I Alone

Title: I Alone
Artist: Live
Album: Throwing Copper

Instrument: 6 String Guitar

Tabbed by: WW

Tuning: 1/2 Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)


CHORDS:

G  D5  C5 Cmaj7 Dsus2  B5  G5  E  A  Asus4/A   B5*
Eb|-3--x---x---0-----5-----x---3---0--0---x--------x-----||
Bb|-3--x---x---0-----5-----x---3---0--2---32------x-----||
Gb|-4--7---5---0-----7-----4---0---1--2---2--------4-----||
Db|-5--7---5---2-----7-----4---0---2--2---2--------2-----||
Ab|-5--5---3---3-----5-----2---x---2--0---0------0/2-----||
Eb|-3--x---x---x-----5-----x---3---0--x---x--------x-----||

INTRO:
      G      D5         C5  Cmaj7
It's easier not to be wise
     G             Dsus2           C5    Cmaj7
And measure these things by your brains
    G        D5        C5   Cmaj7
I sank into Eden with you
   G          D5            C5  Cmaj7
Alone in the church by and by

VERSE 1 (play as INTRO)
Lyrics:
I'll read to you here save your eyes
You'll need them, your boat is at sea
Your anchor is up, you've been swept away
and the greatest of teachers won't hesitate

PRE- CHORUS
B5                        B5*   B5           G5
To leave you there by yourself chained to fate.

CHORUS:
 E   B5  G5
I alone love you
 E   B5  G5
I alone tempt you
 E   B5  G5
I alone love you

A                      Asus4/A
fear is not the end of this
 E   B5  G5
I alone love you
 E   B5  G5
I alone tempt you
E   B5  G5       A   Asus4/A
I alone love you

VERSE 2 (play as INTRO)
LYRICS:
It's easier not to be great.
and measure these things by your eyes.
We long to be here by his resolve.
Alone in the church by and by
to cradle the baby in space.

PRE-CHORUS:
B5                        B5*  B5            G5
And leave you there by yourself chained to fate, yeah!!!!

THEN PLAY CHORUS 2x (2nd time= background vocals)

BRIDGE:   let ring       let ring
Eb|---------0-------------0---------------------------||
Bb|---------------------------------------------------||
Gb|--4--------------4---------------------------------||
Db|--4--------------4---------------------------------||
Ab|--2--------------2---------------------------------||
Eb|---------------------------------------------------||

Eb|---------------------------------------------------||
Bb|---------------------------------------------------||
Gb|-4-------------------------------------------------||
Db|-4-------------------------------------------------||
Ab|-2-------------------------------------------------||
Eb|---------------------------------------------------||
Oh now, we took it back too far,

Eb|---------------------------------------------------||
Bb|---------------------------------------------------||
Gb|---------------------------------------------------||
Db|---------------------------------------------------||
Ab|-------------------------2-------------------------||
Eb|---------------------------------------------------||
Only love can save us now, all these riddles that you burn



Eb|----------------------------------------------------||
Bb|----------------------------------------------------||
Gb|----------------------4-----4-----------------------||
Db|----------------------4-----4-----------------------||
Ab|----------------------2--0--2-----------------------||
Eb|----------------------------------------------------||
All come runnin' back to    you

Eb|----------------------------------------------------||
Bb|----------------------------------------------------||
Gb|-4-------------------4---4-----4--4-----------------||
Db|-4-------------------4---4-----4--4-----------------||
Ab|-2-------------------2---2---0-2--2-----------------||
Eb|----------------------------------------------------||
All these rhythms that you hide, only love

Eb|----------------------------------------------------||
Bb|----------------------------------------------------||
Gb|------4---4--4-4------------------------------------||
Db|------4---4--4-4------------------------------------||
Ab|------2---2--0/2------------------------------------||
Eb|----------------------------------------------------||
can save us now, all these riddles that you burn

Eb|------------------------3---------------------------||
Bb|------------------------3---------------------------||
Gb|--4-----------4---------0---------------------------||
Db|--4-----------4---------0---------------------------||
Ab|--2-----------2---------2---------------------------||
Eb|------------------------3---------------------------||
Yeah,     yeah,       yeah

THEN CHORUS AGAIN (2X background vocals)