You Were There - Southern Sons
Transcribed by : Sindric Goh (sindric2@hotmail.com)
The guitar is tuned in an “Open C” style: [C G C F G c]. The “Live" Version, is tuned
down half a step further.
This is not the original tuning though. However, it is the first tuning style that I
experimented with that is able to give me a pretty accurate "voicing" of the guitar.
Comparing to standard tuning, the strings are tuned down as accordingly: E sting - 4
steps / A sting - 2 steps / D string - 2 steps / G string - 2 steps / B string - 4 steps /
e string - 4 steps.
The best method to tune the guitar this way other than using a guitar tuner is to first
tune the original A string down to G and adjust the rest of the strings to this
reference from there on.
h : hammer on
/ : slide
: harmonics
Intro:
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---------------7------------|------------7-----7---------|---------7-----------7------|------0-----------------0---|----------------------------|--0-------------------------|
|--------4--------------7---||--------5--------------5---||-----0--------------6------||---------------------------||--2--------------0---------||---------------------------|
Verse:
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|--2----------2---------2---|---------7-------7---||------2----------------2---|---------7-------7---||-----2--------------2------|------6----------6---||---------------------------|-----------------7---||----------5----------------|---0-----------------||--5--------------5---------|---------------------|
Chorus:
[1st two bars same as Intro]...
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Middle 8 or bridge:
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|--/5---------5----------------5--------|-----------------7---------||-------5---------------5-----------5---|--------------7-----7------||------5---------------5-----------5----|-----------7-----------7---||---------------------------------------|--------0------------------||---------------------------------------|---------------------------||--/7------7-----7---------7------------|----0----------------------|
|------------0-----------||------------0------4----||--------0----------2----||-------------------2----||--0--2-------------0----||------------------------|
2nd bar of verse three of "Live" version (optional):
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Last Chorus with Ending:
[1st two bars same as Intro]...
#|--0----------0---------0---|---2----------2---------2---|---2----------2---------2---||------0----------------0---|-------2----------------2---|-------2----------------2---||-----0--------------0------|------2--------------2------|------2--------------2------||---------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------||----------2----------------|-----------4----------------|-----------5----------------||--2--------------2---------|---4--------------4---------|---5--------------5---------|
|--------7------7---||--------7------7---||-----6---------6---| [Repeat from #]|---------------7---||--0----------------||-------------------|
|--------------7------------|---5---7---4---7---5---5---5---5----|----------------7------------||-----------7-----7---------|---0-------0-------5-------7--------|-------------7-----7---------||--------7-----------7------|---------------------------6--------|----------7-----------7------||-----0-----------------0---|---5-------4-------7-------7--------|-------0-----------------0---||---------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------||--0------------------------|------------------------------------|---0-------------------------|
|-------------------------<7>---<7>---||-------------------<7>---------------||-------------<7>---------------------||--<7>--------------------------------||-------<7>---------------------------||-------------------------------------|
Sequence and Lyrics:
Verse 1: I guess youÂ’ve heard, I guess you know
In time IÂ’d have told you, but I guess IÂ’m too slow
And itÂ’s overly romantic but I know that itÂ’s real
I hope you donÂ’t mind if I say what I feel
ItÂ’s like IÂ’m in somebody elseÂ’s dream
This could not be happening to me
Chorus: But you were there
And you were everything IÂ’d never seen
You woke me up from this long and endless sleep
I was alone
I opened my eyes and you were there
Verse 2: DonÂ’t be alarmed, no donÂ’t be concerned
I donÂ’t want to change things, leave them just as they were
I mean, nothingÂ’s really different itÂ’s me who feels strange
IÂ’m always lost for words when someone mentions your name
I know that IÂ’ll get over this for sure
IÂ’m not the type dreams there could be more
Chorus:
Middle 8: Can I take your smile home with me
Or the magic in your hairÂ…..
Verse 3: The rain has stopped, the storm has passed
Look at all the colors now the sunÂ’s here at last
I suppose that youÂ’ll be leaving but I want you to know
Part of you stays with me even after you go
Like an actor playing someone elseÂ’s scene
This could not be happening to me
Last Chorus: But you were there
And you were everything IÂ’d never seen
You woke me up from this long and endless sleep
I was alone
I opened my eyes and no, IÂ’m not alone, IÂ’m not alone
I opened my eyes and you were there
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