Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:17 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./r/rhodes_emitt/with_my_face_on_the_floor.crd

"With My Face On The Floor"
(Emitt Rhodes)

Notes from AWR: The key riff of the song can be expressed as one or
more measures in 6/4 time, usually followed by a measure in 2/4:

(piano arr. for guitar):

[(6/4)] v v v v v v [(2/4)] v v


-------------------------| ---------|
-------------8-----------| ---------|
-------8-------10------8-| ---8---8-|
---8-10----10------8-10--| ---------|
-10----------------------| ---------|
-------------------------| ---------|


Intro:

(6/4 measure w/piano; 2 6/4 measures w/band; 2/4 measure w/band)

Verse 1:

Well, I'm dEbown with myAb/Eb face on the fEbloor
Yes, I Ebgot what I Ab/Ebasked for and mEbore
WGell, the Cmmoment she stFepped through thatAb/Eb doorEb
I was Ab/Bbdown with my fBbace on the Ab/EbfloorEb

(6/4 measure w/piano; 6/4 measure w/band; 2/4 measure w/band)

Verse 2:

Now I'm standin' with back to the wall
Waitin', prayin, see (unintelligible) fall
Well, I must have been onto it all
Now I'm standin' with back to the wall

(6/4 measure w/band; fuzz guitar doubles piano octave lower)

Well nFow she's gone away, jAbust in time to say
Eb (6/4 measure w/fuzz guitar)
I'll drop you a line (drop you a line)
Well nFow she's gone away, jAbust in time to say
Eb (6/4 and 2/4 measures w/fuzz guitar)
I'll see you sometime

(guitar solo over verse chords)

(6/4 measure w/fuzz guitar)

(repeat chorus)

(repeat verse 1)

Coda:

(rit.)

WGell, the mCmoment she sFtepped through thatAb/Eb doorEb
I was Ab/Bbdown with my fBbace on the Ab/EbfloorEb

(6/4 measure w/piano; repeat 6/4 measure w/band to fade)

-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers