John Cougar Mellencamp — Sweet Evening Breeze Tab
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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 02:38:35 —0500
From: "Paul M. Berens"
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: CRD: m/mellencamp_john/sweet_evening_breeze.crd
"Sweet Evening Breeze"
by John Mellencamp
This a lesser—known tune off the "Human Wheels" album, but a fun one to
play acoustic. It oscillates between meditative picking and exciting
strumming. Notice my naming conventions with D/Dsus2 and D/Dsus4 below.
Enjoy.
INTRO: (Asus2)
E|——————————————————————0————————————————————————————————————————————————|
B|————————————————0—————————————————————0————————————————————————————————|
G|——————————2————————2———————————2—————————2———————————(repeat—4—times)——|
D|———————2—————2——————————————2———————————————2——————————————————————————|
A|————0——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E|———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
VERSE: (Asus2,G,D [&Dsus4])
E|——————————————————————0———————————————————————————————————————————3————|
B|————————————————0—————————————————————0—————————————————————0——————————|
G|——————————2————————2———————————2—————————2————————————0————————0———————|
D|———————2—————2——————————————2———————————————2——————0—————0—————————————|
A|————0——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E|————————————————————————————————————————————————3——————————————————————|
E|————————————————0—————0h2————————————3—————2——————3————2—————————————————|
B|——————————3————————3—————————3——————————————————3————3———————————————————|
G|———————2—————2—————————————————2————————2—————2————2—————————————————————|
D|————0————————————————————————————————0—————0—————0—————0—————————————————|
A|—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E|—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
*if you can get the above, you can surely make up a similar picking
pattern for the C and Em progressions which are next.
VERSE 1:
Asus2 G
I was loud and a little sad.
D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4
She was visiting from Atlanta, Georgia.
Asus2 G
She had come to spend the summer with her dad.
D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4
I thought she was very pretty.
C Em
We would kiss and hold hands
C Em
Every night by the football field.
C Em
Her body was tan
D/Dsus2
>From the afternoons by the public swimming pool.
CHORUS: (strum these chords)
Asus2 G
Sweet evening breeze
Asus2 G
Blows around my thoughts and memories.
Asus2
As I lie here today
G
And drink my tea,
D Dsus4 D
I can still see
Asus2 / G / Asus2 / G / Asus2 / G / Asus2 / G
Sweet evening breeze.
VERSE 2:
Asus2 G
I saw her in a coffee shop
D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4
In a big hotel down in Austin, Texas.
Asus2 G
She had cut her long hair off
D/Dsus2
And replaced it with
G D G D
Blue eyes of sad — ness.
C Em
Still acted like we were kids
C *Fill*
And she told me that she had to marry
C Em
And she asked me if I did
D/Dsus2
Still remember.
CHORUS
VERSE 3:
Asus2 G
How redundant the future can be.
D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4
These days of old are very, very
Asus2 G
Ridiculous for me to see
D/Dsus2 G D G D
When I think about the real gone stor — ies
C Em
And how time holds the winning hand.
C *Fill*
I can tell by the lines on our faces
C Em
And the young can't understand
D/Dsus2
That they look at me
When they look at themselves.
CHORUS
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FILL: CHORDS:
E|————————————————————————————————————————————————————| e b g d a E
B|————0———0———0———0—————————| Asus2 | 0 0 2 2 0 0—|
G|——————————————————————————| G | 3 0 0 0 2 3—|
D|——————————————————————————| D | 2 3 2 0—————|
A|————2———0—————————————————| Dsus2 | 0 3 2 0—————|
E|————————————3———2—————————| Dsus4 | 3 3 2 0—————|
C | 0 1 0 2 3
Em | 0 0 0 2 2 0