Another Horsedreamer's Blues

Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:58:53 -0800 From: "Michael A. Mazur" Subject: TAB: Counting Crows, "Another Horsedreamer's Blues" Tab: "Another Horsedreamer's Blues" Counting Crows Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu) Intro: Wurlitzer arranged for guitar: (Play this three times) ------------------------------------------- --------------------------------10--------- --10--9--------9------------10------10--9-- --0---0-----0-----10-----0--------------0-- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ ---------------------8-----6--6--6-----8--8--8-- --------10--9-----9--------7--7--7-----9--9--9-- -----0--0------0--------0-----------0----------- --0--------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ Guitar 1, enters after first repeat of the wurlitzer, played twice: -----------5----------------------------- --------------6-------------------------- --7-----7--------7-----7-----7--------7-- -----0--------------------0-----7-------- -----------------------------------5----- ----------------------------------------- -----------5--------------------8-------- --------------6--------------------8----- --7-----7--------7-----7-----7--------9-- -----0--------------------0-------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Guitar 2, entering at the same time, played w/ slide ---------- --5---------- ------15~~~--15-- ------15~~~-- --5/10\/-- -----5/10\/-- --15------------- --15--------- ---------- ------------- ----------------- ------------- ---------- ------------- ----------------- ------------- ---------- ------------- ----------------- ------------- ---------- ------------- ----------------- ------------- Verse: (chords played by wurlitzer and bass) Dm C Dm C Margery's dreaming of the middle of the day Dm C Tiyuri to win Bb C Perfect Dozen to place Fill 1 Fill 2 ------15~~~----- - ------------------------------ --15------------ - ------------------------------ ---------------- - ------------------------------ guitar 1 plays ---------------- - --------8-------------10------ these where ---------------- - --8/10-----10--10/12------12-- marked ---------------- - ------------------------------ * (w/ fill 1) money is the matter that's been on her mind * (w/ fill 2) time ticks by her one race at a a time Chorus: Guitar 1 plays chords, guitar 2 plays the part below: BCFDBC --6--3-----0-------- --1-------------- --------1--0-------- --------3-----1----- -----3----------- -----3--------1----- -----------------0-- --------2-----2-- --3--------------0-- -------------------- -----------3----- -------------------- -------------------- ----------------- -------------------- -------------------- ----------------- -------------------- Bb ------6-----8-------- --10--------8-------- ---------6-----6----- ------6--------6----- --/7--------------7-- ---------7--------7-- --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- --------------------- Bb C She's tryin' to be a good girl F Dm And give 'em what they want Bb C Bb But Margery's dreaming of horses Lookin' at a green sky Sun like a red eye Bright blue horses are the fortune she lives by * (w/ fill 3) She's tired and lonely Scared and depressed Her visions of one day go racing the next ---------- --5----------6--------8--------- --5/10\/-- -----5/10\/-----8--------10----- ---------- -------------------7---------9-- Fill 3, ---------- -------------------------------- guitar 2 (w slide) ---------- -------------------------------- ---------- -------------------------------- She's tryin' to be a good girl And give 'em what they want But Margery's dreaming of horses Bridge: ABAGAAm --5-- -----------0-------- -----------0-------- --5-- --5-- -----------1-------- -----------1-------- --5-- --5-- --------3--2-------- -----------2-------- --5-- Gtr 1 --7-- -----3-----2-------- --------5--2-------- --7-- --0-- --1----------------- -----5-------------- --0-- ----- -------------------- --3----------------- ----- --5-- --6--6-----5--5----- --6--6-----5--5----- --5-- --5-- --3--3-----5--5----- --8--8-----5--5----- --5-- --5-- --3--3-----5--5----- --7--7-----5--5----- --5-- Gtr 2 --7-- -------------------- -------------------- --7-- w/ wah --0-- -------------------- -------------------- --0-- ----- -------------------- -------------------- ----- Am Am Margie doesn't say anything all the way home Am So afraid she'll awake to find she's all alone GABC -------------------- -------------------- -----------------1-- --------3--------1-- --------3-----2----- -----3--------2----- Both guitars repeat -----5-------------- -------------------- this, and continue -----------0-------- --1--------3-------- over organ solo --3----------------- -------------------- Organ solo over Gm Am Bb C Re-intro: The wurlitzer plays this, with slight variation, 8 times: ---------------- ---------------- -----10--10--9-- Wurlitzer figure 1 --0--0---0---0-- ---------------- ---------------- --------5----------- -----6-----6-------- --7-----------7----- Guitar 1 plays this 4 times, starting on -----------------0-- the fifth repeat in the wurlitzer part -------------------- -------------------- -----10-- ----13-- ----15-- ----x---- ---x---- ---x---- ---x----- --x----- --x----- Guitar 2 plays this, with a lot of --x------ -------- -------- distortion and wah, starting on the --------- -------- -------- fifth repeat in the wurlitzer part --------- -------- -------- Verse: Margery's wingspan's all feathers and coke cans, and TV dinners and letters she won't send, and * (w/ fill 1) Every race night is shot through with sunlight * (w/ fill 4) Trying to hit the big one one last time tonight for... --------- --8--------8/10-- -----10-- -----8----------- /10------ --------9-------- Fill 4, played by guitar 2 --------- ----------------- --------- ----------------- --------- ----------------- Bb C Bb C Drunken fathers and stupid mothers and Bb C Gm Am Boys who can't tell one girl from another BCGAm ---6--6-----8--8--- --3--3-----5--5---- ------- ---3--3-----5--5--- --3--3-----5--5---- ------- *--3--3-----5--5--* --3--3-----5--5---- ------- Guitar 1 *-----------------* ------------------- ------- ------------------- ------------------- ------- ------------------- ------------------- ------- ------------5~~~--- -----5-----8--5--8/ 10~~~-- ------------5~~~--- -/6-----6---------- ------- *-----------5~~~--* ------------------- ------- Guitar 2 w/ slide *-----------5~~~--* ------------------- ------- ------------------- ------------------- ------- ------------------- ------------------- ------- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This measure repeated 3 times (with Wurlitzer figure 1, 4 times) So she takes her pills Careful and round * (w/ fill 3, second measure only) One of these days she's gonna throw the whole bottle down But she's trying to be a good girl And give 'em what they want But Margery's dreaming of... Trying to be a good girl And give 'em what they want But Margery's dreaming of horses Wurlitzer and Guitar 1 play the intro again -----10~~-- ----x------ ---x------- Guitar 2 plays this, and then is tacet --x-------- ----------- ----------- Finish with another organ solo, with both guitars playing the same Gm Am Bb C progression they did the first time