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Children in Bloom

Counting Crows
Tab
★4.6(10)

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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 19:57:15 -0800

From: "Michael A. Mazur" <mmazur@WPI.EDU>

Subject: TAB: Counting Crows, "Children in Bloom"

Tab: "Children in Bloom" Counting Crows

Transcribed by Michael A. Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu)

All guitars tuned down 1/2 step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

Intro: Guitar 2 plays a Dsus2/A and sustains it with feedback

Guitar 1 plays the part below:

||--------------------------------|-----------0-----0-----|
||------3-----3-----3\2--------2--|--0-----0-----------0--|
||*--2-----2-----2-------2--2-----|-----2--------2--------|
||*-------------------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------------------|-----------------------|

( First ending )

|-------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----3-----3-----3\2--------2--|--0-----0--0-----0-----0---||
|--2-----2-----2-------2--2-----|-----2--------2-----2-----*||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------*||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------||

( Second ending )

|-----------------|
|--0-----0--------|
|-----2-----------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|

Verse: (Guitar 1 just plays E-D,

Guitar 2 doubles it, then picks through Dmaj7sus2 at the end)

(Dmaj7sus2 = xx0220)

E D Dmaj7sus2

Children in bloom cooking in the sun

waiting for a room of our own

leave my sister alone

she don't deserve this

she is a flower and I am a flower and

we are all alone

Chorus: Guitar 1 plays intro riff

Bm A Esus4

I gotta get out on my own

I gotta get up from this waiting at home

I gotta get out of this sunlight

It's melting my bones

I gotta get up from this slumber and get myself home

All these wasted dreams

waiting for the sun to open up my heart to anyone

bring me some rain

because i'm dying and i can't get this damn thing closed again

I gotta get out on my own

I gotta get up from this waiting at home

I gotta get out of this sunlight

It's melting my bones

I gotta get up from this slumber and get myself home

Solo: (Guitar 1 plays E D, guitar 2 plays solo)

|----------7-------------------------------------------|
|--7----------7----------------------------------------|
|--9b(11)--------(11)r9--9~~~--9~~~--9~~~--9h11--7~~~--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---------7---------7---------0--|
|--6b(7)-----6b(7)-----(7)r6--4--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|

|--7b(9)r7--9b(10)r9--10~~~--|--10h12~~~--12~~~--12~~~--10h12--|

|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

|--12b(14)--12b(14)--12b(14)--(14)r12p10--|

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--12----------12----------12----------12----------12----------|

|--15b(17)~~~--15b(17)~~~--15b(17)~~~--15b(17)~~~--15b(17)~~~--|

|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14-------14-------14-------19p14----------|--17b(19)--------|
|--17b(19)--17b(19)--17b(19)---------17--15--|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------|

Bass interlude, both guitars tacet eight measures

Guitar 1 plays E D as usual, guitar 2 plays the part below:

Where's the funhouse this year?

The fairground's deserted and the skies don't seem as near

Nicole's my oldest friend

but the altar is empty and she'll never be a little girl again

Guitar 2's part over third verse: (Begins just before the verse)

|--------|------------------------|
|--------|--9--10--9--9--10p9--9--|
|--------|--9--9---9--9--9--9--9--|
|--------|------------------------|
|--x--x--|------------------------|
|--------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--10h12--12--12--12p10--10--10p9--9--|--9h10--10--10--10p9--9h10--|
|--9------9---9---9--9---9---9--9--9--|--9-9---9---9---9--9--9-9---|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--7--7--------|
|--5/7--7--7--7\5--5--5--5h7--|--9--9--------|
|--7/9--9--9--9\7--7--7--7----|--9--9--------|
|-----------------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------|
|----------10------------------|--7--7-----|
|------------------------------|--9--9-----|
|--9b(11)------9b(11)--(11)r9--|--9--9-----|
|------------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------------|-----------|
|--7\5-----------------|----|
|--9\7-----------------|----|
|--9\7-----7b(9)r7-----|----|
|-------------------7--|/9--|
|----------------------|----|
|----------------------|----|

I gotta get out on my own

I gotta get up from this waiting at home

I gotta get out of this sunlight

It's melting my bones

I gotta get up from this slumber and get myself...

Guitar 1 plays Bm A E until end

* (Guitar 2 begins the outro solo here)

Home, home, home... I can't find my way home...

Guitar 2 plays this, starting where marked:

|--------------------------|----------0------------------|
|--------3-----------------|-------------0-------0-------|
|-----------4--------2-----|-----------------------------|
|-----4-----------2-----2--|-------6--------6h7-----6\2--|
|--2-----------4-----------|--4/7------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------3-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------4--------2-----|----------9-------9--7h9--|
|-----4-----------2-----2--|-------6--9--6/7--9--7h9--|
|--2-----------4-----------|--4/7---------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|------7-------------5--------|----7-------------5\---0--|
|---------7-------------5-----|-------9------------0-----|
|--/7--------7--7\6--------6--|/9--------9---/7----------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|--10-------------5--------|-------7--------7-----|
|------10------------5-----|----------9--------9--|
|----------11--6--------6--|--6/9--------9--------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--9b(10)--9b(10)--9b(10)--9--7\5h|--7~~~--7~~~--7p5~~~--5p3~~~--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--4--4/6--6--6/7--7/9--9--|--9--9/11--11--11\9--9/11--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--11/13--13\11--11--11/13--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

|--13/14--14\13--13/14--14/16--16\14--14/16--16--| *This measure and

|------------------------------------------------| the next are

|------------------------------------------------| tremlo picked

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|--14/16--16--14/16--16--14/16--16--14/16--16--14/16--16--14/16--16
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--14/16--16--14/16--16--14/16--16--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--19b(22)--19--17--19b(22)r19--17--19--17--19~~~--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--19p17--17p15--15--15p14--14\12--12h14--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------14-----------16-----------17---------------|
|--14b(16)------14b(16)------14b(16)------14b(16)--14--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------10---------------------------------|
|--14~~~--14~~~\|--10b(12)------(12)r10p8--10b(12)r10p8-----8--|
|---------------|----------------------------------------9-----|
|---------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--9p7-----7~~~--9p7-----7~~~--7p9--7-----7--|
|-------9-------------9----------------9-----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--9--7------------------7-------------|
|--------9--8--7\5--7/9-----9\7--5-----|
|-----------------------------------7--|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------10b(12)r10---------|--10b(12)--|
|----------------7/9--11--------------11--9--|-----------|
|----------7--9------------------------------|-----------|
|--5--7/9------------------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------------------------|-----------|

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