Intimate Portrait


1. Bus Driver G 3x0033 G/f# 2x0033 G/E 02x033 G2/D xx0233 C x3x033 Dsus4/F# 2x0233 Bb2 x13311 C2 x32030 Em9 020032 D2 x00230 D2sus/C x30030 D2sus/B x20030 D2sus/Bb x10030 D/A x02030 -Intro- G G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# (6x) -Verse 1- G G/f# G/E G2/D C I am a bus driver G G2/D D(4)/F# G and it's four in the morning G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# G And I'm pressing out my clothes beside my bed G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# Fourteen years been on the job and with many miles behind G G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# Still I'm up at three thirty to make sure I'm there on time G G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# G My car gets me along just fine to and from the station G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# But my castle is this Houston Metro Bus G G/f# G/E G2/D C G My first stop is Ashbury. G2/D D(4)/F# G And the sign's been gone for years G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# but all the same the people wait cause they know that I'll be there. -Chorus- Bb2 C2 G Em9 What would you say if I told you that I won't be by today? Bb2 C2 D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B Would you say that I'm just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb and what do I know, D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb and what do I know, D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B D/A and what do I know? -Verse 2- G G/f# G/E G2/D C G Well, I'm always there by five fifteen G2/D D(4)/F# G and lately I've been early G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# 'cause Judith likes to be in early to the bank. G G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# G And she gives me conversation and a token good for riding. G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# And she's hapyy all alone G G/f# G/E G2/D C G And then there's Charles in retail sales; G2/D D(4)/F# G and I hope they pay him well G/f# G/E G/D2 C G G2/D D(4)/F# for the work that young man does G G/f# G/E G2/D C G Cause I've never seen the inside G2/D D(4)/F# G of a custom refrigerator G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D but I know he's the first and last one there -Chorus- Bb2 C2 G Em9 What would you say if I told you that I won't be by today? Bb2 C2 D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B Would you say that I'm just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb and what do I know, D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb and what do I know, D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B D/A and what do I know? D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/C D/A And what do I know. -Piano solo- G G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# (4x) -Vesre 3- G G/f# G/E G2/D C G I wonder what they do all day, G2/D D(4)/F# and their respective works. G G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# Suppose they give money and take money away. G G/f# G/E G2/D C G Still, I'm just orbiting this town G2/D D(4)/F# G with the post office my sun. G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# And I'm circling again. G G/f# G/E G2/D C G And I wonder how this world would be G2/D D(4)/F# G G/f# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# if I was never here to drive this bus around from Ashbury to Main. G G/f# G/E G2/D C G Suppose this town would be the same G2/D D(4)/F# G but with one bus less exhaust. G/f# G/E G2/D C G But that bank and retail stores, G2/D D(4)/F# Bb2 they just wouldn't be the same. C2 G Em9 Bb2 But what can I see from the limited confines of my bus driving seat? C2 Only me. D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B And I'm just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb and what do I know, D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb and what do I know, D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb and what do I know, D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb and what do I know, D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb and what do I know, D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb and what do I know, D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb and what do I know, D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B just a bus driver D2(sus)/Bb D2 and it's time to go home. D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B D/A G 2. April Showers Clean Guitar ------------ Intro: --2--2--2h3--2--2h3--3--3----------------2--2--2h3--2--2h3--3--3-------------- --3------------------3--3----------------3------------------3--3-------------- --2------------------0--0---------0------2------------------0--0-------------- --0------------------2--2--0h2p0---------0------------------2--0--0h2p0------- ---------------------3--3-----------------------------------3--2---------0---- ---------------------------------------------------------------3-------------- (Play twice) Verse 1: -------- D Cadd9 D Cadd9 G Like April Showers on the slick cement D Cadd9 D Cadd9 G When I consider how our light is spent D Cadd9 D Cadd9 G Keeping the candles inside the cathedral D Cadd9 D Hold on tight, Don't go into the night Cadd9 G So full of evil Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D Chorus: ------- G D Rain rain don't go away Cadd9 Cadd9 We need you this dry and dusty day G D Rain rain don't go away Cadd9 Cadd9 Though some may say please go away Solo: ----- -10-----------------------------------10-- --10-12-12h14-14h15-14--12-------------------- -10-----------------13-12---------10------ ----------------------------12-12-12p10------- -11-11-11h12-11-11---------12-12---------- ----------------------------12-12-12p11-11---- -12--------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------12- ------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---0----3--3- -7-7--------------------- -3---3--3--3- -7-7--7---7-------------- --------0--0- Back into Verse... ------7h9-7--5-4\2-0h2-0- --------0--0- ------------------------- --------2--2- ------------------------- --------3--3- I tried to break it up into sections where you can hear a "pause". listen to the cd, you'll see what i mean. NOTE on Solo: 2 things about this. 1st, it is my interpretation, so the fingerings might be different than Derek's, but it sounds the exact same, i checked several times. 2nd, i play solo guitar, so i have added come chord inversions where usually cliff would play, to fill it out. so sometimes there is _more_ here than on the CD. as always, mail me if you are lost. Verse 2: (Same as Verse 1) -------- Like the April Showers on the slick cement And the roads once straight have now become so bent Weaving through the trees of vain security Rounding round the hard rocks of hard morality Cadd9 G D (This time the Cadd9 G after verse is played only once) Chorus (See above) (Intro Lick is played ONCE) Bridge: ------- Em Am7 And the sacred cows Em Am7 Feed on the green Em Am7 While the least of these Em D Barre-D (10th fret) Are dying on the streets And they're crying... Chorus Chorus Outro: ------ Pick through D-Cadd9-G slowly (ritard) ------------------ Chord Signatures: ------------------ E|-3---3---2----0-----0------10--- B|-3---3---3----0-----1------10--- G|-0---0---2----0-----0------11--- D|-0---2---0----2-----2------12--- A|-2---3---x----2-----0------12--- e|-3---x---x----0-----x------10--- G Cadd9 D Em Am7 Barre-D (10th fret) 3. The Truth 020033 Em7 x32033 C9 (Cadd9) x30033 C2 x30032 C11 (that's what i'm calling it :) 320033 G x20033 /B (G/B) xx0232 D 200233 /F# (Dsus4/F#) xx0233 Dsus4 (Dsus4) ( * = F# bass note, sixth string 2nd fret.) ( ¤ = hammer first and third strings 0h2 as in the intro.) INTRO: 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . E-|---|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| B-|--3|------3----|-----------|-----------|-----------| G-|--0|----------0|------0---0|------0---0|------0---0| D-|--0|----------0|02----0---0|------0---0|------0---0| A-|---|-----------|3-------3--|0h2--------|0---0------| E-|---|0----------|-----------|3-------3--|3---3---2--| Em7........ C9......... G.................. * 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . |-----------|-----------|-----------|0h2---2---3| |-----------|-----------|----------3|3-----3---3| |------0---0|------0---0|------0---0|0h2---2---0| |----------0|02----0---0|------0---0|0-------0--| |-----------|3-----3---3|0h2--------|-----------| |0-------0--|-----------|3-------3--|-----------| Em7........ C9......... G.......... D¤......... 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . |-----------|-----------|-----------|0h2---2---3| |-----------|----------3|----------3|3-----3---3| |------0---0|----------0|------0---0|0h2---2---0| |------0---0|02----0----|------0----|0-------0--| |--------2--|3-----3----|0h2--------|-----------| |0----------|-----------|3-------3--|-----------| Em7........ C9......... G.......... D.......... 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . |------3---0h2-----2---0h3-----3x---|-----------| |------3---3|------3---3|------3x---|-----------| |-----------|--------0--|-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |3----------|3---3------|3---3--x---|23--2------| |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------02-| C9........ C11........ C9......... VERSE 1: |Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |/F# . . |(7x) |Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |D . . | |C9 . . |C2 . . | I've been putting on and putting off too many people And I'm getting old to live like an injured man Ailment and unfilled prescription like the nose on my face Like a broken boat safety raft and a love for the water And I just can't decide to sink or swim it's me or them Should I save myself or go back for the others because BRIDGE 1: |G . . |. . * |Em7 . . |. . . |(2) |C9 . . |C11 . . |C9 . . |C2 . . |(x) Maybe there's no gray and I was wrong to tell 'em so And maybe all that I've to do was done a long time ago CHORUS: |G . . |G . . |C9 . . |C9 . . | |Em7 . . |D . . |C9 . . |C9 . . | |G . . |G . . |Em7 . . |Em7 . . | |D . . |D . . |C9 . . |C2 . . | |C9 . . |Dsus4 . . | 'Cause there was life before my life There was provision before my need There was redemption before my sin For the sake of the world I thank the Lord That the truth's not contingent on me HALF INTRO: |Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |. . * | |Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |D¤ . .Dsus4| VERSE 2: Em7 C9 G /F Em7 C9 G I've been dressing up and dressing down for too many people /F Em7 C9 G /F And I'm a little young to live like a troubled boy, a troubled soul Em7 C9 G /F Em7 C9 A fish out of water, 'cause we're all just the same G /F Em7 C9 G We're all just as good and just as bad and just as distracted /F Em7 C9 G /F By the corners of our eyes as our fathers were and theirs before Em7 C9 G /F# C9 C9 And all those before them and still I glance around BRIDGE 2: G Em7 C9 C2 C9 C2 And with the way I stare you'd think I'd seen through a two-by-four G Em7 C9 C2 C9 C2 And with the way I walk you'd think I'd never seen grace before CHORUS: G C9 There was life before my life Em7 Dsus4 C9 There was provision before my need G Em7 There was redemption before my sin D C9 C2 For the sake of the world I thank the Lord C9 Dsus4 That the truth's not contingent on me SOLO: |C9 . . |. . C2 |G . . |Em7 . . | |C9 . . |C2 . . |C9 . . |C2 . . | VERSE 3 (half-verse): But I've been putting up and putting down too many things That I know nothing about but I'm jealous of Holding pride as tight as I can like she was my only daughter REPEAT CHORUS OUTRO: |C9 . . |. . C2 |G . . |/B . . | |C9 . . |C2 . . |C9 . . |D . . | 'Cause the truth's not contingent on me |Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |. . * | |Em7 . . |C9 . . |G | 4. Piece of Glass Bm X24432 (or X20432 back-strum first time) A* X040XX (or X04030) Gx 3200XX (G) Em7 010000 G6 320000 G6/A X00000 D X00232 (D/A) E7 020100 D/F# 200232 G2 320203 G 320003 G/A X00003 A7sus4 X02030 A7 X02020 INTRO: Bm, A*, Gx, Bm, A*, Em7 VERSE 1: Bm A* Gx I can't believe that I did it again Bm A* Em7 Bm Wake me up from this nightmare Bm A* G6 D 'Cause this monster's filling me up E7 G6 G6/A Filling me out Bm A* Gx Everyday I live a bit less Bm A* Em7 One night leads to another Bm A* G6 D Even if I went back they wouldn't E7 G6 Recognize me E7 G6 G6/A Criticize me CHORUS 1: D D/F# G2 Who are you that lies when you stare at my face E7 G G/A Telling me that I'm just a trace D D/F# G2 Of the person I once was 'cause I just can't tell E7 G If you're telling the truth or a lie E7 G On you I just can't rely E7 G G/A (Bm) After all you're just a piece of glass REPEAT INTRO VERSE 2: Bm A* Gx Still this nightmare's all mine Bm A* Em7 When I call him he answers Bm A* G6 D I can tell him when to come E7 G6 G6/A When to stay Bm A* Gx Sometimes I'm weaker than he is Bm A* Em7 Is he just letting me win Bm A* G6 D He can tell me when to come E7 G6 G6/A When to stay REPEAT CHORUS 1 BRIDGE: D, D/F#, G2 E7 G Don't talk, listen E7 G Hold me tighter E7 G Stay with me just for a while E7 Until the sun shines (till the sun shines) D/F# Stay with me (stay with me just give) G A7sus4 A7 Just give me one more day CHORUS 2: D D/F# G2 Who are you that _cries_ when you stare at my face E7 G G/A Telling me that I'm just a trace D D/F# G2 Of the person I once was 'cause we're not the same E7 G You're just a picture of me E7 G You're gone as soon as I leave E7 G You've lived my life for me E7 G G/A D And you're no more than a piece of glass E7 G G/A D You're no more than just a piece of glass OUTRO: D, D/F#, G2, E7, G, G/A, D 5. Hope to carry on Guitar tuned down 1/2 step to: Eb Ab C# F# Bb Eb -INTRO- D G -VERSE 1- D G D G I can see Jesus hanging on the cross D G D G I can see Jesus hanging on the cross D G D I can see Jesus hanging on the cross He came looking for the lost -CHORUS- Em G And Love has come Em G Love has come Em G Love has come A D G And it's giving me hope to carry on -VERSE 2- D G D G I can hear Jesus saying "Father forgive" D G D G I can hear Jesus saying "Father forgive" D G D I can hear Jesus saying "Father forgive" What a thing he did -CHORUS- Em G And Love has come Em G Love has come Em G Love has come A D G And it's giving me hope to carry on D G -VERSE 3- E A I can see Love E A Love is all I want to see E A E A Love can make a beggar rich and set a prisoner free E A I know He can do it for you E A And God knows He did it for me. -VERSE 4- A7 A7,6(sus4) I can see Love A9(no3) A7,6(sus4) A7 A7,6(sus4) Love is all I want to show you. Love, A9(no3) A7,6(sus4) A7 A7,6(sus4) Love's the only way to go. And love, A9(no3) A7,6(sus4) A7 A7,6(sus4) Love is all a man might need to know A7 Yes, I know -VERSE 5- D G D G You know Peter put away his sword D G D G I can see Peter puttin' away his sword D G D I can see Peter, he put away his sword G He won't fight no more -CHORUS- Em G And Love has come Em G Love has come Em G Love has come A D G And it's giving me hope to carry on D G D G A D I gotta carry on ------------ | chords | ------------ D G Em A E A7 A7,6(sus4) A9(no3) Eb-|-2--3--0---0--0--0---0-----------0--- Bb-|-3--3--0---2--0--2---3-----------5--- Gb-|-2--0--0---2--1--0---0-----------0--- Db-|-0--0--2---2--2--2---4-----------5--- Ab-|-0--2--2---0--2--0---0-----------0--- Eb-|-x--3--0---0--0--0---0-----------0--- enjoy