Gone Till November The Carnival By Wyclef Jean Transcribed by Jake Trevick trace@imsa.edu OK, so you wanna learn how to play this song. You better note that I'm not including all the violin parts and the like. This will make this version of the song sound a bit different than the original, perhaps a bit more empty, but I added a chord for the verse which does not exist in the original to fill out the sound, for you purists, wyclef is basically fooling around with the intro form throughout the verses. This is what wyclef is playing while he talks INTRO: ------------------------------------------------------------ e:----------0-0--------------0-0-----------------0---------- b:-------0------0----------------0------0-0-2-3----3---2-2-- g:-1-1-2----------1-1-2-2-1-1-------1-1---------0----0------ d:---------------------------------------------------------- a:---------------------------------------------------------- E:---------------------------------------------------------- e:-----0-----------------0-------------0-------------------- b:-0-0---0-----0-0-2-3-----3---3-2-0-0---0------------------ g:---------1-1---------0-----0-------------1---------------- d:-------------------------------------------2-------------- a:---------------------------------------------------------- E:---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ Some chords that i just dont know the names of: E1 E2 A1 ----x------ -----------x-----------x-------------------- ----3------ -----------2-----------x-------------------- ----1------ -----------1-----------2-------------------- ----2------ -----------2-----------1-------------------- ----x------ -----------x-----------2-------------------- ----x------ -----------x-----------x-------------------- Intro: (spoken) I dedicate this record, "The Carnival" to all you brothers takin' long trips down south, Virginia, Baltimore, all around the world, and your girl gets this message that you ain't comin' back. She's sittin' back in the room, the lights are off, she's cryin ', and then my voice comes in POW!, in the middle of the night, and this is what I told her for you: Chorus: (sung) Emaj Every time I make a run, E1 girl, you turn around and cry E2 Emaj I ask myself why, oh why E1 E2 Emaj See, you must understand, E1 I can't work a 9 to 5 E2 Emaj So I'll be gone 'til November None E2 Said I'll be gone 'til November, I'll be gone 'til November Yo, tell my girl, yo, I'll be gone 'til November Emaj I'll be gone 'til November, I'll be gone 'til November Yo, tell my girl, yo, I'll be gone 'til November E2 January, February, March, April, May I see you cryin', but girl, I can't stay Emaj I'll be gone 'til November, I'll be gone 'til November A1(Let ring) And give a kiss to my mother Verse 1: (sung) Emaj When I come back, there'll be no need to clock I'll have enough money to buy out blocks Tell my brother, "Go to school in September" So he won't mess up in summer school in the summer E1 E2 Tell my cousin, Jerry, wear his condom Emaj If he don't wear condom, he'll see a redrum Woh oh oh oh You sucker MC's, you got no flow I heard your style, you're s-o s-o Chorus Verse 2: (rap) Emaj I had to flip nuttin' and turn it into somethin' Hip-hop turns to the future rock when I smash a punk (BING!) E1 E2 Commit treason, then I'll have a reason to hunt you down Emaj It's only right, it's rappin' season Yeah, you with the loud voice, posin' like you're top choice Your voice, I'll make a hearse out of your Rolls Royce Besides, I got my girl to remember And I'll commit it that I'll be back in November Chorus Emaj(fade) I know the hustle's hard, but we gotta enterprise, the carnival ================== #----------------------------------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.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# #-- File created with Instab - http://www.pconline.com/~smcarey/instab.html --# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Author/Artist: Wyclef Jean Title: Gone Til November by Wyclef Jean Album: The Carnival Transcribed by: Stalfish99 Email: Stalfish99@aol.com pretty simple riff here, the challenge is to sing aand play at the same time Here's the main riff -|------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------- -|------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------- -|------------9-------------9---|-----6-7---9-7-6-6-------9---|-6-6-7-7---9-7- -|--6-6-7-9-9---9-7-7-9-6-6---9-|-9-9-----5---------9-9-9---9-|---------5----- -|------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------- -|------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------- --------------|----------------------| --------------|----------------------| -6-6-------9--|-----------9----------| -----9-9-9---9|-7-7-9-6-6---6--------| --------------|---------------9-9-7-7| --------------|----------------------| Here's the second Riff -|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------- -|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------- -|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|--------------------------------|-6---6---- -|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|---7---7-- -|--------------------------------|---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7|---------- -|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------- ---I'll be gone till November I'll be gone till November……… ------------------------|--------------------------------| ------------------------|--------------------------------| -6---6---6---6---6---6--|--------------------------------| ---7---7---7---7---7---7|-6---6---6---6---4---4---4---4--| ------------------------|---7---7---7---7---2---2---2---2| ------------------------|--------------------------------|