Cracking

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CRACKING (Suzanne Vega)

[Actually in B; capo up four frets.]

[intro]

Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note]

[intro]

It's a one time thing, it just happens a lot

Walk with me and we will see what we have got

Ahhhhhhh... Ahhhhhhh...

My footsteps are ticking, like water dripping from a tree

Walking a hairline, and stepping very carefully

Ahhhhhhh... Ahhhhhhh...

Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note]

Ahhhhhhh...

My heart is broken; it's worn out at the knees

Hearing muffled, seeing blind, soon it will hit the deep freeze

Ahhhhhhh...

And something is cracking, I don't know where

Ice on the sidewalk, brittle branches in the air

The sun is blinding, dizzy golden, dancing green

Csus2 G/B G5 F#[single note]

Through the park in the afternoon, wondering where the hell

I have been

Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note]

Ah ha haaaaa...

INTRO AND VERSE:

[Most of the verse just uses the first four measures of tab.]

[Note that whenever the G5 measure comes before the Em7-A7 part,

there is also an A bass note in the second half of the measure.]

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C Cmaj7 G5 G5 [single note]

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"THE SUN IS BLINDING...":

E ------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| The quick notes there

B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--| are actually 16-------|th-note

G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------| triplets; the "03-----|s

D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---| and "02"s are hammer--|

A 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02-----------------------------| ons, obviously. Good

E ------------------------|------------------------| luck. You can subs---|

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..sun is blind - ing,

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dizzy, gol - den, danc - ing green

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Through the park in the af - ter - noon,

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wondering where the hell I have been...