Ani Difranco
Gravel
Little Plastic Castles
Standard tuning
Song is basically 3 open chords with a lot of partial chords and hammer-ons and her
signature staccato style. Sounds a lot harder than it is.
Listen to the song to get the feel for the really fast chord strums and the hammer-ons.
I figured this out from a combination of YouTube videos and listening to the song. I
play it this way live. Hard to find Ani tabs so I wrote out this one for the Ani fans out there.
Verse:
F Am G
E|-------11--0----------00--------3--3333--|
B|-------11--1----------11--------0--0000--|
G|--0h2--22--2----0h2-------------0--0000--| repeat X12 until chorus
D|--0h3--33--2----0h2----------------------|
A|---------------------------0h2-----------|
E|---------------------------0h3-----------|
(I heard the)
sound of your bike (hit Am on "bike")
As your wheels hit the gravel (hit G on "gravel")
etc.
Chorus:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/ani_difranco/gravel_tab.html ]
F G F Am
E|--1--x-/3----3--3333----1--x----0--0000--|
B|--1--x-/3----3--3333----1--x----1--1111--|
G|--2--x-/4----4--4444----2--x----2--2222--| repeat X3
D|--3--x-/5----5--5555----3--x----2--2222--|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
You came crawling back to say
You wanna make good in the end
Oh ho let me count the ways
Fmaj7 C
E|--0-------0----|
B|--1-------1----|
G|--2-------0----| X1
D|--3-------2----|
A|----------3----|
E|---------------|
I abhor... you (first time)
I adore... you (second time)
Repeat Verse x12 (might be x13)
Repeat Chorus with new lyrics
She sort of goes on and on here. I prefer to cut it off. Finish with verse X2, ending on
the G, letting it ring:
F Am G
I heard the sound of your bike As your wheels hit the gravel
F Am G
and your engine in the driveway cutting off
