Late September Dogs

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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 18:52:03 +0000

From: Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk

Subject: /e/Melissa_Etheridge/Late September Dogs.tab

Late September Dogs

>From Melissa Etheridge's first album.

[bass intro] :

?5string B ----------12--------------------------------_|

G ----------------------------------------------------------_|

D --------------------------12------------------------------_|

A-----------------------------------------------------------_|

E ----15(16)-\6-----4-------------7-----4\2--------2b4------_|

|_________| |_________| ^ ^

fret at 15, pick & ^ slide bend if you

quickly bend to 16 {harmonics} can (ouch),

then slide down to 6 otherwise slide

[intro/first lines of verse]- picking pattern 1

// C | x_x________

e-||----------12----------|--------12--------|--- |_|_1_|_|_| 10_|th fret

B-||.------------(13)-----|-----------13-----|--- |_|_|_|_|-----_|

G-||.----------------(12)-|--------------12--|--- |_|_|_2_|_3---_|

D-||--10---10-------------|-10--10-----------|--- |_|_|_|_4-----_|

\\ | | | | | | |

Csus \\ x_x________

e-------------13----------|--------13---------||- |_|_1_|_|_| 10_|

B----------------(13)-----|-----------13-----.||- |_|_|_|_|-----_|

G-------------------(12)--|--------------12--.||- |_|_|_2_|_3---_|

D-----10---10-------------|-10--10------------||- |_|_|_|_4_4---_|

Just outside my window I hear the late September dogs

and I understand their warning, I understand their song

Since you left, I feel a change in the air

and night after night, I'm searching for mercy everywhere

[prechorus]:

so I wake in the street and I call out your name

C F(strum)

and I shout to the sky please,

[chorus]: (strumming)

come on let it rain, let it rain down on me

let the rain touch my hands let the rain set me free

[pattern1] C Csus C Csus

let it rain down on me

silence is the steel that pierces and cuts me to the bone

in dreams the hand that touches you is mine, and mine alone

cruel is the light, is the morning shining down on me

hours with the devil to understand just what you need

[pre-chorus], 2nd line "..rain fill my eyes.."

[chorus]

[bass solo]

[pattern1]

Just inside the distance, I hear the late September dogs

I so I beg for sleep, the child who walked before she crawled

damn my soul that remembers and clutches to this pain

C F[strum]

the spear in your side is me come on let it ...

[chorus]

oh ho ho let it rain, let the rain fill my eyes

I don't wanna see, no, let it rain down on me

[pattern1] C Csus C Csus

let it rain down on me oooh hooo

[outro]:

C Csus [pattern1] to fade

Fingering:

___________ ___________

|_|_1_1_1_1 10th |_|_1_1_1_1 10th fret

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_3_3_3 |_|_|_3_3_3

|_|_|_|_4_| |_|_|_|_4_4

If the C,Csus at the 10th fret is too trebly or hard on the fingers, it

also works playing C,Csus at the nut (or possibly C,F {bracketed}) like

this:

// C | x_____o___o

e-||-----------0----------|---------0--------|--- |_|_|_|_1--_|

B-||.-------------(1)-----|------------1-----|--- |_|_|_|_|--_|

G-||.-----------------(0)-|---------------0--|--- |_3_4_|_|--_|

D-||----------------------|------------------|--- |_|_|_|_|--_|

A-||---3----3-------------|--3----3----------|----------------_|

\\

Csus or {F} \\ x_____o____

e--------------1----------|---------1---------||- |_|_|_|_1_1_|

B-----------------(1)-----|------------1-----.||- |_|_|_|_|--_|

G---------------------(0)-|---------------0--.||- |_3_4_|_|--_|

D-----{3}--{3}------------|-{3}--{3}----------||- |_|_|_|_|--_|

A------3----3-------------|--3----3-----------||--------------_|

//

Arrangement:

If you don't have loads of bass guitar in the back, it might be better to

strum C,Csus or even C,F at the prechorus, rather than continuing picking

pattern 1.

EADGBe

xx3211 - F

x02210 - Am

comments, improvements, etc. welcome

Nic

Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk