There have been quite a few tabs for various songs (OtR and otherwise) thrown around here of late. They all seem to have their own thread, which makes it more difficult to find them when you really need them.... so..... here we go. If you have a tab/sheet music that's not available at the 1,563,937 tab sites out there (almost anything by OtR), please feel free to post them here!


Over the Rhine
Anything At All (chords) - added 15December06

Jesus in New Orleans (chords) - added 11December06

Lookin' Forward (chords) - added 11December06

Poughkeepsie (chords) - added 02December06

Suitcase (tabs) - added 01May06

Born (tabs) - added 30April06

Spark (chords) - added 26April06

Who Will Guard the Door (tabs) - added 24April06

Changes Come (chords)

Etc. Whatever (tabs)

All I Get For Christmas Is Blue (chords)

All I Get For Christmas Is Blue - Capo 5 version (chords)

Other Performers
Rain - Patty Griffin (tabs) - added 24April06

Tangled Up In Blue - KT Tunstall (chords)



Enjoy! Looking forward to seeing more songs available here soon!

maybe if I'm feeling motivated I'll post the way I play Spark soon...

Thanks for starting this thread, John. I'm afraid I have nothing novel to add. All my pieces come from the internet tabs sites and uh, you, Dave Rohman and the cowboy Junkies tab site (courtesy CJBob):
Cowboy Junkies Songs guitar tabs

No worries Trudes! Have fun with the tabs!~


Edit: Quick apology to anyone who has tabs posted elsewhere on the site. I got snooping around this afternoon and realized there are quite a few threads with "tabs" included. Feel free to post them here if you like..... or not.

Rain??? You have rain??? I'm almost crying...I want to learn this one- it is my all time favorite Patty song. I hope a beginner can master it.

Don't cry Carrie! Yes, the Rain tab should be very close. I just discovered Patty Griffin recently and was drawn in by that song. It is a very simple song as long as you form the chords correctly. There is only one small part that is a bit of a reach for those with small hands. If you have any questions, let me know. Also, don't worry about playing this "exactly" the way the tab is. A tab is a guideline... something to go off of. And above all, have fun playing!
J

Link for online guitar tuner

I was able to detune by ear with this free (shareware) tool.

That's cool Trudy... lemme know how it works.

I am currently working on The Seahorse. I found it (and was amazed to do so) at olga.net
However, it is a very raw version of it. Anyone else have tabs for it??

Chords for Son of a Preacher Man (from 911tabs)

Nice Trudes! Thanks...

Just a quick post (bump) to mention that I added Born to the tabs listed in the first post in this thread....

Woo-hoo!! I wish I was more of a contributor, but I am FULL of gratitude!!

Suitcase is up.

What?... I'm unemployed, I may as well contribute to society in other ways...

I just bought my first guitar! Its an Ibanez with a birds eye maple face and mother of pearl inlay. Very cool looking and even better sounding! Its got a pick up for plugging it into an amp so I plugged it into my stereo and blasted the whole marina out this morning! Everyone here got to hear a very crappy version of Spark.

I've been using my Dad's guitar all of this time and decided to go out and get my own. I've been taking lessons and I figured that this would help motivate me. (now I can't put it down!)

I love this thread. Its fun to learn the chords and then play along with the songs. I'm not that good yet, but it sounds great when I finally do hit the correct note with the song once in a while! Right now I'm looking for easy stuff thats fun to play, so if ya know of any, please point them out to me.

That tab drove me nuts for years--years, I tell you! It's so incomplete. Finally I just stared at Karin's hands at one concert when they played it, and I think I've got the right version worked out now. It's maybe not perfect, but it's pretty damn close:

Does anyone know where to find the chords for Nobody #1?

Does anyone have the chords to the Julie Miller song from Blue Pony called Last Song? I'm putting together entertainment for a retirement party and would really like to learn this song.

i caught them in Chapel Hill and watched Karin very carefully. I should have more to add soon, but my first lesson came during "I Want You To Be My Love"

It's G and C
thats it.
(i was sooooo happy)

Hey, I know this isn't about tabs, but.... I figured a lot of guitar players read this thread, and I'm too lazy to look for a different one. So, when I have my electric plugged into my amp on the clean channel I get static-ish sounds sometimes. This happens at all volumes. I don't know what to do about it. The amp isn't broken and hasn't ever been turned up all the way, so it's not blown or anything. I dunno. any advice?

Could you elaborate more on the static-y sounds? Like, as in it's distorted? Or there's other static-type noises. Did you try a few different instrument cables? A bad cable can create some unwanted noise, or disrupt the signal altogether.

it'll happen when I play a chord, not a single note. The notes become unclear.. it's like.. the static between radio stations. dunno. I'll try different cables though. Thanks

Me too! What a cool little thread ya got going here. Thanks for it.
This one's gettin' added to my email notification list.

*bump* for Joel

:-)

Here's another one I tabbed sitting around the computer tonight...... Such beauty in simplicity. Enjoy.

Poughkeepsie

*link can also be found in post #1 of this thread.

It probably doesn't do anyone else any good but I can provide the sheet music for my violin version of "I Want You to Be My Love".....being a trained violinist (and not even a mediocre guitarist), I tend to figure out how to play songs on violin, even if they have no discernable part for it. Basically I took the middle ground between the piano and the guitar and tried to follow the tune as best I could......

I also have worked out (or I am working on) arrangements for OTR's "Hush Now" and Hem's "Stupid Mouth Shut" (lead part, as opposed to the bridge part you hear in the studio version of the song); among a lot of other stuff.....including versions of:
"Call Me the Breeze"-Lynyrd Skynyrd (which is a really fun song to play live with a band)
"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Ohne Dich (Without You) by Rammstein (which already features orchestral accompaniment)
"Fields of Athenrye"- Dropkick Murphys (to take place of the bagpipe part)

Hey Murphy, I'm sure someone will use it! Thanks for the input!

Just a quick heads up...

Here are a few that are coming down the pipe. I'm almost done with them.

Jesus in New Orleans - OtR
Circle of Quiet - OtR
Lookin' Forward - OtR
Forgiveness - Patty Griffin
One (acoustic arrangement) - Tina Dico

I'll post them soon!
J

Two more... Enjoy.

Jesus in New Orleans (chords)

Lookin' Forward (chords)

links can also be found in post #1 of this thread.
John

nice thread --

thanks for starting it john!

peace,
zayne

Thanks John,
I have actually been playing along with JINO since someone a while back said it was just those four chords...but I have a Karin question:
How does Karin make that little clipped, muted strum when she plays this. She does it on a few songs. Like Anything at All, Orphan Girl...do you know what strum I mean? I love that but I can't figure how to do it.
T xo
PS Are you bringing your guitar tomorrow?

Hi Trudes,
I wasn't able to figure out what you meant from JINO, so I went to Anything At All. What Karin is likely doing there is a slightly different version of what's called "palm muting". Normally, palm muting is done while playing with a pick using the "butt" or "meaty part" of the palm (near the thumb) to partially or completely mute the strings. Bruce Springsteen has a great example of this in his recent song Devils & Dust. It has a "dull" sound to it.

However....

In THIS case, I believe what Karin is doing is strumming WITHOUT a pick. She's likely sweeping over the strings with her thumb and then using most of her palm to COMPLETELY mute the strings to produce the "CLIPPED" sensation. This is very possible given that OtR regularly records two different (or more) guitar parts in the studio (or charming house). One part is kind of a lazily played part (the sweeping, clipped part) while the other part is a bit more standard (likely played with a pick). Another feature of this kind of muting is the "slap" or "beat" of the fingers on the body of the guitar.

Of course Karin could log on tonight and say I'm full of it, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

And I'm not sure I'm bringing the guitar.... should I?
J

Ok Trudes, you got me thinking about this song. You probably already know how to play it, but I'll post it for my own reference anyhoo.

Anything At All (chords) - added 15December06

and remember, all songs posted by me are available in the first post in this thread

Mercy Now

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Yeah Trudy... I use "notepad" to tab songs. Seems to be the most reliable and easy to use text program for it. It's hard to get the chords to show up right where they're played otherwise. Nice job though! Looking forward to playing this one.

Thanks!
J

Devils and Dust
Bruce Springsteen

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Trudes,

I LOVE this song. I heard it on the Paste sampler awhile ago and just loved the lyrical (and melodic) progression. It just did something for me...I guess because I need a little mercy now.

Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen
(As played by OTR)

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I can't find the Guitar Advice thread so I'm posting this link here.
A website that kinda cool. Explore!

Hello,
I am looking for the Chords to the song "The Trumpet Child"
could any of you help me out?
I cannot find them anywhere...
Thanks,
Donnyv

Hey Donny. Spent a few minutes this evening running down some chords for you. This is a ridiculously simple solution, but have at it if you like (I know how frustrating it can be to NOT be able to play along with a favorite tune). This is, of course, a keyboard piece, but in very, very basic terms you could play along with it on keys or guitar using these chords. There is so much going on (inversions, etc.) in Linfords playing that it would take forever to get it "right".

Had some luck playing along with it on guitar (finger-picking) using these chords tonight, but I almost hate to post this because it's such a beautiful song. I hope this helps.
John

Verse chords: Em - D - C - B

Chorus chords: C - *C#m7b5 - **D/G - B

*On guitar, the C#m7b5 chord is rather easily played... X-4-2-0-0-0
**This is inverted, thus, DGB (or X-X-0-0-0-X on guitar)

Does anyone know the chords for "Trouble"? I think it's only two chords, but I'm not sure. Anyone? Anyone?

Hi Angie...

The chords you're looking for are as follows...

The main two chords as you noticed:
Cm - [x-3-5-5-4-3]
G - [3-5-5-4-3-3]

Then there is a little turn around that is repeated a couple times (at least on my December '05 Little Brothers recording)

It's got to be good...
Eb - [x-6-8-8-8-x]
G - [3-5-5-4-3-3]

So precarious...
Fm - [1-3-3-1-1-1]
C# - [x-4-6-6-6-x]

I've noted the chords in guitar tab form. They're all barre chords, so hopefully your fingers are in good playing shape. If so, this is a fun song to play! If you are playing piano, just look up the chords on a chart.

Hope that helps!
John

For sckendrick...

Chords for White Horse (one of my favs) are as follows:

Guitar tuned down two steps to D [D-G-C-F-A-D]

Verse Chord Shapes (not actual chords as you are de-tuned) are:
G - Am - C - G - D/F#

Chorus Chord Shapes are:
C - G - D/F#

G = 3-2-0-0-0-3
Am = X-0-2-2-1-0
C = X-3-2-0-1-0
D/F# = 1-0-0-2-3-2 (play the 1 with your thumb)
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Now... if you don't like the idea of de-tuning your guitar to D (some guitars, like my Martin, don't sound good that low, where my Takamine loves that low tuning), you can still play it in standard tuning! Just use the "actual" chords that are created in the previous version. The only thing is, you'll have to be fairly proficient at barre chords.

Guitar in normal tuning - [E-A-D-G-B-E]

Verse Chords:
F - Gm - Bb - F - E/C

Chorus Chords:
Bb - F - E/C

F = 1-3-3-2-1-1
Gm = 1-3-3-1-1-1
Bb = X-1-3-3-3-X
E/C = 0-3-2-0-1-0
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Hope this helps, and have fun!
John

Little Town - (again, for sckendrick)

Capo at the first fret - [F-A#-D#-G#-C-F]

Verse Chord Shapes: D - DM7 - G - Em - D

Chorus Chord Shapes: G - D/F# - Em

D = X-X-0-2-3-2
DM7 = X-X-0-2-2-2
G = 3-2-0-0-0-3
Em = 0-2-2-0-0-0
D/F# = 1-0-0-2-3-2

Again, disclaimer, very simple, but you should be able to play along now.

Thanks to Karin and Linford for making such great music that we can all play and sing along to.
John

Snow Angel

Ok, so this is a keyboard piece, but, obiously, may be played on guitar.

Guitar in normal tuning - [E-A-D-G-B-E]

Verse Chords:
D - A - C# - F#m
D - A - B - E

Chorus Chords:
D - A - C# - F#m
D - A - B - E ... (2nd time through is D - A - E - A)

D = X-X-0-2-3-2
A = X-0-2-2-2-X
C# = X-4-6-6-6-X
F#M = 2-4-4-2-2-2
B = X-2-4-4-4-X
E = 0-2-2-1-0-0

Thanks again to K & L for such great music to play along with!

Have fun!
John

Hey, John.
Thanks so much for this. I especially love White Horse and now I can play along.
You Rock, sir.

I can't find tabs/chords to "I Want You to be My Love." Does anyone have them?

Hi arare.

Try this...

Guitar in normal tuning [EADGBE]

G - 3-2-0-0-3-3 (I actually play this 3-X-0-0-3-3 by playing the low string with my second finger and muting the next string... fwiw)
G/B - X-2-0-0-3-3
Cadd9 - X-3-2-0-3-3

Just play a G chord, then use your first finger on the second fret of string #5 to make the G/B and then Cadd9. Repeat. A lot.

Another playing tip would be to pick the bass string of each chord on the "1 beat" each time then the rest of the strings. Play by feel!

That's all there is to it! (well, actually that's not true... there's a cool little hammer at the end of each chord phrase. Listen closely and you'll pick it up!)

If you want the piano part, go ask Linford...

Have fun...
John

Thank you!! I'm a little new to this....how can I find/get ahold of Linford?

Glad to help, arare.

As far as getting a hold of Linford, you might want to try the men's room at Little Brother's in C-bus.

Hey, it's worked for me...
Merry Christmas!
John