Guitar: dropped D tuning (DADGBE - low to high),

Am: D A D G B E D: ============= ============= _|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _o_|_o_o_|_|_ _|_|_|_o_|_o_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ G/D: A#: ============= ============= _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_o_ _o_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ G: D*: ============= ===========X= _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_o_|_|_|_ _o_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ C1: D/E: Em: ============= ============= ============= _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_x_|_|_|_|_ (C2) _|_|_|_o_|_|_ _o_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_o_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_o_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ _|_|_|_|_|_|_ ^ (hammer on) Notes: 1) The D* chord is questionable. 2) C1 is a hammer on 3rd fret, fifth string, and C2 is a hammer on 2nd fret, same string. (Am chord) Intro: E ------------0---------------0----- B ------------1-----1---------1----- G ------------2---------2-----2----- D -0-2-0------2-------2-------2----- (repeat twice) A -------2--0--------------0-------- D ---------------2------------------ ^ ^ ^ (hammer on) Words: 1: Am D G/D D G/D Am I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm Am D G/D D G/D Am Tumbling and falling down the avalanche Hmmmmmmmm A# G C1-C2 D But I will raise up my voice into the void A# Em Am You have left me nowhere to go 2: I love you so much and it's so bizzare A mystery that goes on and on and on It is the best thing and the very most hard And we don't get along After countless appeals, we keep spinning our wheels On this mountain of new fallen snow So I let go the catch and we're over the edge You have left me nowhere to go I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche (guitar interlude: Am D G/D D G/D Am) 3: Sometimes you make me loose my will to live And just become a beacon for your soul But the past is stronger than my will to forgive Forgive you or myself, I don't know I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm Tumblin' and fallin' down the avalanche Hmmmmmmmm So be quiet tonight, be sure to step lightly On this mountain of new fallen snow But I will raise up my voice into the void You have left me nowhere to go I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Hmmmmmm (Guitar Ending:) heavy strumming on D/E chord, then single slow strum on D* chord -- Marc Hirsh (marc@owlnet.rice.edu) \ / ^ --"I went to the funeral and Lord it made me happy..." V (Lyle Lovett)