Little Earthquakes (album) by Tori Amos
TORI AMOS - Little Earthquakes (album) guitar tab
This is about as playable an approximation as you
can find for most of the tracks on this album.
Keep in mind I wasn't shooting for total accuracy
but was trying to stay true to the gist of things
while making it easier to perform on solo guitar.
It's been left up to you to strum the chords such
that it compensates for the changes from piano to
acoustic. Many of the obnoxious chords I was not
able to name, so just do your best in going along
with it.
And I'm sorry for not finishing Tear In Your Hand
but I got tired of listening to it at my computer
so someone else can transcribe it in full. AK
CRUCIFY
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[Capo IV]
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[E] Every finger in the [F#m] room
Is [D] pointing at [E] me
[E] I wanna spit in their [F#m] faces but
[D] I�m afraid of what that could bring
I got a [E] bowling ball in my [F#m] stomach
I got a [D] desert in my [E] mouth
[E] Figures that my [F#m] courage
Would choose to [D] sell out now
I've been [G] looking for a [D] savior
In these [Em] dirty [C] streets
[D] Looking for a [Em] savior
Be[C]neath these dirty [D] sheets
I've been [G] raising up my [D] hands
Drive another [Em] nail in
Just what [x45450] God needs, one more [C] victim
Why do [Em] we [Am7] crucify our[D]selves
[Am7] Every [Em] day I [Am7] crucify my[D]self
[Am7] Nothing I do is good e[Em]nough for you
[Am7] Crucify my[D]self [Am7] every [Em] day
[Am7] Crucify my[D]self and my [Am] heart is
Sick of being, my [C] heart is sick of being
In [Em] chains [G] [C] [Am]
Got a kick for a dog begging for love
I gotta have my suffering so that I can have my cross
I have a cat named Easter he says will you ever learn
You're just an empty cage girl if you kill the bird
[E] Please [G] be [D] [E] Save me [G] [D]
GIRL
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[Capo III]
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[Em] [D] [C] [D]
From in the shadow she calls
And in the shadow she finds a way
And in the shadow she crawls
Clutching her faded photograph
My image under her thumb
Yes with a message for my heart
She's been [C] everybody else's girl
Maybe one day she'll be her [Em] own
And in the doorway they stay
And laugh as violins fill with water
Scream from the bluebells can't make them go away
We'll I'm not seventeen
But I've cuts on my knees
Falling down as the winter
Takes one more cherry tree
And in the mist there she rides
And castles are burning in my heart
And as I twist I hold tight
And I ride to work every morning wondering why
"Sit in the chair and be good now"
And become all that they told you
The white coats enter her room and
I'm callin' my baby
SILENT ALL THESE YEARS
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[Capo IV]
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{Fmaj9=103010} {Fadd9=XX3213}
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[C] Excuse me but [Cmaj7] can I be [F] you for a[C]while
My [C] dog won't [Cmaj7] bite if you [F] sit real [C] still
I got the [C] Anti [Cmaj7] Christ in the [F] kitchen
Yelling [C] at me a[F5]gain yeah [G] I can hear that
Been saved again by the garbage truck
I got something to say you know but nothing comes
Yes I know what you think of me you never shut up
Yeah I can hear that
But [Fadd9] what if I'm a [G] mermaid
In these [Fmaj9] jeans of his with her [G] name still on it
Hey but [Fadd9] I don't care cause [G] sometimes
I said [Fmaj9] sometimes I hear my [G] voice and
It's been [Am] he[Bb][G]re
[F5] Silent All These [C] Years
So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts
Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon
How's that thought for you
My scream got lost in a paper cup
You think there's a heaven where some screams have gone
I got 25 bucks and a cracker do you think it's enough
To get us there
[C] Years go [G] by will I [F] still be [G] waiting
For [Fadd9] somebody else to [G] understand
[C] Years go [G] by if I'm [F] stripped of my [G] beauty
And the [Fadd9] orange clouds raining [G] in my head
[C] Years go [G] by will I [F] choke on my [G] tears
Till [Fadd9] finally there is [G] nothing left [C]
One more [G] casual[F]ty you [G] know we're too [F5] easy [G]
Well I love the way we communicate
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
Let's hear what you think of me now
But baby don't look up the sky is falling
Your mother shows up in a nasty dress and
It's your turn now to stand where I stand
Everybody looking at you here take hold of my hand
Yeah I can hear them
PRECIOUS THINGS
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[Capo II]
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{Gsus=3X0013}
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[G] So I ran [Am] faster but it caught me here
[Fmaj7] Yes my loyalties [Gsus] turned [G]
Like my ankle [Am] in the seventh grade
Running after [Fmaj7] Billy running [Gsus] af[G]ter the rain
[Dm] The[C]se [G]pre[C]cious [Am] things
[C] Let them [F] bleed let them [Gsus] wash a[G]way
[Dm] The[C]se [G]pre[C]cious [Am] things
[C] Let them [F] break their [Gsus] hold over [G] me [Am]
He said you're really an ugly
But I like the way you play
And I died but I thanked him
Can you believe that sick sick
Holding on to his picture dressing up every day
I want to smash the faces
Of those beautiful boys those christian boys
So you can [G] make me cum that doesn't make you [D] Jesus
[Am] I re[Fmaj7]member
[Am] yes in my [Em] peach par[Am]ty [Em] dress
No [Am] one [Em] dared no [Am] one [Em] cared
To [Am] tell me where the pretty girls are
[Fmaj7] Those demi[G]gods
With their [D] nine-inch nails
And little fascist panties
[D] Tucked inside the heart of every nice girl
WINTER
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[Capo I]
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{D5=X0023X}
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[D5] Snow can [Am7] wait I for[Bb]got my [G] mittens
[D5] Wipe my [Am7] nose get my [Bb] new boots [G] on
[D5] I get a [Am7] little warm in my heart
When [Bb] I think of [G] winter
[D5] I put my [Am7] hand in my [Bb] father's [G] glove
I run off where the drifts get deeper
Sleeping beauty trips me with a frown
I hear a voice you must learn to stand up
For yourself cause I can't always be around
He says
[F] When you gonna make up your [Dm] mind [Bb]
[F] When you gonna love you as [Dm] much as [Bb] I do
[F] When you gonna make up your [Dm] mind
Cause [Bb] things are gonna [F] change so [Bb] fast
All the white [Dm] horses are still in [Gm] bed
I tell you that I'll [F] always want you [Bb] near
You say that things [Dm] cha[C][01323X][C]nge my [Dm] dear
Boys get discovered as winter melts
Flowers competing for the sun
Years go by and I'm here still waiting
Withering where some snowman was
Mirror mirror where's the crystal palace
But I only can see the myself
Skating around the truth who I am
But I know dad the ice is getting thin
Hair is grey and the fires are burning
So many dreams on the shelf
You say I wanted you to be proud of me
I always wanted that myself
HAPPY PHANTOM
[Bb] And if I [G] die today
I'll [Ab] be the happy [F] phantom
[Bb] And I'll go [G] chasin'
The [Ab] nuns out in the [F] yard
[Bb] And I'll run [G] naked
Through the [Ab] streets without my [F] mask on
[F#] And I will never need [Ab] umbrellas in the [Eb] rain
[F#] I'll wake up in strawberry [Ab] fields every [Eb] day
[F#] And the atrocities of [Ab] school I can for[Eb]give
[F#] The happy phantom [Ab] has no [Eb] right to bitch
[Bb] Oo-hoo the [Eb] time is getting closer
[Bb] Oo-hoo the [Eb] time to be a ghost
[Bb] Oo-hoo every [Eb] day we're getting closer
The [Ebm] sun is [Bb] geting [C] dim
[C] Will we [F] pay for [Ebm] who we [F] been
So if I die today I'll be the happy phantom
And I'll go wearin' my naughties like a jewel
They'll be my ticket to the universal opera
There's Judy Garland taking Buddha by the hand
And then these seven little men get up to dance
They say Confucius does his crossword with a pen
I'm still the angel to a girl who hates to sin
[Eb] Will I see you dear and [F] wish I could come [C] back
[Eb] You found a girl that you could [F] truly love a[C]gain
[Eb] Will you still call for me [F] when she falls a[C]sleep
[Eb] Or do we soon forget the [F] things we cannot see
CHINA
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[Capo 2]
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{C5=X32013}
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[C5] China all the way to New York
I can feel the [F] distance getting [C5] close
You're right next to me but I need an airplane
I can feel the [F] distance as you [C5] breathe
[G] Sometimes [F] I think you [C5] want me to touch you
[G] How can I [F] when you build the [Am] great wall around you
[G] In your eyes [F] I saw a [C5] future together
But you just [G] look away [F] in the [Dm] distance [G]
China decorates our table
Funny how the cracks don't seem to show
Pour the wine dear you say we'll take a holiday
But we never can agree on where to go
China all the way to New York
Maybe you got lost in Mexico
You're right next to me I think that you can hear me
Funny how the distance learns to grow
LEATHER
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[Capo 3]
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[Am] Look I'm [E] standing [Am7] naked be[D]fore you
[F] Don't you [C] want more [B] than my [E] sex
[Am] I can [E] scream as [Am7] loud as your [D] last one
[F] But I can't [C] claim [B] inno[E]cence
[Fm] Oh [C] God could [Fm] it be the [Gm7] weather
[Ab] Oh [C] God [468XXX] why am I [Eb] here
[Ab] If [C] love [Fm] isn't for[Gm7] ever
And [XX1212] it's not the [C] weather [Fm] hand me my leather
I could just pretend that you love me
The night would lose all sense of fear
But why do I need you to love me
When you can't hold what I hold dear
I almost ran over an angel
He had a nice big fat cigar
In a sense, he said, you're alone here
So if you jump you�d best jump far
MOTHER
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[Capo II]
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Esus2 X24XXX
E5 X22XXX
Asus2 XX24XX
A6 XX422X
Amaj7 X02120
F#sus2 246XXX
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[Esus2] Go [E5] go [Asus2] go go [A6] now
[F#m] Out of the [A5] nest it's time
[Esus2] Go [E5] go [Asus2] go now [A5]
[F#m] circus girl with[A6] out a safety net
[Esus2] Here [E5] here [Asus2] here now don't [C#m] cry
[F#m] You raised your [A5] hand for the assignment
[Esus2] Tuck [E5] those [Asus2] ribbons under your [F#m] helmet
[A5] Be a good soldier
[F#m] First my left foot then my [A5] right behind the other
[F#m] Pantyhose running in the [A5] cold [G#]
[C#m] Mother the [Amaj7] car is [E] here [F#m]
[C#m] Somebody [Amaj7] leave the [E] light on [F#m]
[C#m] Gre[F#sus2]en limou[Asus2]sine for the redhead
[Esus2] Dancing [E5] dancing [B5] girl
And when I dance for him somebody leave the light on
Just in just in case I like the dancing
I can remember where I come [F#m] from
I walked into your dream and now I've
Forgotten how to dream my own dream
You are the clever one aren't you brides in veils
For you we told you all of our secrets
All but one and don't you even
Try the phone has been disconnected
Dripping with blood and with time and with
Your advice poison me against the moon
Mother the car is here somebody leave the light on
Black chariot for the redhead dancing girl
He�s going to change my name maybe you�ll leave the light on
Just in case I like the dancing
I can remember where I come from
I escape into your escape into our very
Favorite fearscape it's across the sky and
Across my heart and I cross my legs
Oh my god first my left foot then my right
Behind the other breadcrumbs lost under
The snow
TEAR IN YOUR HAND
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[Capo 2]
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Asus 002230
Aadd9 002200
Dmaj7 X00222
D6 X00202
[Asus] [A] [Aadd9] [D] [Dmaj] [D6]
All the world just stopped now
So you say you don't wanna stay together anymore
Let me take a deep breath babe
If you need me me and Neil'll be hanging out with the Dream King
(Neil says hi by the way)
I don't believe you're leaving cause me and
Charles Manson like the same ice cream
I think it's that girl
I think there're [F#m] pieces of me you've never [D] seen
Maybe she's just [F#m] pieces of me you've never [D] seen, well
All the world is all I am the black of
The blackest ocean and the tear in your hand
All the world is dangling for me darling
You don't [F#m] know the [D] power that you have
With that tear in your hand
Maybe I ain't used to maybes smashing in a cold room
Cutting my hands up every time I touch you
Maybe maybe it's time to wave good bye now
Caught a ride with the moon I know
I know you well, well better than I used to
Haze all clouded up my mind
In the daze of the why it could have never been
So you say and I say you know you're full of
Wish and your "baby baby baby babies" I tell you
There're pieces of me you've never seen
Maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen
ME AND A GUN
5am friday morning thursday night far from sleep
I'm still up and driving can't go home obviously
So I'll just change direction cause they'll soon know where I live
And I want to live got a full tank and some chips
It was me and a gun and a man on my back
And I sang "holy holy" as he buttoned down his pants
You can laugh it�s kind of funny things you think times like these
Like I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this
Yes I wore a slinky red thing does that mean I should spread
For you your friends your father Mr. Ed
It was me and a gun and a man on my back
But I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this
And I know what this means me and Jesus a few years back
Used to hang and he said "it's your choice babe just remember
I don't think you'll be back in 3 days time so you choose well"
Tell me whats right is it my right
To be on my stomach of Fred's Seville
It was me and a gun and a man on my back
But I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this
And do you know CAROLINA where the biscuits are soft and sweet
These things go through your head when there's a man on your back
And you're pushed flat on your stomach it's not a classic Cadillac
It was me and a gun and a man on my back
But I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this
No, I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this
LITTLE EARTHQUAKES
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D5/E 000XXX
E5 022XXX
Esus 022200
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[E5] Yellow bird flying gets shot in the [D5/E] wing
[E5] Good year for hunters and Christmas par[D5/E]ties
and [E] I [D5/E] hate and [E] I [D5/E] hate and [E] I [D5/E] hate
and [E] I [D5/E] hate [E5] elevator [F#] music
The way we [E5] fight the way I'm [F#] left here [E5] silent
[B] Oo[A]oh these little [E] earthquakes [Esus] [E]
[B] He[A]re we go a[E]gain [Esus] [E]
[B] Oo[A]oh these little [E] earthquakes [Esus] [E]
Does[C#m]n't take much to [A] rip us into [B] pieces
We danced in graveyards with vampires till dawn
We laughed in the faces of kings never afraid to burn
And I hate disintegration watching us wither
Black winged roses that safely changed their color
[F#] I [G] can't reach you
Give me [E] life <---These
Give me [G] pain <---are
Give me [D] myself a[A]gain <---octaves
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