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Cracking

Suzanne Vega
Tab
★4.8(7)

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

Actually in B; capo up four frets.

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F#

intro

Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note]

intro

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#

It's a one time thing, it just happens a lot

Csus2 G/B G G5/F#

Walk with me and we will see what we have got

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#

Ahhhhhhh... Ahhhhhhh...

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#

My footsteps are ticking, like water dripping from a tree

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#

Walking a hairline, and stepping very carefully

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F#

Ahhhhhhh... Ahhhhhhh...

Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note]

Ahhhhhhh...

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#

My heart is broken; it's worn out at the knees

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#

Hearing muffled, seeing blind, soon it will hit the deep freeze

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#

Ahhhhhhh...

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#

And something is cracking, I don't know where

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#

Ice on the sidewalk, brittle branches in the air

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#

The sun is blinding, dizzy golden, dancing green

Csus2 G/B G5 F#[single note]

Through the park in the afternoon, wondering where the hell

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F#

I have been

Em7 Em7/B A7 A7 C Cmaj7 A7 A7 C Cmaj7 G5 G[single note]

Ah ha haaaaa...

INTRO AND VERSE:

[Most of the verse just uses the first four measures of tab.]

[Note that whenever the G5 measure comes before the Em7-A7 part,

there is also an A bass note in the second half of the measure.]

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F#

----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|
----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
3---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|3---------------|2---------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

Csus2 G/B G5 G5/F# G5/F#

----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|---3----|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|-----0--|
----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|--0---0-|
3---------------|2---------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------|
----------------|----------------|3---------------|0=2-------------|2-------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^.^.^.^.

Em7 Em7/B A7 A7

----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
------3---------|------3---------|------2---------|------2---------|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|
----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
----------------|2---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

C Cmaj7 G5 G5 [single note]

----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
------1---------|------0---------|------3---------|----------------|
----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------------|
----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----------------|
3---------------|3---------------|----------------|----------------|
----------------|----------------|3---------------|3---------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

"THE SUN IS BLINDING...":

Csus2 G/B

E ------------------------|-------------------------------------------------| The quick notes there

B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--|  are actually 16-------|th-note
G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------|  triplets; the "03-----|s
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---|  and "02"s are hammer--|
A 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02-----------------------------|  ons, obviously.  Good

E ------------------------|------------------------| luck. You can subs---|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . titute something easier.

..sun is blind - ing,

G5 G5/F#

E ------------------------|------------------------|
B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--|
G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------|
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---|
A ------------------------|------------------------|
E 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02----|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

dizzy, gol - den, danc - ing green

Csus2 G/B

E ------------------------|------------------------|
B ---------3-----------3--|---------3-----------3--|
G ---0-----------0--------|---0-----------0--------|
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---|
A 03----03----03----03----|02----02----02----02----|
E ------------------------|------------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

Through the park in the af - ter - noon,

G5 G5/F#

E ------------------------|------------------------|
B ---------3-----------3--|------------------------|
G ---0-----------0--------|------------------------|
D --0-----0-----0-----0---|------------------------|
A ------------------------|------------------------|
E 03----03----03----03----|2-----------------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

wondering where the hell I have been...

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