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Late September Dogs

Melissa Etheridge
Bass Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

pattern1

C Csus C Csus

Just inside the distance, I hear the late September dogs

I so I beg for sleep, the child who walked before she crawled

C Csus C Csus

damn my soul that remembers and clutches to this pain

C F[strum]

the spear in your side is me come on let it ...

chorus

Am G

oh ho ho let it rain, let the rain fill my eyes

F G

I don't wanna see, no, let it rain down on me

[pattern1] C Csus C Csus

let it rain down on me oooh hooo

[outro]:

C Csus [pattern1] to fade

Fingering:

Alternative fingering for C and Csus :

C Csus

___________ ___________

|_|_1_1_1_1 10th |_|_1_1_1_1 10th fret

|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_3_3_3 |_|_|_3_3_3

|_|_|_|_4_| |_|_|_|_4_4

If the C,Csus at the 10th fret is too trebly or hard on the fingers, it

also works playing C,Csus at the nut (or possibly C,F {bracketed}) like

this:

// C | x_____o___o

e-||-----------0----------|---------0--------|---  |_|_|_|_1--_|
B-||.-------------(1)-----|------------1-----|---  |_|_|_|_|--_|
G-||.-----------------(0)-|---------------0--|---  |_3_4_|_|--_|
D-||----------------------|------------------|---  |_|_|_|_|--_|
A-||---3----3-------------|--3----3----------|----------------_|

\\

Csus or {F} \\ x_____o____

e--------------1----------|---------1---------||-  |_|_|_|_1_1_|
B-----------------(1)-----|------------1-----.||-  |_|_|_|_|--_|
G---------------------(0)-|---------------0--.||-  |_3_4_|_|--_|
D-----{3}--{3}------------|-{3}--{3}----------||-  |_|_|_|_|--_|
A------3----3-------------|--3----3-----------||--------------_|

//

Arrangement:

If you don't have loads of bass guitar in the back, it might be better to

strum C,Csus or even C,F at the prechorus, rather than continuing picking

pattern 1.

EADGBe

320003 - G

xx3211 - F

x02210 - Am

comments, improvements, etc. welcome

Nic

Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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