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Tell Me, Dear: lyrics and chords

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Nov 15, 2024
  • 2 min read

This is another 4/4 piece. It's not all fancy metres! The opening riff is a B minor blues thing, but the key is largely F# minor. Verse F# minor 11 You're never keen to talk F# minor 13 (voice leading ... G# on B string at ninth position slides up to A on tenth fret) But you stare as he drones F# minor 11 I see you everywhere, :|| Or are they merely Dmaj7 your clones? Db minor 11 Tell me, dear! Eb minor 11 Tell me, dear! F# minor 11 You share your every thought F# minor 13 But never tell me your dreams F minor 11 Are you living life out loud, :|| Or are you living through Dmaj7 memes? Db minor 11 Tell me, dear! Eb minor 11 Tell me, dear! Chorus (modulation to the relative major) C# minor 7 Am I the Amaj7 one B7 To wander through B/E (E in 6/4 inversion) This life with you? C# minor 7 Don't turn and Amaj7 run B7 The way you always B/E Seem to do. C# minor 7 The ball is Amaj7 spun Dmaj7 Towards the Cmaj7 sun: B minor 7 Hit it here! Gmaj7 Hit it here! Verse (outro)


F# minor 11 You're never keen to talk F# minor 13 But you stare as he drones F# minor 11 I see you everywhere, :|| Or are they merely            Dmaj7 your clones? Db minor 11 Tell me, dear! Eb minor 11 Tell me, dear! - This isn't what I'd give a guitarist. I'd just count out the bars and make a jazz rhythm chart. Like, this one drags the beat slightly, and that's not really reflected in this basic version.

 
 
 

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Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Nov 16, 2024

This definitely shows Ewan Clark's influence: he's keen on modulation by thirds.

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