#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider) THESE DAYS IN AN OPEN BOOK (Nanci Griffith) ------------------------------------------- [Capo 2; open G tuning (DGDGBD).] [Note that Bm(G) probably isn't a good name for a chord; it's just my shorthand for "Bm(addG)."] [G=x00000; Gsus4/A=x20010; Am11=x22010; Bm(G)=x44030; Csus2=x50030; Dsus4=x20030; C/G=x02010; D/G=x04030; Gsus4=x00010; G/B=x40000.] [Each chord, or group of chords joined by a hyphens (e.g., "Csus2 - Dsus") is one measure; listen to the recording to get the rhythm.] G Gsus4/A Am11 - Bm(G) Csus2 - Dsus4 [intro] G Gsus4 Shut it down and call this road a day C/G - D/G - C/G G - Gsus4 And put this silence in my heart in a better place G Gsus4 I had travelled with your ghosts now for so many years Am11 - Bm(G) Csus2 - G/B That I see you in the shadows, in hotel rooms and headlights Gsus4/A - G/B Csus2 - G/B - Gsus4/A You're coming up beside me whether it's day or night G Gsus4/A These days my life is an open book G/B - Csus2 G Missing pages I cannot seem to find G Gsus4/A These days your face in my memory G/B - Csus2 (G) Is in a folded hand of grace against these times G Gsus4/A Am11 - Bm(G) Csus2 - G - Dsus4 (..times) [similar to intro] No one's ever come between your memory and me I have driven this weary vessel here alone Will you still find me if I leave you here beside this road 'Cause I need someone who can touch me, who'll put no one above me Someone who needs me like the air he breathes These days my life is an open book Missing pages I cannot seem to find These days your face in my memory Is in a folded hand of grace against these times Csus2 - G/B Gsus4/A - G/B I can't remember where this toll road goes Csus2 - G/B Gsus4/A - G/B Maybe it's Fort Worth, maybe it's a heart of gold Csus2 - G/B Gsus4/A The price of love is such a heavy toll Gsus4/A - G/B Csus2 - G/B That I've lived my life in the backroads with your love in my pocket Gsus4/A - G/B Csus2 - G/B - Gsus4/A If I spend the love you gave me, tell me, where will it go? These days my life is an open book Missing pages I cannot seem to find These days your face in my memory Is in a folded hand of grace against these times (time...) G Gsus4/A These days your face in my memory G/B - Csus2 Is in a folded hand of grace against these G/B - Csus2 Folded hand of grace of mine G/B - Csus2 (G) Folded hand of grace against these times G Gsus4/A Gsus4/A - G/B Csus2 - G/B - Gsus4/A G. (..times) [ending] ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-== Adam Schneider schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu Minneapolis, MN If you want guitar chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter, Indigo Girls, Mary Karlzen, Lucinda Williams, etc., mail me or check my home page: http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/hpp/acs.html ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-==