Song: Things Mean A lot Artist: Red House Painters Album: Red House Painters (#2) _______________________________________________________ This arr. by Michael Hughes for solo guitar & voice _______________________________________________________ It would be great to correspond with some RHP fans. I'm hard pressed to find a band that I enjoy this much. hughesme@bergelect.com Sept '97 _______________________________________________________ Notes: 1.Sorry I did not take the energy to name all the chords (I would probably name them wrong anyway) There is a lot of droning going on throughout, and I thought this would be the easiest method to relate. 2.This of course is not exact since I'm reducing it to one guitar. It does however stand up fairly well. 3.Lyrics in parenthesis are questionable. I sing, "..heart's heights" 4.Parenthesis are used with double-digit fret numbers for clarity. 5.See additional performance note at end concerning OUTRO. _______________________________________________________ This is a gorgeous little bittersweet piece presented more as a collage than as a verse,verse,chorus,etc form. ENJOY! _______________________________________________________ 3/4 time DADGAD tuning INTRO: crescendo in with repeating xo3o3o xo3o3o xo3ooo xo54oo xo5ooo ooo2oo A de- scend- ing climb 4xxoo4 6x6oo6 my feet can't make the hill x5oo5o x4oo4o x5oo5o to the top (of your heart's heights) (where your house hides) x3oo3o 55oo5o tomorrow she comes 77oo7o 88oo8o the one who I'd sworn and broke loyally x3oo3o o5oo5o to take your place 77oo7o 88(10)ooo in the bed next to me xo3o3o xo3ooo xo54oo xo5ooo ooo2oo You threat to make me dead 88oo8o and none of this will matter 77oo75 ooo2oo or surface again 555755 ooo2oo It scares you to know xxoo45 7779oo that we won't be 999(11)oo 5557oo watching the same sun 999(11)oo 3335oo or brooding the same thoughts 999(11)oo 5557oo 999xxx in the same part of the world 999(11)99 777977 4446oo 222422 Scares me how you get older x244xxx x355xxx how you for-get about each other 999(11)99 777977 4446oo 222422 Scares me how you get older x244xxx x355xxx how you for-get about each other ___________________________________________ OUTRO: \ 888(10)oo | Things mean a lot at the time | | 2o2ooo 2o2o4o | don't mean nothing later | | 888(10)oo 5554ooo 555oo4 | things mean a lot at the time | ___________________________________________/ repeat outro 6 times, end with 888(10)oo _____________________________________________ OUTRO performance note: I like to pull off the highest fretted note of the 888(10)ooo, 2o2o4o, and 555oo4 chords on the upbeat of 2 just prior to moving to the next chord and allow the open pulled-off note to ring thru the next chord _________________________________________________________________________________________ Things mean a lot On : Red House Painters By : The Red House Painters Tuning : DADGAD Note : 1/ I really got more and more into that song recently so I thought I'd learn it and I checked out Mike Hughes' tab. I think there are several mistakes in it so here's my bet. 2/ Remember that a=10, b=11, c=12... Chords : F6/9 <333030> G9 <555000> D9 <002200> Gmaj7/9 <5x0004> Bb6/maj7 <8x0007> D4 <090000> D4/maj7 A4/7/9 <779000> Bb6/maj7/9 <88a000> D <000204> Bb6/maj7 <888000> A4/7 <777000> D* <000707> Bm7 A(bass 3rd) D4* <454000> A4 C6/9 Bbmaj7 G4/9 <5x5500> Intro : Fade in F6/9 Then : F6/9 G9 D9 A descen-ding climb Gmaj7/9 Bb6/maj7 -My feet can't make the hill D4 D4/maj7 To the top of your heart's heights (yeah, I also like to sing that !) F6/9 G9 -Tomorrow she comes A4/7/9 The one who I'd sworn and broke Bb6/maj7/9 -Loyally F6/9 G9 -To take your place A4/7/9 Bb6/maj7/9 In the bed next to me F6/9 G9 D You threat to make me dead Bb6/maj7 A4/7 D* And none of this will matter or surface again G9 D Bm7 A(bass 3rd) It scares you to know that we won't be Bm7 Watching the same G9 Sun Bm7 Or brooding the same F6/9 Thoughts Bm7 In the same G9 Bm7 Part of the world G9 D4* Bm7 A4 Scares me how you get older Bm7 C6/9 How you for-get about each other G9 D4* Bm7 A4 Scares me how you get older Bm7 C6/9 How you for-get about each other Bbmaj7 Things mean a lot at the time C6/9 G4/9 Don't mean nothing later Bbmaj7 C6/9 - G4/9 Things mean a lot at the time. ...and so on. Any corrections ?