Paroles de 'Til I Can Gain Control' par Blue Rodeo

Til I Can Gain Control Again {As Performed By Blue Rodeo}
Written by Rodney Crowell.
Published by Jolly Cheeks Music (BMI)
Music transcribed by Darragh Egan
from the CD, "Five Days In July" - 1993, Blue Rodeo Productions/WEA
Lyrics taken from an old OLGA transcription, with credit due to:
[email protected] (Drake Hirasawa) and
[email protected] (Richard Tarkka)
What's that? Your "E" chord doesn't sound like a Blue Rodeo "E" chord?
Check the notes at the bottom of the page to find out why.
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Just like the sun over the mountain tops
You know I'll always come again
You know I love to spend my mornings
Like sunlight dancing on your skin

I've never gone so wrong as for telling lies to you
What you see is what I am
There is nothing I could hide from you
You see me better than I can

Out on the road that lies before me now
There are some turns where I will spin
I only hope that you can hold me now
Til I can gain control again
{INSTRUMENTAL VERSE}
And like a lighthouse, you must stand alone
Landmark a safe journey's end
No matter what sea I've been sailing on
I'll always come back home again.
{REPEAT CHORUS}
OUTRO:
I only hope that you can hold me now
Til I can gain control again
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Blue Rodeo make liberal use of suspended chords. It adds flavour to the
song, especially if you are playing it solo on an acoustic guitar. In this
song, the
). Here's one way to play a bar of E while incorporating this
embellishment. I use this all through the song, particularly in the first
bar of two consecutive bars of E. I tend to play a straight E chord in a
bar leading up to a
chords. Throw it in wherever it feels comfortable for you.

ie. At the asterisk, hammer your pinky finger on to the third string/second
fret to create an

Til I Can Gain Control Again {As Performed By Blue Rodeo}
Written by Rodney Crowell.
Published by Jolly Cheeks Music (BMI)
Music transcribed by Darragh Egan
from the CD, "Five Days In July" - 1993, Blue Rodeo Productions/WEA
Lyrics taken from an old OLGA transcription, with credit due to:
[email protected] (Drake Hirasawa) and
[email protected] (Richard Tarkka)
What's that? Your "E" chord doesn't sound like a Blue Rodeo "E" chord?
Check the notes at the bottom of the page to find out why.
|

Just like the sun over the mountain tops
You know I'll always come again
You know I love to spend my mornings
Like sunlight dancing on your skin

I've never gone so wrong as for telling lies to you
What you see is what I am
There is nothing I could hide from you
You see me better than I can

Out on the road that lies before me now
There are some turns where I will spin
I only hope that you can hold me now
Til I can gain control again
{INSTRUMENTAL VERSE}
And like a lighthouse, you must stand alone
Landmark a safe journey's end
No matter what sea I've been sailing on
I'll always come back home again.
{REPEAT CHORUS}
OUTRO:
I only hope that you can hold me now
Til I can gain control again
|

Blue Rodeo make liberal use of suspended chords. It adds flavour to the
song, especially if you are playing it solo on an acoustic guitar. In this
song, the
). Here's one way to play a bar of E while incorporating this
embellishment. I use this all through the song, particularly in the first
bar of two consecutive bars of E. I tend to play a straight E chord in a
bar leading up to a
chords. Throw it in wherever it feels comfortable for you.

ie. At the asterisk, hammer your pinky finger on to the third string/second
fret to create an