1. Bus Driver
G 3x0033
G/F# 2x0033
G/E 02x033
G2/D xx0233
C x3x033
D4/F# 2x0233
Bb2 x13311
C2 x32030
Em9 020032
D2 x00230
D2sus/C x30030
D2sus/B x20030
D2sus/Bb x10030
D/A x02030
-Intro-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# (6x)
-Verse 1-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C
I am a bus driver
G G2/D D(4)/F# G
and it's four in the morning
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# G
And I'm pressing out my clothes beside my bed
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
Fourteen years been on the job and with many miles behind
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
Still I'm up at three thirty to make sure I'm there on time
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# G
My car gets me along just fine to and from the station
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
But my castle is this Houston Metro Bus
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
My first stop is Ashbury.
G2/D D(4)/F# G
And the sign's been gone for years
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
but all the same the people wait cause they know that I'll be there.
-Chorus-
Bb2 C2 G Em9
What would you say if I told you that I won't be by today?
Bb2 C2 D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
Would you say that I'm just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B D/A
and what do I know?
-Verse 2-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
Well, I'm always there by five fifteen
G2/D D(4)/F# G
and lately I've been early
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
'cause Judith likes to be in early to the bank.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# G
And she gives me conversation and a token good for riding.
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
And she's hapyy all alone
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
And then there's Charles in retail sales;
G2/D D(4)/F# G
and I hope they pay him well
G/F# G/E G/D2 C G G2/D D(4)/F#
for the work that young man does
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
Cause I've never seen the inside
G2/D D(4)/F# G
of a custom refrigerator
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D
but I know he's the first and last one there
-Chorus-
Bb2 C2 G Em9
What would you say if I told you that I won't be by today?
Bb2 C2 D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
Would you say that I'm just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B D/A
and what do I know?
D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/C D/A
And what do I know.
-Piano solo-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# (4x)
-Vesre 3-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
I wonder what they do all day,
G2/D D(4)/F#
and their respective works.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
Suppose they give money and take money away.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
Still, I'm just orbiting this town
G2/D D(4)/F# G
with the post office my sun.
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
And I'm circling again.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
And I wonder how this world would be
G2/D D(4)/F# G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
if I was never here to drive this bus around from Ashbury to Main.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
Suppose this town would be the same
G2/D D(4)/F# G
but with one bus less exhaust.
G/F# G/E G2/D C G
But that bank and retail stores,
G2/D D(4)/F# Bb2
they just wouldn't be the same.
C2 G Em9 Bb2
But what can I see from the limited confines of my bus driving seat?
C2
Only me.
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
And I'm just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb D2
and it's time to go home.
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B D/A G
2. April Showers
Clean Guitar
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Intro:
--2--2--2h3--2--2h3--3--3----------------2--2--2h3--2--2h3--3--3--------------
--3------------------3--3----------------3------------------3--3--------------
--2------------------0--0---------0------2------------------0--0--------------
--0------------------2--2--0h2p0---------0------------------2--0--0h2p0-------
---------------------3--3-----------------------------------3--2---------0----
---------------------------------------------------------------3--------------
(Play twice)
Verse 1:
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D Cadd9 D Cadd9 G
Like April Showers on the slick cement
D Cadd9 D Cadd9 G
When I consider how our light is spent
D Cadd9 D Cadd9 G
Keeping the candles inside the cathedral
D Cadd9 D
Hold on tight, Don't go into the night
Cadd9 G
So full of evil
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D
Chorus:
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G D
Rain rain don't go away
Cadd9 Cadd9
We need you this dry and dusty day
G D
Rain rain don't go away
Cadd9 Cadd9
Though some may say please go away
Solo:
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-10-----------------------------------10-- --10-12-12h14-14h15-14--12--------------------
-10-----------------13-12---------10------ ----------------------------12-12-12p10-------
-11-11-11h12-11-11---------12-12---------- ----------------------------12-12-12p11-11----
-12--------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------12-
------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------
------------------------- ---0----3--3-
-7-7--------------------- -3---3--3--3-
-7-7--7---7-------------- --------0--0- Back into Verse...
------7h9-7--5-4\2-0h2-0- --------0--0-
------------------------- --------2--2-
------------------------- --------3--3-
I tried to break it up into sections where you can hear a "pause". listen to the cd, you'll
see what i mean.
NOTE on Solo: 2 things about this. 1st, it is my interpretation, so the fingerings
might be different than Derek's, but it sounds the exact same, i checked several times.
2nd, i play solo guitar, so i have added come chord inversions where usually cliff would
play, to fill it out. so sometimes there is _more_ here than on the CD. as always, mail
me if you are lost.
Verse 2: (Same as Verse 1)
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Like the April Showers on the slick cement
And the roads once straight have now become so bent
Weaving through the trees of vain security
Rounding round the hard rocks of hard morality
Cadd9 G D (This time the Cadd9 G after verse is played only once)
Chorus (See above)
(Intro Lick is played ONCE)
Bridge:
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Em Am7
And the sacred cows
Em Am7
Feed on the green
Em Am7
While the least of these
Em D Barre-D (10th fret)
Are dying on the streets
And they're crying...
Chorus
Chorus
Outro:
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Pick through D-Cadd9-G slowly (ritard)
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Chord Signatures:
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E|-3---3---2----0-----0------10---
B|-3---3---3----0-----1------10---
G|-0---0---2----0-----0------11---
D|-0---2---0----2-----2------12---
A|-2---3---x----2-----0------12---
e|-3---x---x----0-----x------10---
G Cadd9 D Em Am7 Barre-D (10th fret)
3. The Truth
020033 Em7
x32033 C9 (Cadd9)
x30033 C2
x30032 C11 (that's what i'm calling it :)
320033 G
x20033 /B (G/B)
xx0232 D
200233 /F# (Dsus4/F#)
xx0233 D4 (Dsus4)
( * = F# bass note, sixth string 2nd fret.)
( ¤ = hammer first and third strings 0h2 as in the intro.)
INTRO:
3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
E-|---|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B-|--3|------3----|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G-|--0|----------0|------0---0|------0---0|------0---0|
D-|--0|----------0|02----0---0|------0---0|------0---0|
A-|---|-----------|3-------3--|0h2--------|0---0------|
E-|---|0----------|-----------|3-------3--|3---3---2--|
Em7........ C9......... G.................. *
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/caedmons_call/intimate_portrait_crd.html ]
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|-----------|-----------|-----------|0h2---2---3|
|-----------|-----------|----------3|3-----3---3|
|------0---0|------0---0|------0---0|0h2---2---0|
|----------0|02----0---0|------0---0|0-------0--|
|-----------|3-----3---3|0h2--------|-----------|
|0-------0--|-----------|3-------3--|-----------|
Em7........ C9......... G.......... D¤.........
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|-----------|-----------|-----------|0h2---2---3|
|-----------|----------3|----------3|3-----3---3|
|------0---0|----------0|------0---0|0h2---2---0|
|------0---0|02----0----|------0----|0-------0--|
|--------2--|3-----3----|0h2--------|-----------|
|0----------|-----------|3-------3--|-----------|
Em7........ C9......... G.......... D..........
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|------3---0h2-----2---0h3-----3x---|-----------|
|------3---3|------3---3|------3x---|-----------|
|-----------|--------0--|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|3----------|3---3------|3---3--x---|23--2------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------02-|
C9........ C11........ C9.........
VERSE 1: |Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |/F# . . |(7x)
|Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |D . . |
|C9 . . |C2 . . |
I've been putting on and putting off too many people
And I'm getting old to live like an injured man
Ailment and unfilled prescription like the nose on my face
Like a broken boat safety raft and a love for the water
And I just can't decide to sink or swim it's me or them
Should I save myself or go back for the others because
BRIDGE 1: |G . . |. . * |Em7 . . |. . . |(2)
|C9 . . |C11 . . |C9 . . |C2 . . |(x)
Maybe there's no gray and I was wrong to tell 'em so
And maybe all that I've to do was done a long time ago
CHORUS: |G . . |G . . |C9 . . |C9 . . |
|Em7 . . |D . . |C9 . . |C9 . . |
|G . . |G . . |Em7 . . |Em7 . . |
|D . . |D . . |C9 . . |C2 . . |
|C9 . . |D4 . . |
'Cause there was life before my life
There was provision before my need
There was redemption before my sin
For the sake of the world I thank the Lord
That the truth's not contingent on me
HALF INTRO: |Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |. . * |
|Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |D¤ . .D4|
VERSE 2:
Em7 C9 G /F Em7 C9 G
I've been dressing up and dressing down for too many people
/F Em7 C9 G /F
And I'm a little young to live like a troubled boy, a troubled soul
Em7 C9 G /F Em7 C9
A fish out of water, 'cause we're all just the same
G /F Em7 C9 G
We're all just as good and just as bad and just as distracted
/F Em7 C9 G /F
By the corners of our eyes as our fathers were and theirs before
Em7 C9 G /F# C9 C9
And all those before them and still I glance around
BRIDGE 2:
G Em7 C9 C2 C9 C2
And with the way I stare you'd think I'd seen through a two-by-four
G Em7 C9 C2 C9 C2
And with the way I walk you'd think I'd never seen grace before
CHORUS:
G C9
There was life before my life
Em7 D4 C9
There was provision before my need
G Em7
There was redemption before my sin
D C9 C2
For the sake of the world I thank the Lord
C9 D4
That the truth's not contingent on me
SOLO: |C9 . . |. . C2 |G . . |Em7 . . |
|C9 . . |C2 . . |C9 . . |C2 . . |
VERSE 3 (half-verse):
But I've been putting up and putting down too many things
That I know nothing about but I'm jealous of
Holding pride as tight as I can like she was my only daughter
REPEAT CHORUS
OUTRO: |C9 . . |. . C2 |G . . |/B . . |
|C9 . . |C2 . . |C9 . . |D . . |
'Cause the truth's not contingent on me
|Em7 . . |C9 . . |G . . |. . * |
|Em7 . . |C9 . . |G |
4. Piece of Glass
Bm X24432 (or X20432 back-strum first time)
A* X040XX (or X04030)
Gx 3200XX (G)
Em7 010000
G6 320000
G6/A X00000
D X00232 (D/A)
E7 020100
D/F# 200232
G2 320203
G 320003
G/A X00003
A7sus X02030
A7 X02020
INTRO: Bm, A*, Gx, Bm, A*, Em7
VERSE 1:
Bm A* Gx
I can't believe that I did it again
Bm A* Em7 Bm
Wake me up from this nightmare
Bm A* G6 D
'Cause this monster's filling me up
E7 G6 G6/A
Filling me out
Bm A* Gx
Everyday I live a bit less
Bm A* Em7
One night leads to another
Bm A* G6 D
Even if I went back they wouldn't
E7 G6
Recognize me
E7 G6 G6/A
Criticize me
CHORUS 1:
D D/F# G2
Who are you that lies when you stare at my face
E7 G G/A
Telling me that I'm just a trace
D D/F# G2
Of the person I once was 'cause I just can't tell
E7 G
If you're telling the truth or a lie
E7 G
On you I just can't rely
E7 G G/A (Bm)
After all you're just a piece of glass
REPEAT INTRO
VERSE 2:
Bm A* Gx
Still this nightmare's all mine
Bm A* Em7
When I call him he answers
Bm A* G6 D
I can tell him when to come
E7 G6 G6/A
When to stay
Bm A* Gx
Sometimes I'm weaker than he is
Bm A* Em7
Is he just letting me win
Bm A* G6 D
He can tell me when to come
E7 G6 G6/A
When to stay
REPEAT CHORUS 1
BRIDGE: D, D/F#, G2
E7 G
Don't talk, listen
E7 G
Hold me tighter
E7 G
Stay with me just for a while
E7
Until the sun shines (till the sun shines)
D/F#
Stay with me (stay with me just give)
G A7sus A7
Just give me one more day
CHORUS 2:
D D/F# G2
Who are you that _cries_ when you stare at my face
E7 G G/A
Telling me that I'm just a trace
D D/F# G2
Of the person I once was 'cause we're not the same
E7 G
You're just a picture of me
E7 G
You're gone as soon as I leave
E7 G
You've lived my life for me
E7 G G/A D
And you're no more than a piece of glass
E7 G G/A D
You're no more than just a piece of glass
OUTRO: D, D/F#, G2, E7, G, G/A, D
5. Hope to carry on
Guitar tuned down 1/2 step to: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
-INTRO-
D G
-VERSE 1-
D G D G
I can see Jesus hanging on the cross
D G D G
I can see Jesus hanging on the cross
D G D
I can see Jesus hanging on the cross
He came looking for the lost
-CHORUS-
Em G
And Love has come
Em G
Love has come
Em G
Love has come
A D G
And it's giving me hope to carry on
-VERSE 2-
D G D G
I can hear Jesus saying "Father forgive"
D G D G
I can hear Jesus saying "Father forgive"
D G D
I can hear Jesus saying "Father forgive"
What a thing he did
-CHORUS-
Em G
And Love has come
Em G
Love has come
Em G
Love has come
A D G
And it's giving me hope to carry on
D G
-VERSE 3-
E A
I can see Love
E A
Love is all I want to see
E A E A
Love can make a beggar rich and set a prisoner free
E A
I know He can do it for you
E A
And God knows He did it for me.
-VERSE 4-
A7 A7,6(sus4)
I can see Love
A9(no3) A7,6(sus4) A7 A7,6(sus4)
Love is all I want to show you. Love,
A9(no3) A7,6(sus4) A7 A7,6(sus4)
Love's the only way to go. And love,
A9(no3) A7,6(sus4) A7 A7,6(sus4)
Love is all a man might need to know
A7
Yes, I know
-VERSE 5-
D G D G
You know Peter put away his sword
D G D G
I can see Peter puttin' away his sword
D G D
I can see Peter, he put away his sword
G
He won't fight no more
-CHORUS-
Em G
And Love has come
Em G
Love has come
Em G
Love has come
A D G
And it's giving me hope to carry on
D G D G A D
I gotta carry on
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| chords |
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D G Em A E A7 A7,6(sus4) A9(no3)
Eb-|-2--3--0---0--0--0---0-----------0---
Bb-|-3--3--0---2--0--2---3-----------5---
Gb-|-2--0--0---2--1--0---0-----------0---
Db-|-0--0--2---2--2--2---4-----------5---
Ab-|-0--2--2---0--2--0---0-----------0---
Eb-|-x--3--0---0--0--0---0-----------0---
enjoy
