Violent Femmes – I Danced tab

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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 22:22:46 -0500
From: Bryson Meunier 
Subject: TAB:"I Danced" by "Violent Femmes"

        I have understood the chord progression of this song for quite some
time but I didn't feel that I had enough material to post. Then over the
winter break I figured out something that sounds like Brian Ritchie's
wonderfully elastic guitar solo. In other words, I'm posting most of the
guitar parts of this song. If you have a part that I've neglected to post,
or if you have comments, questions or corrections, e-mail me at
meunier.1@osu.edu  

                 "I Danced"(Gordon Gano/Max Dunn)

Performed by the violent femmes on "Rock!!!"(1994)
Music by Gordon Gano
Lyrics from the poem "I DANCED BEFORE I HAD TWO FEET" by Max Dunn
Guitar solo by Brian Ritchie
Transcribed by Bryson Meunier

   intro-     B5              D5      A       E------------------------------------------------------|   B-------------------------2---xxxx--xxxx--xx-----------|   G--4--4--x--x--x---7--7---2---xxxx--xxxx--xx4--4--4--4-|   D--4--4--x--x--x---7--7---2---xxxx--xxxx--xx4--4--4--4-|   A--2--2--x--x--x---5--5-------xxxx--xxxx--xx2--2--2--2-|   E------------------------------------------------------|
        Repeat that riff once more before the lyrics come in. Then, for the
verse, repeat the riff without making the percussive sounds. At least I
think that's the only distinction between the introduction and the verse but
the bass is so prominent that it's hard to tell. If you know of another
distinction, e-mail me at the aforementioned address and let me in on it.
Here's my best attempt at the guitar solo:

   E--------------------------------|---7-----------------|   B------------3--2---2brbrbrbr--0-|---7---4---------6\7-|   G---4--4--4----------------------|---7---4------7------|   D--------------------------------|-----------7---------|   A--------------------------------|---------------------|   E--------------------------------|---------------------| 

   E---------------|--------------------------------------|   B---7--7--8--7--|---15brp14--14h15brp14--14h15brp14----|   G---------------|--------------------------------------|   D---------------|--------------------------------------|   A---------------|--------------------------------------|   E---------------|--------------------------------------|            
   
   E------------------------------------------------------|   B---14h15brp14--14h15brp14-------7---------------------|   G-----------------------------9--7---2-----------------|   D-----------------------------9--7---2-----------------|   A-----------------------------7------0-----------------|   E------------------------------------------------------|            

   E------------------------------------------------------|   B--7h8--7\5--7p5---------------------------------------|   G-----------------7p5----5h7---5\3---5p3---------------|   D------------------------------------------5-----------|   A------------------------------------------------------|   E------------------------------------------------------|

   E------------------------------------------------------|   B------------------------------------------------------|   G----3\5---5\7---7\9---9\12----14----------------------|   D------------------------------------------------------|   A------------------------------------------------------|   E------------------------------------------------------|

   Repeat the main riff until the end of the song.

   Lyrics:

   I Danced before I had two feet 
   I Sang before I had a tongue
   I laughed before I had two eyes
   and loved before my heart was young
   
   I swam before I had two hands 
   and held the distance in my toes
   before I heard the stars or knew
   the wild compulsion of the rose

   I bore the fruits of many lives
   before I came into this day 
   I knew before my grave was made
   the worms eat only death away (2x)

   I danced before I had two feet (4x)

   symbols used in transcription-
 
   x = make percussive sound with fretting hand
   b = bend
   r = release
   \ = slide
   h = hammer-on
   p = pull-off