LILLIAN AXE - "dyin to live" Tablature
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 07:56:04 -0600 (CST)
From: Steve Shumake <stephens@unllib.unl.edu>
Dyin' To Live (Shades of Blue)
by LILLIAN AXE
from the Grand Slam/IRS recording POETIC JUSTICE- lyrics & music:
Cat.No. X4-13129 STEVIE BLAZE
*Intro (2x's)
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I never looked behind me Never saw the
* Verse #1
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B:-----6--5--------|----------------|-------6--5--------|
G:-----------7-----|--6-6---7---9---|--------------7----|
D:-7------------7--|--7-7---7---7---|-7---------------7-|
A:-5-5-------------|--7-7---7---7---|-5--5--------------|
E:-----------------|--5-5--(5)-(5)--|-------------------|
shadows smile, Never watched the red light warning, All I
wanted was to be
(Lick #1, one bar ) in touch with you
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B:---------------|----6-5-----|-------------|--------------|
G:-6--7--6-------|--------7---|-6-6---7---9-|-3--------5-5-|
D:-7--7--7---7-7-|-7--------7-|-7-7---7---7-|-3-3------5-5-|
A:-7--7--7---7-7-|-5-5--------|-7-7---7---7-|-1-3--3-3-3-3-|
E:-5-(5)(5)--5-5-|------------|-5-5--(5)-(5)|---1----------|
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G:---------10--------10-----10-|-------10---------10----10-|
D:-----10------10--------10----|----10-----10--------10----|
A:--8--------------------------|--8------------------------|
E:-----------------------------|---------------------------|
Verse #2 (repeat above with inclusion of Lick #2 below)
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Took a chance on inner healing
Said it was the way to go
Find a way to make you happy
Can't do it, never could but what a show
Oh, no.
(Lick #2)* play in place of Lick 1 for 2nd verse
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B:------------10--10--|
G:--6--7--6---9---9---|
D:--7--7--7---7---7---|
A:--7--7--7-----------|
E:--5-(5)(5)----------|
I look to you, you look to me, It's all the same,
* Pre-Chorus
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G:---------2---4----4-|-------2----4-----|-------2---4---4-|
D:----2---------------|----2-------------|---2-------------|
A:-0------------------|-0----------------|-0---------------|
E:-----------4--------|----------4-------|----------4------|
just one big game
e:----------------0--------| {Repeat Last 4 bars once}
B:-------1-----------3-----| (repeated part)
G:----------2-----------4--| * You say it's me,
D:----2--------------------| I say it's you,
A:-0-----------------------| You touched my love
E:--------------4----------| With Shades of Blue.
But maybe now,
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B:-------1--------1-----1--|-------------3-----------|
G:----------2--------2-----|-------0--------0-----0--|
D:----2--------------------|----0-----0--------0-----|
A:-0-----------------------|-2-----------------------|
E:-------------------------|-------------------------|
* Chorus(1/2 of intro)
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When you lose control
You'll see what I could give,
Trapped inside your heart, I'm dyin' to live.
* Verse #3 (repeat verse with Lick #3)
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One man without a mission, like an eagle flying slow
I wanted to kiss the blue sky,
but all the clouds were hanging far too low.
accents
(Lick #3)* ^ ^ play in place of
e:------------------------| Lick #1 in verse #3
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D:-7--7--7----7-------7---|
A:-7--7--7----------------|
E:-5-(5)(5)---------------|
* Pre-Chorus
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And then one day, I looked away,
Into the air, the Lord was there,
He broke the sky, the sun flew by,
I died for you, Shades of Blue.
* Chorus(intro)
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But maybe now, when you lose control,
You'll see what I could give,
Trapped inside your heart, I'm dyin' to live.
And if the moon is bright, the stars will all kiss you
The colors of my heart are shades of blue.
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* Guitar Solo(Pre-Chorus into
* Chorus)
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* Chorus(1/2 of intro)
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But maybe now, when you lose control,
You'll see what I could give
Trapped inside your heart, I'm dyin' to live.
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When you lose control,
*Chorus(key change)
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You'll see what I could give
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Trapped inside your heart, I'm dyin' to live
(Ending)
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D:---7-----7--------|---7-----7--------|---7---7-------7-|
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dyin' to live
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B:----5--------5--------5-----|-------------5--------|
G:-------7--------7--------7--|-------7--------7-----|
D:----------------------------|----7-----7--------7--|
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dyin' to live
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dyin' to live
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Fade out
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G:------7------7--------7-|-------7-------7--------7-|
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