There are two parts to this song. The lead guitar, which is picking through
chords for almost the entire song, is Derek Webb. He is in an alternate
tuning, though, (it is DGDGAD) and so I will not put his part up. I know
to a few of you that is a pain, but to most it will save you numerous sets
of strings from breaking, so I have to consider the masses. Again, anything
you want and cannot find, simply e-mail me and ask!
Anyway, Cliff's part is Capoed at the 4th fret, and played in G. That puts
the actual song in B, fyi. With a little practice, though, you can play the
entire song with his part and come pretty close to the record. Just work on
picking through the chords as opposed to just strumming straight down. I also
went through every verse, as opposed to saying "see above" or something like that;
there are some small subtle changes thrown in. Be sure to look through all the
verses if you want to catch these. Only the chorus is the same throughout.
All chords are given relative to the Capo
Intro:
G Am7 C D
G Am7 C D
(NOTE: If you are really ambitious, you can pick through these. I have tabbed
out a pretty nice way to go about it. It is really fast, so it will take some
practice, and mail me if you ahve questions)
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------3---------1------1p0h1--------3---
------------------------------2---------
--------------------------------0-0-----
---------3p0-h3---0h3-------------------
-3-3------------------------------------
---G--- ---Am7-- ----C----- ----D----
----------------------------------------------
-------3-----------1------1p0h1-----------3---
--------------------------------2-------------
----------------------------------0-(4)-0-----
---------0h3p0-h3-----0h3---------------------
-0-0h3----------------------------------------
---G--- ---Am7-- ----C----- ----D----
Verse:
G Am7 C D
Spit and the clay, when washed away
G Am7 C D
Gave the blind man sight
G Am7 C D Em
New eyes couldn't comprehend the sun
D C
That by light ended the night
Bridge:
D C
Shackled in blindness since his birth
D C D
Whose sin, was it him, what's it all worth
Interlude:
G Am7 C D } This time, these are just strummed, not
G Am7 C D } picked as earlier.
Verse:
G Am7 C D
Now with eyes wide open they
G Am7
interrogate him
C D
Saying who is he
G Am7 C D
Do you believe what that man is saying
Em D C
Who do you say is he
Chorus:
G Cadd9
All I know
D Cadd9 G
Is I was blind, he said
C9 D Cadd9
And now I see
G Cadd9 D Cadd9 G Cadd9 D Cadd9
All I know is he healed me
Verse:
G Am7 C D
I sit here today
G Am7 C D
So I say that I believe in him
G Am7 C D Em
Yet I cannot fathom the wind-like way
D C
That's made me new again
Bridge:
D C
Shackled in blindness since my birth
D C D
Whose sin, was it me, what's it all worth.
Chorus: (Same as above)
All I know
Is I was blind, he said
And now I see
All I know is he healed me
Verse:
G Am7 C D
Now new from the womb
G D (<-- Note the change from Am7 to D!)
They interrogate me
C D
Saying who is he
G Am7 C D Em
Do you believe what that book is saying
C D
How gullible can you be
Bridge 2:
D D
Darwin my tend to disagree
D
I don't know
D D
Marx is writing a drug I need
D
Still I don't know
D D
Freud analyzes in my head
D C
Nietzsche's saying God is dead
But I'm saying
Chorus: (Same as above)
All I know
Is I was blind, he said
And now I see
All I know is he healed me
Chorus: (Same as above)
All I know
Is I was blind, he said
And now I see
All I know is he healed me
Outro:
G Am7 C D } Go back to picking through these
G Am7 C D }
G Am7 C D
Spit and the clay, when washed away
G Am7 C D
Gave the blind man sight
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Chord Signatures:
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Cliff: (all given relative to capo)
E|-3---0---0----3-----2---0---
B|-3---1---1----3-----3---0---
G|-0---0---0----0-----2---0---
D|-0---2---2----2-----0---2---
A|-2---0---3----3-----x---2---
e|-3---x--(3)---x-----x---0---
G Am7 C Cadd9 D Em
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Brett
[email protected]
1:14 PM 12/8/96
Lyrics printed by permission of Derek Webb and Aaron Tate.
Written by Aaron Tate and Cliff Young. (1994, Cumbee Road Music).
All rights reserved.