#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 13:13:10 -0600 From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider) ME BY THE SEA (Edie Brickell) ----------------------------- [Capo 1.] [The A* measures in the verses are actually A - Asus9 - A, alternating between 0 and 2 on the B string. Similarly, E* is E - Esus4 - E, switching between 1 and 2 on the G string.] [Hammer on from 0 to 2 on the A string in the E chords after the line, "I can't on my own."] [F#m7(4) is 244200. Use your thumb.] A* Dsus9 A* Asus9 A* Dsus9 A Asus9 [intro] A* Dsus9 A* Asus9 I'm glad no one's here, just me by the sea A* Dsus9 Esus4 E I'm glad no one's here to mess it up for me A* Dsus9 F#m7(4) E I'm glad no one's here, just me by the sea Bm G A A But man, I wish I had a hand to hold A* Dsus9 A* Asus9 A* Dsus9 A Asus9 [instrumental] A Dsus9 A Asus9 I saw an orange starfish on the side of a rock A* Dsus9 Esus4 E* I poked on his back and tried to pull him off A* Dsus9 F#m7(4) E A crab scared me away, he ran close to my toes Bm G A A And man, I wish I had a hand to hold A* Dsus9 A* Asus9 A* Dsus9 Esus4 E* [instrumental] A* Dsus9 F#m7(4) E Bm G A A [instrumental] A* Dsus9 A* Asus9 The moon is nowhere, almost time for the sun A* Dsus9 Esus4 E* The voice of the waves sounds anciently young A* Dsus9 F#m7(4) E I'm a prisoner of freedom, ten toes in the sand Bm G A A And man, I wish I had a hand to hold G G D D I'm in the habit of being alone Dm Dm A E E E E I try hard to break it, I can't on my own A* Dsus9 A* Asus9 I'm glad no one's here, just me by the sea A* Dsus9 Esus4 E* I'm glad no one's here to mess it up for me A* Dsus9 F#m7(4) E I'm glad no one's here, just me by the sea Bm G A A But man, I wish I had a hand to hold Bm G A A [instrumental] A* Dsus9 A* Asus9 A* Dsus9 Esus4 E* [instrumental] A* Dsus9 F#m7(4) E Bm G A A. [instrumental] - Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu