Blind Melon

Accords et partitions

2x4

A G A5 C A6 F

Verse 1: Needle, fetal Someone's pouring warm gravy all over me, oh yeah And you see that synthetic therapy Don't you know, it seems to be so unappealing

All That I Need

D Em C A G Bm

[Verse 1] All that I need is the air that I breathe And all that I need are things I don't need And all that really matters is what matters to me And who, of you, are like me?

Candy Says

D C G Em Dsus4

(verso 2) Candy says, ooohhh, I hate the quiet places That cause the smallest taste of what will be. (that's what they told me) Candy says, ooohh, I hate the big decisions That cause the endless revisions in my mind.

Change

A G D Asus2 Asus4

I don't feel the suns com-min out today Stayin in,it's gonna find another way. As I sit here in this misery, I don't think I'll ever see (lord) the sun from here.

Cheatem Street

Bm A C#m D G G#m

It was late one night in Southern Texas My dad was playing in a rock-n-roll band He took me along to a place called Cheatem Street My bags were packed, I was ready to meet you for the first time Oh but a phone call would have been nice

Dear Ol Dad

G B5 D5 Bm A5 E5

Thought that never even crossed my mind Don?t touch me there I?ve gotta be pure So smack that hand, and read this verse So I wrecked your life, what the heck My new found faith will pay by check This life?s took a toll on my soul

Deserted

C G Em Am7 D D/F#

And try to tell me I?ll be home soon Asleep in my bed and un--stoned I?m tired of me this way I don?t know what I?ve gotten into But I?m glad it?s now instead of sooner

Drive

E D D# B A D2

[Chorus] He’ll turn it off and say can you drive? Drive can you drive? Drive can you drive

The Duke

E E6 Emaj7 C#5 F#7add4 E5

Verse 1: Out here in nothin', engulfed by the sea And there's no one here, except these fishes and me I think I could die here Then I'm hit, leveled hard by the rising tide

Dumptruck

A B B5 D D5 E

[Chorus] I don't want to go down I don't want to go down I don't want to go down like she did And I can't understand why

Ever Had The Feeling

Am A E F G C

Ever had the feeling, of maybe Blowing your face upon the ceiling Have you ever stopped to wonder what your life might feel Like,down down down down way under You ever felt the need to slash someone's throat

For My Friends

E A B em G# C#7

I remember we used to sit out back and drink until the morning light Always bummin' smokes and talking trash about the pleasure we had G# (Sol#) C#7 (Do#7) Summers come and gone G# (Sol#) C#7 (Do#7)

Galaxy

G Em D C F Am

Is this the place that I want to be Is it you I want to see Holding on, Hold it high, show me everything And you're leaving me

Glitch

Dm Dm7

Pas de barré

[Verse 1] Sitting' on the back of my time Fishing' through the city's phone lines Suddenly, till my back's out of line

Hell

A E F# B G

I got no fingertips, they burned away from too many stove trips I've got no fingernails, I ate em' all cause I was hungry as hell Can't read can't clear my mind, so here I go, I gotta get into this lifetime

Holyman

D C(addD) D5 D7 C5 C7

Intro: I was born on the banks off a hot muddy river The child of one stupid steamy night Born to roam beneath the sun What do you think of me, I?m better left alone

I Wonder

G D C A B Dm

2nd Verse Now in my corner I got the ceiling in my eyes Arms holding up my knees And rocking back and forth's my life I didn't mean to feel this way

Last Laugh

G C Em Gmaj7 D F

You didn't wake up before you hit the ground I didn't stay up long enough to see you falling You never asked for the world but then You jumped from the rooftop Because you had to have the last laugh

Lemon Tree

Em Bm D G C Am

(verso) I'm Sitting Here In A Boring Room It's Just Another Rainy Sunday Afternoon I'm Wasting My Time I Got Nothing To Do I'm Hanging Around I'm Waiting For You

Letters from a Porcupine

E G D Dsus2 C

Underlying, Oh, so more important here Any kind, Oh, whatever shakes your thrill Mark my face, The air is really heavy now I pledge allegiance, So God why don't you come over here

Letters From The Porcupine

E D A C E7 G

Pas de barré

[Verse] Underlying Oh, so more important here Any kind Oh, what ever shakes a thrill

Life Ain't So Shitty

G Bm A

Pas de barré*

Verse 2: And life ain't so shitty, there's a lot that you can be And ain't it a pity, it's alright to smile back at me, and if we both go there, We'll count or problems that I might not necissarly, come in contact, if you don't

Mother

G Em F#m D

MOTHER - Blind Melon Tabbed by:Lance Email:

Mouthful Of Cavities

C D Em G F#

Mouthful of cavities Your souls a bowl of jokes And everyday you remind me How I'm desperately in need See, I got a lot of fiends around

New Life

A F G D C E

One!.... Two!... Suddenly everything is fainting Falling from a broken ladder's rung There's a jolt exhilarating from the phone I'm holding I hear the words of what I'll become

No Bidness

G D C

Pas de barré

- intro You ain't got no bidness On the other side of the fence!! 2x

No Rain

E D A

Pas de barré

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain I like watchin' the puddles gather rain And all I can do is just pour some tea for two And speak my point of view but it's not sane, It's not sane

Paper Scratcher

E D B A C#m C

And Fridays are always fresh days Screamin’ at the sun, don’t really Know what he has done He don’t believe in God and a world as one So he rambles through the weeds

Pull

E D A G F#m Bm

[Verse 1] Knees knelt, I got my arms open wide And the shades turned, so the colors die No, don't hold too tight to the reel 'Cause it's a big one, boy

Pusher

A E F# A7

[Verse 1] Snowflakes fallin over my head, goose bumping liver If I'm hungry at four thirty in the mornin Pink Dot will deliver And I'm oh so tired of you pushin that thorny crown

Seed To a tree

Csus2 F5 G5 Bsus2 D7 B

As I shit, I sit and wonder why My floor is so cold and my back broken tired But life is good, even though it won't be long With a candle comes emotions that Dance with the shadows on my wall

Skinned

C G Em E7 Am

Pas de barré

And when will I realize that this skin I'm in Hey, it isn't mine And when will the thrill be to much meat for me to hide ,anymore Oh, because you know I can't hide And oh how hard I tried

Sleepyhouse

D D/F# G D5 E5 C5

(NOTE: I THINK this next part can be played in the open position with Just a few modifications but I'm not good enough to move around in such A small space trying to create all the sounds. If you can do it, tab It out and send it up. It'd be nice to see a different way of doing this Part of the song.. since I swear I can hear the and notes of the

So High

E F C G Am Fm

Live free. Have you ever felt like someone was watching you with no eyes. You try to spot them out but they all hide. Oh well I'm standing on a tower Of endless thinking, oh would you like to have a thought with me. Oh and The world seems like one big buzz of peace, we'll be floating on below. What would it take for me to find a way to survive, a cut so deep it shows The other side. I could die in the sky oh and leave this world behind, I'd

Soak The Sin

G5 F5 F C5 G C

My feet are shrinking in the sun, and it ain?t fun But it looks like rain up ahead in forty miles. A big rainbow took the blue sky I?m gonna tell my momma, I love her so Thank you for giving me these bones of gold

Soul One

E C G D A Asus4

How come, girl was there when I needed one How come, girl was there when the song is done Some say, open your eyes to a brighter light Okay, open my arms they were right

Soup

E A B D

Pas de barré*

[Verse 1] The clothesline of cold eyes is washing away the face before Now, tell me what's wrong You see, everyone's gone You gotta do your best to decorate this dying day

St Andrews Fall

A G Dmaj7 F Fmaj7 Dmaj13

[Verse 1] Big stretch, not much sleep I got a couple of palm trees on each side of my cheek And it's a bright blue Saturday In the rummage, sellin' the rubbish to me

Swallowed

G F Cm C A# Gm

[Verse 1] Come down from the ceiling Oh, these pills were made for feeling Oh, so divine

Three Is A Magic Number

D G A

Pas de barré

Three is a magic number, Yes it is, it's a magic number. Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity You get three as a magic number.

Time

Am E7 Fmaj7 C D A

Intro: Woo hoo woo hoo, woo hoo (Repeat again) All these people they would leave me alone And we need, a little time to our--selves

Toes Across The Floor

D F5 G5 D5 Dsus4 C5

Verse 1 Doesn't anybody feel That all these killers should be killed And all these healers should be healed So all these beggers can be filled?

Tones Of Home

D C G Dm Fmaj7 F

And I always thought this would be The land of milk and honey Oh but I came to find out that it’s All hate and money And there’s a canopy of greed holding me down.

Tumblin Down

G A Fm Em D Bm

I went driving today Couldn’t help but think of how you’re with somebody else And now you’ve got a child It’s been a few years since I saw you last I know you’re doing fine

Vernie

A E B F# D F#m

Intro Oooh... Ooooh... Ooooooohhh...

Walk

Am C G F

Pas de barré*

Find myself singing the same songs everyday Ones that make me feel good When things behing the smiles ain't ok Around and over and in between the seas I need to be on top of a mountain

Way Down And Far Below

Bm Em G F# E D

Most of my life I've missed the signs, I've missed a mother Up at night cursing about it all, the cringing moments Seen our hopes crucified and turned to scattered ashes It's gone, it left me here to fend on my own Up and down, turned around, I've been so many faces

Wilt

D7 D7/C# C G5 G G7

Intro Verse 1: Hair-raising shake, you're much too late

Wishing Well

Em Fmaj7 Am G6

When you fall back down And you lost your crown Get back up, walk around Turn that frown upside down

Woah Dog

Am C G F a A

I wonder if you feeling anything at all in your new World woah and I said d.o.g. where did you go Woah I said d.o.g. where did you go Woah I said d. o. g.