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Yardbirds - Shapes Of Things guitar chord

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:53 -0500

From: Andrew Rogers

Subject: ./y/yardbirds/shapes_of_things.crd

                           "Shapes Of Things"

            (Keith Relf - Jim McCarty - Paul Samwell-Smith)

Intro:

(eighth-note triplets):

F

/ / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

(bass over verse chord progression):

G                F/D

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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

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

-----2---3---4---|-5---------------

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

  G

Shapes

    F/D              G

Of things before my eyes

      F/D            G

Just teach me to despise

     F/D                 F

Will time make man more wise

Verse 2:

Here

Within my lonely frame

My eyes just hurt my brain

But will they seem the same

Chorus:

(bass over chorus chord progression):

C                 Bb

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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

-----2---5-----5-|-----0---3-----3-

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

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

C

  Come tomorrow

Bb

   Will I be older

C

  Come tomorrow

Bb

   May be a soldier

C

  Come tomorrow

Bb

   Will I be bolder

(Bb)    D

Than today?

Verse 3:

Now

The trees are almost green

But will they still be seen

Where time and tide have been

Verse 4:

Fallen

Into your passing hands

Please don't destroy these lands

Don't make them desert sands

[repeat chorus]

Guitar solo:

[Note: solo is played entirely on G string; other strings not shown]

   G                         F

   v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v  

g -------------------------|-10-12-14-16b17----16-14-12-

                              8th-note triplet ^^^^^^^^

   G                         F

   v     v     v     v       v          v     v     v  

g -14---b16----------------|----15p14p1214-12-14--15--14--

              16th-note triplet ^^^^^^^^       ^^^^^^^^^^ qtr-note

                                                          triplet

   G                         F

   v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v  

g -15---b17----------10-12-|-8-----10---12b14-12-10--

                       qtr-note triplet ^^^^^^^^^^^

   G                         F

   v     v     v     v       v          v       v         v  

g -12----------------------|----15p14p1214--121012--1012109---109-

             16th-note triplets ^^^^^^^^            ^^^^^^

   G                             F

   v       v       v     v       v     v     v     v  

g -7---9-7-5---7-5-4--5--4--5--|-7--9-b10-9--7-------

   G                         F

   v     v     v     v        v     v     v     v  

g ----10-10-12-12-14b15r1412|-14b16------------------

    8th-note triplet ^^^^^^^

   G                         F

   v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v  

g -12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     * harmonic w/feedback

   Bb       D [N.C.]

   / / / /  /

Verse 5:

Soon

I hope that I will find

Loves deep within my mind

That won't disgrace my kind

Coda:

rhythm guitar (quarter notes, doubled with bass; lead guitar

  plays drone on open G string):

G

/ / / /  / / / /     [fade...]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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