He could never be you
He could never be you
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rosanne_cash/never_be_you_crd.html )
I guess it all comes around, baby, please don’t cry
Love is gonna be a little reckless, oh, lovers all have to stand trial
Since you let me go there’s nothing going on
I don’t know what I’m gonna do

He could never be you
He could never be you
He could never be you

He knows the rules and he plays the part
But he only has me, he don’t have my heart

He could never be you

So take a look at my eyes, no you can’t hide the truth
No you don’t get by on pride it’ll run over you
Since you let me down I’m hard to be around
I don’t know what I’m gonna do

He could never be you…

by: Jos Duarte
jtduarte1@gmail.com

The old man’s crying tonight
Cause it all happened so fast
He’s frightened by the future, embarrassed by the past
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rosanne_cash/my_old_man_crd.html )
Chorus:
So let him be who he wants to be
Cause he ain’t ever gonna be young again
And let him see who he needs to see
Cause he never had too many friends
And ask him how he remembers me
Cause I want to know where I stand
How I love my old man

The old man’s restless tonight
Just trying to kill his pain
He believes what he says he believes but that don’t make him a saint

The old man’s lonesome tonight
And he just wants to go home
All those fools who stand in his way why can’t they leave him alone

Chorus

by: Jos Duarte
jtduarte1@gmail.com

To play the song in the original key, tune your guitar 1/2 step down.

Intro: Em

There’s a cross above the baby’s bed,
A Saviour in her dreams.
But she was not delivered then,
And the baby became me.
There’s a light inside the darkened room,
A footstep on the stairs.
A door that I forever close,
To leave those memories there.

So when the shadows link them,
Into an evening sun.
Well first there’s summer, then I’ll let you in.
September when it comes.

I plan to crawl outside these walls,
Close my eyes and see.
And fall into the heart and arms,
Of those who wait for me.
I cannot move a mountain now;
I can no longer run.
I cannot be who I was then:
In a way, I never was.

I watch the clouds go sailing;
I watch the clock and sun.
Oh, I watch myself, depending on,
September when it comes.

So when the shadows link them,
And burn away the clouds.
They will fly me, like an angel,
To a place where I can rest.
When this begins, I’ll let you know,
September when it comes.

What We Really Want Roseanne Cash

We tried to make ourselves pay for something we’ve never done
We threw the best parts of life away on street talk strangers and drugs
What we really want is love what we really need is love
I wanna call out your name I wanna hold out my hand
A woman silent in the mirror tonight wants to talk to your mirror man
And what they really want is love and what they really need is love
We are ships in the night the water is deep in between
There is reason and we can’t find the light so we sail off into our dreams
And what we really dream is love and what we really need is love
What we want is love what we need is love
We tried to make it feel right in someone else’s world
We sat and looked out my window last night
And knew that things had changed with this girl
Cause what I really found was love cause what we really need is love
What we really want is love what we really need is love
What we want is love what we need is love

The ocean’s calm outside my door
the storm rages inside my head
In perfect control so no one could know I smile but I’m not even there
Living in the land of nightmares

A vision full of sound and light
I think she’s holding back the night
With bitter desire she stoops to conspire she is the reason I’m here
Living in the land living in the land of nightmares

Trouble when they know you, your face or just your name
They count the times you stumble when you barely know the game
You know you never asked for this someone who looks like you
I’m looking for a corner to back my heart into
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rosanne_cash/looking_for_a_corner_crd.html )
I just want to find while there’s still time
Some peace of mind that I can hold on to
I ain’t lookin’ for no magic door
Then waiting for someone to push me through

Trouble when the ones you love don’t know how to love you back
You’re forever climbing icy walls, forever falling back
You’re not even lying and they don’t believe it’s true
I’m looking for a corner to back my heart into

Solo: Gm F Fm C Gm A Dm C G7

Trouble when the heartaches don’t hurt you anymore
There’s nothing like the passion that you felt so long before
You have what they all desire but you want it to
I’m looking for a corner to back my heart in to

by: Jos Duarte
jtduarte1@gmail.com

I walk away the fear and anger
I’m talking through the tears each day
I push myself to points of danger
But nothing makes it go away
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rosanne_cash/i_want_a_cure_crd.html )
Chorus:
I want a cure, a mental, geographical cure
A physical, chemical cure
Sugar or shopping, drinking or dropping
The emotional highs of my life in disguise
There’s one thing for sure, I want a cure

Love seems like a fancy theory
Fame a substitute for friends
Those who love can’t get near me
Those who don’t are moving in

A heart is like a broken window
Pain depends on point of view
The world may just be slowly stopping
And no one knows but me and you

Chorus

Where no one can see me
No one knows how I’m feeling

Chorus

by: Jos Duarte
jtduarte1@gmail.com

From the cd ‘Ten Song Demo’ on Capitol Records, 1996.

I’m coming home today, to hear the trucks roar,
And lock my front door, and stare into your face.
Coming home today, to sleep in my bed,
And clear round my head and wander round this place.

Chorus.

So don’t put my love on your list of burdens,
When I’m bringing it home to you.
Don’t put my love on your list of burdens,
‘Cos I’m bringing it home to you.

I walked around this world, bathed in neon,
And needing no one, empty and disturbed.
You ran around this world. It nearly killed me,
But you can fill me till I cry like a little girl.

Chorus

Just don’t…..etc…to last line of chorus, then
‘Cos I’m bringing it home.

If I can just get there,
Lay the whole damn world at your feet.
I’d do anything to please you baby,
To save yourself for me.

Chorus

Instrumental

Chorus.

Chorus.

Another woman’s on the telephone, pick it up tell her you’re home
I see your face turn into broken glass talking slow, thinking fast

I throw your roses in the fire, no one could say I didn’t try
I watch your roses fall like tears I’ve crawled this path for all these years
I throw your roses in the fire to burn away the old desire
We were a desperate pair of soul, so let me go

Another woman has her point of view
Let her talk now that we’re through
I see your face retreat behind the glass
Listening slow, Sinking fast

Oh I’ll kill you if we can’t be friends
I’ll bleed like diamonds running through your hands
I’ll be a bitter taste you can’t forget
And I won’t leave this world until you relent

Verse 1

by: Jos Duarte
jtduarte1@gmail.com

This one I transcribed and typed in myself. Please add it to the
ftp archives.

“The Wheel” (Rosanne Cash)
>From the album _The_Wheel_
Transcribed with no permission whatsoever by Marc Hirsh

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Here’s the title song to Rosanne Cash’s brilliant latest album.
I’m not entirely sure what the intro riff is, but I think that
it’s something along the lines of:

E-----------5-----|-----------5---|-----------5---|-----------5---|
B-------5-------5-|-------5-------|-------5-------|-------5-------|
G---7-------------|---7-----------|---6-----------|---6-----------|
D-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|
A-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

E-----------5-----|-----------5---|-----------5---|-----------5---|
B-------5-------5-|-------5-------|-------5-------|-------5-------|
G---7-------------|---7-----------|---6-----------|---6-----------|
D-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|
A-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

E-----------5-----|-----------5---|-----------5---|-----------5---|
B-------5-------5-|-------5-------|-------5-------|-------5-------|
G---7-------------|---7-----------|---6-----------|---6-----------|
D-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|
A-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E-----------5-----|-----------5---|-----------5---|-----------5---|
B-------5-------5-|-------5-------|-------5-------|-------5-------|
G---4-------------|---4-----------|---4-----------|---4-----------|
D-7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|-7---7---7---7-|
A-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
E-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

but I’m not sure. Steuart Smith is very close to being God, and so
I can’t tell with a high level of certainty. Plus, the way I’ve
tabbed it out, the riff is a bitch to play, but then, I’m not very
good. Any corrections are totally welcome. Anyway, this may not
matter that much if, like me, the key of D is just way to high for
you to sing. I’ve transposed it to A, capoed up at the 2nd fret.
I’ll put my chords at the end. I also don’t know the solo, but it
shouldn’t be too hard to either figure it out yourself or just
fake it. That’s what I do.

How long was I alseep?
When did we plan to meet?
Have you been waiting long for me?
When did the sky turn black?
Do you still want me back?
I’ll pick it all up piece by piece.

(I’m not sure – this next chord could be Em, but G is used for
ever other chorus, so I’m putting it here)
And the wheel goes round and round.
And the flame in our souls will never burn out.
And the wheel, and the wheel goes round.

I am a river with a voice.
I came into your life by choice.
And none can judge just how that feels.
You are a messenger from God.
You are the angel I forgot.
And who’s to say that it isn’t real?

And the wheel goes round and round.
And the flame in our souls will never burn out.
And the wheel, and the wheel goes round.

I’m not looking for the answers.
Oh, darling don’t you see
That just to know the question
Is good enough for me.

(solo which is based on a rising D scale, that much I know)

Take up the hearts you came to heal.
Put down your dagger and your shield.
You need fear nothing now from me.
I see the essence of the man.
I stand before you as a friend.
The truth moves through us even when we sleep.

And the wheel goes round and round.
And the flame in our souls will never burn out.
And the wheel, and the wheel goes round.

(alternate between G and A a few times then back to D with riff)

Still with me? Good. If you’d like the handy-dandy Marc Hirsh
transposition into the key of A, follow along. Capo at the 2nd
fret. Then, change the following chords:

Chord in original key Chord FORM capoed at 2

--------------------- ----------------------

That should do it. With a text editor, you should be able to
change the chords in the main body of this file yourself. Not only
does it make it easier on us baritone-types, but it also
eliminates that pesky F#m chord, which can be a pain if your
fingers aren’t in the mood to barre chords. If you get some use
out of this song, let me know, so I can be sure that I’m not just
posting to see my own name on the .net.

[–]Marc Hirsh (marc@owlnet.rice.edu)

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^ –“I went to the funeral and Lord it made me happy…”
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(Lyle Lovett)