Rhodes Emitt

Rhodes Emitt - With My Face On The Floor guitar chord

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:17 -0500

From: Andrew Rogers

Subject: ./r/rhodes_emitt/with_my_face_on_the_floor.crd

                      "With My Face On The Floor"

                             (Emitt Rhodes)

Notes from AWR:  The key riff of the song can be expressed as one or

more measures in 6/4 time, usually followed by a measure in 2/4:

(piano arr. for guitar):

(6/4)                         (2/4)

v   v   v   v   v   v         v   v  

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

-------------8-----------|    ---------

-------8-------10------8-|    ---8---8-

---8-10----10------8-10--|    ---------

-10----------------------|    ---------

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

Intro:

(6/4 measure w/piano; 2 6/4 measures w/band; 2/4 measure w/band)

Verse 1:

           Eb         Ab/Eb         Eb

Well, I'm down with my face on the floor

       Eb         Ab/Eb          Eb

Yes, I got what I asked for and more

G        Cm           F                 Ab/Eb  Eb

Well, the moment she stepped through that door

      Ab/Bb         Bb         Ab/Eb   Eb

I was down with my face on the floor

(6/4 measure w/piano; 6/4 measure w/band; 2/4 measure w/band)

Verse 2:

Now I'm standin' with back to the wall

Waitin', prayin, see [unintelligible] fall

Well, I must have been onto it all

Now I'm standin' with back to the wall

(6/4 measure w/band; fuzz guitar doubles piano octave lower)

      F                    Ab

Well now she's gone away, just in time to say

      Eb (6/4 measure w/fuzz guitar)

I'll drop you a line  (drop you a line)

      F                    Ab

Well now she's gone away, just in time to say

     Eb (6/4 and 2/4 measures w/fuzz guitar)

I'll see you sometime

(guitar solo over verse chords)

(6/4 measure w/fuzz guitar)

(repeat chorus)

(repeat verse 1)

Coda:

(rit.)

G         Cm         F                  Ab/Eb   Eb

Well, the moment she stepped through that door

      Ab/Bb         Bb         Ab/Eb  Eb

I was down with my face on the floor

(6/4 measure w/piano; repeat 6/4 measure w/band to fade)

-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers

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