WITH AN EAR TO THE GROUND YOU CAN MAKE IT
As recorded by Caravan
Words and Music by Pye Hastings
Transcribed by Jeremy Diringer (dwarfmuncher(at)gmail.com)
This isn't a strict note-for-note transcription; that can be found in the Powertab version
(available at: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/c/caravan/
with_an_ear_to_the_ground_you_can_make_it_power_tab.htm)
Rather, this is more like a chord sheet that also features riffs and solos.
[Part I: With an Ear to the Ground]
A E
1,3: Would you like to ride with me, while you're waiting for the band to come?
2: You and I are all we need, waiting for the band to come,
A E
Come tell me all you'd like to see, while you're waiting for the band to come
Searching for someone to see, and hoping that the band will come
B C#7 |-----------------|----------7--9---|-4---------------|---------9-------| |-7-9-7---7---9---|-10--------------|-----------2---2-|-6---6-9---------| |-------9---------|-----------------|-----------------|---6-------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|-3---------------| |-----------------|-----------------|---4---4---------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1,3:Would you make slight -ly for you_________________________ If we me take me 2: Can this drizzled taste, in your mind?_________________________and the tension
B Ee------------------|---------9---11--|-12_______________________---------|B--7-9-7---7---7-9-|-10--12--10--10--|-12_______________________---------|G--------9---8-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|D------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|A------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|E------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
1,3: Talk about swollen gladness too? [3rd time: to Martinian]
your pride and
2: thought that may be left be - hind
puzzled me, you
[Part II: Martinian]
(Repeat once:)7/4 E Esus4 A E E5 A Emaj7sus4 E||------------------------------|-----------------------------||||o-----------------------------|----------------------------o||||-------------/6---------------|/9-----6---8-----------------||||--6-----7-------9_____________|-------------9_____________--||||o-----------------------------|----------------------------o||||------------------------------|-----------------------------|| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 .
(Repeat once:)
E Esus4 A E E5 A Emaj7sus4 E
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|||o-----------------------------|----------------------------o|||-----------/6-----------------|/9-9-9-6---8-----------------|||--6-----7-----9_______________|-------------9______________-|||o-----------------------------|----------------------------o|||------------------------------|-----------------------------||
| | |||------------------------------|-0-0-0-----------------------|||o-----------2-0---------------|-0-0-0-2---4----------------o|||--1-----2---2-1---------------|-1-1-1-2---2-1---------------|||--2-----2---2-2---------------|-------2---2-2---------------|||o-2-----2---0-2---------------|-------------2--------------o|||--0-----0-----0---------------|-------------0---------------|| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 .
[Riff A] 4/4 E A E A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------6---------|-----------------|-------6---------|-----------------||-676-----9-7-6---|-7-6-----6-------|-676-----9-7-6---|-7-6-----6-------||-----7---------9-|-----9-7---------|-----7---------9-|-----9-7---------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . [End Riff]
F#m7 A|-------0________________---0--00---||-----2-----------|---------2--22---||---2-------------|---------2--22---||-4---------------|---------2--22---||-----------------|---------0--00---||-----------------|-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
[w/Riff A]
E A
Would you believe it possible to leave yourself behind?
E A
Turning upside down inside out I've somehow lost my mind
F#m F#m7
Help me, someone,
G#m G#m7 A*
Someone please help me________
*Solo lead-in (keyboard, arr. for guitar) A|---------------9-||----------9-12---||-----------------||-----------------||-----------------||-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . (me_______)
[Part III: Only Cox] C#m F#m C#m F#m|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------9--7-----||-9__________________-10109-9-7-----|-----------------|-------------9-7-||-----------------|-------------9-8-|-6-------------6-|---6---8---------||-----------------|-----------------|---9-6-----------|-7---9-----------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
C#m F#m G#m7 A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-9_________109---|-7-9-----7-9-109-|-7---------------|-----------------||---------------9-|-----6-9---------|---8-------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-------9---6-----|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|---------------9-|---7---7-9-7---7-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----9-------9---| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
C#m F#m C#m F#m|-----------------|-------79--121214|11-----9797------|---7-9-7---------||-----------------|-7-579-----------|-----------9-7---|-79------97--7---||-----6--68-689-89|-----------------|---------------9-|-----------9---9-||-6-9---9---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
C#m F#m|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7---|-------5---5-------------9-1112--||---9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----|-----5---9---9-------9-10--------||-6-----6-----6-----6-----6-------|---6-----------10--9-------------||---------------------------------|-7---------------11--------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 e . a 2 e . a 3 e . a 4 e . a 1 e . a 2 e . a 3 e . a 4 e . a
G#m A|-111211------111211------111211--|-11/14\9---9-121411--------------||-------12--12------12--12--------|---------10--------109---7---7---||---------13----------13----------|-----------------------9---9---9-||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 e . a 2 e . a 3 e . a 4 e . a 1 e . a 2 e . a 3 e . a 4 e . a
C#m7 F#m|---------------------------------|-9---9---------------------------||-----12----12----12----12----12--|---------12--9---9---7-------7---||-1113--1113--1113--1113--1113----|-------------------------9-------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 e . a 2 e . a 3 e . a 4 e . a 1 e . a 2 e . a 3 e . a 4 e . a
C#m7 F#m|---------------------------------|-------------------------9---11--||-4---2-0-2---0-------------------|-2p0-4p0-5p0-7p0-9p0-120---------||-------------------9-7---9-------|---------------------------------||-----------------6-----------6---|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 e . a 2 e . a 3 e . a 4 e . a 1 e . a 2 e . a 3 e . a 4 e . a
C#m7 F#m|-12--11------9______-------------|-12--9-----------------------9---||-------12------------12--9-------|---------9---7---5--/7---9-------||---------9-----------------119---|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 e . a 2 e . a 3 e . a 4 e . a 1 e . a 2 e . a 3 e . a 4 e . a
G#m A|-7-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-----9---------------------------|-----5---5-----5-----7-x-7---5---||-------------9_______------------|/6-----------6-------------------||---------------------9__________-|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 e . a 2 e . a 3 e . a 4 e . a 1 e . a 2 e . a 3 e . a 4 e . a
C#m F#m C#m F#m|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-9---------------|-7---9-7______---|-9---------------|-7---9-7______---||-------6---8---9-|-----------------|-------6---8---9-|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
C#m F#m G#m7 A|---------7--5----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-9--7--9-------9-|-7--9--7-5---7---|-----------------|---------------7-||-----------------|-----------------|-8________---9---|-6---------8-9---||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
C#m F#m C#m F#m|-----------------|-----------9-9-11|-----------------|-----------------||-9---------------|-7---9-7---------|-9---------------|-7---9-7---------||---------6--8--9-|-----------------|---------6--8--9-|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
4/4 6/8 time C#m F#m G#m7 A|---------7--5----|-----------------||-------------|-------------||-9--7--9-------9-|-7--9--7-5---7---||-9___________________------||-----------------|-----------------||-------------|-------------||-----------------|-----------------||-------------|-------------||-----------------|-----------------||-------------|-------------||-----------------|-----------------||-------------|-------------| 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . .
C#m F#m7 C#m F#m7
So, where but for you would I, dreaming, make your face my eyes?
C#m C#m7 F#m G#m A
Turning so slow, taking care, just a smile I do____, for you___
C#m F#m7 C#m F#m7
So wipe away all those fears, I'm longing to feel you here
C#m C#m7 F#m G#m A
Go slipping by while you stand mind in hand with me, with me
6/8 time N.C.|-------------|------------|-------------|------------||-------------|------------|-------------|------------||-6888888-6---|-4666666-4--|-6888888-6---|-4666666-4--||--666666-6---|--444444-4--|--666666-6---|--444444-4--||-------------|------------|-------------|------------||-------------|------------|-------------|------------| 1.2.3.4.5.6. 1.2.3.4.5.6. 1.2.3.4.5.6. 1.2.3.4.5.6.
|C#m7 . . / . . |F#m . . / . . | C#m7 . . / . . |F#m . . / . . |
|C#m7 . . / . . |F#m . . / . . | G#m . . / . . |A . . / . . |
|C#m7 . . / . . |F#m . . / . . | C#m7 . . / . . |F#m . . / . . |
|C#m7 . . / . . |F#m . . / . . | G#m . . / . . |A . . / . . |
|A . . / . . |
[to reprise]
[Part IV: Reprise]
A
Would you like to ride with me (Would you like to ride)
E
While you're waiting for the band to come? (Waiting for the band)
A
Come tell me all you'd like to see
(You can tell me what to see)
E
While you're waiting for the band to come
B C#7
Would you make me take me slightly for you?
B E
If we talked about your pride and swollen gladness too?
