Intro: |F - C - Am| x 2 |G| I hear the drums |D/F#| echoing to-|Em| night But |Em/D| she hears only |F| whispers of some |C| quiet conver-|Em| sa-|F| tion |C - Am| |G| She's coming in, |D/F#| twelve-thirty |Em| flight The |Em/D| moonlit wings re-|F| flect the stars that |C| guide me towards sal-|Em| va-|F| tion |C - Am| |G| I stopped an |D/F#| old man along the |Em| way |Em/D| Hoping to find some |F| old forgotten |C| words or ancient |Em| melo-|F| dies |C - Am| |G| He turned to |D/F#| me as if to |Em| say, "Hurry, boy, it's |F| waiting there for you" |C - Am|
......|Dm| It's gonna take a |Bb| lot to drag me a-|F| way from |C| you ......|Dm| There's nothing that a |Bb| hundred men or |F| more could ever |C| do ......|Dm| I bless the |Bb| rains down in |F| Afri-|C| ca ......|Dm| Gonna take some |Bb| time to do the |F| things we never ......|Am| had |C - Dm| - |C| Ooh Inter: |F - C - Am| x 2 |G| The wild dogs |D/F#| cry out in the |Em| night As |Em/D| they grow restless, |F| longing for some |C| solitary compa-|F| ny |C- Am| |G| I know that |D/F#| I must do what's |Em| right Sure as |Em/D| Kilimanjaro |F| rises like O-|C| lympus above the |Em| Serenge-|F| ti |C - Am| |G| I seek to |D/F#|cure what's deep in-|Em| side Frightened of this |F| thing that I've become|C - Am| ......|Dm| It's gonna take a |Bb| lot to drag me a-|F| way from |C| you ......|Dm| There's nothing that a |Bb| hundred men or |F| more could ever |C| do ......|Dm| I bless the |Bb| rains down in |F| Afri-|C| ca ......|Dm| Gonna take some |Bb| time to do the |F| things we never ......|Am| had |C - Dm| - |C| Ooh Inter: |F - C - Am| x 2 Instr: |G - D/F# - Em - Em/D - F - C - Em| - |F - C - Am| Instr: |G - D/F# - Em|
...Hurry, boy, she's |F| waiting there for you |C - Am| ......|Dm| It's gonna take a |Bb| lot to drag me a-|F| way from |C| you ......|Dm| There's nothing that a |Bb| hundred men or |F| more could ever |C| do ......|Dm| I bless the |Bb| rains down in |F| Afri-|C| ca ......|Dm| Gonna take some |Bb| time to do the |F| things we never ......|Am| had |C - Dm| - |C| Ooh Final: |F - C - Am| x 2
Intro: |Em - D - A| x 2 Woke up on |Bm| monday |E| and got ready for |A| school Put on my |Bm| uniform |E| it was three sizes too |A| small I said "dear, dear, dear |Bm| teacher |E| I've been six years a-|A| way And ain't finished my |Bm| essay |E| coz rock'n'roll rules |A| ok!" ......|Em| Ooooooooh oo-|D| oh oo-|A| oh ooh ooh My conclusion this |Bm| summer, |E| was there was much too much |A| rain So I ran off on |Bm| thursday |E| with a dance troupe from |A| Spain Where wine, dance and |Bm| music |E| is the name of the |A| game From Bilbao to |Bm| Madrid, |E| my mind ain't been the |A| same ......|Em| Ooooooooh oo-|D| oh oo-|A| oh ooh ooh ......|Em| Ooooooooh oo-|D| oh oo-|A| oh ooh ooh Oh the rehearsals went |Bm| easy |E| and I'd learnt all the |A| moves I was playing a |Bm| tree trunk |E| in a forest of |A| fools Now Maria moved |Bm| real good |E| and I could if I |A| would But when your mind's your |Bm| prison, |E| things just don't seem so |A| good ......And then we'll be |Bm| married |G| ......Then we'll be |Bm| happy |G| ......And then we'll be |Bm| married|G| ......Then we'll be |Bm| happy ......|F#| Ooooo-|Bm| oooohhhhhhhhhh |E - A| ......|Bm - E - A|
Desmitificada y al alcance de cualquier rascador. C11+ sería añadiendo F#, ya sea en la 4ª como en la 1ª: |B - Bm7| ... and the |F#| lamb lies |G4| down on |C| Broadway |C| Early morning Manhattan, ocean wind blows on the land |Em| The Movie Palace is now undone The |F| all-night watchmen have had their fun |Em| Sleeping cheaply on the midnight show It's the |F| same old ending, time to go, get |C| out! |C11+| ......It |B| seems they cannot leave their dream, ......There's |Bm7| something moving in the sidewalk steam ......And the |F#| lamb lies |G4| down on |C| Broadway |C| Nightime's flyers feel their pains, drugstore takes down the chains |Em| Metal motion comes in bursts But the |F| gas station can quench that thirst Sus-|Em| pension cracked on unmade road The |F| trucker's eyes read overload |C| And out of the |C11+| subway ......|B| RaelImperial Aerosol Kid, ......|Bm7| Exits into daylight, spraygun hid ......And the |F#| lamb lies |G4| down on |C| Broadway ............The |Fmaj7| lamb seems right out of place ............Yet the |Cmaj7| Broadway street scene finds a |Fmaj7| focus in its face ............|Dm6| Somehow it's lying there, brings a |A| stillness to the air ............Though |Am| ma--|Dm|--an-made |Am| light |Dm| ............At |Am| night is |Dm| very |Am| bright |Dm| ............There's |Bbmaj7| no whitewash victim ............As the |Fmaj7| neons dim, to the coat of |C| white |C11+| ......|B| Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid, ......|Bm7| Wipes his gun, he's forgotten what he did ......And the |F#| lamb lies |G4| down on |C| Broadway
|C| Suzanne tired her work all done, thinks money, honey, be on, neon |Em| Cabman's velvet glove sounds the horn And the |F| sawdust king spits out his scorn |Em| Wonder women draw your blind |F| Don't look at me, I'm not your kind, I'm |C| Rael |C11+| ......|B| Something inside me has just begun ......|Bm7| Lord knows what I have done ......And the |F#| lamb lies |G4| down on |C| Broadway ......On Broadway
Como "músico" (en mi caso, eufemismo por "rascador" de guitarra), lo que mejor me sale, por no decir lo único, es el "sacado" de canciones. Casi que me gusta más sacarlas (es decir, determinar qué acordes la conforman) que tocarlas. Este blog pretende ser, entonces, una recopilación de buenas canciones para tocar en guitarra, adaptando respetuosamente los originales, aunque con acordes lo más sencillos posibles.
Y sí, hay mucho de esto en la red y se consigue de casi todo, pero... a) "casi todo" no es todo: hay muchas canciones excelentes cuyos acordes no se hallan por ningún lado; b) la mayoría de lo que se encuentra está en su tono original, lo que muchas veces no es práctico para el rascador casero y de talento promedio, ni accesible para el rango de voz más común; c) es demasiado habitual encontrar versiones con todo tipo de errores, algunos muy gruesos; d) nunca se encuentran versiones completas, es decir, con los acordes en toda la canción; esto muchas veces hace que la transcripción no sirva de mucho, ya que no siempre uno se acuerda del fraseo de la canción. Lamentablemente, para armar las transcripciones y que queden los acordes en el lugar adecuado, no me quedó otra que intercalar los acordes entre el texto de la letra, dadas las limitaciones de armado que tiene Blogger.
Para eso, entonces, el blog: para publicar versiones confiables, prácticas y "tocables" de canciones conocidas y no tanto. Sobre todo no tanto. Ojalá le sirvan a alguien.