Howie Day – Treetops (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
(The chords are C to F for the verses - however, if you listen to the recording the Piano plays a walk to the
F from the C chord. This is what will bring clarity to the transitions between the chords to sound more like
how Howie plays it. If you hear him play it live, he finger picks most of the song and plays this walk as
well.
The easiest way to account for this is to play a single open E note in-between the C and F as well
as a single G note (E string fret 3) when transitioning back to the C.
If I were to tab this simply, it would look like the below:
C E C F G C (x10) (x9) e|----------------1----------| B|-1------1--1----1--------1-| G|-0------0--0----2--------0-| D|-2------2--2----3--------2-| A|-3------3--3----3--------3-| E|-----0-------1--1-----3----|
This happens once again when the Am comes into play. The transition from the Am to the F also
has that single E note played on the open E string relative to the capo. That would look something like this:
Am E Am F (x6) (x10) e|--------------------1----| B|--1-----1--1--1--1--1----| G|--2-----2--2--2--2--2----| D|--2-----2--2--2--2--3----| A|--0-----0--0--0--0--3----| E|-----0--------------1----|
This would be the whole progression for the verses below. If you want to just play the chords
listed that also works. This progression just sounds more like what is on the studio version.)
[Intro]
C F
[Verse]
C From way up here F The world is just a blur C F Of your only distraction C F No mace, fear of faces in the church Am F Just hearts called to action
[Chorus]
Am F C G We're dancing on the treetops tonight Am F C We're hiding from the people and the lights G Here we are F Here we are
C F
[Verse]
C F We sleep, we dream and never fall apart C F Just stone cold on the outside C F We made mistakes, the surface we've got scars Am F But we're all good on the inside
[Chorus]
Am F C G We're dancing on the treetops tonight Am F C We're hiding from the people and the lights G Here we are Am F Close your eyes and don't look down C G The world is just a memory now Am F C We're dancing on the treetops tonight G Here we are F G Am Here we are
[Break]
Am F G Am I'm never going to let you go Am F G Am Because here we are Am F G Am You know I'm never going to let you go
Am F C G
[Chorus]
Am F C G We're dancing on the treetops tonight Am F C We're hiding from the people and the lights G Here we are Am F Close your eyes and don't look down C G The world is just a memory now Am F C We're dancing on the treetops tonight G Here we are F G Am Here we are Am F G Am Because here we are Am F G Am You know I'm never going to let you go Am F G C Because here we are