------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crying To The Sky - Be Bop Deluxe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: axe victim Email: Leave a message on my ‘Ultimate Guitar’ profile or comment here and I’ll get back to you. Who doesn't love this song? Bill Nelson channels Jimi Hendrix with this all time favourite from the 'Sunburst Finish' album. I've even tried to tab the guitar solos, please excuse mistakes. Tuning: EADGBe | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | b bend | r relax bend | pb pre-bend | rb re-bend | ~ vibrato/sustain | + harmonic | x Mute note |C#m/G# chord/bass note Intro: ( use thumb for notes on bottom E string, Hendrix style, throughout song, if you like... ) ___A______________________________________________________________ ( lead guitar line in brackets... ) e|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-10-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-11-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-12-------------(-2h4p2h4p2h4p2h4p-etc...)----------------------| E|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | ___E_______________________________________________E_______F______ e|-4-----------------------------------------------4-------5------| B|-5-----------------------------------------------5-------6------| G|-4-----------------------------------------------4-------5------| D|-6-----------------------------------------------6-------7------| A|-7--------------(-2h4p2h4p2h4p2h4p-etc...)-------7-------8------| E|-4-----------------------------------------------4-------5------| ___G______________________________________________________________ e|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-8--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-10-------------(-2h5p2h5p2h5p-etc...)--------------------------| E|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| Repeat intro chord sequence, then: Verse part one: ( arpeggiate chords ad lib throughout... ) ___A______________________________________________________________ " Crying to the sky... " e|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-10-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-11-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-12-------------------------------------------------------------| E|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ " searching for a silver lining... " e|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-5--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-6--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| E|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| ___F#m_____________________________A_______________B______________ " hoping that the clouds I'm climbing aren't hiding... " e|-9-------------------------------9---------------11-------------| B|-10------------------------------10--------------12-------------| G|-11------------------------------9---------------11-------------| D|-11------------------------------11--------------13-------------| A|-9-------------------------------12--------------14-------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | ___E______________________________________________________________ " rain... " e|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-5--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-6--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0--------------------------------------------------------------| ___A______________________________________________________________ " Nowhere left to go... " e|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-10-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-11-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-12-------------------------------------------------------------| E|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ " for every show now disappoints me... " e|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-5--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-6--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| E|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| ___F#m_____________________________A_______________B______________ " still the ghost of love lost haunts me 'til my dying... " e|-9-------------------------------9---------------11-------------| B|-10------------------------------10--------------12-------------| G|-11------------------------------9---------------11-------------| D|-11------------------------------11--------------13-------------| A|-9-------------------------------12--------------14-------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ " day... I could... " e|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-5--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-6--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0--------------------------------------------------------------| ___Bm_____________________________________________________________ " fly away... " ( arpeggiate chord... ) e|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| E|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| ___F_______________E_______________A_______________C#m/G#_________ " over this river of tears but I... " e|-5---------------4---------------5---------------4--------------| B|-6---------------5---------------5---------------5--------------| G|-5---------------4---------------6---------------6--------------| D|-7---------------6---------------7---------------6--------------| A|-8---------------7---------------x---------------x--------------| E|---------------------------------5---------------4--------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | ___Bm_____________________________________________________________ " think I'll stay... ...to... " e|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| E|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| ___F_______________F#m_____________D______________________________ " face all my troubles and fight like a man, I won't... " e|-----------------9---------------10-----------------------------| B|-10--------------10--------------10-----------------------------| G|-10--------------11--------------11-----------------------------| D|-10--------------11--------------12-----------------------------| A|-8---------------9---------------x------------------------------| E|---------------------------------10-----------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | ___G______________________________________________________________ " fear... love is... " e|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-8--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-10-------------------------------------------------------------| E|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| ___B______________________________________________________________ " near... " e|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-8--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| E|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| ___A______________________________________________________________ " Crying to the sky... " e|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-10-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-11-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-12-------------------------------------------------------------| E|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ " weeping like a silver fountain... " e|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-5--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-6--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| E|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| ___F#m_____________________________A_______________B______________ " praying on the holy mountain that it won't... " e|-9-------------------------------9---------------11-------------| B|-10------------------------------10--------------12-------------| G|-11------------------------------9---------------11-------------| D|-11------------------------------11--------------13-------------| A|-9-------------------------------12--------------14-------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ " rain... " ( guitar solo... ) e|-4---------------------------------------12-9h12p9--------------| B|-5-------------------------------------------------12-9h12p9----| G|-4-----------------------------------------------------------11-| D|-6--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0--------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar solo... ___A______________________________________________________________ e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9h11p9---------------------------------------------------------| D|--------11-9h11p9-----------------------------------------------| A|------------------11-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\-----| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-12b14~~~~~~~~~~-12~~~~~~~~~~~-9h12p9p7h9-----------------------| G|-----------------------------------------12p11p9--11p9----------| D|------------------------------------------------11----11p9------| A|----------------------------------------------------------11p9p7| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | ___F#m_____________________________A_______________B______________ e|-----12~~~~~~~~~~~~12b14--12b14--12~~9h12p9p7-------------------| B|---------------------------------------------9h12p9p7-----------| G|-11p9------------------------------------------------12p11p9--9-| D|------------------------------------------------------------11--| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|------9h12p9-----9h12p9-----9h12p9-----9h12p9-------------------| G|-11b13------11b13------11b13------11b13------11b13~~~~~~~~~11p9-| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___A______________________________________________________________ e|--------------------------------------------------------7--7h9/12- B|------------------------------------------7-10p9p8-9h10---------| G|-11~~~~~~~~~~~~----------/6---4-9p8p6-8h9-----------------------| D|---------------------2------------------------------------------| A|-----------------2h4--------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ e|-12-11-9--------------------------------------------------------| B|---------12-9h10p9--9-------------------------------------------| G|------------------11--9h11-9------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------11--9h11p9-----------------------9-| A|---------------------------------------11\9p7h9p7-------7h9h11--| E|-------------------------------------------------9p7-7h9--------| ___F#m_____________________________A_______________B______________ e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------9h12p9---9h12p9---9h11p9----9-----------| G|-11b13~~r11p9h11--------------11-------11-------11----11b13~~~~~| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-11b13~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| " I could... " ___Bm_____________________________________________________________ " say goodbye... " e|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| E|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| ___F_______________E_______________A_______________C#m/G#_________ " follow the sun and the moon but that would... " e|-5---------------4---------------5---------------4--------------| B|-6---------------5---------------5---------------5--------------| G|-5---------------4---------------6---------------6--------------| D|-7---------------6---------------7---------------6--------------| A|-8---------------7---------------x---------------x--------------| E|---------------------------------5---------------4--------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | ___Bm_____________________________________________________________ " be a lie... ...my... " e|-7-------------------------------7------------------------------| B|-7-------------------------------7------------------------------| G|-7-------------------------------7------------------------------| D|-9-------------------------------9------------------------------| A|-9-------------------------------9------------------------------| E|-7-------------------------------7------------------------------| ___F_______________F#m_____________D______________________________ " hearts in your hand and I'm leading a band full of... " e|-----------------9---------------10-----------------------------| B|-10--------------10--------------10-----------------------------| G|-10--------------11--------------11-----------------------------| D|-10--------------11--------------12-----------------------------| A|-8---------------9---------------x------------------------------| E|---------------------------------10-----------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | ___G______________________________________________________________ " blues... just for... " e|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-8--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-10-------------------------------------------------------------| E|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| ___B______________________________________________________________ " you... " e|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-8--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| E|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| ___A______________________________________________________________ " Crying to the sky... " e|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-10-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-11-------------------------------------------------------------| A|-12-------------------------------------------------------------| E|-9--------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ " searching for a silver lining... " e|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-5--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-6--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| E|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| ___F#m_____________________________A_______________B______________ " hoping that the clouds I'm climbing aren't hiding... " e|-9-------------------------------9---------------11-------------| B|-10------------------------------10--------------12-------------| G|-11------------------------------9---------------11-------------| D|-11------------------------------11--------------13-------------| A|-9-------------------------------12--------------14-------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ " rain... " e|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| B|-5--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-4--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-6--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-7--------------------------------------------------------------| E|-0--------------------------------------------------------------| Second guitar solo: ( slide octaves up and down... ) ___A______________________________________________________________ ( octave... ) e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | ___E______________________________________________________________ ( octave... ) e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|/16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-14---\13---\11---\9---\8---\6---/8---/9----| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|/14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-12---\11---\9----\7---\6---\4---/6---/7----| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___F#m_____________________________A______________B_______________ ( octave... ) e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-8---/10--/11----13-/16-\13------4---/6---/9----8---\6----4-/6--| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-6---/8---/9-----11-/14-\11------2---/4---/7----6---\4----2-/4--| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|\4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------11b13~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~11-p9--| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|\2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___A______________________________________________________________ e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------9h12p9-----------------------------------------| G|-11~~~~~~~~~~~---------11h13p11p9--12p11p9----------------------| D|---------------------------------11-------11-9---------11p10p9--| A|-----------------------------------------------11p10p9----------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ e|---------12b14~~~12p11p9----------------------------------------| B|-------------------------12p10p9--------------------------------| G|---------------------------------11p9p8--9p8---11~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___F#m_____________________________A_______________B______________ e|-------------------------------------------------------9h12p9h12- B|-------------------9h12p9-----9--------------------9h12---------| G|-11b13rb13rb13rb13-------11b13---11b13rb13rb13rb13--------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| ___E______________________________________________________________ e|-14-12h14p12-11------9------------------------------------------| B|-----------------12------9--------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------9----------------------------------| D|---------------------------------11-----------------------------| A|-------------------------------------11~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| Lyrics: Crying to the sky... Searching for a silver lining Hoping that the clouds I'm climbing Aren't hiding rain... Nowhere left to go... For every show now disappoints me... Still the ghost of love lost haunts me 'til my dying day... I could fly away... Over this river of tears... But I think I'll stay... To face all my troubles And fight like a man I won't fear... love is near... Crying to the sky... Weeping like a silver fountain... Praying on the holy mountain That it won't rain... I could say goodbye... Follow the sun and the moon But that would be a lie... My heart's in your hand And I'm leading a band Full of blues... just for you... Crying to the sky... Searching for a silver lining Hoping that the clouds I'm climbing Aren't hiding rain... Words & Music by Bill Nelson