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Sometimes Always

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

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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 12:05:54 EST

From: Brian F Mojica <bmojica@juno.com>

Sometimes Always

from the album "Stoned and Dethroned"

tabbed by Brian Mojica <BMojica@juno.com>

lyrics courtesy of Brian Mojica <BMojica@juno.com>

h = hammer on

p = pull off

/ = slide up

\ = slide down

~ = vibrato

^ = bend (half-, full-, two-steps etc. specified)

rb=release bend

capo IV

A D

A D

I gave you all I had

A D

I gave you good and bad

A D

I gave but you just threw it back

A D

I won^?t get on my knees

A D

Don^?t make me do that please

A D A D

I^?ve been away but now I^?m back

A D

Don^?t be too sure of that

A D

What makes you sure of that?

A D A D

You went away and can^?t come back

A D

I walked away from you

A D

I hurt you through and through

A D A D

Oh, honey, give me one more chance

solo 1

A D A

|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-(2)h4---2---2-------------|-------------------|-------2---2-------------|
|-----------------2^f-2rb---|-------2^f-2rb-----|-2h4-----------2^f-2rb---|
|-------------------------5-|-2---2---------5-2-|-----------------------5-|

D A D A

|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---2-----2---2-|
|-------2^h-2rb-----|-2^f-2rb-------2---2-|-2^f-2rb-------2---2-|-4-----4-------|
|-2---2---------5-2-|---------5-2-5---5---|---------5-2-5---5---|---------------|

D A (oh, you^?re a lucky son...)

|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---2---4-4^f-4rb-2---|-2-------------|
|-4-----------------4-|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|

A D

Oh, you^?re a lucky son

A D

Lucky son of a gun

A D

You went away

A D

You went away

A D D G

You went away but now you^?re back

solo 2

A D A

|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(2)h4---2---2-------------|-------------------|-----2---2-----------|
|-----------------2^f-2rb---|-------2^f-2rb---2-|-4---------2^f-2rb---|
|-------------------------5-|-2---2---------5---|-------------------5-|

D A D A

|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------4-|-4^f-4rb-2---2-4-2-4-|-4^f-4rb-2---2-4-2---|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------4---------|-----------4---------|---2-----2---2-4-|
|-------2^f-2rb-----|---------------------|-------------------2-|-4-----4---------|
|-2---2---------5---|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|

D A (I got down...)

|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-2---4^f-4rb-2---|-2-----------------|
|---------------4-|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|

A D

I got down on my knees

A D

And then I begged you please

A D A

I always knew you^?d take me back

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