Suzanne Vega – Cracking (Guitar Tab)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: /v/Suzanne.Vega/Cracking.tab ----------------------- [Actually in B; capo up four frets.] Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F# [intro] Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note] [intro] Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# It's a one time thing, it just happens a lot Csus2 G/B G G5/F# Walk with me and we will see what we have got Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Ahhhhhhh... Ahhhhhhh... Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# My footsteps are ticking, like water dripping from a tree Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Walking a hairline, and stepping very carefully Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F# Ahhhhhhh... Ahhhhhhh... Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note] Ahhhhhhh... Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# My heart is broken; it's worn out at the knees Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Hearing muffled, seeing blind, soon it will hit the deep freeze Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Ahhhhhhh... Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# And something is cracking, I don't know where Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Ice on the sidewalk, brittle branches in the air Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# The sun is blinding, dizzy golden, dancing green Csus2 G/B G5 F#[single note] Through the park in the afternoon, wondering where the hell Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F# I have been Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note] Ah ha haaaaa... INTRO AND VERSE: [Most of the verse just uses the first four measures of tab.] [Note that whenever the G5 measure comes before the Em7-A7 part, there is also an A bass note in the second half of the measure.]
Csus2            G/B              G5               G5/F#
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|
----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
3---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|3---------------|2---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

Csus2            G/B              G5               G5/F#              G5/F#
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|---3----|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|-----0--|
----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|--0---0-|
3---------------|2---------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------|
----------------|----------------|3---------------|0=2-------------|2-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^.^.^.^.

Em7              Em7/B            A7               A7
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
------3---------|------3---------|------2---------|------2---------|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|
----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
----------------|2---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

C                Cmaj7            G5               G5 [single note]
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
------1---------|------0---------|------3---------|----------------|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------------|
----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----------------|
3---------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|3---------------|3---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
"THE SUN IS BLINDING...":
  Csus2                    G/B
E ------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|  The quick notes there
B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--|  are actually 16-------|th-note
G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------|  triplets; the "03-----|s
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---|  and "02"s are hammer--|
A 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02-----------------------------|  ons, obviously.  Good
E ------------------------|------------------------|  luck.  You can subs---|
  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .     titute something easier.
..sun               is     blind  - ing,

  G5                       G5/F#
E ------------------------|------------------------|
B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--|
G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------|
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---|
A ------------------------|------------------------|
E 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02----|
  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .
  dizzy,   gol - den,  danc - ing   green

  Csus2                    G/B
E ------------------------|------------------------|
B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--|
G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------|
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---|
A 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02----|
E ------------------------|------------------------|
  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .
  Through the park in the  af  - ter - noon,

  G5                       G5/F#
E ------------------------|------------------------|
B ---------3-----------3--|------------------------|
G ---0-----------0--------|------------------------|
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|------------------------|
A ------------------------|------------------------|
E 03----03----03----03----|2-----------------------|
  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .   ^  .  ^  .  ^  .  ^  .
  wondering   where the hell           I              have     been...