Indigo Girls - Fare Thee Well guitar chord
From schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu Sat Jan 21 01:09:25 PST 1995
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Subject: TAB: "Fare Thee Well" (Indigo Girls)
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Yes, I've posted this before. I post it every few months. Why?
Because it's the best damn piece of tablature I ever wrote down, and
maybe there's some IG fans out there who haven't tried to play it yet.
(It's not very hard.)
Also, my girlfriend and I just broke up, so I'm in a lousy mood, and
this song has been on my mind a lot lately, so I figured, what the hell.
This one goes out to Erin...
Adam
FARE THEE WELL (Emily Saliers)
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[Actually in F#; capo 6.]
[Tune both E strings down to D.]
[Complete tablature is at the end.]
[Some of the chord names are kind of strange; this is what happens
when you use alternate tunings. Refer to the tab at the end for
fingerings.]
[Thanks much to Rich Tebb for the collaboration on the tablature.]
C G(4)/F Em7 Am9 F6(#4) G C(9) G(4)/B
[intro]
C G(4)/F Em7 Am7
Fare thee well, my bright star
F6(#4) G C(9) G(4)/B
I watched your taillights blaze into nothingness
C G(4)/F Em7 Am9
But you were long gone before I ever got to you
F6(#4) G Am9 Am7
Before you blazed past this address
Dm7(4) C(9)/E F6(9) G
And now I think of having loved and having lost
Dm7(4) C(9)/E F6(9) G7
You never know what it's like to never love
Dm7(4) C(9)/E F6(9) G - E7/G#
Who can say what's better when my heart's become the cost
Am7 D11/A G9/D G9
A mere token of a brighter jewel sent from up above
Fare thee well, my bright star
The vanity of youth, the color of your eyes
Maybe if I'd fanned the blazing fire of your day-to-day
Or if I'd been older I'd been wise
Too thick the heat of those long summer evenings
For a cool evening I began to yearn
But you could only feed upon the things which feed a fire
Waiting to see if I would burn
Fare thee well, my bright star
It was a brief brilliant miracle dive
That which I looked up to and I clung to for dear life
Had to burn itself up just to make itself alive
And I caught you then, in your moment of glory
Your last dramatic scene against a night sky stage
With a memory so clear it's as if you're still before me
My once in a lifetime star of an age
So fare thee well, my bright star
Last night the tongues of fire circled me around
And this strange season of pain will come to pass
When the healing hands of autumn cool me down
TAB:
[An equal sign is a hammer-on; / is a slide.]
[Play all the notes on the lower three strings with your thumb.]
C G(4)/F Em7 Am9
D ----------------|0---------0-----|----------------|----------------|
B ----------1-----|------1---------|----------0-----|0=1---0---------|
G ------0-------0-|----------------|------0-------0-|------0---0-----|
D ----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
A 3-------3-------|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|
D ----------------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
[intro]
F6(#4) G C(9) G(4)/B
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------0-----|--0-------0-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|
G ------2-------2-|------4-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|
D 3-------3------/|5-------5-------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
[intro]
C G(4)/F Em7 Am7
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------1-----|----------1-----|--0-------0-----|1---------1-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
D ----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|
A 3-------3-------|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|
D ----------------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Fare thee well, my bright star I watched your
F6(#4) G C(9) G(4)/B
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------0-----|--0-------0-----|----------1-----|--1-------1-----|
G ------2-------2-|------4-------4-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|
D 3-------3------/|5-------5-------|----------------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
taillights blaze into nothingness
C G(4)/F Em7 Am9
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------1-----|--1-------1-----|--0-------0-----|------1---0-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|--------------0-|
D ----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|
A 3-------3-------|----------------|--------2-------|0-------0-------|
D ----------------|3-------3-------|2---------------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
But you were long gone before I ever got to you
F6(#4) G Am9 Am7
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------0-----|--0-------0-----|--1---0---1-----|--1-------1-----|
G ------2-------2-|------4-------0-|--------------2-|------0-------0-|
D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A ----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
D 3-------3------/|5-------5-------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Before you blazed past this address And
Dm7(4) C(9)/E F6(9) G
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------1-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--3-------3-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0---------|
D ----3-------3---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D 0-------0-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|5-------5-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
now I think of having loved and having lost You
Dm7(4) C(9)/E F6(9) G7
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------1-----|--1-------1-----|----------1-----|--0-------0-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
D ----3-------3---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----3-------3---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D 0-------0-------|2-------2-------|3-------3------/|5-------5-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
never know what it's like to never love
Dm7(4) C(9)/E F6(9) G E7/G#
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------1-----|--1-------1-----|--1-------1-----|--3-------0-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0---------|
D ----3-------3---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D 0-------0-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|5-------6-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Who can say what's better and my heart's become the cost, a mere
Am7 D(11)/A G9/D G9
D ----------------|----------------|--3-------3-----|----------3-----|
B ----------1-----|--3-------3-----|------0-------0-|----------------|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----2-------2---|------------2-0-|
D ----2-------2---|----4-------4---|0-------0-------|----0-----------|
A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|5-------5-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
token of a brighter jewel sent from above
[Alternatively (and probably more correct, but very hard):]
Am7 D(11)/A G9/D G9
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------1-----|--3-------3-----|--6-------6-----|----------6-----|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------4-------4-|--------------0-|
D ----2-------2---|----4-------4---|----7-------7---|----7-------7---|
A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|5-------5-------|----------------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|5-------5-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
token of a brighter jewel sent from above
[Note that in order to do the x5746x chord, you need to use your pinky
and ring fingers for the Am7 and D(11/)A, rather than the index and
middle fingers. Then you slide up to the next chords, and use the
index and middle fingers for the 5 and 4 in the G9.]
Ending:
Am(9) Am(9) Am(9) Am(4)
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|
B --1---0---1---0-|--1---0---1---0-|--1---0---1---0-|----0=1---------|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|--2-------------|
A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
cool me down....
[Or the ending might be like this:]
Am(9) Am(9) Am(9) Am(4)
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|
B ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----0-----------|
G --5-------5-----|--5-------5-----|--5-------5-----|------5---------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A ----7-------7---|----7-------7---|----7-------7---|--7-------------|
E 7-------7-------|7-------7-------|7-------7-------|7---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
cool me down....
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Adam Schneider schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu Minneapolis, MN
Mail me if you want guitar chords for Mary-Chapin Carpenter,
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