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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:19 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./r/rundgren_todd/*
"Couldn t I Just Tell You"
Intro:
12-string [2X, w/bass drum 1st time, full band 2nd time]:
() () ()
v v v v v v v v
00|00| (let open E and B strings ring)
54|200|
442|2|
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[1: bass enters]
() () ()
v v v v v v v v
|0020|
00|0020|
42|1121|
422|22|
2|22|
0|00|
^^^^^^^^^^^ omit before bridge, before and
during coda
Verse 1:
Keep your head and everything will be cool
()
You didn t have to make me feel like a fool
When I try to say, I feel the way that I do
I want to talk with you
And make it loud and clear
Though you don t care to hear, but
Chorus:
(w/12-string as per intro)
Couldn t I just tell you the way that I feel
I can t keep it bottled up inside
And couldn t we pretend that its no big deal
And there s really nothing left to hide
Verse 2:
Something sure doesn t seem right to me
When you can turn your back whenever you please
And you stroll away, calmly bid me adieu
Why can t I talk with you
And put it in your ear
Though you don t care to hear, but
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
(Hear me out) Why don t you lend me an ear
(Hear me out) You got no reason to fear
(Hear me out) I ll make it perfectly clear
I love you
[guitar solo over bridge chords]
[pickup into last verse]
()
/ / / /
Verse 3:
I don t come whining with my heart on my sleeve
I m not a coward if that s what you believe
And I m not afraid but not ashamed if it s true
I got to talk with you
And then I ll make it clear
()
Make it clear
Make it clear
[variation on intro]:
12-string [2X, w/band 2nd time]:
() () ()
v v v v v v v v
00000000|00000000|
55544444|22200000|
44444444|22222222|
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() () ()
v v v v v v v v
|00002200|
00000000|00002200|
44422222|11112211|
44422222|222222|
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[repeat chorus]
Coda:
[repeat intro 1X w/band; end cold (sort of - drums continue) on E]
-- another ace 70 s tab from Andrew Rogers