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 d[Eb]own with my[Ab/Eb] face on the f[Eb]loor
Yes, I [Eb]got what I [Ab/Eb]asked for and m[Eb]ore
W[G]ell, the [Cm]moment she st[F]epped through that[Ab/Eb] door[Eb]
I was [Ab/Bb]down with my f[Bb]ace on the [Ab/Eb]floor[Eb]
(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 n[F]ow she's gone away, j[Ab]ust in time to say
Eb (6/4 measure w/fuzz guitar)
I'll drop you a line (drop you a line)
Well n[F]ow she's gone away, j[Ab]ust 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.)
W[G]ell, the m[Cm]oment she s[F]tepped through that[Ab/Eb] door[Eb]
I was [Ab/Bb]down with my f[Bb]ace on the [Ab/Eb]floor[Eb]
(6/4 measure w/piano; repeat 6/4 measure w/band to fade)
-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers
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 d[Eb]own with my[Ab/Eb] face on the f[Eb]loor
Yes, I [Eb]got what I [Ab/Eb]asked for and m[Eb]ore
W[G]ell, the [Cm]moment she st[F]epped through that[Ab/Eb] door[Eb]
I was [Ab/Bb]down with my f[Bb]ace on the [Ab/Eb]floor[Eb]
(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 n[F]ow she's gone away, j[Ab]ust in time to say
Eb (6/4 measure w/fuzz guitar)
I'll drop you a line (drop you a line)
Well n[F]ow she's gone away, j[Ab]ust 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.)
W[G]ell, the m[Cm]oment she s[F]tepped through that[Ab/Eb] door[Eb]
I was [Ab/Bb]down with my f[Bb]ace on the [Ab/Eb]floor[Eb]
(6/4 measure w/piano; repeat 6/4 measure w/band to fade)
-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers
