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From: Marc Bennett Hirsh
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Subject: CRD: Shotgun Down The Avalanche (Shawn Colvin)
To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1993 16:37:51 -0500 (CDT)
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Not transcribed or type in by me, but could you please add this
to the ftp archives?
Here`s the rendition of the song as played on the ACL show last year, and it
follows Shawn`s guitar style very closely. Luckily,
I taped it and the camera man was nice enough to focus on her left hand
for much of the set. Please excuse my chord names, as I have little knowledge
of musical theory or chord nomenclature.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shotgun Down The Avalanche
(Shawn Colvin, J. Leventhal)
Guitar: dropped D tuning (DADGBE - low to high),
capo V.
Chords:
Am: D A D G B E D:
============= =============
_|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_o_|_o_o_|_|_ _|_|_|_o_|_o_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
G/D: A:
============= =============
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_|_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_|_|_|_|_o_o_ _o_o_|_|_|_|_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
G: D*:
============= ===========X=
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_o_|_|_|_
_o_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
C1: D/E: Em:
============= ============= =============
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_|_x_|_|_|_|_ (C2) _|_|_|_o_|_|_ _o_o_|_|_|_|_
_|_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
_|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_
^ (hammer on)
Notes: 1) The D* chord is questionable.
2) C1 is a hammer on 3rd fret, fifth string, and C2 is a hammer
on 2nd fret, same string.
(Am chord)
Intro: E ------------0---------------0-----
B ------------1-----1---------1-----
G ------------2---------2-----2-----
D -0-2-0------2-------2-------2----- (repeat twice)
A -------2--0--------------0--------
D ---------------2------------------
^ ^ ^
(hammer on)
Words:
1:
Am D G/D D G/D Am
I`m riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm
Am D G/D D G/D Am
Tumbling and falling down the avalanche Hmmmmmmmm
A G C1-C2 D
But I will raise up my voice into the void
A Em Am
You have left me nowhere to go
2:
I love you so much and it`s so bizzare
A mystery that goes on and on and on
It is the best thing and the very most hard
And we don`t get along
After countless appeals, we keep spinning our wheels
On this mountain of new fallen snow
So I let go the catch and we`re over the edge
You have left me nowhere to go
I`m riding shotgun down the avalanche
(guitar interlude: Am D G/D D G/D Am)
3:
Sometimes you make me loose my will to live
And just become a beacon for your soul
But the past is stronger than my will to forgive
Forgive you or myself, I don`t know
I`m riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm
Tumblin` and fallin` down the avalanche Hmmmmmmmm
So be quiet tonight, be sure to step lightly
On this mountain of new fallen snow
But I will raise up my voice into the void
You have left me nowhere to go
I`m riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm
(Guitar Ending:) heavy strumming on D/E chord,
then single slow strum on D* chord
--
Marc Hirsh (marc@owlnet.rice.edu)
/
^ --I went to the funeral and Lord it made me happy...
V
(Lyle Lovett)
