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"Open Letter" by Caedmon's Call
>From "The Guild Collection Volume 1"
Words and music by Derek Webb
Copyright © 1997 Cumbee Road Music
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Transcribed by t-rev@ccws.net http://ccws.net/t-rev
Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
e-|----3-3-----3-3-----3-------3-3-| Beat 8 is occasionally
b-|----3-3-----3-3-----3-------3-3-| <-left silent for effect.
g-|----0-0-----0-0-----0-------0-0-|
d-|--------0h2---------------------| Beat 7 is sometimes
a-|2h3-----0---------------0h2-----| <-a hammer on the 4th
e-|----------------3---------------| string instead.
C9..... C9/A... G...... G/B....
There's a bass note each odd numbered beat, usually either hammered on
or paired with a note hammered on the next higher string. On all the
off (even) beats do a down-up pair of strums (except the G, just one
there). Just leave your pinky and ring fingers on the 3rd fret 1st and
2nd strings; do all the bass and hammer notes with your index and middle
fingers. If you count the beats as I have here, then the tempo is 170
pattern.
Well, I'm finding the green cleared from my eyes
I am young and I am deep within the woods
What I'm discovering is far from the land I've heard tell of
But I'm not so vain to think that I'm the first
The first to see and to turn their eyes away
And I know that's not a popular approach
And I'm also learning the rules to the game I'm supposed to play
And they are proving to be far beyond reproach
And just 'cause we subscribe to different paths
Doesn't give you right to just sit and laugh
Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
e-|----3-----3---------3-----3----|----0-----0---------0-----0----|
b-|----1---------1-----1---------1|----1---------1-----1---------1|
g-|----0-------0-------0-------0--|----2-------2-------2-------2--|
d-|----2---------------2----------|----3---------------3----------|
a-|0---------------0--------------|----0---------------0----------|
e-|-------------------------------|1---------------1--------------|
Am7............................ Fmaj7..........................
An easier option is just to strum instead of picking the three notes
after each bass/strum.
Can you still see from whence you've come }
'Cause I won't bow down to a place so low }
I think that you're wrong and I think you're wrong }
I hope you don't mind me saying so {very last time}
(note: "}" signifies a line where Danielle sings harmony)
Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
e-|----0-----0-0-0-----0-----0-0-0|----3-----3-3-3-----3-----3-3-0|
b-|----0-----0-0-0-----1-----1-1-1|----3-----3-3-3-----1-----1-1-0|
g-|----1-----1-1-1-----2-----2-2-2|----0-----0-0-0-----0-----0-0-1|
d-|----0-----0-0-0-----3-----3-3-3|----0-----0-0-0-----2-----2-2-0|
a-|----2-----2-2-2-----0-----0-0-0|----2-----2-2-2-0---------0-0-2|
e-|0---------0-0-0-1---------1-1-1|3---------3-3-3----------------|
E7............. Fmaj7.......... G.............. Am7...........E7
Same rhythm as the bridge, but strum instead of picking the three notes
(same as the "easier option" for the bridge). Note the syncopation of
the E7 on the last up-beat.
It's not as though this truck's been up on blocks years in my front yard
Waiting for the fuel of you to make it go }
Well, I guess it all depends on who you answer to
Cause I still believe it's Who not what you know }
Why don't you write me a letter or call me on the phone
Tell me of all the big important things we'll do
I know you're understanding of what freedom means to me
But I bet you won't mention how you'll hide me till I belong to you
All of these things you say I lack
You can keep just give my innocence back
If it comes right down to yes or no
Just lock the door and on my way I'll go }
(Well I don't care now)
Well don't call us
We will call you {octave}
C9=X32033
G=320033
Am7=X02013
Fmaj7=103210 (thumb wrapped around)
E7=020100
Transcribed 11/1/1997 by t-rev@ccws.net
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