Goodnight Elizabeth

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 Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:55:15 -0800 
 From: "Michael A. Mazur"  
  
   
 Subject: TAB: Counting Crows, "Goodnight Elisabeth" 
  
 Tab: "Goodnight Elisabeth," by Counting Crows 
 Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu) 
  
  
 Intro: Guitar 1, clean electric 
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 ||-----------5-----5b(7)r5-----5-----|-----5-----5b(7)r5-----5-----| 
 ||*-------------4-----------------4--|--------4-----------------4--| 
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 ||---4/5--------------------5--------|--4-----------------4--------| 
                                                                        
  
                                                                        
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 |-----5-----5b(7)r5-----5-----|-----3------------3-----5p3------|| 
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 On the repeat, guitar 2, acoustic enters, strumming 
 A E Gadd6 Dsus2 
 Guitar 3 also enters, with a little distortion and a Leslie speaker, 
 doubling the chords played by guitar 2 
  
 Verse: (The bass plays A-G#-G-F#, one note per chord) 
  
 A                   E 
 i was wasted in the afternoon 
 Gadd6        Dsus2 
 waiting on a train 
 i woke up in pieces and elisabeth had disappeared again 
 i wish you were inside of me 
 i hope that you're ok 
 i hope you're resting quietly 
 i just wanted to say 
  
 Chorus: 
 A E G D 
 goodnight elisabeth 
  
 Verse: 
 we couldn't all be cowboys 
 so some of us are clowns 
 and some of us are dancers no the midway 
 we roam from town to town 
 i hope that everybody can find a little flame 
 me, i say my prayers, 
 then i just light myself on fire 
 and i walk out on the wire once again 
 and i say 
  
 goodnight elisabeth 
  
 Solo (over A E Gadd6 Dsus2): 
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 |--12b(14)r(12)--10--12b(15)--12b(14)--10h12-----| 
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 |--2/6--7--7p6--7/9--|--6/7h9-------------------| 
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 |----------15p14------17b(19)------(19)r17--15--| 
 |--7/9/14---------14----------------------------| 
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 |--(15)r14--12--(14)r12--10~~~--| 
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 Verse: 
 i will wait for you in Baton Rouge 
 i'll miss you down in New Orleans 
 i'll wait for you while she slips in something comfortable 
 and i'll miss you when i'm slipping in between 
 if you wrap yourself in daffodils 
 i will wrap myself in pain 
 and if you're the queen of California 
 baby i am the king of the rain 
 and i say 
  
 goodnight elisabeth 
  
 repeat A E Gadd6 Dsus2 until end