I watched Liz's 1995 solo tour performance of Crater Lake (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-a8_SqwjSY) and tried to mimic her. Here's my attempt at it from a few months ago (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn2bz5zqFfw jump to 2:21). I've since refined the chords/tabs in my mind a little, correcting mistakes and listening to the "Whip-Smart" recording:
(I don't really know how to write tabs, so bear with me... I clarify the tabs for each chord denotation that I made up at the end of each verse...)
B7 B7/C#7? A A? A B? B E G F# E
B7 B7/C#7? A A? A B? B E
Once you've left a lonely rage on its own
G? F#? A B
It grows
B7* B7*/Bb7 A* A?* A* B B? B E
And dynamite stuffed in a mailbox doesn't smoke
4/5 A F#
Until it blows
B7 C#7? A A? B? B E G F# G? F#? B7* Bb7 A* A?* 4 5 F#
e |--2---4----0---0---5---2---0---3---2---0----0----7----6----5----5---0---0----2--|
B|--0---0----2---2---5---4---0---3---2---8----7----7----6----5----5---4----5----2--|
G|--2---4----2---2---4---4---1---4---3----6----6----8----7----6----6---4----5----3--|
D|--1---3----2---0---4---4---2---5---4----7----7----7----6----7----7---0---0----4--|
A|--2---4----0---2---2---2---2---5---4---0-----7----9----8----7----5---0---0----4--|
E|--x---x----0---0---2---2---0---3---2---0----7-----7----6----5----7---0---0----2--|
A* A? B! B+ B- B+ B! B+ B- B+
And all of the tears
A* A? B! B+ B- B+ B! B+ B- B+
In four tiny years
A*
Well look at me
B E* E+ E-
I'm frightening my friends
B! B+ B- E* E+ E-
e |--7---7---7---7---7---7--|
B|--7---7---7---9---9---9--|
G|--7---7---7---9---9---9--|
D|--7---7---7---9--11--11--|
A|--7---9--12---7---7---9--|
E|--7---7---7---7---7---7--|
E* A* C# B*
You better hold me
E* C# A* G E
I got a map of the moon
F#
There's a crater with my name on it
A*
A really good view
E* C# A* G E
There I was getting drunk in your room
C# A* C# B* C#
Because I wanted to throw my weight around
C#
e |--9--|
B|--9--|
G|-10--|
D|-11--|
A|-11--|
E|--9--|
A* A? B! B+ B- B+ B! B+ B- B+
And oh all the tears
A* A? B! B+ B- B+ B! B+ B- B+
In four tiny years
A*
Well look at me
B E* E+ E-
I'm frightening my friends
A A7 Am7 E
You better roll me home
A A7 Am7 E
You better roll me home
A Asus4 A+ E
You better roll me home
A7 Am7 Asus4 A+
e |--0----0-----0-----0--|
B|--2-----1-----3-----3--|
G|--0----0-----2-----2--|
D|--2----2-----2-----0--|
A|--0----0-----0-----0--|
E|--0----0-----0-----0--|
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Whew, tabs are hard to write. Anyone with a different take on "Crater Lake"? There's got to be, given how pliable the song seems in rhythm and chord progression. I think the C#'s are pretty interchangeable with F#'s.
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