#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## <9307161537.AA11420@csd4.csd.uwm.edu> To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu Subject: TAB: True Devotion (BoDeans) BoDeans True Devotion (from the album "Black and White" (C)1991) ------------- E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B---0--0-----0--0----0--0----0--0----------------This riff is repeated for----| G--4-4--4---4-4--4--4-4--4--4-4--4---------------each line of the verses,-----| D-4--------2---------------4---------------------A similar riff appears below-| A------------------2-----------------------------for the chorus---------------| E----This is Sammy's main riff, and makes for a nice acoustic version, too----| I was lucky for a long, long time I never felt much pain A mess of clouds came over me The night it finally rained. In my hand there's a silver heart It says you belong to me But it's empty and used up I'm sailing off to sea E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B---0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0----------Start this riff on the word "down"--| G--4-4--4--4-4--4--4-4--4--4-4--4---------------------------------------------| D-2---------------4-------4---------------------------------------------------| A---------2-------------------------------------------------------------------| E-----This is the riff for the chorus...same chords, different order----------| Going down, going down Swallow an ocean Going down, going down With true devotion When the rain started coming down It was so hard to see Swear I lost you in the crowd When you were right there with me People scattering everywhere Trying to make it back home And I slipped and fell on my ass I'm going down alone Going down, going down Swallow an ocean Going down, going down With true devotion All I see is icy blue And I don't feel the waves It doesn't matter anyhow I know I won't be saved Before you go to sleep tonight Say a prayer for me, yeah And all the other wasted souls Drowning definitely Going down, going down Swallow an ocean Going down, going down With true devotion