Sweet Evening Breeze

Song

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Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 02:38:35 -0500

From: "Paul M. Berens" <berensp@bc.edu>

To: guitar@olga.net

Subject: CRD: m/mellencamp_john/sweet_evening_breeze.crd

"Sweet Evening Breeze"

by John Mellencamp

This a lesser-known tune off the "Human Wheels" album, but a fun one to

play acoustic. It oscillates between meditative picking and exciting

strumming. Notice my naming conventions with D/Dsus2 and D/Dsus4 below.

Enjoy.

INTRO: (Asus2)

E|----------------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------0---------------------0--------------------------------|
G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2-----------(repeat-4-times)--|
D|-------2-----2--------------2---------------2--------------------------|
A|----0------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE: (Asus2,G,D [&Dsus4])

E|----------------------0-------------------------------------------3----|
B|----------------0---------------------0---------------------0----------|
G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2------------0--------0-------|
D|-------2-----2--------------2---------------2------0-----0-------------|
A|----0------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------3----------------------|

<-------"D/Dsus2"----------> <-----D/Dsus4-----------------------|

E|----------------0-----0h2------------3-----2------3----2-----------------|
B|----------3--------3---------3------------------3----3-------------------|
G|-------2-----2-----------------2--------2-----2----2---------------------|
D|----0--------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

*if you can get the above, you can surely make up a similar picking

pattern for the C and Em progressions which are next.

VERSE 1:

Asus2 G

I was loud and a little sad.

D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4

She was visiting from Atlanta, Georgia.

Asus2 G

She had come to spend the summer with her dad.

D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4

I thought she was very pretty.

C Em

We would kiss and hold hands

C Em

Every night by the football field.

C Em

Her body was tan

D/Dsus2

>From the afternoons by the public swimming pool.

CHORUS: (strum these chords)

Asus2 G

Sweet evening breeze

Asus2 G

Blows around my thoughts and memories.

Asus2

As I lie here today

G

And drink my tea,

D Dsus4 D

I can still see

Asus2 / G / Asus2 / G / Asus2 / G / Asus2 / G

Sweet evening breeze.

VERSE 2:

Asus2 G

I saw her in a coffee shop

D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4

In a big hotel down in Austin, Texas.

Asus2 G

She had cut her long hair off

D/Dsus2

And replaced it with

G D G D

Blue eyes of sad - ness.

C Em

Still acted like we were kids

C *Fill*

And she told me that she had to marry

C Em

And she asked me if I did

D/Dsus2

Still remember.

CHORUS

VERSE 3:

Asus2 G

How redundant the future can be.

D/Dsus2 D/Dsus4

These days of old are very, very

Asus2 G

Ridiculous for me to see

D/Dsus2 G D G D

When I think about the real gone stor - ies

C Em

And how time holds the winning hand.

C *Fill*

I can tell by the lines on our faces

C Em

And the young can't understand

D/Dsus2

That they look at me

When they look at themselves.

CHORUS

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FILL: CHORDS:

E|----------------------------------------------------|             e b g d a E
B|----0---0---0---0---------|     Asus2 | 0 0 2 2 0 0-|
G|--------------------------|         G | 3 0 0 0 2 3-|
D|--------------------------|         D | 2 3 2 0-----|
A|----2---0-----------------|     Dsus2 | 0 3 2 0-----|
E|------------3---2---------|     Dsus4 | 3 3 2 0-----|

C | 0 1 0 2 3

Em | 0 0 0 2 2 0