Violent Femmes – Color Me Once (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.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 23:50:52 -0800 (PST) From: Jonadz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: TAB: "Color Me Once" (Violent Femmes) `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' ; ; `'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`' Here's what I can offer to get you started. Lyrics are more or less from Int'l Lyrics Server (lyrics.ch). Time is 4/4.
INTRO:
e||------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
B||------------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
G||o-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
D||o--3---2-2--0---0-|-3---2-2--0---0-|-3---2-2--0---0-|-3---2-2--0---0-o||
A||-------------\3---|-----------\3---|-1---------\3---|-----------\3----||
E||-[10]-------------|[5]-------------|[3]-------------|[0]--------------||
Bass follows with the notes tabbed on the E-string (so same tab for the
bass, but an octave higher)

       Mute 7th fret          Mute 5th fret         Mute 7th fret
e||----|------------------||---|-----------------|---|------------------|
B||--R-|------------------||-R-|-----------------|-R-|------------------|
G||o-e-|-----------------o||-e-|-----------------|-e-|------------------|
D||o-s-|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-o||-s-|-X-X-X-X-X-X-5p0-|-s-|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X--|
A||--t-|------------------||-t-|-----------------|-t-|-8888777766665432-|<-+
E||----|------------------||---|-----------------|---|------------------|
| 2nd gtr, palm mute ----+ VERSE 1: D5/A C5 D5/A There might be two gtrs here, but in Color me once, color me twice any case, here's what I've got. D5/A C5 D5/A Everything gonna turn out nice Gm Everlasting love you gotta F Keep me from these false alarms D5/A C5 D5/A Sayin alarm, alarm, I seem so sad D5/A C5 D5/A Ring, ring, I see her I'm glad Gm Maybe, maybe F I'm the fire of her desire D5/A C5 D5/A Patience, patience said the man D5/A C5 D5/A Patience, patience, I can't understand Gm Patience like a man and a wife F I got patience on my neck like a coco that D5/A C5 D5/A I say Jack be nimble, Jack fall dead D5/A C5 D5/A Jack bend over and give Jilly head Gm Oh, you gotta help my body heal my soul
SOLO 1:                                                     
^ = bend
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------5---5-7-7^7-5-7---5-7-|
D|-0-2---3-2---0/5---5/7-7-7-7-7-5-7-7-8---8-------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
                                               2nd gtr plays
                                               some chords here.

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------77777--------------------|
D|-5-7---8^7---5\3-3-5---7^5-3---77777---7777555533332222-|
A|---------------------------------------5555333311110000-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE 2: D5/A C5 D5/A Dead men working, a sinner, a saint D5/A C5 D5/A Mixing up a pail of paint Gm Painted the house black as night F But when the sun came up the house was white D5/A etc, Gotta go on, gotta go on We gotta go on, you gotta go on We gotta go on SOLO 2: Wait til I get a wah-pedal... OUTRO: Same as the intro, except for a final A|-X-|.