James - Sometimes

Taken from the album Laid

Written and performed by James

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Note: Capo at the 2nd fret.  All notes/chords given relative to capo.
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Solo:

e-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------  x2
D-0-0-0--0-0-0-0----------------------------------------
A-----------------3--2-2-2-2--3-2-0-2-0-----------------
E---------------------------------------3--3~-----------

e-------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------0-0-0--------------
G-----------------------0-0-0--2-2-2--------------------
D--0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------

e------------------         e--------------------3~-----
B--3--0-0-----0-0--         B--------------------3~-----
G----------0-------  x2     G---0----------------0~-----
D------------------         D------2-2--0--------0~-----
A------------------         A-------------3-2----2~-----
E------------------         E-----------------3--3~-----

(~ = vibrato)

Song Structure:

Two acoustic guitars in this song, and I think both play the same chords.  The verse is just a single, quickly strummed, chord of G, the chorus G Em C.  In live versions they sometimes play G Em C progression in the verse at certain points, or maybe only one guitar does and the others stick to G.  Now there are 3 guitarists it's just complete madness!  But whatever you do, keep up the pace!
To play the solo above play it as written, i.e. first bit twice, second bit once, third bit twice and fourth bit once.  This particular solo was played by Adrian at the MTV 5 Night Stand gig, and is different to the once on the record which just repeats the first bit three times.  If you listen very carefully you can just make it out in the background.  Oh, and the chord for the solo is G.

Lyrics/Chords:

G
There's a storm outside, and the gap between crack and thunder

Crack and thunder, is closing in, is closing in

The rain floods gutters, and makes a great sound on concrete

On a flat roof, there's a boy leaning against the wall of rain

Aerial held high, calling "come on thunder, come on thunder"

                      Em 
Sometimes,

                         C
When I look deep in your eyes,

                       G
I swear I can see your soul

                      Em 
Sometimes,

                         C
When I look deep in your eyes,

                       G
I swear I can see your soul


It's a monsoon, and the rain lifts lids off cars

Spinning buses like toys, stripping them to chrome

Across the bay, the waves are turning into something else

Picking up fishing boats and spewing them on the shore

 

The boy is hit, lit up against the sky, like a sign, like a neon sign

And then he crumples, drops into the gutter, cut strings, legs twitching

The flood, swells his clothes, and delivers him on, delivers him on

 

Sometimes, 

When I look deep in your eyes

I swear I can see your soul

Sometimes,

When I look deep in your eyes 

I swear I can see your soul

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[Solo goes here, incase you can't here where it is]
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There's four new colours in the rainbow

An old man's taking polaroids

But all he captures is endless rain, endless rain

He says listen, takes my head and puts my ear to his

And I swear I can hear the sea

 

Sometimes, 

When I look in your eyes 

I can see your soul

[Repeat to fade]


  
Transcribed by Alex Carter 2001.

alex@shandy3000.fsnet.co.uk