about me only when i can find the time
Bridge:
As before
Chorus:
Remembering to keep up the time changes for each chord as before it’s :
F= 133211 Em=022000
flowers all around
put your lover in the ground
flowers everywhere
G G= 355433 (to make it a little easier)
yeah yeah yeah
F Em
nowhere YOU can be found
i have put YOU in the ground
nowhere is everywhere
Em Em
Em Em
for YOU
my flower
Em Em
Solo:
Sorry folks, no solo transcription as I’m nowhere near Rick’s league, but
if you fancy having a go it’ll be in Em (E F# G A B C D I think) over 8 lots
of the Em G Cadd9 progression.
Verse:
Same Em7, G, Cadd9 progression 4 times as per the intro over these lyrics,
except a little quieter (turn yer distortion off if applicable!) :
Em7 G Cadd9
better get myself a drink
better get a couple so i can look YOU straight in the face
tell YOU that i think of YOU
almost as much as YOU think of YOU
Bridge:
Just one 7/8 run through of the G chord this time (distortion back on
electric people!)
Chorus:
Pretty much as before with an extra riff that I haven’t yet worked out,
playing the chorus progression to fade out with some more top notch soloing
from Rick. If you work this out please post it!
