With My Face On The Floor


#----------------------------------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: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:17 -0500 From: Andrew Rogers Subject: ./r/rhodes_emitt/with_my_face_on_the_floor.crd "With My Face On The Floor" (Emitt Rhodes) Notes from AWR: The key riff of the song can be expressed as one or more measures in 6/4 time, usually followed by a measure in 2/4: (piano arr. for guitar): (6/4) (2/4) v v v v v v v v -------------------------| ---------| -------------8-----------| ---------| -------8-------10------8-| ---8---8-| ---8-10----10------8-10--| ---------| -10----------------------| ---------| -------------------------| ---------| Intro: (6/4 measure w/piano; 2 6/4 measures w/band; 2/4 measure w/band) Verse 1: Eb Ab/ Eb Eb Well, I'm down with my face on the floor Eb Ab/ Eb Eb Yes, I got what I asked for and more G Cm F Ab/ Eb Eb Well, the moment she stepped through that door Ab/ Bb Bb Ab/ Eb Eb I was down with my face on the floor (6/4 measure w/piano; 6/4 measure w/band; 2/4 measure w/band) Verse 2: Now I'm standin' with back to the wall Waitin', prayin, see [unintelligible] fall Well, I must have been onto it all Now I'm standin' with back to the wall (6/4 measure w/band; fuzz guitar doubles piano octave lower) F Ab Well now she's gone away, just in time to say Eb (6/4 measure w/fuzz guitar) I'll drop you a line (drop you a line) F Ab Well now she's gone away, just in time to say Eb (6/4 and 2/4 measures w/fuzz guitar) I'll see you sometime (guitar solo over verse chords) (6/4 measure w/fuzz guitar) (repeat chorus) (repeat verse 1) Coda: (rit.) G Cm F Ab/ Eb Eb Well, the moment she stepped through that door Ab/ Bb Bb Ab/ Eb Eb I was down with my face on the floor (6/4 measure w/piano; repeat 6/4 measure w/band to fade) -- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers