Suzanne Vega

Accords et partitions

Angels Doorway

A G D A2 F

[Verse 1] Angel comes home his clothes in a cloud Asus4 A Of the dust and the dirt and destruction She waits inside, she knows he's arrived

Anniversary

Em C Am G Cmaj7 Em7

[Verse 1] Fall in all attendant memories Crowd the day with unrelated histories Each year leaves its unresolving fantasies

As A Child

G A7 E A#6

[Verse I] As a child You have a doll Cadd9 You see this doll

As Girls Go

Am D7 Bb A# Am11 G

[Verse I] You make a really good girl As girls go Still kind of look like a guy I never thought to wonder why

Bad Wisdom

E A G Asus4 D

Mother the doctor knows something is wrong Cause my body has strange information He's looked in my eyes and knows I'm not a child But he doesn't dare ask the right question

Big Space

A C#m B F# Bm D

[Verse] He said you stand in your own shoes I said I'd rather stand in someone else's He said you look from your direction I said I like to keep perspective

Blood Makes Noise

F# B A D E

[Verse I] I'd like to help you doctor Yes I really really would But the din in my head It's too much and it's no good

Blood Sings

Ebm Gb Bbm Eb Db Bb

[Verse 1] When blood sees blood of its own It sings to see itself again It sings to hear the voice it's known It sings to recognize the face

Book Of Dreams

A E F#m B D C#m

[Chorus] In my book of dreams In my book of dreams In my book of dreams

Brother Mine

G C D F

Pas de barré*

Sonny boy, you need new sneakers I better go into town and get them friday night Come to think of it, kid, you need just about everything But I think everything will be all right

Caramel

D7 D7sus4/A Gm7 D#maj7 Dm7 Gm

VERSE 4 Fill1 It won't do to dream of caramel, To think of cinnamon and long Fill2

Crack In The Wall

G D C a A

[Verse 1] A crack appeared inside a wall A door sprang up around it Each of these so finely drawn I could not believe I found it

Cracking

G F# B Amaj7 C Cmaj7

[Verse 1] Cadd9 G/B It's a one-time thing It just happens a lot Cadd9 G/B

Fat Man And Dancing Girl

A E G Am A6 A5

[Intro] Asus2 Asus4 Asus2 Asus4 Asus2 Asus4

Fifty-Fifty Chance

Eb D F Em

[Chord variants] Bsus2 x24422 Bsus4 x22422 Dsus2 x57755 D6sus2 x59755

Fools Complaint

G Csus2 Am C G/B F

How I hate the Queen of Pentacles Sitting on her golden throne In her domestic tyranny All roads lead back to her alone

Frank Ava

G F Bb C F# E

On her way to the bday Was where the trouble used to start It didn't mean she wasn't queen Of the tender box that was his heart Her fire is desire

Frank Eva

E A G D

Pas de barré

On her way to the bday Was where the trouble used to start It didn\'t mean she wasn\'t queen Of the tender box that was his heart Her fire is desire

Freeze Tag

F6 Am9 F#m11 G/B C D

Verse 1 We go to the playground In the wintertime The sun is fading fast Upon the slides into the past

Gypsy

G C G/F# G/B Em7 Dsus

You come from far away with pictures in your eyes Of coffee shops and morning streets in the blue and silent sunrise But night is the cathedral where we recognized the sign We strangers know each other now as part of the whole design

Harbor Song

Am G F Bm Dm A

[Chorus] Well, you drink for ten and you smoke for twenty And your fickle heart will never be true But still I feel the wind in from the harbor That's when I know the longing for you

Headshots

Em Dm Am B E5 A

Em* xxxaaa a=12 Emmaj7 xxxaab b=11 Em7 xxxaac c=10 A* xxxaad d=9

Honeymoon Suite

A G C Dm F Em

[Verse 1] The ceiling had a painting on it In our room in France So we were living underneath Some angels in a dance

I Never Wear White

E C G Am Cmaj7 Dsus2

I never wear white White is for virgins Children in summer Brides in the park.

If You Were In My Movie

A11 E

[Player notes] Capo: 5th Fret Whole of tab intro Last quarter (A11*) of tab for chorus and bridge

Ill Never Be Your Maggie May

A E F#m7

[Verse 1] A A7sus4 I'll never be your Maggie May A A7sus4 F#m7 The one you loved and left behind

In Liverpool

D# Fm C# C#9 Cm Fm7

Title: In Liverpool Artist: Suzanne Vega Album: 99.9º Tabbed by: Fabian Valdivia

In The Eye

E Gm7 C Gm Bb2 Ab2

If you were to kill me now right here I would still look you in the eye And I would burn myself into your memory As long as you were still alive

Institution Green

Em G C D A# C#m

[Chorus] Em C Asus2 Institution green The walls are cracked and dim and we are standing in a line Em G Asus2

Ironboundfancy Poultry

F Am Am7 Em G9 C

Song: Ironbound/Fancy Poultry Band: Suzanne Vega Album: Solitude Standing Tuning: Standard

Knight Moves

Am C F G

Pas de barré*

Cbass x 3 0 0 0 x (you can just play C as I have notated in the tab) Asus2 x 0 2 2 0 x Csus2 x 3 5 5 3 x Fsus2 x x 3 0 1 1 Gsus2 x x 5 2 3 3

Language

G A F B E D

[I learned this from the book _The_Authentic_Guitar_Style_of_Suzanne_Vega_, Published by Cherry Lane Music. No guitar-playing Suzanne Vega fan should Be without it. Buy it; it's only $12.95, and it has very good transcriptions Of eleven songs from Suzanne's first two albums. If your local music store Doesn't have it, do a special order or call Hal Leonard (Cherry Lane's

Last Years Troubles

A E G

Pas de barré

[Verse 1] Last year's troubles they're so old-fashioned The robber on the highway, the pirate on the seas Maybe it's the clothing that's so entertaining The earrings and the swashbuckling blouses that please

Left Of Center

A Bm G F#m Bsus2 Em

If you want me you can find me Left of center off of the strip In the outskirts and in the fringes In the corner out of the grip

Luka

D C G Em

Pas de barré

My name is Luka I live on the second floor I live upstairs from you Yes I think you've seen me before If you hear something late at night

Luka (Spanish Version) [Close-Up Extras Version]

Me llamo Luka El niño del piso dos Con mis padres vivo yo Tal vez conoces ya mi voz

Luka (ver. 2)

D C G Am Em

Pas de barré

My name is Luka I live on the second floor I live upstairs from you Yes I think you've seen me before If you hear something late at night

The Man Who Played God

D Amaj7sus4 A7sus4 Em A Gm

All things you can see around you You can change them Rearrange them in your mind If you love tales of transformation Well then one two three

Marlene On The Wall

Cmaj7 E Esus4 F#msus4 Aadd2 D

Esus4 0 2 2 2 0 0 F#msus4 2 2 2 2 2 2 Amaj7/9 X 0 2 1 0 0 Aadd2 X 2 2 2 2 0

Men In War

A D A7 A9 D11 D7

[Chorus] Men in a war If they've lost a limb Still feel that limb As they did before

My Favorite Plum

E Am F Dm Dm7 Em

[Verse] My favorite plum Hangs so far from me See how it sleeps And hear how it calls to me

Neighborhood Girls

G C Am

Pas de barré

[Verse I] G Gadd#11 We had our neighborhood girl, she Gadd11 G* Used to hang out, in front of McKinsey's Bar

New York Is A Woman (acoustic)

G D/F# E C D Cmaj7

Your business trip extended through the weekend Suburban boy here for your first time From the 27th floor above the midtown roar You were dazzled by her beauty and her crime

Night vision

Amadd2 Em7 F5- E7sus4 E7 G6

Now I watch you falling into sleep Watch your fist uncurl against the sheet Watch your lips fall open And your eyes dim in blind faith

Ny Is A Woman

G D A E C Cmaj7

Title: NY Is a Woman Artist: Suzanne Vega Album: Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places Method: Fingerpicking Tempo: Andante moderato

Penitent

Am G F Em C

Once I stood alone so proud held myself above the crowd Now i am low on the ground. From here i look around to see what avenues belong to me I can't tell what ive found.

Pilgrimage

Gm Eb Am Bb F Cm

[Intro] Gm Gmadd9 Gm Gmadd9 Gm Gmadd9 Gm Gmadd9 Gm Gmadd9 Gm Gmadd9 Gm Gmadd9 Gm Gmadd9

Pornographer's Dream

F Am G A E C

She's a pornographer's dream, he said. I knew what he meant. But it made me imagine: what kind of a dream He would have, that hadn't been spent?

Predictions

Em Cmaj7 G C#m C

Let's see how it's been done C6 C6sus2 By numbers. By mirrors. By water C6 C6sus2 By dots made at random on paper

Private Goes Public

D# Gm Em

[Verse] Smile no smile on this face today Jerk like a thing on a string and go join the parade Code will keep your privacy in It won't help to win friends, influence strangers or otherwise be in the swim

The Queen and The Soldier

Csus9 Fsus9 Am Gsus4/B C/E D7sus4

The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door He said: "I am not fighting for you anymore" And the queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before And slowly she let him inside

Rock In This Pocket

D Bb B A5 a Bm7

Here's my version of Suzanne Vega's "Rock In This Pocket". The And Bbmaj7 repsectively), but I think this is easier to Understand. Most of the time, you concentrate on the last four Strings and play the higher strings for affect (listen to SV Doing it acoustically to see what I mean). Also with the D/B and

Room Off The Street

F# G#m D#m C# B A#

Verse 1: Somewhere in a room With a poster on a wall Of a man with his hand In a fist

Rosemary

D F#m E G A

[Verse 1] Do you remember when you walked with me Down the street into the square How the women selling rosemary Pressed the branches to your chest

Rusted Pipe

F# Em D6 Am A A7

[Verse 1] Now the time has come to speak I was not able And water through a rusted pipe Could make the sense that i do

Small Blue Thing

D Em C Am9 Bm7 F

Today I am A small blue thing Like a marble Or an eye

Solitude Standing

Am9 Am C7+ A9 F#m4/7 Am9/E

Solitude stands by the window She turns her head as I walk in the room I can see by her eyes she's been waiting Standing in the slant of the late afternoon And she turns to me with her hand extended

Some Journey

F G Fmaj7 Dm6 A Am

Asus2 If I had met you on some journey Where would we be now Asus2 If we had met some eastbound train

Song Of Sand

Am G F a

[Verse 1] If sand waves were sound waves What song would be in the air now What stinging tune Could split this endless noon

Songs In Red And Gray

E G D

Pas de barré

Title: Title Track Album: Songs in Red and Gray Artist: Suzanne Vega Method: Fingerpicking Tempo: Andante moderato

St Clare

D C Em Bm G

Call on that saint And the candle that burns Keeping her safe Until her return. Paster and paint

Straight Lines

D Eb F Gm

Those soft golden lights in the morning Are now on her wooden floor The wind has swept them through the apartment, she won't need them Anymore, anymore, anymore

Those Whole Girls Run In Grace

G6 B F#

[Verse] Esus4 Those whole girls Hurl down words Esus2

Tired Of Sleeping

Em Am G A Emadd6 C

Verse: Oh mom, the dreams are not so bad It's just that there's so much to do And I'm tired of sleeping

Tom's Diner

Em C G Dm6 B7

I am sitting in the morning At the diner on the corner I am waiting at the counter For the man to pour the coffee

Undertow

D Em Em7 C a

Chords - Em * (xxx453) (Basically Dm moved up two) (xxx232) Cadd9 (x32033)

When Heroes Go Down

E B A C# C#m Cm

[Verse I] B Bsus4 B When heroes go down Bsus4 C#m C#sus2 C#m C#sus2 They go down fast

Wooden Horse Caspar Hausers Song

G# E A C#m B

[Verse] E Esus2 I came out of the darkness Holding one thing E Esus2