Scarlet

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 Subject: TAB: Scarlet by All About Eve 
 Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 10:16:22 +0100 
  
 				'Scarlet' by All About Eve 
  
 >From the album 'Scarlet and Other Stories' 
 (also available on the compilation 'Winter Words, Hits and Rareties') 
  
 Transcribed by Wayne Ellis 	email ellis_w_wayne@bt-web.bt.co.uk 
  
 This song uses 2 acoustic guitars. 
 The guitars are tuned as follows: E G D A B D (from low to high) 
  
 Intro 
  
 D|------0--------0---|------0--------0---|------0--------0---|------0------------| 
 B|--------0--------0-|--------0--------0-|--------0--------0-|--------0----------| 
 A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------0---0-|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|---0--------0------|---0---------0-----|---0--------0------|---0--------0---0--|  
    (play twice) 
 G|--0--------0-------|--0-------2s3------|--0--------0-------|--0--------3---2---| 
 E|-3--------3--------|-3-----------------|-3--------3--------|-3-----------------| 
  
 Verse 1 
  
 D|------0--------0---|------0--------0---|------0--------0---|------3--3----3-0--| 
 B|--------0--------0-|--------0--------0-|--------0--------0-|-------------------| 
 A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|---0--------0------|---0--------0------|---0--------0------|---0---------------|  
  
 G|--0--------0-------|--0--------0-------|--0--------0-------|--0----------------| 
 E|-3--------3--------|-3--------3--------|-3--------3--------|-3---------3-------|  
    
  
   Dress me in scarlet			  Ribbons and bows    So  
 everyone knows 
  
 D|------5-2----0h2-2-|----3-5---0--3p2-0-|------3-0---0-0----|------0------------| 
 B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|---0---------------|---0-------0---0---| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|--0-------0--------|--0-------0---0----| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-3-----------------|-3-------0---1-----| 
   
   hiding a face	      hadn't the grace to go free 
  
 D|------3-0------0---|------0--------0---|------0--------0---|-------3-3------3--| 
 B|-----------------0-|--------0--------0-|--------0--------0-|-------------------| 
 A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|---0--------0------|---0--------0------|---0--------0------|-------------------|  
  
 G|--0--------0-------|--0--------0-------|--0--------0-------|-------------------| 
 E|-3--------3--------|-3--------3--------|-3--------3--------|----3--------3-----|  
    
  
   Dress me in shadows 			  Sad April skies    Have  
 opened my eyes 
  
 D|------5-2----0h2-2-|----3-5---0--3p2-0-|------0-0-----0-0--|-----0--------0----| 
 B|-------------------|-------------------|---------------(3)-|-------0-----------| 
 A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|---0-------0-------|---0-------0-------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|--0-------0--------|--0-------0--------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-3-------3---------|-3-------3---------| 
  
  To the lie that I live And given the river Away 
  
 D|------0--------0-0-|------0--------0---|------0------0-----|-----0-0-------0---| 
 B|--------3----------|--------0--------0-|-----(0)0---(0)0---|----(0)-------(0)--| 
 A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|---0--------0------|---0--------0------|---0-------0-------|---0--------0------| 
 G|--0--------0-------|--0--------0-------|--0-------0--------|--0--------0-------| 
 E|-3--------3--------|-3--------3--------|-3-------3---------|-3-------3---------| 
   * fill 1 overdub 
  
  I'll change these clothes If I want to   And I do 
  
     U 
 D|-------------------| 
 B|--3----------------| 
 A|--0----------------|	fill 1 
 D|--0----------------| 
 G|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------| 
  
 Chorus 1 
 	     U  D 
 D|-----------0-------| 
 B|-----------3--3----| 
 A|--------------5----| Pickup bar 	 						 
 guitar 1 
 D|--------------0----| 
 G|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------| 
  
    D  U D  D  U D      					       D  U D   
 D  U 
 D|-0--0-0--0--0-0----|-0--0-0--0--0-0----|-0--0-0--0--0-0----|-0--0-0--0--0------| 
 B|-3--3-3--3--3-3----|-3--3-3--3--3-3----|-3--3-3--3--3-3----|-3--3-3--3--3------| 
 A|-5-------5---------|-5-------5---------|-5-------5---------|-5-------5---------|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  
          I think that I've found out what No-ones about to tell me 
  
 	     U  D 
 D|-----------0-------| 
 B|-----------3--3----| 
 A|--------------5----| Pickup bar 						  
 	guitar 1 
 D|--------------0----| 
 G|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------| 
  								 U  D   
  U  D 
 D|-0--0-0--0--0-0----|-0--0-0--0--0-0----|-0--0-0--0---------|---0------0--------| 
 B|-3--3-3--3--3-3----|-3--3-3--3--3-3----|-3--3-3--3---------|---3--3---3--3-----| 
 A|-5-------5---------|-5-------5---------|-5-------5--0------|---5--5---5--5-----|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  
 	I think that I've found out I     Don't wear scarlet well 
  
 D|---0------0--------| 
 B|---3--3---3--3-----| 
 A|---5--5---5--5-----|									 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|									 
  
 Verse 2 
  
   rake 
 D|------0-------0----|------0--------0---|------0------0-----|-----3-3-------3---| 
 B|--------0-------0--|--------0--------0-|--------0------0---|-------------------| 
 A|-5-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-0----------0------|---0--------0------|---0-------0-------|---0---------------| 
 G|-0---------0-------|--0--------0-------|--0-------0--------|--0----------------| 
 E|----------3--------|-3--------3--------|-3-------3---------|-3----------3------| 
  
   Waiting before me    			  Poets and painters   May say 
  
 D|------5-2----0h2-2-|----3-5---0--3p2-0-|------0------0-0---|-----0-0-------0---| 
 B|-------------------|-------------------|--------3----------|-------------------| 
 A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|---0-------0-------|---0---------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|--0-------0--------|--0----------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-3-------3---------|-3-------3---------| 
  
   Stumble our way    Kick off your redshoes And fly now 
  
 D|------0-------0----|------0--------0---|------0------0-----|-----0--------0----| 
 B|--------3-------3--|--------0--------0-|--------0------0---|-------0-----------| 
 A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|---0--------0------|---0-------0-------|---0-------0-------| 
 G|-------------------|--0--------0-------|--0-------0--------|--0-------0--------| 
 E|-------------------|-3--------3--------|-3-------3---------|-3-------3---------| 
  
   I'll die					   And I do 
  
 Chorus 2 and Guitar Solo 1 
  
 	     U  D 
 D|-----------0-------| 
 B|-----------3--3----| 
 A|--------------5----| Pickup bar 							 
 guitar 1 
 D|--------------0----| 
 G|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------| 
  
         X      X 
      U  D   U  D      (picking pattern same throughout for guitar 1) 
 D|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------| 
 B|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--------|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----| 
 A|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--------|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  
           Think that  I've found out what   No'ones about to  tell me  
  
 	     U  D 
 D|-----------0-------| 
 B|-----------3--3----| 
 A|--------------5----| Pickup bar 							 
 guitar 1 
 D|--------------0----| 
 G|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------| 
  
 D|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------| 
 B|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----| 
 A|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  |		     |			 |		     |muted  
 rake	 | 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------3h4p3-------|	 
 A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------0-------3-s5-|	 
 guitar 2 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
   
 	  Think that  I've found out I     Don't wear Scarlet   Well 
  
 D|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------| 
 B|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----| 
 A|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|	 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  |		     |			 |		     | muted  
 rake        | 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------5h7-0-8--|	 
 B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------0---------| 
 A|-------0h1p0-------|-------------------|-------------------|--------0----------|	 
 guitar 2 
 D|-------------3-s7--|-------------------|-s5-s5-s5-s5--3--0-|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  
 D|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------| 
 B|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----| 
 A|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|				 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  |		     |			 |		     |			  
  
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|	 
 B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|				 
 guitar 2 
 D|---------5-8-7-5---|----------1--7p5p0-|-7p5p0-(X4)--------| 
 G|------s7-----------|-------------------|----------------7--| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 			           *play the 7p5p0 phrase 5 times in  
 all 
  
 There may be a mandolin track buried in the mix on this chorus. 
  
 Verse 3 
         X      X 
      U  D   U  D   (picking pattern same throughout this verse)  U  U   
  U 
 D|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0--0---0--------| 
 B|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--------| 
 A|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--------|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  
   Always before me    (Always before me)   Poets and sages     May say  
 we've been 
  
 D|------5-2----0h2-2-|----3-5---0--3p2-0-|---0------0--------|---0------0--------| 
 B|-------------------|-------------------|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----| 
 A|-------------------|-------------------|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  
   Lamenting your fall And carving it all into Stone  here 
  
 								       D  
 U D U 
 D|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0---------------| 
 B|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3--3-3-3-3---| 
 A|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5--5-5-5-5---|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  
   And skimming them into the River Just for you 
  
 Chorus 3 and Guitar Solo 2 
  
 	     U  D 
 D|-----------0-------| 
 B|-----------3--3----| 
 A|--------------5----| Pickup bar 							 
 guitar 1 
 D|--------------0----| 
 G|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------| 
  
         X      X 
      U  D   U  D      (picking pattern same throughout for guitar 1) 
 D|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------| 
 B|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----| 
 A|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  
   I think that I've found out   what 	   No'ones about to      Tell   
 me 
  
 D|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------| 
 B|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----| 
 A|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  
 I think that I've found out      the place    Where Angels      fell    
 from 
  
 D|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------| 
 B|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----| 
 A|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  |		     |			 |		     |muted  
 rake	 | 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------3h4p3-------|	 
 A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------0-------3-s5-|	 
 guitar 2 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  
 I think that I've found out     I don't     Wear scarlet  well 
  
 D|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------| 
 B|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----| 
 A|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  |		     |			 |		     |muted  
 rake         | 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------5h7-0-8--|	 
 B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------0---------| 
 A|-------0h1p0-------|-------------------|-------------------|--------0----------|	 
 guitar 2 
 D|-------------3--7--|-------------------|-s5-s5-s5-s5--3--0-|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  
  
 D|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------| 
 B|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----| 
 A|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|	 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  |		     |			 |		     |          
           | 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|	 
 B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 A|-------0h1p0-------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|	 
 guitar 2 
 D|-------------3--7--|-------------------|-s5-s5-s5-s5--3-s7-|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  
 D|---0------0--------|---0------0--------|---0------0--------| 
 B|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----|---3--3---3--3-----| 
 A|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|---5--5---5--5-----|				 
 guitar 1 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  |		     |			 |		     | 
 D|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|	 
 B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|				 
 guitar 2 
 D|-s5-s5-s5-s5--3-s7-|-------------------|-s5-s5-s5-s5--3--0-| 
 G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
 E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| 
  
 TAB Key 
   
 	h  - hammer on 
 	p  - pulloff 
 	s  - slide  
 	X  - mute with palm of picking hand  
 	U  - upstroke 
 	D  - downstroke 
 	() - incidental note 
         rake - exagerate the strumming of the chord 
 	      (but not enough for it to be an arpeggio) 
  
 Notes 
  
 ** Tuning ** 
  
 The tuning used for this song is EGDABD - this isn't a regular 'open  
 tunings'  
 (at least not ones that I could find any reference to). A lot of  
 people think 
 that deriving tunings from a record is a 'black art' - but it can be  
 straight 
 forward if you just think about it logically. Listen for open strings,  
 and 
 think about finger positions. 
 The tuning used here was derived mainly using the song intro, and  
 confirmed  
 in other parts of it. 
 If you start with standard tuning: EADGBE, the tuning can be derived  
 as follows. 
 The 2 highest notes which are left ringing sound to be open strings -  
 so we have 
  
 			X X X X B D 
  
 The first 2 notes of the common picked pattern are doubled notes - so  
 a logical 
 step would be to tune the A down to G giving: 
  
 			X G X X B D 
  
 The descending run which occurs in bar 4, contains open strings, the  
 highest note 
 which is picked is an 'A' - implying that the G - string needs to be  
 tuned up to 
 an open A, giving: 
  
 			X G D A B D 
  
 The only undefined string is the low E-string, which can be left tuned  
 to E since 
 the doubled G note can be played quite easily on the 3rd fret. If you  
 then look at 
 verse 1 bar 8, there is an ascending little riff which uses the lowest  
 3 strings in 
 open positions, confirming the tuning to be: 
  
 			E G D A B D (low to high) 
  
 ** Playing Notes ** 
  
 Technically this song is quite a simple one. All the verses (except  
 verse 3) 
 consist of a single picked pattern, (with embellishments here and  
 there) and a  
 single string melody. When playing the bars with the common picking  
 pattern  
 let the D and B strings ring out. Verse 3 which uses the same shapes  
 as the chorus. 
  
 Guitar 1 plays the main parts in the song. 
  
 The chorus' all use the same shape which correspond to 3 D-notes being  
 played in  
 unison. When playing the chorus' make sure you spend some time getting  
 the picking 
 attack right and the overall feel. If you play it just as its written  
 down then its  
 going to sound dull, flat, boring etc. Put a bit of life into it. Make  
 sure your 
 guitar is in tune, since the 3 D's in unison can sound fairly  
 'unforgiving' if your 
 tuning isn't up to scratch. 
  
 Guitar 2 is used in the guitar solos only. 
  
 Both solos contain the same ideas with only minor variations between  
 each other.  
 The second guitar solo is used to bring the song to a close. Both  
 solos convey a  
 very Spanish/flamenco feel. If/when you play the rhythm track behind  
 the guitar  
 solo make sure you play it a little more vigourously than when its  
 played in the  
 normal chorus. 
  
 In the song theres a lot going off in to hide what the guitar is  
 doing. 
 There are the usual orchestrial parts, 3-part vocal harmonies, a  
 buried  
 mandolin track on chorus 2 and a glockenspiel with delay on the guitar  
  
 solo. Happy listening. 
  
 This Transcription (c) DarkMusic 1995. 
  
 Comments, corrections, requests and idle banter welcome. 
  
 			Wayne Ellis 	email  
 ellis_w_wayne@bt-web.bt.co.uk