VIOLENT FEMMES - "i danced" Tablature
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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 22:22:46 -0500
From: Bryson Meunier <meunier.1@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: TAB:"I Danced" by "Violent Femmes"
I have understood the chord progression of this song for quite some
time but I didn't feel that I had enough material to post. Then over the
winter break I figured out something that sounds like Brian Ritchie's
wonderfully elastic guitar solo. In other words, I'm posting most of the
guitar parts of this song. If you have a part that I've neglected to post,
or if you have comments, questions or corrections, e-mail me at
meunier.1@osu.edu
"I Danced"(Gordon Gano/Max Dunn)
Performed by the violent femmes on "Rock!!!"(1994)
Music by Gordon Gano
Lyrics from the poem "I DANCED BEFORE I HAD TWO FEET" by Max Dunn
Guitar solo by Brian Ritchie
Transcribed by Bryson Meunier
intro-
B5 D5 A
E------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------2---xxxx--xxxx--xx-----------|
G--4--4--x--x--x---7--7---2---xxxx--xxxx--xx4--4--4--4-|
D--4--4--x--x--x---7--7---2---xxxx--xxxx--xx4--4--4--4-|
A--2--2--x--x--x---5--5-------xxxx--xxxx--xx2--2--2--2-|
E------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat that riff once more before the lyrics come in. Then, for the
verse, repeat the riff without making the percussive sounds. At least I
think that's the only distinction between the introduction and the verse but
the bass is so prominent that it's hard to tell. If you know of another
distinction, e-mail me at the aforementioned address and let me in on it.
Here's my best attempt at the guitar solo:
E--------------------------------|---7-----------------|
B------------3--2---2brbrbrbr--0-|---7---4---------6\7-|
G---4--4--4----------------------|---7---4------7------|
D--------------------------------|-----------7---------|
A--------------------------------|---------------------|
E--------------------------------|---------------------|
E---------------|--------------------------------------|
B---7--7--8--7--|---15brp14--14h15brp14--14h15brp14----|
G---------------|--------------------------------------|
D---------------|--------------------------------------|
A---------------|--------------------------------------|
E---------------|--------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
B---14h15brp14--14h15brp14-------7---------------------|
G-----------------------------9--7---2-----------------|
D-----------------------------9--7---2-----------------|
A-----------------------------7------0-----------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
B--7h8--7\5--7p5---------------------------------------|
G-----------------7p5----5h7---5\3---5p3---------------|
D------------------------------------------5-----------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------|
G----3\5---5\7---7\9---9\12----14----------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat the main riff until the end of the song.
Lyrics:
I Danced before I had two feet
I Sang before I had a tongue
I laughed before I had two eyes
and loved before my heart was young
I swam before I had two hands
and held the distance in my toes
before I heard the stars or knew
the wild compulsion of the rose
I bore the fruits of many lives
before I came into this day
I knew before my grave was made
the worms eat only death away (2x)
I danced before I had two feet (4x)
symbols used in transcription-
x = make percussive sound with fretting hand
b = bend
r = release
\ = slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
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