Velvet Waltz Chords & Tabs
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VELVET WALTZ – Built to Spill
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Tabbed by: BensonJones
Email: dontcallmebenny@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
INTRO: Riff A
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----3-----3-----3-----3---------------------------------------------------|
D|---3-----3-----3-----3-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-1-----1-----1-----1-------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat this until the vocals come in
Lead Line
sl. bend
e|----------6--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------6---7-/--8------------------------------10----8------------------|
G|------7-----7-/--8-------------10—--9---8--------------------------------|
D|-----8------7-/--8-------------------------------------------------------|
A|---8--------5-/--6-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-6-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----9--8------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------11---8----6-----3-----------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play this whole thing loosely 3 times
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/built_to_spill/velvet_waltz_tab.html ]
Riff A
if there's a word for you
F Eb
it doesn't mean anything
Bb Eb
I've got some words for you
F Eb
they don't offer anything
Bb Eb
you cold called everybody
F Eb
but you haven't sold a thing
Bb Eb
a bad idea gone funny
D C D Eb - NOT SURE ABOUT THESE CHORDS!!
a pinch felt in a dream
G# C# Eb C#
you thought of everything but some things can't be thought
G# C# Eb C# C
you thought of everything but one thing you forgot is you're wrong
Bb Eb
and you better not be angry
F Eb
and you better not be sad
Bb Eb
you better just enjoy the luxury of sympathy
F Eb
if that's a luxury you have
Bb Eb
and you know no private bad
F Eb
you know that that's the meaning of you're done
Bb Eb
in a world that's not so bad
F Eb
in a world time was killing in the sun
Bb Eb
in a world that's not so bad
D5 Eb5 D5
in a world time was killing in the sun
Eb5 D5
in the sun
Eb5 D5
in the sun
Gmin
you took all that moment
Bb
and you left it in the sun
Cmin Eb
now it's gone because you left it in the sun
Gmin
was a brave idea
Bb
didn't mean no harm
Cmin Eb
now it's burnt because you left it in the sun
Gmin
was a great mistake
Bb
but how could you have known
Cmin Eb
the temperature, the distance of the sun
Repeat Gmin, Bb, Cmin, Eb to fade
For the main rhythm guitar, use a tremolo ( volume ) effect
For the outro solo, slap on a load of distortion and wah,
then go nuts in Gmin pentatonic, lots of big bends and tremelo picking
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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