Better Than Ezra - Porcelain Chords & Tabs

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From: SJosselyn@aol.com
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:32:09 -0400
Subject: CRD: Porcelain by Better than Ezra

PORCELAIN  by BETTER THAN EZRA
off the album DELUXE
transcription by Scott Josselyn (sjosselyn@aol.com)

This song is pretty easy once you get the hang of the rhythm and 
flourishes. In addition to the flourishes that I've tried to notate, 
they sometimes use Cadd4 as a passing chord in the G/B-C-F/A passages 
between the C and F/A chords. I don't hear it in the song but I also 
like to throw a Fmaj7/A into the F/A vamps sometimes. There is also 
some bass hammer-on  played over the F/A chord soemtimes that I couldn't
figure out.

CAPO 1ST FRET !!!
(all chord names and definitions are relative to the capo)

INTRO:   G/B  C  F/A  (x2)

	C      Cmaj7 C    Am  Asus2 Am
	HEY, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE
	   G        Gsus4  G     F/A
	TO SHOW YOUR FACE 'ROUND HERE.
	C     Cmaj7 C    Am  Asus2 Am
	HEY YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE
	   G       Gsus4 G   F/A
	TO DREDGE UP ALL MY FEARS.
	G                    F/A                   G
	WELL I WISH I COULD SHAKE SOME SENSE INTO YOU,
			 F/A
	AND WALK OUT THE DOOR...

		 C     Cmaj7 C
	BUT YOUR SKIN...
	   Gsus4/B     G/B
	IS LIKE...
	F/A
	PORCELAIN...

		  C     Cmaj7 C
	YEAH YOUR SKIN...
	    Gsus4/B     G/B
	IS LIKE...
	F/A
	PORCELAIN...

	C   Cmaj7 C    Am Asus2 Am
	JUST THE OTHER DAY I FELT
	  G    Gsus4 G F/A
	I HAD YOU BY A STRING.
	C   Cmaj7 C    Am Asus2 Am
	JUST THE OTHER DAY I FELT
	   G   Gsus4 G   F/A
	WE COULD BE EVERYTHING.
	G              F/A                     G     
	BUT NOW WHEN I SEE YOU YOU'RE SOMEBODY ELSE,
			F/A
	WITH SOMEBODY'S EYES...

		 C      Cmaj7 C 
	AND YOUR SKIN...
	   Gsus4/B       G/B 
	IS LIKE...
	F/A 
	PORCELIN...
		  C     Cmaj7 C
	YEAH YOUR SKIN...
	    Gsus4/B       G/B 
	IS LIKE...
	F/A
	PORCELAIN...

	G/B  C  F/A  
	.................I DON'T KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN.
	G/B  C  F/A 
	.................I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THERE.
	G/B  C  F/A
	.................IN THE WORDS, YOU ARE FADING.    (lyrics?)
	G/B  C  F/A                   C  Cmaj7 C     Gsus4/B G/B  F/A     
	.................DO YOU EVEN CAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.............
	Am  Asus2 Am  Gsus4   G         F/A
	OOOOHH..................        AHHHHHHHHH....

	G                   F/A                     G   
	WELL I WISH I COULD KILL YOU, AND SAVOR THE SIGHT
		    F/A                     G   
	GET INTO MY CAR, AND DRIVE INTO THE NIGHT
		      F/A                   G 
	THEN LIE AS I SCREAM TO THE HEAVENS ABOVE
		       F/A 
	THAT I WAS THE LAST ONE YOU EVER LOVED!

		  C   Cmaj7 C
	YEAH YOUR SKIN...
	   Gsus4/B G/B
	IS LIKE...
	F/A
	PORCELAIN...    (X4)
	  
	       G/B   C   F/A 
	YEAH.......

CHORDS: G/B=X20003    Gsus4/B=x20013  G=3x0003  Gsus4=3x0013
	  C=X32010      Cmaj7=x32000            Cadd4=x32011
	 Am=x02210      Asus2=x02200
	F/A=x03211    Fmaj7/A=x03210
	    
 Now can anyone help me with a tab for the main G- Am(7)- F(maj7) progression
 in In the Blood?-scott

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/better_than_ezra/porcelain_crd_ver_3.html ]
From: 
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 23:47:02 -0600 (MDT)
To: VETTERSJ@AOL.COM, ARANDELL@STUDENTS.WISC.EDU
Subject: porcelain
 
i wasn't sure which one of you requested porcelain at the end of your 
killer inside tab, but here is what i got (i saw them in pheonix on 
tuesday 
and stood three feet from griffin so i could see what he was playing):
 
Standard Tuning:            it might sound good with open chords,
                                      tuned to Eb:
 
    Ab   Db   Gb   Bb             Ab   Db   Gb   Bb
e:--4----4----2----1--       eb:--0----2----3----2--
b:--4----6----2----3--       bb:--2----3----3----4--
g:--5----6----3----3--       gb:--2----2----0----4--
D:--6----6----4----3--       Db:--2----0----0----4--
A:--6----4----4----1--       Ab:--0----0----2----2--
E:--4---------2-------       Eb:------------3-------
 
 
Intro: Ab Db Gb (x2)
 
Db                Bb
Hey, you've got a lot of nerve
Ab                           Gb
To show your face 'round here
Db                Bb
Hey, you've got a lot of nerve
Ab                        Gb
To dredge up all my fears
 
Ab                  Gb
Well I wish I could shake some sense into you
Ab                  Gb
And walk out the door
 
         Db      Ab            Gb
But your skin is like porcelain
          Db      Ab            Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
 
Db             Bb
Just the other day I felt
Ab               Gb
I had you by the strings
Db             Bb
Just the other day I felt
Ab               Gb
We could be everything
 
Ab             Gb
But now when I see you, you're somebody else
Ab                  Gb
With somebody's eyes
 
         Db      Ab            Gb
And your skin is like porcelain
          Db      Ab            Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
 
Ab Db Gb
        I don't know what I'm sayin'
Ab Db Gb
        I don't know if you're there
Ab Db Gb
        In the words you are fadin'
Ab Db Gb                Db Ab Gb
        Do you even care_______?
Db Ab Gb
oooooooh
 
Ab                  Gb
Well I wish I could kill you, savor the sight
Ab               Gb
Get into my car, drive into the night
Ab            Gb
Then lie as I scream to the heavens above
Ab                 Gb
That I was the last one you ever loved_____
 
 Db      Ab             Gb
(skin is like) porcelain
          Db      Ab            Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
          Db      Ab            Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
          Db      Ab            Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
        Ab Db Gb
Yeah___
 
 
i hope this was helpful:) --nat


From: SJosselyn@aol.com
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 21:26:46 -0400
Subject: Porcelain.crd by Better than Ezra



PORCELAIN  by BETTER THAN EZRA
off the album DELUXE
transcription by Scott Josselyn (sjosselyn@aol.com)

This song is pretty easy once you get the hang of the rhythm and 
flourishes. In addition to the flourishes that I've tried to notate, 
they sometimes use Cadd4 as a passing chord in the G/B-C-F/A passages 
between the C and F/A chords. I don't hear it in the song but I also 
like to throw a Fmaj7/A into the F/A vamps sometimes. There is also 
some bass hammer-on  played over the F/A chord soemtimes that I couldn't
figure out.

CAPO 1ST FRET !!!
(all chord names and definitions are relative to the capo)

INTRO:   G/B  C  F/A  (x2)

	C      Cmaj7 C    Am  Asus2 Am
	HEY, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE
	   G        Gsus4  G     F/A
	TO SHOW YOUR FACE 'ROUND HERE.
	C     Cmaj7 C    Am  Asus2 Am
	HEY YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE
	   G       Gsus4 G   F/A
	TO DREDGE UP ALL MY FEARS.
	G                    F/A                   G
	WELL I WISH I COULD SHAKE SOME SENSE INTO YOU,
			 F/A
	AND WALK OUT THE DOOR...

		 C     Cmaj7 C
	BUT YOUR SKIN...
	   Gsus4/B     G/B
	IS LIKE...
	F/A
	PORCELAIN...

		  C     Cmaj7 C
	YEAH YOUR SKIN...
	    Gsus4/B     G/B
	IS LIKE...
	F/A
	PORCELAIN...

	C   Cmaj7 C    Am Asus2 Am
	JUST THE OTHER DAY I FELT
	  G    Gsus4 G F/A
	I HAD YOU BY A STRING.
	C   Cmaj7 C    Am Asus2 Am
	JUST THE OTHER DAY I FELT
	   G   Gsus4 G   F/A
	WE COULD BE EVERYTHING.
	G              F/A                     G     
	BUT NOW WHEN I SEE YOU YOU'RE SOMEBODY ELSE,
			F/A
	WITH SOMEBODY'S EYES...

		 C      Cmaj7 C 
	AND YOUR SKIN...
	   Gsus4/B       G/B 
	IS LIKE...
	F/A 
	PORCELIN...
		  C     Cmaj7 C
	YEAH YOUR SKIN...
	    Gsus4/B       G/B 
	IS LIKE...
	F/A
	PORCELAIN...

	G/B  C  F/A  
	.................I DON'T KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN.
	G/B  C  F/A 
	.................I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THERE.
	G/B  C  F/A
	.................OTHERWORDS, YOU ARE FADING.    (lyrics?)
	G/B  C  F/A                   C  Cmaj7 C     Gsus4/B G/B  F/A     
	.................DO YOU EVEN CAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.............
	Am  Asus2 Am  Gsus4   G         F/A
	OOOOHH..................        AHHHHHHHHH....

	G                   F/A                     G   
	WELL I WISH I COULD KILL YOU, AND SAVOR THE SIGHT
		    F/A                     G   
	GET INTO MY CAR, AND DRIVE INTO THE NIGHT
		      F/A                   G 
	THEN LIE AS I SCREAM TO THE HEAVENS ABOVE
		       F/A 
	THAT I WAS THE LAST ONE YOU EVER LOVED!

		  C   Cmaj7 C
	YEAH YOUR SKIN...
	   Gsus4/B G/B
	IS LIKE...
	F/A
	PORCELAIN...    (X4)
	  
	       G/B   C   F/A 
	YEAH.......

CHORDS: G/B=X20003    Gsus4/B=x20013  G=3x0003  Gsus4=3x0013
	  C=X32010      Cmaj7=x32000            Cadd4=x32011
	 Am=x02210      Asus2=x02200
	F/A=x03211    Fmaj7/A=x03210
	    
 Now can anyone help me with a tab for the main G- Am(7)- F(maj7) progression
 in In the Blood?-scott