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Re: A place for SA chords and tabs

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I hope that this song is not the last one but I feel that this thread is slowly dying because of lack of interest. I hoped that SA fans and guitarists join this thread to submit own chords/ discuss them / exchange opinions/ make suggestions to prepare correct chords and tabs for everyone who likes playing songs of the greatest band ever SOUL ASYLUM. Anyway I would like to thank to everybody who supported this thread especially Tonem who did great job and helped me with many songs and putting new chords of SA songs.

I hope that somebody will check me version “Marionette” or “All is well” and help me to correct the chords.

Soul Asylum
“Nothing to write home about”
From “Let Your Dim light shine” album


______B______________A
Dear mother, what can I say?
___G__________A__________B
It's been so long since I went away
____B______________________A
And, yes, I miss the comforts of home
_____G____________A_________B
But I guess I'm better off on my own


A___________________________B
No one told me people could be so cruel
A_____________________________B
Nobody told me about any of this in school
A
Still nobody understands
____G
The things that I don't understand


_____D
I've nothing to write home about
C
Nothing I have figured out
D
Still I have the same old doubts
Em
Nothing to write home about

Dear John, that ain't my name
I'm just hanging 'round to take the blame
I'm filled with guilt, I'm filled with shame
Too much or not enough, it's all the same

And no one wants to talk about the loss
No one wants to talk about the cost
And everyone just looks away
Just like any other day

I've nothing to write home about
Nothing I have figured out
Still I have the same old doubts
Nothing to write home about

Em______C_____________G
Who can teach me how to change my ways?
Em_______C_____________D
Who will come and save the day?
Em______C___________G
Who will tell me what to say
_______Am______________C
When there's nothing left to say?

B_A_G_A_B_G_A_B

Nobody told me about any of this in school
No one told me I'd be taken for a fool
And everyone just looks away
And tries to make it through the day

I've nothing to write home about
Nothing I have figured out
Still I have the same old doubts
Nothing to write home about



Enjoy the song !!!
Oxygen909

SOUL ASYLUM FOREVER !!!

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Re: A place for SA chords and tabs

Post by tonem »

Hi oxygen. Sorry I haven't replied in a while, had too much work on over Christmas to even pick up a guitar. Hope you don't give up on this thread just yet, as you're doing some great work here.

Thanks so much for the songs, they all sound great. Nothing To Write Home About is 100% perfect. Got some minor suggestions for Marionette and All Is Well...

Marionette

Chorus
F C G C (I agree, sounds right to me).


Bridge

F____C_____G
On just what makes you swing

G____________C
Hanging by a string
C____________G
(not sure what Dave sings here)
G____________F
She is wearing thin

Second bridge is the same (C G F), only instrumental.


Outro
G______________________F___________C
Why do you think she's so scared of you
G______________________F___________C
What do you think makes her that way
G______________________F___________C
When push comes to shove she'll push and shove ya
G______________________F___________C
It's very hard work when you don't get paid

end on C (?)



All Is Well

Verse

G*
Black lights and a disco ball
D*
Got the carpets goin' wall to wall
C*_____________________________Am
Maybe someday, won't be just one way

Had a dream I was layin' in hell
Looked a lot like this hotel
Maybe one day, it won't be just one way

_______G
But it's one big maybe...


Bridge

C____D_____________Am________Em
All in all, all is well
______Am________D*
All is well



I'll try and work out something new very soon. For the moment here's a simple to play track off Candy From A Stranger...

New York Blackout

__C________G________C________F________C________G________C
e-3--1--0-----------3--1--0--5--3--1--3--1--0-----------------------------|
B----------0--1--3-----------------------------0--1--3--1-----------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------0--2--0-------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------3---|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


________ C______ G
When you chew my ear off
C______________F
Try and let me know
________ C__________G______________ C
You will never get another piece of me
__________ C________G
Cause in a New york Blackout
C______________ F
Things go kinda slow
__________ C__________________ G__________________ C
And you'll miss the things you never thought you'd see

________G____________ C
Theres still so many things I want to be
____F__________________C____________G
Sometimes I just don't even want to sleep

____ C________G
In a New York blackout
C______________F
Its so hard to see
________C______________ G____________ C
All the angels that are looking after me

____G__________________ C
The lights bounce off the water in your eyes
________F______________ C______________ G
And the dead lift their heads and come alive

____C____________G__________________ Bb
And I may never escape this darkened city
____C______________G________________Bb
But still I try to find you in this blackout

Break: Bb F x2


Where it's warm inside and always open late
And the doors to hell look just like heaven's gate
And you never know what's going on inside
'Til you step out in the cold and seal your fate

And you might just stop in and say hello
But you've got much more important places to go

Make sure you let everybody know

That I may never enlight this darkened city
Still I'm trying to find you in this blackout

In this blackout (×2)

In a New York blackout
you might think I'm gone
But I'll wake up on the front steps of your door

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Re: A place for SA chords and tabs

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Glad you are back Tonem ! Great thanks for the help with “Marionette” and “All is Well”. Now with Your help they sound very good. Wait for Your next songs Tonem.
I still hope that one day every song of SA will get its own chords and tabs with a help of friends and fans of SA who visit this thread. I was thinking about the summary of SA tabs and chords which are on this thread and on the internet and put it on the forum. I have spent a lot of time searching the net to find SA chords. Sometimes I was successful sometimes not. So I would like to start the summary with the most known albums of SA “Grave dancers union” and “Let Your dim light shine”. What do you think about this idea ???

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Re: A place for SA chords and tabs

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Good idea. I wish I could help. Cant figure out the chords on my own, but I love playing em. Although, I did try gullibls travles, and was not too sure of it, so I diddnt post it, but then one of you psoted it, And I was very very close. Maybee ill try another.

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Re: A place for SA chords and tabs

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Great idea oxygen. Think most of the songs from those two albums are here or on Ultimate Guitar, these are the ones I'm missing:

Get On Out
Growing Into You

Shut Down
Hopes Up
Crawl
Caged Rat

Shall we put a list of links up? Figured I'd make a start and have a go at Get On Out, with this basic version. Not sure about some of the chords, any help is appreciated.


Get On Out

Chorus:

________________A A7 D
I gotta get on
___________________A A7 D
I gotta get on out
A__________________A7______________________D________________A__________D A
All these worried troubled thoughts gotta get on out of my head
________________________E
Gotta get on out of my head

Verse:

E
Will I be on the streets tomorrow
D
Will I have to beg and borrow
A______________________________G_____D____E
Will I have to go back to the job I left behind
E
Could you still make it
D
With a guy who never made it
A______________________________G_____D____A
Would you look into my eyes if I were to go blind

Gotta get on
I gotta get on out
All these worried troubled thoughts gotta get on out of my head
Got to get on out of my head

Now will you leave me for another
Send me running back to mother
Will I have the time to tell you how I really feel
Am I just getting slower
Or are you just talking faster
Do we need bad disaster to make it plain to see

That all these worried troubled thoughts gotta get on out of my head
Got to get on out of my head

Bridge:

D
Out of my head
A
Out of my head
G
Out of my head

E
Out of my head
D
Out of my head
A
Out of my head
G
Out of my head

B
Out of my head
A
Out of my head
D
Out of my head
A
Out of my head

B
Out of my head
A
Out of my head
D
Out of my head
A

Do I just feel like cryin'
Cause I'm sick and tried of tryin'
Trying to convince you this ain't how it has to be
The ground you walk on's sacred
The sky above awaits you
So cast all your frustrations to the bottomless sea

Gotta get on
Gotta get on out
All these worried troubled thoughts gotta get on out of my head
Gotta get on out of my head

Outro (repeat):
E
Out of my head
D
Out of my head
A
Out of my head
G
Out of my head

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Re: A place for SA chords and tabs

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Hi everybody ! This is my own list of SA chords and tabs which I usually play. They sound ok for me. Glad that some of them are now on ENTERTHESOULASYLUM.COM. Tonem and everybody we should put links of every song or put them directly on ENTERTHESOULASYLUM.

Soul Asylum
LET YOUR DIM LIGHT SHINE

1. Misery
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/s/s ... r2_crd.htm
Misery INTRO –
http://www.enterthesoulasylum.com/
2. Shut down
3. To my own devices
http://www.enterthesoulasylum.com/
4. Hopes up
5. Promises broken
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/s/s ... en_crd.htm
6. Bittersweet heart
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/s/s ... rt_tab.htm
7. String of pearls
http://www.guitaretab.com/s/soul-asylum/17904.html
8. Crawl
(from now on http://www.enterthesoulasylum.com/)
9. Eyes of the child
http://www.azchords.com/s/soulasylum-ta ... 64900.html
10. Caged rat
11. Just like anyone
http://www.azchords.com/s/soulasylum-ta ... 64903.html
12. Tell me when
http://www.enterthesoulasylum.com/
13. Nothing to write home about
http://www.enterthesoulasylum.com/
14. I did my best
http://www.guitaretab.com/s/soul-asylum/85453.html


Here is another SA song “Crawl”.

Crawl

Intro: E
D__________A
You got me going
D____________A
So get me out of here
D____________A
I should be blowing
D_______G_____A
In someone else's ear
____D_______________A
I'm looking forward to looking back
D__________A
On days like today
D_________________A
Though I wish you would go away
D____G_______A
Stay, won't you stay?
G_A
_________G______A______G
I'm gonna crawl, cra-ha-hawl, cra-ha-hawl
__A__________________Fm
I never felt better just crawling home
__________D_______________
I'm gonna crawl home, crawl alone
_________A_______________________________
Good to see you, see you later, maybe one more beer
_________C __________D________________E________E
I'm gonna crawl home… crawl home from here


Some respond to pleasure
Some respond to pain
I'm hanging out to dry
In the pouring rain
Victims of temptation
Never can complain
I could use the sensation
You see I can't feel pain
I'm gonna crawl, cra-ha-hawl, cra-ha-hawl
I never ever said I'd never make it home
It's just a stone's throw, a crawl home
Good to see you, see you later, maybe one more beer
I'm just a crawl home
A crawl home from here

E__E__E__E (?????)

I could use someone
To drag me out of here
I am that someone
It's all become quite clear
___D_____G_________
So get me out of here

A___G

I never felt better just crawlin' home
I'm gonna crawl home, crawl home alone
Good to see you, see you later, and I'm outta here
I'm just a crawl home
A crawl from here

F__G__A__E (?????)


Tonem try this version of “Get On Out”. It is slightly different from yours. I have put different chords Wait for your opinion about it and suggestions about CRAWL above.

Chorus:

________________A E D
I gotta get on
___________________A D
I gotta get on out
_____________A__________________E_____D_______A_____D
All these worried troubled thoughts gotta get on out of my head
A___________________E
Gotta get on out of my head

Verse:

E
Will I be on the streets tomorrow
D
Will I have to beg and borrow
A_______________________E_____D____E__A
Will I have to go back to the job I left behind
E
Could you still make it
D
With a guy who never made it
A______________________________E_____D____A
Would you look into my eyes if I were to go blind

Gotta get on
I gotta get on out
D______________A_________________E____D________A
All these worried troubled thoughts gotta get on out of my head
_____________________E
Got to get on out of my head

Now will you leave me for another
Send me running back to mother
Will I have the time to tell you how I really feel
Am I just getting slower
Or are you just talking faster
Do we need bad disaster to make it plain to see

That all these worried troubled thoughts gotta get on out of my head
____________________E
Got to get on out of my head

Bridge:

__________D
Out of my head
__________A
Out of my head
__________G
Out of my head

___________E
Out of my head
___________D
Out of my head
__________A
Out of my head
__________G
Out of my head

__________B
Out of my head
__________?(do not know – Bsus or ????????)
Out of my head
__________B
Out of my head
__________?
Out of my head

__________B
Out of my head
__________E
Out of my head
__________B
Out of my head
__________A

Do I just feel like cryin'
Cause I'm sick and tried of tryin'
Trying to convince you this ain't how it has to be
The ground you walk on's sacred
The sky above awaits you
So cast all your frustrations to the bottomless sea

Gotta get on
Gotta get on out
All these worried troubled thoughts gotta get on out of my head
Gotta get on out of my head

Outro (repeat):
__________D
Out of my head
__________A
Out of my head
___________G

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Re: A place for SA chords and tabs

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Good job with the links. Will post more soon, just started working out Growing Into You.

Crawl sounds great, can't fault the chords. The instrumental bits you're not sure about are indeed tricky, just sounds like E with the second guitar playing a distorted riff, something like a slide from the 5th fret at the end: A - G# - G - E. Sorry I'm not much help on this one.

Thanks for Get On Out, sounds better and less complicated than my version. As for the bridge...

__________B
Out of my head
__________( Bsus or ????????) - same here, just can't fathom this weird chord.
Out of my head
__________B
Out of my head
__________A
Out of my head


For now, here's a fun rarity...


Gone Forgotten

Intro: C F G x2

Verse:

C
The checkered floor was checkered no more
F________________________________G
They tore out the floors and the ceiling
C
And the place has a stale smell of old memories
F________________________________G
And the fixtures are there for the stealing

Chorus:

Am_________________________F
But who wants to buy these memories now
_______C___________________________G
With a sweetness like candy that's cotton
Am_________________________F
Who wants yesterday's news today
_____C___________G
Gone once, gone twice
_____C
Gone forgotten

C F G x2

There's a dirty old mattress full of stains and burns
And each one tells a story
And it's been through bed-wetting and a couple of weddings
Through nightmares and wet dreams of glory

But who wants to buy these memories now
With a sweetness like candy that's cotton
Who wants yesterday's news today
Gone once, gone twice

_____C
Gone forgotten
_____F______G
Gone forgotten
_____C
Gone forgotten
_____F______G

I gotta walk away from these dirty old shoes
They've been in too many places
But I'm hung out to dry by my laces

But who wants to buy these memories now
With a sweetness like candy that's cotton
Who wants yesterday's news today
Gone once, gone twice
G______________________C
Gone, gone, gone, gone forgotten

Outro:

C____F______G
Gone forgotten
_____C
Gone forgotten

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Re: A place for SA chords and tabs

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SOUL ASYLUM
GRAVE DANCERS UNION

1. Runaway train
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/s/s ... in_tab.htm
2. Somebody to shove (acoustic ver.)
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/s/s ... ve_crd.htm
3. Black Gold
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/s/s ... ld_crd.htm
4. Keep it up
http://www.enterthesoulasylum.com/
5. Homesick
http://www.guitaretab.com/s/soul-asylum/17885.html
6. Get on out
http://www.enterthesoulasylum.com/
7. New World
http://www.enterthesoulasylum.com/
second version slightly different- http://www.guitaretab.com/s/soul-asylum/17892.html
8. April fool
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/s/s ... ol_tab.htm
9. Without the trace
http://www.enterthesoulasylum.com/
second version - http://www.guitaretab.com/s/soul-asylum/17908.html
10. Growing into you (tabs/chords ?????)
11. 99%
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/s/s ... ts_crd.htm
12. The Sun maid
http://www.enterthesoulasylum.com/


Thanks Tonem for your opinions and suggestions about my songs. I must admit that I do not know this song - Gone forgotten. I have even searched LittleTooClean site to find it but without success. I am working on Growing into You to complete whole album. Wait for next songs or links. I am also preparing links of songs which appeared on SA singles.

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Re: A place for SA chords and tabs

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Good job with the links. Yep, Gone Forgotten's criminally hard to find, from the Promises Broken single:

http://www.enterthesoulasylum.com/disco ... ses_broken

Glad you're having a stab at Growing Into You, as I've really struggled with it. Here's what I came up with to compare...

Growing Into You

Intro:
A D
A C

A______________________D
You never grow out of mischief making
A______________________D
You never grow out of taking
A______________________D
You never grow out of complicating
A______________________D
When simple things are waiting

E____________________D
But I'm growing into you
I'm growing into you

A____________________________________D
There's one thing that I know that's perfectly clear
E____________________D
You never grow out of fear
E____________________D
You never grow out of fear

You never grow out of contemplating
It ain't worth debating
You never grow out of mistake making
You never grow out of faking

But I'm growing into you
I'm growing into you

There's one thing that I know that's perfectly clear
You never grow out of fear
You never grow out of fear

Instr:

B E x2

F#_______________E
I'm growing into you
F#_______________E
I'm growing into you

A____________________________________D
There's one thing that I know that's perfectly clear
E____________________D
You never grow out of fear (×6)

E
And will I ever, ever, ever
D________A
Get over it (×4)



Also having all sorts of trouble with Hopes Up. I've made a start, hope you or someone can help finish this off...


Hopes Up

A_________________________F#m (?)
There's just no substitute for fun
_____________________??
I've tried every single one
_________________________G
And no one can take your place
____________________A
Everybody gets replaced

My time has neither come nor gone
It just slips out when I yawn
Without hope I can't go wrong
Can't go wrong

A
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up
A_____________________G
Don't get my hopes up now

A
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up
A_____________________G
Don't get my hopes up now

Its so hard to settle down
Don't recognize my hometown
Home is where I hang my head
Lost in all these things I said
Been holding my breath for so long
I don't need air anymore
If you never let me breathe
I'll never breathe
I'll never breathe

Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up now

Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up now

D____________________________E
Don't know what I was hoping for

D_____________________E_____________________A
I feel like feeling better than I ever felt before

My time has neither come nor gone
It just slips out when I yawn
Holding my breath for so long
For so long

D__________________________E
Don't want to be bored no more

D_____________________E
I know theres so much more
D____________________________E
Don't know what I was hoping for
D_____________________E_____________________F#m
I feel like feeling better than I ever felt before

F#m
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up now

Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up now

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Re: A place for SA chords and tabs

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Thanks Tonem for “Hopes up” and “Growing into you”. I have just checked the songs and I made only little changes in the chords. Wait for your opinions.
And by the way - in the previous week I watched again Palais Royale concert but that time I played guitar almost every song with SA. Great thing ! Once more Tonem You did great job with Palais trio.
And now I have link for the SA cover song “Bird on a wire” by Leonard Cohen. You can listened to it on LittleTooClean great website. Check the chords on guitaretab.com
http://www.guitaretab.com/s/soul-asylum/17876.html
I have found also one song from Misery single – Hope
http://www.guitaretab.com/s/soul-asylum/17886.html

Hopes up

Intro A____F____E_____G
A________________________F
There's just no substitute for fun
___________________E
I've tried every single one
_________________________G
And no one can take your place
Everybody gets replaced
A_______________________Fmaj7 (I do not know for 100%)
My time has neither come nor gone
___________________F#m
It just slips out when I yawn
_____________________Em (or D ???)
Without hope I can't go wrong Can't go wrong
A
Don't get my hopes up
Dont' get my hopes up
____________________G
Don't get my hopes up now
Don't get my hopes up
Dont' get my hopes up
_____________________G
Don't get my hopes up now
A
Its so hard to settle down
F___________________E
Don't recognize my hometown
______________________G
Home is where I hang my head
Lost in all these things I said


_A___________________Fmaj7
Been holding my breath for so long
_______________F#m
I don't need air anymore
_________________________G
If you never let me breathe
_________________________A
I'll never breathe I'll never breathe

A
Don't get my hopes up
Dont' get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up now
Don't get my hopes up
Dont' get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up now
D________________________E
Don't know what I was hoping for
D________________E_____________________
I feel like feeling better than I ever felt before
A____________F________E___________G

A_____________________________Fmaj7
My time has neither come nor gone
___________________F#m
It just slips out when I yawn
_____________________G
Holding my breath for so long
____________A
For so long

D_____________________E
Don't want to be bored no more
D___________________E
I know theres so much more
D_________________________E
Don't know what I was hoping for
D________________E_______________A
I feel like feeling better than I ever felt before

F#m
Don't get my hopes up
Dont' get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up now
Don't get my hopes up
Dont' get my hopes up
Don't get my hopes up now

Growing Into You

Intro:
D_A_D_A_____D______A_D_A______G


____D__A__D__A_____G______D
You never grow out of mischief making
_A__D__A________D
You never grow out of taking
___A__D__A_________G____D
You never grow out of complicating
______A__D__A_____D
When simple things are waiting

E____________________D____A__E
But I'm growing into you
E_________________D
I'm growing into you

A____________________________________D
There's one thing that I know that's perfectly clear
E____________________Bm (????)
You never grow out of fear
E____________________D
You never grow out of fear


You never grow out of contemplating
It ain't worth debating
You never grow out of mistake making
You never grow out of faking

But I'm growing into you
I'm growing into you

There's one thing that I know that's perfectly clear
You never grow out of fear
You never grow out of fear


B___E___A___E___B (also Your version sounds ok)


F#_______________E
I'm growing into you
F#_______________A____D
I'm growing into you

_______A____________________________D
There's one thing that I know that's perfectly clear
E____________________Bm (???)
You never grow out of fear
E___________________D
You never grow out of fear
E___________________D
You never grow out of fear
E___________________D
You never grow out of fear
E___________________D
You never grow out of fear
E___________________D
You never grow out of fear



E
And will I ever, ever, ever
D________A
Get over it (×4)

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