Rococo Zephyr


Rococo Zephyr by Bill Callahan (solo) Open D tuning (DADF#AD), capo 1 (chords and riffs tabbed below) -based on video from in-store performance at Schoolkids' Records -this tab isn't note for note, but it's close - mess around and you will get it all. Riff 1 She lay beside me like a branch from a tender willow tree I was as still, as still as a river could be Riff 2 When a rococo zephyr swept Riff 3 over her and me Riff 4 She watched the water ripple ripple ripple ripple light Light watched the water ripple ripple ripple ripple she E* I did some kind of dance G* D jaunty as a bee E* I tried to look my best G* D a finch in wild mint vest E* A fiercer force had wrenched her G* D from where she used to be E* I caught and caressed the length of her G* D a tender willow branch floating on me Riff 5 Riff 1 Well maybe this was all, was all meant to be Maybe this is all, is all that meant to be Riff 2 A rococo zephyr Riff 3 crept up and stepped over Riff 1 her and me Riff 2 Well I used to be Riff 3 sort of blind Riff 2 Now I can Riff 3 sort of see Riff 1 END -------------------------| -------------------------| CHORDS AND RIFFS: E* 2-2----| 2--2---| 2----2-| 2------| x----- x----- G* 5-5-----| 5---5---| 5-----5-| 5-------| x x D 0-0-----| 0---0---| 0-----0-| 0 0 0 Riff 1 x-x-x-x-| x-x-x-x-| x-x-x-x-| 4-4-4h5-| 0-0-0-0-| 0-0-0-0-| Riff 2 x x x 0 0 4 Riff 3 x x x 0 0 5 Riff 4 ------0---0---0-------0---0---0-----| --------7---7-----------7---7-------| ----5---------------5-----------5---| --7---------------7---------------7-| ------------------------------------| 0---------------0-------------------| Riff 5 2-2---2-4-2---2-2-----2--2---2-4-5-4-2-0-| 2---2-------2-2---2---2----2-------------| 2-------------2-----2-2------------------| 2-------------2-------2------------------| x-------------x-------x------------------| x-------------x-------x------------------| tabbed by MattZ