Sweet Evening Breeze

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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 02:38:35 -0500

From: "Paul M. Berens"

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To: guitar@olga.net

Subject: CRD: m/mellencamp_john/sweet_evening_breeze.crd

"Sweet Evening Breeze"

by John Mellencamp

This a lesser-known tune off the "Human Wheels" album, but a fun one to

play acoustic. It oscillates between meditative picking and exciting

strumming. Notice my naming conventions with D/Dsus2 and D/Dsus4 below.

Enjoy.

INTRO: (Asus2)

G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2-----------(repeat-4-times)--|

VERSE: (Asus2,G,D [&Dsus4])

<-------"D/Dsus2"----------> <-----D/Dsus4-----------------------|

*if you can get the above, you can surely make up a similar picking

pattern for the C and Em progressions which are next.

VERSE 1:

I was loud and a little sad.

She was visiting from Atlanta, Georgia.

She had come to spend the summer with her dad.

I thought she was very pretty.

We would kiss and hold hands

Every night by the football field.

Her body was tan

>From the afternoons by the public swimming pool.

CHORUS: (strum these chords)

Sweet evening breeze

Blows around my thoughts and memories.

As I lie here today

And drink my tea,

I can still see

Sweet evening breeze.

VERSE 2:

I saw her in a coffee shop

In a big hotel down in Austin, Texas.

She had cut her long hair off

And replaced it with

Blue eyes of sad - ness.

Still acted like we were kids

C *Fill*

And she told me that she had to marry

And she asked me if I did

Still remember.

CHORUS

VERSE 3:

How redundant the future can be.

These days of old are very, very

Ridiculous for me to see

When I think about the real gone stor - ies

And how time holds the winning hand.

C *Fill*

I can tell by the lines on our faces

And the young can't understand

That they look at me

When they look at themselves.

CHORUS

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FILL: CHORDS:

E|----------------------------------------------------| e b g d a E

B|----0---0---0---0---------| Asus2 | 0 0 2 2 0 0-|

A|----2---0-----------------| Dsus2 | 0 3 2 0-----|

E|------------3---2---------| Dsus4 | 3 3 2 0-----|

C | 0 1 0 2 3

Em | 0 0 0 2 2 0

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