Melissa Etheridge - This War Is Over

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Band name Melissa Etheridge
Song name This War Is Over
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Date: 26 Feb 1996 11:35:39 +0000
From: "Boulton, Nic" 
Subject: /e/Melissa_Etheridge/This war is over.tab


This war is over (Melissa Etheridge)
------------------------------------

>From the "Your Little Secret" album. Guitar chords are written above the
lyrics, Bass parts below the lyrics. 


[Intro] :

             <----------------------bassline1----------------------->

           //            *             |           *      *          \\
A --------||.------/5--/-10-------(10\)|-----/5--/-10----\7~~-\5~~\--.||
E --3/5\3-||.--3-\-------------(13)----|(3\)-------------------------.||
           \\                          |                             //

[repeat bassline1 three more times]


G                    G               G                      G    
Take off my shield  carry my sword   ...
<---bassline1---->  <--bassline1-->  <-----bassline1---->  <-bassline1->

G                    G                  G                   G    
Find me a sky     & give me my ...
<--bassline1-->   <---bassline1--->  <-----bassline1---->  <-bassline1->



[Chorus]:
               C                        G
Tell them I'm all right    ...
              <--bassline2-->          <--bassline1->


               C                        G
Tell them I'm all right    ...
              <--bassline2-->          <--bassline1->


            Am      C                G
This war is o-ve-r--.    ...
bass: E-----8-7--5-/15--             <--bassline1--> 



G                   G                G                         G       
Take off my shame  bury it ...
Find me the Sun  & give me it ....

[Chorus]

[Break]: 

e -----------------------------------------------------------------|
B -15--13--12--12----15--13--12--12----15--13--12-----13--12--12---|
G ------------------------------------------------14---------------|


e --------------13--------------12--(12h)13--12--------------------|
B --12--13--15-----------------------------------15--12------------|
G -----------------------------------------------------------------|

e --------------13-----(13h)15--12--(12h)13--12--------------------|
B --12--13--15-----------------------------------15--12------------|
G -----------------------------------------------------------------|

e ------------up---down---------------------------------|
B -----------12-(13)-12---------------------------------|
G ----------------------12------------------------------|
D ----------------------------14----12----(12h14p12)12--|
A ------------------------------------------------------|
E ------------------------------------------------------|
                                                    Take off...


(acapella)
Take off my pain   carry me slow     ...

[Chorus]

[Ad lib guitar over bassline 3 to fade]


    // bassline 3 :
A -||.------------------------------------
E -||.-3--3--3--3--/10------10--12--10-\--
   \\

                                          \\
A --------------------------10--12--10-\--.||
E ----3--3--3--3--/10---------------------.||
                                          //

 & occasionally: ... A -----12--10--------
                     E -------------12-\--



EADGBe
320003 - G
X32010 - C
X02210 - Am

/ is a slide up
\ is a slide down
* is don't pick the note, just slide up/down to it
h is a hammer on
p is a pull off
~~ is finger vibrato

    up  down
B-12-(13)-12- is pick at the 12th fret, bend the b upto c then back down



bassline2 (first half of first two lines of chorus) is : 

    //                          |                            \\
D -||-------------*-------------|----------5p0----------------||
A -||:------/5--/-7~~\----------|----------------\7~~-\5~~\--:||
E -||---3-\---------------------|-----------------------------||
    \\                          |                            //


I'm not a bass player, but it seems to sound best if you play most of the bass
part with one finger, sliding up and down the neck. Of course, you can play
the bass parts on a regular guitar- fretting and tuning is the same- its just
one octave lower on a bass. 


I kept having trouble finding the right key for the vocal. Start on a 'd'.
Here's the melody for the first line: 

d    c   b  b       d  c  b  b       d  c    b    b   a b   g  
Take off my shield  carry my ....



Any comments/improvements, etc. welcome.

Now go find yourself a bass player!


Nic

Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk

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