The Cranberries

The Cranberries - I Cant Be With You guitar tab

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From: riscman@geko.com.au (Karl 'RiscMan' Davis)

"I can't be with you", The Cranberries.

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From their 2nd album 'No need to argue'

Not sure if this has been done already, but as I was doing the

Cranberries at the moment, I thought someone would like this.

Try to get the Irish accent. It makes it so much nicer ;)

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A E

Lying in my bed again,

F#m D

And I cry cause you're not here.

A E

Crying in my head again,

F#m D

And I know that it's not clear.

A

Put your hands, put your hands

E F#m D

Inside my face and see that it's just you.

A

But it's bad, and it's mad,

E

And it's making me sad

F#m D

Because I can't be with you

Chorus:

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A E F#m D

Be with you, Be with you, Be with you, Be with you,

A E

Be with you, Be with you,

F#m D

Babe I can't be with you.

Thinking back on how things were

And how we loved so well

I wanted to be the mother

of your child

And now it's just farewell

Put your hands inside my hands

And come with me,

We'll find another end

And my head, and my head

On anyone's shoulder

Cause I can't be with you.

(Chorus)

Cause you're not here, you're not here

Baby I can't be with you

Cause you're not here, you're not here

And back I'm still in love with you.

(ad. lib to end)

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Again, this sounds good on an electric-acoustic, using a Passac or

DI and a bit of reverb - but don't go overboard!

The best way to get the 'muffled' acoustic sound is to cut your

fingernails and use no pick. Use your thumb and index finger on

the strings, quickly raking, and your palm to slightly deaden the

strings.. still, if you find a better way... ;)

Use 5th barres for the chords (A == E @ 5th, E == A @ 7th,

F#m == Am @ 7th, D == A @ 5th) when it starts getting going.

Open chords sound good at the start, but once the rest of the

band kicks in, the rapid raking of the barres sounds better.

Haven't worked out the electric in the background yet, tho.

Enjoy.

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Cheers!

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||__) o __ __ |\/| __ _ |--------- You left me on a monday; ----------|

|| \ (__ | `| | '__\ | ||----- The only thing you didn't take --------|

|| \ | ___)|__.| | (__) | ||---- Was my half-full bottle of Bundy. ------|

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From: as608@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Ken Nakahara)

I Can't Be With You- The Cranberries

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From the album:No Need to Argue

To all the people who asked for more Cranberries tabs, sorry for

the long wait; I've been pretty busy lately. Here is what I came up

with!

Intro: Bb Cm Gm Bb- picked in order of strings: 5,4,3,4

-this is just a guess because I don't have much time to check.

Verse: picked in similar fashion as intro

Bb Cm Gm Bb

Crying in my bed again and I cry 'cause you're not here

Bb Cm Gm Bb

Crying in my head again and I know that it's not clear

Bb Cm Gm Bb

Put your hands, put your hands inside my face and see that it's just you

Bb Cm

But it's bad and it's mad and it's making me sad

Gm Bb

because I can't be with you

Chorus: strummed

Bb Cm Gm Bb

Be with you, be with you, be with you, be with you

Bb Cm Gm Bb

Be with you, be with you, baby I can't be with you

Verse 2: played as verse 1

Thinking about on how things were and on how we loved so well

I wanted to be the mother of your child and now it's just farewell

Put your hands in my hands and come with me, find another hand (?)

In my head, in my head, on anyone's shoulder, 'cause I can't be with you

Chorus: same as chorus above

Be with you, be with you, be with you, be with you

Be with you, be with you, baby I can't be with you

Cause you're not here, cause you're not here, baby I can't be with you

Cause you're not here, cause you're not here, baby still in love with you

Transcribed by: Akira and Ken Nakahara

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Ken Nakahara

as608@freenet.carleton.ca or ab218@torfree.net

Toronto, Ontario

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