Jeff Buckley

Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine guitar tab

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Date: 20 Oct 97 00:23:00 -0700

From: OLIVER_ULES@tandem.com

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Subject: TAB: Lilac Wine by Jeff Buckley

Lilac Wine

(written by J. Shelton)

LILAC WINE -- Chord Chart and Tab

[Originally posted by Michael Harris, May 20 1996]

** "LILAC WINE" CHORD CHART **

This is my user-friendly chord map to "LW". It is not too far from John

Pollock's earlier tab of this, but there are some variations,

particularly

the diminished chord and the D7 instead of D.

Gm

I lost myself on a cool damp night

Eb

Gave myself in that misty light

D7 Cm

Was hypnotized by a strange delight

D7 Gm

Under a lilac tree

Gm

I made wine from the lilac tree

Eb

Put my heart in its recipe

Cm(*)

It makes me see what I want to see...

D7 Gm

And be what I want to be

Gdim C

When I think more than I want to think

Cm Gm

Do things I never should do

Gdim C

I drink much more than I ought to drink

Cm G D7

Because I brings me back you...

G G7

G G7 C D7 G G7

Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love

C Dm G C Dm G C

Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love

Eb D7

Listen to me... I cannot see clearly

D7 Am7 D7

Isn't that she coming to me nearly here?

And repeat as necessary.

The final progression is just:

G G7 C D7 G G7

Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love

C Cm D7 G

I feel unready for my love...

Notes:

>The C minor chord marked with the * is actually a bit more involved

(complicated?) if you look at the tab, as it has an A in the bass. This

actually makes it, I think, an "A minor 7 diminished 5", but don't quote

me!!

>Diagrams for the G diminished chord and the Am7dim5 are below:

alternatively see the tab.

>To get the "muted jazzy feel" John Pollock referred to in his post,

without being confined to barre chords (which are difficult and also are

not what I have tabbed out below for the most part), I suggest using the

thumb and fingers of the right (picking) hand rather than a plectrum, to

"stroke" the strings.

Chords

E |---|---|-4-|---| |---|---|---|---|

B |---|-2-|---|---| |---|-1-|---|---|

G |---|---|-3-|---| |---|---|-4-|---|

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

A |---|---|---|---| |(1)|---|---|---|

E |---|---|---|---| |---|---|-2-|---|

2 3 4 5 3 4 5 6

G diminished Am7dim5 I think

[to make this a Cminor, just play the

(1)

on

the 5th string rather than the 2 on the

6th, OK]

** "LILAC WINE" COMPLETE TAB **

This is actually fairly easy and quite fun to play. As best I can

figure

it, this is what I think is actually played on the "Grace" album. At

least, it's pretty darn close...

Standard tuning!! (What a shock!) I'm just going to tab out the

individual chords, not the rhythm or anything. Y'all can figure that

out

yourselves. (If you are training your ear, a good exercise is to figure

out which chord below goes where in the song.)

*Introduction

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

B--3---4---3---4---3---3---4---4---3---3---

G--3---0---5---5---5---3---0---5---5---3--

D--5---5---4---5---4---5---5---5---4---5--

A--5---6---5---3---5---5---6---X---5---5--

E------------------------------5----------

E---4---------------4------------------

B---3---5---4---3---3---5---4----------

G---4---5---5---3---4---5---5----------

D---3---5---5---5---3---5---5---5---4--

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

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

*"Lilac wine..." bit

E---3---3---0---2---3---3---0---1---3---0--

B---0---0---1---1---0---0---1---3---0---1---

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

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

A---2---2---3-------2---2---3-------2---3--

E---3---1---X---X---3---1---X-------3------

E---1---3---0---------------------

B---3---0---1---8---3---5---3-----

G---2---0---0---8---5---5---5-----

D---0---0---2---8---4---5---4-----

A-------2---3---6---5---7---5-----

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

Now, I'll leave the final progression up to you since it's just a

variation on the above, and the chord chart I provided gives the

essential

information.

The one variation through the song that might be worth noting is that on

the second run through, when we get to "sweet and heady", halfway

through

the D7 bit, Jeff adds a suspension which should be pretty apparent when

you hear it (I'm providing the "rhythm" in the tab below):

E-----2--2--3--3---

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

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

D-----0--0--0--0---

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

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

Happy playing.

mh

Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 13:55:09 +0100

From: John IB Pollock, stu111@central.napier.ac.uk

Subject: Lilac wine Corrected

Okay I finally got round to doing Lilac Wine : "The reason men drink"

Jeff

in concert, August 1994

Try and play it with barre chords to give that muted jazzy feel

particularly the G G7 bit. As it is fairly jazzy I may have simplifed

the harmonies a bit, but try it and see. As normal I make no claims as

to accuracy.

Lilac Wine [Cover]

Gm

I lost myself on a cool damp night

Eb

Gave myself in that misty light

Cm

Was hypnotized by a strange delight

D

Under a lilac tree

Gm

I made wine from the lilac tree

Eb

Put my heart in its recipe

Cm

It makes me see what I want to see...

D

And be what I want to be

F#m C

When I think more than I want to think

Cm Gm

Do things I never should do

F#m C

I drink much more that I ought to drink

Cm D

Because I brings me back you...

G G7

G G7 C D G G7

Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love

C F G C F G C

Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love

Eb

Listen to me... I cannot see clearly

D Am D

Isn't that she coming to me nearly here?

And reapeat patterns.

and the last bit (the coda? My musical education is sadly lacking)

G G7 C D G G7

Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love

C Eb D G

I feel unready for my love...

LYRICS

I lost myself on a cool damp night

Gave myself in that misty light

Was hypnotized by a strange delight

Under a lilac tree

I made wine from the lilac tree

Put my heart in its recipe

It makes me see what I want to see...

And be what I want to be

When I think more than I want to think

Do things I never should do

I drink much more that I ought to drink

Because It brings me back you...

Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love

Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love

Listen to me... I cannot see clearly

Isn't that she coming to me nearly here?

Lilac wine is sweet and heady where's my love?

Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, where's my love?

Listen to me, why is everything so hazy?

Isn't that she, or am I just going crazy, dear?

Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love...

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