Melissa

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MELISSA (by Allman Bros.; covered by Indigo Girls)

[E=022100; F#m7(4)=x44200; Emaj7=066400; A=x02220; Bm=x24432; Amaj7=x06654;

Cmaj7=332000 or x35500; A(9)=577600; B(4)=799800; C#m=466544; B=x24442.]

[I'm not sure how to finger the chord I listed as B*. You could try

x24440 or x24442. I usually play B5 (2244xx), because it's easy.]

[intro; see tab #1 at end of file]

The crossroads seem to come and go

The gypsy flies from coast to coast

Knowing many, loving none

Bearing sorrow, having fun

Cmaj7 Cmaj7 B* [hold]

But back home he'll always run

To sweet Melissa [tab #2]

The freight train, each car looks the same, all the same

No one knows the gypsy's name

No one hears his lonely sigh

There are no blankets where he lies

In all his deepest dreams the gypsy flies

With sweet Melissa [guitar solo; tab #3]

[guitar solo; tab #3]

Again the morning's come, again he's on the run

A(9) A(9) B(4)* B(4)*

Sunbeams shining through his hair, appearing not to have a care

C#m C#m A A B B (2-bar riff, no chord)

Pick up your gear and gypsy, roll on, roll on [tab #4]

Crossroads, will you ever let him go

Will you hide the dead man's ghost

Or will he lie beneath the plain

Or will his spirit float away

Cmaj7 Cmaj7 B* [hold]

But I know he won't stay here

Without Melissa [tab #5]

Cmaj7 Cmaj7 B [hold]

Yes I know that he won't stay here

Without Melissa [tab #6]

[instrumental; tab #6]

RHYTHM:

Amy's part has a rhythm like this through most of the song:

("V" is a loud strum, "v" is soft.)

V v V v V V V V v v

TAB:

[T is the 10th fret; E is 11; W is 12. I did this so that the spacing

would still make sense.]

[An equal sign (=) is a hammer-on or pull-off; a tilde (~) is a bend.]

["9E" or any other numbers right next to each other are just a fast

hammer-on.]

TAB #1: intro

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B ----------------|T=9-------------|----------------|----------------|

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TAB #2: end of first verse

B --------9(10)9--|----------------|----------------|--------9-T-W---|

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E ------W---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B W---T-------T=9-|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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TAB #3: guitar solo

B ----------------|T~--9~~~~--(T-T)|(T)9-------------|--------T=9---W-|

D --------9-E-----|---------up from|-------------9---|----------------|

A ----------------|---------fret 9]|-----------------|----------------|

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E ----------W-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B ----T=9---------|T=9---W---T---9T|--9-------------|----------------|

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TAB #4: riff at end of bridge

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TAB #5: riff in last chorus

B ----------------|T---T-----------|----------------|----------------|

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TAB #6: ending

E ----------------|----------------|--------------W-|----------------|

B ----------------|--------9-T=9---|W-------T=9-----|----T=9---------|

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- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com