Save A Little Room For Me
John Wesley Harding
Continues after the ad
Key:
From: * above ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NB: For the progression of chords in the main part of song and "Dylanish bit" as I call it to sound right, you should use the chord fingerings described at the end, especially Em7, Cmaj7 and Amsus2. Intro: ~~~~~~ "Arabian bit" Em D Em D Em D Em D and immediately move on to... "Dylanish bit"G D Em Em7 C Cmaj7 G D Em Em7 C Cmaj7Am D Am... and go on to D in main part... Main part: ~~~~~~~~~~D G D Em Em7 When it's time to pack your bags,C Cmaj7 When everything appearsAm D as the drag that it is,G D Em Get down that brown caseEm7 that your Grandma had,C Cmaj7 Am Open it up - think ofD your dad.D When you're feeling empty,C and the echoes round this coldD white roomD7 Have no identity, G D Em Em7 Am Amsus ..(move on to C) When it's time to pack your bags,C Cmaj7 Save a little room for me.Am Amsus2 Save a little, save aAm little,D Save a little room for me. G D Em Em7 C Cmaj7 Am... (go on to next D)D G D Em Em7 When it's time to buy a home,C When you're sick of usingCmaj7 Am D a different 'phone every day,G D Em Settle up your debts,Em7 then settle down,C Cmaj7 Take that suitcase backAm D to the "lost and found".D When you're feeling lonely,C I guarantee the neighbourhoodC|-> D D7Community will rally round you - wait and see, G D Em Em7 Am Amsus2 ..(move on to C) When it's time to buy a home,Continues after the adC Cmaj7 Save a little room for me,Am Amsus2 Save a little, save aAm little,D Save a little room for me.G D Em Em7 C Cmaj7Am DG D Em Em7 AmAmsus2..C Cmaj7..Am Amsus2..Am..DD G D Em When it's time for you toEm7 lie down,C When you're sick of theCmaj7 Am sound, and the sight hurts yourD eyes,G D Em Em7 Wrap up warm in a single bed,C Cmaj7 Tie up the loose stringsAm D that are in your head,D When you're feeling empty,C dreams will fill you upD D7 In the big sweet city. G D Em Em7 Am Amsus2 ..(move on to C) When it's time for you to lie down,C Cmaj7 Save a little room for me,Am Amsus2 Save a little, save aAm little,D Save a little room for me. LONG FADE-OUT SECTION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~G D Em Em7 Oh won't you.. Am Am Amsus2 ..(move on to C) Save a little, save a little,C Cmaj7 Save a little room for meAm Am Save a little, save aAmsus2 little,D Save a little room for me.Em D G Woah, yeah!G D Em Save a little room for me Em D ..move on to G G D ..(move on to Em) .....Pack your bags, Pack your bags,Em ..Buy a home, Buy a home,D G Lie down, G D ..(move on to Em) ....Save a little room for me.Em D G ...yeah!.......woahoh! G D ..(move on to Em) ............. Em D ..(on to G) Save a little, save a little, save a little, save a little,G ....Woah yeah! Save aD..Em little room for meEm D...G ....yeah, woahoh yeah!G ...Pack your bags, PackD..Em your bags,Em Lie down, ...(FADE OUT)---------------------------------- -|---------------------------------- -|----------Notes: ~~~~~~ 1. The chords with dots after them are only played briefly as they are transitional chords. 2. If you don't know what I mean by the "Arabian" or "Dylanish" bits, just play along to the album and find out which bits match which chords. The rhythm with which the chord changes and vocals fit together needs to be learnt by listening to the song (which is on the album "The Name Above The Title" in case you didn't know), and the strumming rhythm, too, which is pretty consistent throughout. 3. You should soon get used to the main chord progression (as in the "Dylanish bit") and it will become second nature. What a fabulous harmonic progression it is! You can spot a progression of notes within the chords which matches the bassline (G F# E D C B A D G). 4. The chord shapes below are the ones I'd recommend. The Em7, Cmaj7 and Amsus2 chords should be fingered the same as the normal chord of the same key except that the appropriate finger should be removed. 5. Finally, the FADE OUT! Unless you're recording it, you can't fade out, so either leave off the whole thing or do it (or something similar) and improvise an ending. You should have the feel of the song well enough by then to improvise something, but I wish I could fade myself out gradually - that rhythm and chord progression just seem to want to continue for ever, and to interupt the inexorable flow just doesn't seem quite right. (It's so good I even come up with long words for it).---------------------------------- -|---------------------------------- -|----------Chords: ~~~~~~~ G chord D chordE|---|---|-o-| G e||---|- B|---|---|---| B B||---|- G|---|---|---| G G||---|- D|---|---|---| D D||---|- A|---|-o-|---| B A||---|- E|---|---|-o-| G E||---|- E|o-|-----| F# B|--|-o---| D G|o-|-----| A D|--|-----| D A|--|-----| A E|x-|-----| either use thumb on 2nd fretor don't play bass-E string Em chord Em7 chordE|---|---|---| E e||---|- B|---|---|---| B B||---|- G|---|---|---| G G||---|- D|---|-o-|---| E D||---|- A|---|-o-|---| B A||---|- E|---|---|---| E E||---|- E|--|-----| E B|--|-----| B G|--|-----| G D|--|-----| D A|o-|-----| B E|--|-----| EC chord Cmaj7 chordE|---|---|---| E e||---|- B|-o-|---|---| C B||---|- G|---|---|---| G G||---|- D|---|-o-|---| E D||---|- A|---|---|-o-| C A||---|- E|---|---|---| E E||---|- E|--|-----| E B|--|-----| B G|--|-----| G D|o-|-----| E A|--|-o---| C E|--|-----| EAm chord Amsus2 chordE|---|---|---| E e||---|- B|-o-|---|---| C B||---|- G|---|-o-|---| A G||---|- D|---|-o-|---| E D||---|- A|---|---|---| A A||---|- E|---|---|---| E E||---|- E|--|-----| E B|--|-----| B G|o-|-----| A D|o-|-----| E A|--|-----| A E|--|-----| ED7 chordE|---|-o-|-----| F# B|-o-|---|-----| C G|---|-o-|-----| A D|---|---|-----| D A|---|---|-----| A E|---|-x-|-----| either use E| B| G| D| A| E|thumb on 2nd fret or don't play bass-E string