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Song
BLUE TELESCOPE - John Hiatt
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+ + + + + + + + (Acoustic enters
|Csus4 C Csus2 C|Csus4 C Csus2 | x4 after 2nd time)
I've got a blue telescope, I'm looking at the world tonight
Through a blue telescope; I wish I may, I wish I might
F Csus4 etc
Not see what I see - sheet metal on sheets of ice
G Csus4 etc
Looking through this blue telescope down a moonstruck road tonight
Blue breath on my windshield, I came to a frozen place
She shivered when I said goodbye - I wish I didn't have to face
Her in that rear-view mirror, though she lives in the heart of me
Looking through this blue telescope
I guess she'll always be a star to me
G/B Am Em F C
The heavens vast and wide
G/B Am Em F G
Wait to escort the bride
Am Em F C
She lifts her wedding veil
G/B Am Em F G
Her breath a lonesome vapour trail
<Solo> (Same chords as verse)
I got this blue telescope - I'm looking for her tonight
Through a blue telescope; tell me, why must the blue angels fight?
Taking one last shot at heaven while they slip stream through paradise
Looking through this blue telescope down a moonstruck road tonight
I'm looking through this blue telescope down a moonstruck road tonight
I've got a blue telescope
Blue telescope
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Chords used: C-x3201x, Csus4-x3301, Csus2-x3001x, G-320033,
G/B-x20033, Am-x02210, Em-022000
NB This becomes much easier to sing (for my voice anyway), if you play
it in Bb - the riff thingy works in G too, so you can play it in G
with a capo on the third fret. No I won't transpose all the chords for
you, you lazy swine...
Enjoy!
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TAB
Bridge: (Overdub guitar)
+ + + + + + + +
|-------17----------15----|-------13----------12-13-12-------| |-----17----------17------|-----13----------15---------15-13-| |---17----------16--------|---14----------12-----------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|-------17----------15----|-------13----------15-17-15-------| |-----17----------17------|-----13----------15---------17-15-| |---17----------16--------|---14----------16-----------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|-------17----------15----|-------13----------12-13-12-------| |-----17----------17------|-----13----------15---------15-13-| |---17----------16--------|---14----------12-----------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|-------17----------15----|-------15----------15----| |-----17----------17------|-----13----------13------| |---17----------16--------|---14----------14--------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
+ + + +
|-------15----17--17-15------------------| |-----15-------------------15-17-15------| |---16------------------------------16---| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|
Solo: - played WITHOUT a plectrum
Let ring throughout
+ + + + + . + . + . + .
-----|-----------------|----------------------------| -----|-----------------|-----8----------------------| -7h9-9b10~~~~9~~~~--\7-9b10~~~~9~~~~~---------------| -----|-----------------|-------------12h14p12p10-10-| -----|-----------------|----------------------------| -----|-----------------|----------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------8-----------8-----------|-8-------------------------------| |-----7h9---9p7---7h9---9p7---7h9-|---9p7---7-------------------7h9-| |---------------10----------10----|-------10----10------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
|---------|-------------|---------|---------------------------------| |---------|/10-8-6-6---6|-6--5----|---------------------------------| 9b10------|----9-7-5-/7-|-5--5----|--/9---9-------9-------9---------| |---------|-------------|---------|-----12----12------12------12-(10) |---------|-------------|---------|---------------------------------| |---------|-------------|---------|---------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + N.H.
|------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------|-12-| |------------|----10-------|----------------------|-----------feedback |------------|/12----12----|---9h10/12--------9h10|-9-\7--------|----| |-12-------12|-------------|----------------------|-------10----|----| |-10---------|-------------|----------------------|-------------|----| |------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------|----|
Notation used:
+ = beat marker
. = 1/8th-note marker
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
/ = slide
b = bend
~ = vibrato
N.H. = natural harmonic
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