Hootie And The Blowfish

Hootie And The Blowfish - Fairweather Johnson Album guitar tab

Subject: TAB: Fairweather Johnson (Album) By Hootie and the Blowfish

Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 10:37:06 +0000 (GMT)

From: Grant Mcallister

Fairweather Johnson by Hootie and the Blowfish

This file contains the two songs missing from the original posting by

randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu as well as the corrections I have made

to the other songs on the album. Thanks to randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu

(Sorry! I don't know your real name :) Enjoy.....

SONG: Be The One

(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

(extensive corrections by mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk)

(my hootie page: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcallist)

Am:x02210 Cmaj7:33200x F:133211 C:x32010 Em7:022033

Fmaj7:x33210 G:320003 E7#9:68789x B7:x21202 Dsus2:xx0230

Cadd9:x32030

Intro: Am-Cmaj7 (2x)

(verse)

Am Cmaj7 Am

I wonder

Cmaj7

Why are we involved

Am Cmaj7 Am

With the seasons

Cmaj7

And the living of our own

F Am C

Let me see if nothing's wrong

F Am G

I just want to be the one

(verse)

Am Cmaj7

(She) wanted

Am Cmaj7 Am

You still give her all our lives

Cmaj7

Let her be sons

Am Cmaj7

Who is she buying

F Am

See her crawl

C F Am G

I'll just make it out

(chorus)

(Now)

Am Em7 Fmaj7

Now................

Am Em7 Fmaj7 G Am

Let me be the one (We don't see it bleeding)

Am Em7 Fmaj7 E7#9

I want to die with you (Something no ones needing)

(verse: as before)

I left the other day

But you're never here

You only listen to things

You want to save

But the power it's ok with you

You knew I'd find something else to do

(chorus: as before except play B7 at something no-ones...)

Let me be the one (we don't see it bleeding)

I wanna fly, I wanna die with you (Something no ones)

Em Dsus2

See it's not like they

Cadd9 Dsus2

Are gonna take my faith away

Em Dsus2

Let me in it's ok now

Cadd9 Dsus2 Am

Close________ the door

Cmaj7 Am Cmaj7

Am Cmaj7

Is it really needing

Am

When you find a place

Cmaj7 F

That's only yours

Am C F

Just go he beams

Well I've died for good now

F Am

Let me feel it

C F Am G

Let her come---let her run---let her run

(chorus)

(Now)

Am Em7 Fmaj7 G

Now let me be the one

(We don't see it bleeding)

Am Em7

I can't feel it, I can't see it

(Something no ones needing)

Fmaj7 G Am

I, I feel dumb

repeat chorus chords then end with E7#9 Am

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Sad Caper

By Hootie and the Blowfish

Tabbed By Grant McAllister

My Hootie page: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcallist

This is a great song and it is now FULLY correct.

CHORDS: D: xx0232 Dmaj7: xx0222 D7: xx0212 G: 320003

A: x02220 Asus4: 002230 Bm: x24432 Gm7: 353333

Gm:xx0333 Em7: 022033

(D) (Dmaj7)

I know, she said...

(D7) (*) (G)

before you left me you were free

(Gm) (D)

So I'll just lay me down

Fill: (Asus4) (A7)

(D) (Dmaj7)

Control has left me

(D7) (*)

And I can't feel another thing

(G)

So let me turn around

Fill: (Asus4) (A7)

(G) (A7) (D)

Do you really want to play these games

Just to keep things goin'

(G) (A7) (D)

Or are you ready now to let it be

(Em7) (Gm7)

It's like sometimes you wanna see the rain

(Bm)

But the sun gets in your eyes

(Bm) (A) (G) (Asus4) (A7)

And you wanna die now

(Rest of the song follows the same chord progression)

Control has left me

And I can't feel another thing

So let me turn around

I see I see

But things just couldn't be the same

SO let me hold you down

Never let me down I swore to you

But now I lie

I'm here to make it all seem worthwhile

You want I know

But I'll have to try

To find a way to make me quiet now

Control has left me

And I can't feel another thing

So let me turn around

I see I see

But things just couldn't be the same

So won't you hunt her down

I know she said

Before you left me you were free

So I'll just lay me down.

Parts of the song marked with an asterix (*) have a fill which goes like:

Finger D7

1|3 2 0 2

2|1 1 1 1

3|2 2 2 1

4|0 0 0 0

5|x x x x

6|x x x x

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@SONG: Tucker's Town

(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

(corrected by mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk)

chords: C:x32010 Csus:x33010 Fmaj7:x33210 G:320003 Am7:x02010

Am7*:5x555x Fadd9:xx3213 Fsus2:13300x

Intro: (riff A)

e ----------------------|-------------------0-----

B ------------------1---|---------------------1---

G --------0---0-------0-|---------0---0---------0-

D ----0h2-----2---0-----|-----0h2-----2---2-------

A --3-------3---3-------|---3-------3---3---------

E ----------------------|-------------------------

(with Riff A)

C Csus

Staring back at you

Did you see my lips

Or were you smiling right in front of me

Your father called my name

Then he smiled with great relief

'Cause it wasn't me that you were clinging to

Am7

He made you turn around

G Am7*

You do that thing you do

G Fadd9

And then you laughed with me

C Fmaj7

I don't know

C Fmaj7

What I can't see

C Fmaj7 G G7

I don't know but I'm makin' time to call

I don't know

What I can't see

I don't know but she's watching me leave

(riff A again)

Just wish they'd turn around

Just wish they'd try to see

But they don't understand and that's alright with me I'm leaving now

Going down to Tucker's Town

Where I can lie for free

Nobody stares at me and I'd love to hurt the population

She called last night

I said I'm about to leave

Then I heard him scream, "I'll pack your bags"

I don't know

What I can't see

I don't know but I'm makin' time to call

I don't know

What I can't see

I don't know but I'm leaving here

Csus C Fsus2

Fsus2 G

To see the world through your Rosy glasses

Am7 G Fsus2 C

I'll teach her to fly but they teach greed

Fsus2 G

We live the belt but I can bleed

(riff A)

C Csus

I don't know............................................

What I can't see........................................

C Fmaj7

I don't know

What I can't see

ad-lib til end......

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@SONG: She Crawls Away

(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

(this one can be played with a capo at the 4th using C Dm or something))

Intro: E F#m B-B

(verse)

E

I fall in she sees me and smiles

F#m

Then she starts to hate herself again

E

She screams something under her breath

F#m

That I wouldn't know if she said it outloud

(verse)

She turns over to start a conversation

With a man that noone else can see

She dreams of loving me sometimes

And it makes me see what we've been missing

(bridge)

C#m E F#m B-B

It's like I never knew anyone so strong before

C#m E

She Brings the man outa me

A B-B

And she makes me see that they don't matter

(chorus)

E B

I believe

A B-B

We see her playin' with another

E B A

She runs around you and then

F#m B B7

It's like the sun goes down and she crawls away again

(verse)

She wears white pants a Miami sweater

Says that She loves the O's

So Uncle Dean will come by

(verse)

Her smile is like sunshine

Her tears hurt like leather

She runs the show she lets me know

Says it's all about being the only

(bridge)

It's like someone said you could have one good thing in your life

She couldn't be your type

I didn't plan for your smile, but you make me laugh when you stand dreamin'

(chorus)

I believe, we see her layin with another

She runs around you and then

It's like the sun goes down and she crawls away again

A B

Where were you yesterday

E A

Now that my heart is wild and free

C#m B

And my lips have room to wander

A C#m

How can I say your needing me now

B

When I've got a plan

A

I know you don't understand why my heart is sorry now

(chrous 2x)

I believe

We see her laying with another

She runs around you and then

it's like the sun goes down and she crawls

I believe

We see her waiting with another

She runs around you and then

it's like the sun goes down and she crawls away again

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@SONG: So Strange

(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

(capo 2nd)

Intro: D-A-G (2x)

(verse)

D A G (Riff A)

It's so hard to breathe right now

D A G (Riff B)

Living things without a friend of mine

D A C G A

Air just filling every bit, of every end, of every mind

G A

You thought you could feel

(verse)

And it's maybe 6 a.m.

And no one wants to be with me

So I'm calling out to someone and something that I don't know so well

Ohh, I'm free

(chorus)

D A G

If I can't find the warmth in my summer

D A G A

And I can't find the light in my day

D A G F#m E

I just look to my friends and we'll see our troubles away

B A

You make me feel so strange

D-A-G-D-A-G

(verse)

Won't you let me breathe the air

I want to hold on to right now

Won't you let me read a book about

Someone's queen who came back for me

(verse)

I see bridges in my eyes

I see mornings left for the children

I see people holding back, trying to find another reason so they can walk away

And it makes me scream and I pray

(chorus)

If you can't find the warmth in my summer

And I can't find the light in my day

I just look to my friends and I'll see our troubles away

You make me feel so

G D

It can never end 'cause we don't speak

G D D/C

It will never just die

G A

So why don't you call the man

G A

And, tell him to come over here and just clean up my pride

(chorus)

If you can't find the warmth in my summer

And I can't find the light in my day

I just look to my friend and we'll see our little troubles away

You make me feel so strange

(chorus)

If you can't find the warmth in my summer

And I can't find the light in my day

I just look to my friend and we'll see our troubles away

..................

Riff A Riff B

e ------------------------ ------------------------

B ------------------------ ------------------------

G ---------0-2------------ ----0h2-0---------------

D ---0h2h4-----4-2-0------ ----0-------------------

A ------------------------ ------------------------

E ------------------------ ------------------------

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@SONG: Old Man & Me

(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

(capo 2nd)

Intro: A-G-D-A-G-D

e ---------------------------------------------------

B ---------------------------------------------------

G --11h13-13---13-13p11-11-(x2)---------------------- (x2)

D -------------------------------11---11p9s7h9-------

A ---------------------------------------------------

E ---------------------------------------------------

A

Well an old man said to me

G D

In a voice filled with pain

A

Where you going young man

G D

(same)

Said I'm going to fight a war

Gonna fight for my country

In some foreign land

(same)

He said "The sun will never hurt you

Never harmed anyone

But you must realize"

(same)

If you try to stare her down

She will win in the end

She will burn your eyes

She will burn them

G D

Seen a million places

G D C

Seen a million faces die

G D

And I wonder who will walk with me

(repeat intro)

When I get to Heaven

He said "Boy I was young once

Yeah I was tough

Sailing on Uncle Sam's boat

Hey I could kill the enemy

I could die on foreign streets

But I could not vote

But now you walk by me

You won't talk to me

Say this is my fate

But every time you walk the streets boy

Most of them you meet

You see it's you they hate

It's you...

Seen a million faces

Seen a million places die

And I wonder who will walk with me

When I get to Heaven

I hope I get there

(solo)

Seen a million places

Seen a million faces die

And I wonder who will walk with me

(guitar out, piano/bass do the B/A/E)

When I get there

(stab chords on offbeat)

See this woman sitting next to me

She's been there for a long, long time

And when I fell, she picked me up

When I cried, she wiped my tears

I thank god she's mine

And when I leave this world

She won't have anything

But her love for me

'Cause the man took everything else

Made me hate myself

So just let her be boy

Won't you let her be

(guitar back full)

Seen a million faces

Seen a million places die

Seen a million mothers

Seen a million mothers cryin'

And I wonder who will walk with me

When I get to Heaven

When I get to Heaven

I hope I get there

When I get to Heaven

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Earth Stopped Cold at Dawn

By Hootie and the Blowfish

tabbed By Grant McAllister

(mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk)

my hootie page: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~mcallist/

Chords: C/G:332010 Am:x02210 Fmaj7:x33210 G:320003

Fsus2:xx3013 C/E:xx2013 D7:xx0212

Capo 2nd fret (chords shown relative to capo)

Intro: C/G Am x4

C/G Am (rest of verse is the same)

Another reason to doubt me

Another teardrop falls

Can't wait for a friend when loneliness calls

Another kiss in the basement

Pour salt on my tongue

No one cries for heros left unsung

(chorus)

Fmaj7 G

Look at me when I'm talking to you

Fsus2 C/E G

Look at me in the eyes

Fmaj7 G Fsus2 C/E D7

Then look away and tell me why_______why

C/G Am C/G Am

C/G Am

Another tasteless movie

Another kiss goodnight

Could be a dark oasis in my life

Another icon smashed to pieces

By yesterday's romance

Another hated person no more chances

(chorus)

Look at me when I'm talking to you

Look at me in the eyes

Then look away and tell me why...why

(Quietly...with some damping)

C/G Am

Playin' with a happy boy

A cold place for a man

Familiar faces in a foreign land

Fmaj7 G

The hands kept spinning around the face

Fsus2 C/E G (A)

But the earth stopped cold at dawn

(Fmaj7 one strum) G Fsus2 C/E G

For a moment, then moved on

For a moment, then moved on...

(Play intro and end on Am)

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@SONG: Fairweather Johnson

(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

** These are the piano chords**

Am-G-F-G for the whole thing...

Liked the Steelers...in '75

I only like the Broncos, when they come alive (laugh)

Liked the Redskins in '83

And when the Dolphins are playing well

Yeah well, they're the team for me

Cause I'm...

Fairweather Johnson (Johnson)

Yeah, yes, I'm...

Fairweather Johnson

(Johnson I liked the Braves in '95)

(laugh)

spoken: I liked the Braves in '95

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Honeyscrew

Tabbed by Grant McAllister

Chords: A:x02220 D/A:x04230 D:x00232 G:320003

C:032010 A5:x02255 E7:020100 D9:xx0210

G5:35xxxx

intro: A D/A G A

A D/A G D

A D/A G A

A D/A

Fly inside

G D

Feel me dealing

A D/A G A

Holding on to a story just told

D/A G D

About a man whos the life of a funeral

A D/A G A

Grabbing on to a woman whos soul

A D/A G D

He just stole for a dream he dont believe in

A D/A G A

Now she sits and she yells for a smile

A D/A G D

"Dont let the sun make me feel lonely"

A D/A G5

Oh let me in let me in let me in

A D9 E D9

Is it me

A D9 E D9

Or is it honey

(same as first verse)

We all seem to hold

To Something we dont see

Is He here

Is He there

Where does He live

Some people say in the pull of a heartbeat

Some people say in the mind of a stranger

I cant explain what it is I believe in

So take your heart take your mind and escape

Is it me

Or is it honey

Is it me

Or is it honey

(mute strings)

C G A5

Is it me trying to raise your little children

C G A5

Is it me trying to take your little flame

C G A5

Why are you trying to steal my judgement day away

C G E7

Let me scream let me scream let me scream

A D/A G D

(solo) Dont take it away

(same as first verse)

Another day in the arms of the real thing

Another day in the eyes of a fool

I called today just to make me feel hopeless

Lie to me and Ill try to believe

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@SONG: Let It Breathe

(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

Intro: E-B-C#m-B-A (2x)

(verse)

E B

Could we do it again

C#m B

If he asked how it felt

A

And I didn't say this time

E B

You tried to scare me with empty thoughts

C#m B

That means not a thing

A

'Cause I'm down behind you

(verse)

Could we swing it again

If I changed how he looked

And turned to the right to bend

You live with something that I can't explain

But your face cracks a smile when you see it shining

(chorus)

A B

You feel things in your own way

C#m B

And I'm supposed to lay down and bow to you

A B C#m

I'm tired of bailing hay for something that I can't see

B

I don't want to be you

A

You don't want to be me.

B

Just let it breathe

E-B-C#m-B-A

(verse)

If the moon goes up tomorrow and I'm down on a farm

And you don't believe whose writing with me

Keep your hands to yourself

Keep your mind to yourself

Keep your breath to yourself

Let me float on by you

(chorus)

You see things in your own way

And I'm supposed to lay down and bow to you

I'm tired of bailing hay for something that I can't see

You don't want to be me

I don't want to be you

(bridge)

A E A E

It's so very necessary

A E A E

It's so delectable to see a stone

A G#m C#m B

It's so impossible to find a reason

A

When you're standing there

B

Watching me now

E-B-C#m-B-A

(verse)

Could we live it again

If we dressed just the same

And held on to lovers when

We couldn't really live with anyone

See mostly ourselves so just go on lying

(chorus)

You feel things in your own way

And I'm supposed to lay down and bow to you

I'm tired of bailing hay for someone that I can't see

I don't want to be you

You don't want to be me

(A-E till end)

Just let it breathe

Let it breathe

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@SONG: Silly Little Pop Song

(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

Intro: (Riff A x2)

(verse - Riff B x4)

One thing's for sure

I just can't find the way

To let it seem like all is wrong

Inside my den

(verse)

Hold back

Breathe easy

She said to me

Go somewhere and change your mind

Just let me sleep

G A C

I've been living in a lesson

G A C

Please just come inside and listen

(verse but Riff B only x3)

Is it anger at life

Or are you happy to be with me

Are you seeing someone

(verse)

Or will your faith

Go with no other man

Come on

Let me dream

G A C

I've been living in a lesson

G A C

Please just come inside and listen

G A C

No need to worry 'bout all the lying

G A C

Please just come inside

(verse)

It's a thing

To make me want to go

See another

That makes me doubt

G A C

I've been living in a lesson

G A C

Please just come inside and listen

G A C

No need to worry 'bout all the lying

All the changing

G A C

Please just come inside

G A C

I've been living in a lesson

G A C

Please just come inside (ooo la-la)

..........

Riff A

e ----------2--------|----------------------------

B ------3-----3------|-----3-----3----3-----------

G ----2---2-----2----|-------0-----0--------------

D --0-------------0--|----------------------------

A -------------------|--3-------------------------

E -------------------|----------------------------

Riff B

e ----------2--------|----------------------------

B ------3-----3------|-----3-----3----------------

G ----2---2-----2----|-------0-----0--------------

D --0-------------0--|---------------2-0----------

A -------------------|--3-------------------------

E -------------------|----------------------------

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Fool By Hootie and the Blowfish

(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

(Corrected by mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk Grant McAllister)

Intro: G-D (with riff A, two times)

(verse)

G (**)

Saw you last night

Fmaj7

You were sleeping in my mind

G Fmaj7

Doubting you'll ever be free again

G

Then I climbed back inside

Fmaj7

Someone open my eyes

G

To find me drunk again

Fmaj7

Bonnie on the radio, and she was singing low

G (add Riff B)

"Give it up or let me go"

G

Every night there is one more

Fmaj7

Every night there is two more

G

Saying I shouldn't be feeling this pain

Fmaj7

I think I better grow up now or go insane

(chorus)

C D

There's so much I feel

G D/F# Em

So much I conceal

C D

There's just so many things I can be

(verse)

Someone write the story of 5 points

No one wanted to know me

Now they all have opinions of what we do

So they go down to Bar None so we can have a drink or two

Can't write a story from the trees

I know somewhere she's watching me

Saying "Boy carry your load"

Oh I don't want to go back on the road now

(chorus twice)

There's so much I feel

So much I conceal

There's just so many places to see

And faces I can read

C D

There's just so many things I can be

(play intro to end)

..........

Riff A

e -------------------|----------------------------

B ------8------------|-----8--7-------------------

G ---/7--------------|--/7---7--------------------

D -------------------|----------------------------

A -------------------|----------------------------

E -------------------|----------------------------

Riff B

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

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

G --4-----------------|---2-----------------------

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

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

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

(play this the last time)

e --1---3-1---3-1---3-1-----

B --1-------1-----1-----1---

G --2-----------------------

D --3-----------------------

A --3-----------------------

E --1-----------------------

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@SONG: Tootie

(tabbed by randell@heinous.music.uiowa.edu)

Intro: (Riff A)-C-C/B-Am-F-G-(Riff A)

(verse)

C C/B Am

You put a rose in my hand

F

Put a dollar in my pocket

G Riff A

But you don't understand

C C/B Am

How the days grow longer, the sky is black as night

F G

I see the morning but you won't see the light

(chorus)

Em F

I thought about you for a long, long time

Em F

I wrote about you but my words don't seem to rhyme

C Am

And now you're lying here

F G C

But my heart still beats for you

(verse)

Had a dream about you

You sat right down beside me

And you told me we were through

It was all so real and you told me reasons why

You brought me to the window

And you taught me how to fly

(chorus)

I thought about you for a long, long time

I said I love you but we just don't have the time

And now you're lying here

But my heart still beats for you

String Break: (verse)

(chorus)

I thought to hold you for a long, long time

You said I love you but my heart won't seem to chime in

And now you're lying here

And my heart still beats for you...

C/B Am

Ohhh...I'm trying...

F G C

And my heart still beats for you

..........

Riff A

e ----------------

B ----------------

G ----------------

D ----------------

A ----0-2---------

E --3-------------

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SONG: When I'm Lonely By Hootie and the Blowfish

Tabbed by Grant MCAllister mcallist@dcs.gla.ac.uk

Chords: E:022100 A(add2/E):077600 C#m7:x46454 F#m7:242222

G#:466544 A:x02220 B:x24440 C#m:x46654

E Aadd2/E

Eyes like an infant

E

Staring me down

Aadd2/E E Aadd2/E

She'll take anything that's tied up

C#m7 F#m7

In my glorious past

E

It's just 4 days 'til Sunday

Aadd2/E E Aadd2/E

When I say that I'm gone

E

Little one screams you cry

Aadd2/E C#m7 F#m7

Tell the pain to leave me alone

(Same as before)

It's just 2 days 'til Monday

Another week 'til the 4th

Is anyone listening or

Should I call on the Lord

G# A

Oh believe me...

B

Sometimes I breathe

A

Sometimes I see

C#m

Then I dream a dream that won't come true

A E

And I struggle with lies when I'm lonely

(Rest of song continues with same chord progression)

Someone called my name out loud about 4 a.m.

It wasn't you so I let her in

Just to see what she wanted

She left screaming because I called her by your name

But the next day she came to call

And we finished our game

Alright now

Some days I breathe

Some days I see

Then I dream a dream that won't come true

And I struggle with time when I'm lonely

Shep plays piano down in

Shandon on the other side of Rosewood

You said he wasn't your type

But you went anyway

You left screamin' cause you thought you would

Call him by my name

Ah and you whisper

Why do I do this

I can't go through this why do I do this, why

Sometimes I breathe

Sometimes I see

Then I dream a dream that won't come true

And I struggle with life when I'm lonely

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