PS - if anyone wants to post a video of this, I'd be MUCH OBLIGED!
Ok, I read the 3 threads on this song, and have played it countless time myself, and still am confused on some parts and how they're played.
Listen to this version, from a recent thread someone posted (just Bob & a drum machine):
http://ia301128.us.archive.org/3/items/ ... 01_vbr.mp3
Can anyone tell me what Bobby is doing during the "chorus"? First off, I have my guitar in tune and it's not synched w/ Bob, so either the recording is off or his guitar is, so that's not helping. BUT, it sounds like he's playing E D A, though something just isn't right and it's pissing me off. I also hear him going from the E and then dropping a D>C# then to the A (sounds like just bass notes almost) every other time.
Either way, there are some nuances (we are talking about Bob, right?) in there and it's not just a straight up E the whole time.
So that's question #1.
Question #2: The Jam
Now, I read on another thread that the Jam is
Fwiw, I am listening to this version (which was recommended as one of the better ones): http://ia301106.us.archive.org/3/items/ ... 03_vbr.mp3
Lastly, Question #3:
When it comes back into the vocals, is it a Bm or C#m they come back in on? I'm thinknig C#m, but the tab doesn't have anything written out.
Anyways, I know it's a long post, but for those who take the time to help, thanks!
Here's how I have the song on tab, feel free to make corrections (the notes in parenthesis are "implied" notes):
Ok, I read the 3 threads on this song, and have played it countless time myself, and still am confused on some parts and how they're played.
Listen to this version, from a recent thread someone posted (just Bob & a drum machine):
http://ia301128.us.archive.org/3/items/ ... 01_vbr.mp3
Can anyone tell me what Bobby is doing during the "chorus"? First off, I have my guitar in tune and it's not synched w/ Bob, so either the recording is off or his guitar is, so that's not helping. BUT, it sounds like he's playing E D A, though something just isn't right and it's pissing me off. I also hear him going from the E and then dropping a D>C# then to the A (sounds like just bass notes almost) every other time.
Either way, there are some nuances (we are talking about Bob, right?) in there and it's not just a straight up E the whole time.
So that's question #1.
Question #2: The Jam
Now, I read on another thread that the Jam is
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Ok....I've got the first half (Samson-type theme, thanks, that really helped clear it up for me), but the Outro....am I hearing Bm Bm...A A...E (big E chord and hold, I don't hear it go back to the A here), and then a hold on the A with a quick move the an Asus>A, or maybe even A>D>A. Hope that makes sense, it looks a little messy typed.JAM (A D A, A E A for a while, then outro is Bm A E A, D A)
Fwiw, I am listening to this version (which was recommended as one of the better ones): http://ia301106.us.archive.org/3/items/ ... 03_vbr.mp3
Lastly, Question #3:
When it comes back into the vocals, is it a Bm or C#m they come back in on? I'm thinknig C#m, but the tab doesn't have anything written out.
Anyways, I know it's a long post, but for those who take the time to help, thanks!
Here's how I have the song on tab, feel free to make corrections (the notes in parenthesis are "implied" notes):
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Throwing Stones
VERSE:
Bm A E A
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
Bm G A
Dizzy with eternity.
E A E
Paint it with a skin of sky, brush in some clouds and sea
Bm A
Call it home for you and me.
A peaceful place or so it looks from space
A closer look reveals the human race.
Full of hope, full of grace, is the human face.
But afraid, we may our lay home to waste.
CHORUS:
E D D A
There's a fear down here we can't forget
E D D A
Hasn't got a name just yet
E D D A
Always awake, always around
E D D A
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down, ashes, ashes, all fall down
Now watch as the ball revolves and the nighttime falls
And again the hunt begins and again the bloodwind calls
By and by again, the morning sun will rise
But the darkness never goes from some men's eyes.
It strolls the sidewalks and it rolls the streets
Staking turf, dividing up meat.
Nightmare spook, piece of heat,
It's you and me, you and me.
E D D A
Click, flashblade in ghetto night.
Rudies looking for a fight.
Rat cat alley roll them bones.
Need that cash to feed that Jones
And the politicians throwing stones
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down, ashes, ashes all fall down
BRIDGE:
C#m A E
Commissars and pin-striped bosses roll the dice
Bm (stop!) (G) (A) D! D! E!
Any way they fall guess who gets to pay the price.
E A E (Em7)
Money green or proletarian gray,
Bm A
Selling guns instead of food today.
E D D A
So the kids they dance, they shake their bones
And the politicians throwing stones
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down, ashes, ashes, all fall down
JAM ON VERSE
Bm A E (A)
Heartless powers try to tell us what to think
Bm G A
If the spirit's sleeping, then the flesh is ink.
E A E
And history's page, it is thusly carved in stone
Bm A
The future's here, we are it, we are on our own. (fade out on this)
“SAMSON” JAM (A D A, A E A for a while, then outro is Bm A E, A Asus2 A x2)
C#m A E
If the game is lost then we're all the same
Bm (stop!) (G) (A) D! D! E!
No one left to place or take the blame.
E A E
We will leave this place an empty stone
Bm A
Or this shinning ball of blue we can call our home
E D D A
So the kids they dance, they shake their bones
And the politicians are throwing stones
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down, ashes, ashes all fall down
E D D A
Shooting powders back and forth
Singing "black goes south while white comes north"
And the whole world full of petty wars
Singing "I got mine and you got yours."
And the current fashions set the pace.
Lose your step, fall out of grace.
And the radical he rant and rage,
Singing "someone got to turn the page"
And the rich man in his summer home,
Singing "Just leave well enough alone"
But his pants are down, his cover's blown
And the politicians are throwing stones
So the kids they dance they shake their bones
Cause its all too clear we're on our own
Singing ashes, ashes all fall down, ashes, ashes all fall down
Bm A E A
Picture a bright blue ball just spinning, spinning free
Bm G A
Dizzying possibilities
E D D A
Ashes, Ashes all fall down. (repeat)
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"We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey" - Japanese poet Kenji Miyazawa
www.myspace.com/heavydime