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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 01:02:04 +0000
From: Ted Saxlid
Subject: c/crow_sheryl/redemption_day.crd
REDEMPTION DAY by SHERYL CROW from her 2nd album
Chords by: Ted Saxlid.I’m not 100% sure on all the chords but
it sounds pretty good to me.
Capo on 1st fret (chords relative to the capo)
The tab for the Am chord throughout the song goes something like this:
E
B
G 2 0 0 2 2 2 0
0 2 0
D 0 h
2 0 h 2
A 0 0
E
Riff 1:
E
B
G
D
A 0 2 3 5 3 0
E
Verse 1:
Am
I’ve wept for those who suffer long
But how I weep for those who’ve gone
Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong
Dsus4
But keep on killing
Verse 2:
Am
It’s in the soul to feel such things
But weak to watch without speaking
Oh what mercy sadness brings
Dsus4 Am
If God be willing (Riff 1)
Chorus:
Am/B C
There is a train that’s heading straight
C/B Am Am/B C
To heaven’s gate, to heaven’s gate
C/B C
And on the way, child and man
C/B Am Am/B D
And woman wait, watch and wait
Am
For redemption day
Verse 3:
Am
The fire rages in the streets
And swallows everything it meets
It’s just an image often seen
Dsus4
On television
Verse 4:
Am
Come leaders, come you men of great
Let us hear you pontificate
Your many virtues laid to waste
Dsus4 Riff 1
And we aren’t listening
Verse 5: (Different)
Am Dsus4 C Am
What do you have for us today
Am Dsus4 C Am
Throw us a bone but saw the plate
Am Dsus4 C Am
Oh why we waited til so late
Am Dsus4
Was there no oil to excavate
No riches in trade for the fate
Of every person who died in hate
C Am
Throw us a bone, you men of great
Chorus:
Am/B C
There is a train that’s heading straight
C/B Am Am/B C
To heaven’s gate, to heaven’s gate
C/B C
And on the way, child and man
C/B Am C Dsus4
And woman wait, watch and wait
Am Riff 1
For redemption day
Verse 6:
Am C Dsus4 Am
It’s buried in the countryside
Am C Dsus4
Exploding in the shells of night
Am
It’s everywhere a baby cries
Dsus4 Am Dsus4 Am
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom
Ends on Am
