Song For A Good Son (M.Steele) - detailed version / simplified
Tabbed by S.Greentree - (6/11/2010)
[capo at 2nd fret, except where noted]
Em
Em A
A summer's day so long ago
C D
A thousand boats dancing on the bay
Em A
I came to you inside a dream
C D
We both held hands and fell into the water
Em Em7 Em Em7
[Note: guitar playing riffs is non-capoed]
E------------------------------------------------0---
B--------------------------------------------0-------
G-----4----2-------------4---2-----------------------
D-----------------4-----------------4----------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------0----
B-------------------------------------------0--------
G-----4----2-------------4---2-----------------------
D-----------------4-----------------4----------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
Em Asus2
You never claimed to know me well
C Dsus2
The dark-eyed son, the privileged man
Em Asus2
You found me bitter, you thought me cold
C Dsus2
Well now I'm gonna make you understand
Em Asus2
My mother died, my father cried
C Dsus2
He left me lonely by the waterside
Em Asus2
Waterside so deep and wide
C D
If I follow, maybe I will find her
(1:02)
E--------------------------------------------------------0---
B------------------------------------------------------------
G----4-4-4-4----2-------------4---2------------2-------------
D---------------------4-------------------4------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------0-----------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G-----4----2-------------4---2-------------------------------
D-----------------4-----------------4------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------
Em Em7 Em Em7
(1:10)
G A D [Guitar riff at 1:16-1:17]
Beyond the salt and spray
E---------------------------
B---------------------------
G---------------------------
D---------------------------
A---------------------------
E----7-s-9---7-p--5---7-----
G A D B7
The current carried her away
Em Asus2 C Dsus2
Em Asus2 C Dsus2
Solo: [capoed]
Em Asus2 C Dsus2
E----0--0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0---0---0-0--0------0---0--0--0-----0---0--0---0----0------------
B----5--5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5---3--3--3--3--s--8---8--8--8--s--10-10-10-10-10----------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(play end of solo with tasty distortion and hold last note)
(1:48-1:53)
Em Asus2 C Dsus2
E----0--0---0-----0--0----0-----0--0-0---0--0---0-----0-----0------------------------------
B----5--5---5-p--3--3----3p2--3--3-3---5--5---5-----8-----8b10-----------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G A D
Beyond the salt and spray
G A D B7
The current carried her away
(riff at 2:14)
E--------------------------------------------0---------
B------------------------------------------------------
G-----4-----2-------------4-p--2-----------------------
D-------------------4-----------------4----------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
Em Asus2
I can't outrun my destiny
C Dsus2
Tell me who will sing a song for me
Em Asus2
Darkness darkness cover me
C Dsus2 (distortion in background)
By my own hand is the way it has to be
Em Asus2
My mother died my father cried
C Dsus2
You will find me by the waterside
Em Asus2
Waterside so deep and wide
C A
If I follow, maybe I will find her
C A
If I follow, maybe I will find her
(riff at 2:55---variation?)
E--------------------------------------------0-------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G-----4-----2-------------4----2---------------------------
D-------------------4-----------------4--------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
C A [repeat chords]
If I follow, maybe I will find her
E------------------------------------------------0------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G---2-h--4--p---2-------------4----2--------------------------
D------------------------4-----------------4------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------0---------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----2-h-4--p--2-------------4--- -2--------------------4----2--------4-----0-----
D--------------------4--------------------4---------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(x 3, to fade)
E-----------------------------------------------------------0------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--0---4-----2-h-4--p--2-------------4--- -2--------------------4----2--------4-----0------
D------------------------------4--------------------4--------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by S.Greentree - (6/11/2010)
[capo at 2nd fret, except where noted]
Em
Em A
A summer's day so long ago
C D
A thousand boats dancing on the bay
Em A
I came to you inside a dream
C D
We both held hands and fell into the water
Em Em7 Em Em7
[Note: guitar playing riffs is non-capoed]
E------------------------------------------------0---
B--------------------------------------------0-------
G-----4----2-------------4---2-----------------------
D-----------------4-----------------4----------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------0----
B-------------------------------------------0--------
G-----4----2-------------4---2-----------------------
D-----------------4-----------------4----------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------
Em Asus2
You never claimed to know me well
C Dsus2
The dark-eyed son, the privileged man
Em Asus2
You found me bitter, you thought me cold
C Dsus2
Well now I'm gonna make you understand
Em Asus2
My mother died, my father cried
C Dsus2
He left me lonely by the waterside
Em Asus2
Waterside so deep and wide
C D
If I follow, maybe I will find her
(1:02)
E--------------------------------------------------------0---
B------------------------------------------------------------
G----4-4-4-4----2-------------4---2------------2-------------
D---------------------4-------------------4------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------0-----------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G-----4----2-------------4---2-------------------------------
D-----------------4-----------------4------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------
Em Em7 Em Em7
(1:10)
G A D [Guitar riff at 1:16-1:17]
Beyond the salt and spray
E---------------------------
B---------------------------
G---------------------------
D---------------------------
A---------------------------
E----7-s-9---7-p--5---7-----
G A D B7
The current carried her away
Em Asus2 C Dsus2
Em Asus2 C Dsus2
Solo: [capoed]
Em Asus2 C Dsus2
E----0--0--0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0---0---0-0--0------0---0--0--0-----0---0--0---0----0------------
B----5--5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5---3--3--3--3--s--8---8--8--8--s--10-10-10-10-10----------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(play end of solo with tasty distortion and hold last note)
(1:48-1:53)
Em Asus2 C Dsus2
E----0--0---0-----0--0----0-----0--0-0---0--0---0-----0-----0------------------------------
B----5--5---5-p--3--3----3p2--3--3-3---5--5---5-----8-----8b10-----------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G A D
Beyond the salt and spray
G A D B7
The current carried her away
(riff at 2:14)
E--------------------------------------------0---------
B------------------------------------------------------
G-----4-----2-------------4-p--2-----------------------
D-------------------4-----------------4----------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
Em Asus2
I can't outrun my destiny
C Dsus2
Tell me who will sing a song for me
Em Asus2
Darkness darkness cover me
C Dsus2 (distortion in background)
By my own hand is the way it has to be
Em Asus2
My mother died my father cried
C Dsus2
You will find me by the waterside
Em Asus2
Waterside so deep and wide
C A
If I follow, maybe I will find her
C A
If I follow, maybe I will find her
(riff at 2:55---variation?)
E--------------------------------------------0-------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G-----4-----2-------------4----2---------------------------
D-------------------4-----------------4--------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
C A [repeat chords]
If I follow, maybe I will find her
E------------------------------------------------0------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G---2-h--4--p---2-------------4----2--------------------------
D------------------------4-----------------4------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------0---------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G----2-h-4--p--2-------------4--- -2--------------------4----2--------4-----0-----
D--------------------4--------------------4---------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(x 3, to fade)
E-----------------------------------------------------------0------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--0---4-----2-h-4--p--2-------------4--- -2--------------------4----2--------4-----0------
D------------------------------4--------------------4--------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Michael Steele
Chords:
Em: 022000
Em7: 020000
Dsus2: 000230
Asus2: 002200
C: 032010
G: 320033
B7: 021202
Em: 022000
Em7: 020000
Dsus2: 000230
Asus2: 002200
C: 032010
G: 320033
B7: 021202
Background
I wrote it about a friend who's no longer with us -- I guess I wrote it form his point of view because I wanted him to have a voice even though he was gone.
After I went to my friend's wake, I woke up a few nights later and the words "tell me who will sing a song for me?" popped into my head. It kind of spooked me into writing the song.
The musical part of the song came from a dream I had - in the dream there was a ghetto-blaster playing a bad Jimi Hendrix-style song - but it was a song that I'd never heard before. As I woke up, I realized that it was a new song trying to come out... so I sort of de-Hedrix-ized it, and that's where the melody and chord structure came from. Pretty weird, isn't it?
M Steele
I wrote it about a friend who's no longer with us -- I guess I wrote it form his point of view because I wanted him to have a voice even though he was gone.
After I went to my friend's wake, I woke up a few nights later and the words "tell me who will sing a song for me?" popped into my head. It kind of spooked me into writing the song.
The musical part of the song came from a dream I had - in the dream there was a ghetto-blaster playing a bad Jimi Hendrix-style song - but it was a song that I'd never heard before. As I woke up, I realized that it was a new song trying to come out... so I sort of de-Hedrix-ized it, and that's where the melody and chord structure came from. Pretty weird, isn't it?
M Steele
