Tori Amos - Leather Chords & Tabs

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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 23:43:21 -0500 (EST)
From: Bryson Meunier 
Subject: TAB:"Leather" by Tori Amos

Leather 
by Tori Amos
off of Little Earthquakes

   Chords for the piano intro/verse are offered in the LE songbook. 
This is the heavily distorted electric guitar part that goes with 
them.


   guitar 1(heavy distortion)-

      I could just pre - tend that you love me    The night 
   E-----------------------------------------------------------|
   B-----------------------------------------------------------|
   G-----------------------------------------------------------|
   D-----------------------------------------------------------|
   A--3--------2-----------1-------------0---------------------|
   E-----------------------------------------------------4-----|

      would lose all sense of fear             But   why  do I
   E-----------------------------------------------------------|
   B-----------------------------------------------------------|
   G-----------------------------------------------------------|
   D-------------------------------0---------------------------|
   A----------------------------------2--------------------2---|
   E---------3---------2-----------------3-1----3--------------|

      need you to love me     when you can't hold 
   E-----------------------------------------------------------|
   B-----------------------------------------------------------|
   G-----------------------------------------------------------|
   D-----------------------------------------------------------|
   A---1-----------h3p0----------------------------------------|
   E--------------------------------4-----------3--------------|
 
It sounds to me like there are two guitars during the end of this 
part but I only transcribed the lower one. Let me know if you figure
out the higher.

The guitar part during the piano solo is similar to the above.


I'm not exactly sure about this next part. It could be this:

    an angel
   E---------------------|
   B---------------------|
   G---------------------|
   D----------3----------|
   A------------6-3------|
   E----------------5----| 

Or maybe one of these:

   E---------------|----------------|
   B---------------|----------------|
   G---------------|----------------|
   D---3-----------|--3--1----------|
   A------6--3--0--|--------3--0----|
   E---------------|----------------|

They're all essentially the same so just play whichever one you like
best. Afterwards the guitar picks up around "fear" in the above.

       Oh    God    could it be the weather
   E-----------------------------------------------------------|
   B-----------------------------------------------------------|
   G-----------------------------------------------------------|
   D-----------------------------------------------------------|
   A---6----------------------------------6-\13-/(6)-6---------|
   E-----------------------------------------------------------|

This next part goes overtop of the above eventually:

   E-----------17b-17-17r--------------------------------------|
   B--16~~~~~~------------16~~~~~~~~~~16-18-19-16~~~~~~~~~~~---|
   G-----------------------------------------------------------|
   D-----------------------------------------------------------|
   A-----------------------------------------------------------|
   E-----------------------------------------------------------|

   E-----16----16----16-18-------------------------------------|
   B--16----16----16-------16~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------------|
   G-----------------------------------------------------------|
   D-----------------------------------------------------------|
   A-----------------------------------------------------------|
   E-----------------------------------------------------------|

It should be accurate but you're welcome to tell me(gently) if it's
not. Enjoy.

Transcribed by Bryson Meunier
http://www.angelfire.free/bryson.html
mailto:meunier.1@osu.edu

Symbols used in transcription:
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
\ = slide
(6) = ghost note
~ = sustain

-= Leather =-
  Tori Amos

from the album Little Earthquakes


tabbed by beth smith - bjsmith@uvic.ca


* both guitars -  medium distortion



Look I'm standing naked before you
Don't you want more than my sex
I can scream as loud as your last one
But I can't claim innocence

Oh god could it be the weather
Oh god why am I here
If love isn't forever
And its NOT THE WEATHER
Hand me my leather


   I could just pretend that you love me
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tori_amos/leather_tab.html ]
e-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------|
A--9-------8-------7-------------6----------|
E-------------------------------------------|


  The night would lose all sense of fear

e------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------6--------------|
D------------------------------------------8-----------|
A-----5-----------4--------3------------------9--7-----|
E------------------------------------------------------|


  But why do I need you to love me

e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------|
A-----9--//13--12----------11---------|
E-------------------------------------|


 When you can't hold what I hold dear

e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------|
A-----10--------9---------8-----------|
E-------------------------------------|



Oh god could it be the weather
Oh god why am I here
If love isn't forever
And its NOT THE WEATHER
Hand me my leather


  I almost ran over an angel

e-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------7--5-------------|
E--------------------------------------7--3-------|


He had a nice big fat cigar

e-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------6--------------|
D-------------------------------8-----------|
A----------------------------------9--7-----|
E-------------------------------------------|


"IN A SENSE" he said "you're alone here

e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------|
A-----9--//13--12----------11---------|
E-------------------------------------|


 So if you jump you best jump far"

e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------|
A-----10--------9---------8-----------|
E-------------------------------------|


   Oh god could it be the weather

e------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A--5-----------------------------5--5////////12////////5-----|
E------------------------------------------------------------|


Oh god why am I here

   If love isn't forever

e------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A--5-----------------------------5--5////////12////////5-----|
E------------------------------------------------------------|


And its NOT THE WEATHER


   Oh  god could it be the weather

guitar 1-
e------17----------------------------------------|
B--15------------15----------------15--17--18----|
G------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------|

guitar 2-
e------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------|
D------7-----------------------------------------|
A--5-------------5-----------------5---7---8-----|
E------------------------------------------------|


  Oh god its all very clear

e-----------------------15--15--15-15h17-----------|
B---------------------15--15--15---------15--------|
G--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|


   If love isn't forever

e------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A--5-----------------------------5--5////////12////////5-----|
E------------------------------------------------------------|


And its NOT THE WEATHER
Hand me my leather