I Danced

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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 22:22:46 -0500
From: Bryson Meunier

        I have understood the chord 
progression of this song for quite 
some
time but I didn't feel that I had 
enough material to post. Then over 
the
winter break I figured out something
 that sounds like Brian Ritchie's
wonderfully elastic guitar solo. In 
other words, I'm posting most of the
guitar parts of this song. If you 
have a part that I've neglected to 
post,
or if you have comments, questions 
or corrections, e-mail me at
*


Music by Gordon Gano
Lyrics from the poem "I DANCED 
BEFORE I HAD TWO FEET" by Max Dunn
Guitar solo by Brian Ritchie
Transcribed by Bryson Meunier

   intro-
     B5              D5      A    
   E-----------------------------
   B-------------------------2---
   G--4--4--x--x--x---7--7---2---
   D--4--4--x--x--x---7--7---2---
   A--2--2--x--x--x---5--5-------
   E-----------------------------

 |-------------------------| 
 |xxxx--xxxx--xx-----------| 
 |xxxx--xxxx--xx4--4--4--4-| 
 |xxxx--xxxx--xx4--4--4--4-| 
 |xxxx--xxxx--xx2--2--2--2-| 
 |-------------------------| 

        Repeat that riff once more 
before the lyrics come in. Then, for
 the
verse, repeat the riff without 
making the percussive sounds. At 
least I
think that's the only distinction 
between the introduction and the 
verse but
the bass is so prominent that it's 
hard to tell. If you know of another
distinction, e-mail me at the 
aforementioned address and let me in
 on it.
Here's my best attempt at the guitar
 solo:
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   E------------------------------
   B------------3--2---2brbrbrbr--
   G---4--4--4--------------------
   D------------------------------
   A------------------------------
   E------------------------------

 |--|---7-----------------|  
 |0-|---7---4---------6\7-|  
 |--|---7---4------7------|  
 |--|-----------7---------|  
 |--|---------------------|  
 |--|---------------------|  


   E---------------|------------
   B---7--7--8--7--|---15brp14--
   G---------------|------------
   D---------------|------------
   A---------------|------------
   E---------------|------------

 |--------------------------|             
 |14h15brp14--14h15brp14----|             
 |--------------------------|             
 |--------------------------|             
 |--------------------------|             
 |--------------------------|             


   E-----------------------------
   B---14h15brp14--14h15brp14----
   G-----------------------------
   D-----------------------------
   A-----------------------------
   E-----------------------------

 |-------------------------|             
 |---7---------------------|             
 |9--7---2-----------------|             
 |9--7---2-----------------|             
 |7------0-----------------|             
 |-------------------------|             


   E------------------------------
   B--7h8--7\5--7p5---------------
   G-----------------7p5----5h7---
   D------------------------------
   A------------------------------
   E------------------------------

 |------------------------| 
 |------------------------| 
 |5\3---5p3---------------| 
 |------------5-----------| 
 |------------------------| 
 |------------------------| 


   E------------------------------
   B------------------------------
   G----3\5---5\7---7\9---9\12----
   D------------------------------
   A------------------------------
   E------------------------------

 |------------------------| 
 |------------------------| 
 |14----------------------| 
 |------------------------| 
 |------------------------| 
 |------------------------| 

   Repeat the main riff until the 
end of the song.

   Lyrics:

   I Sang before I had a tongue
   I laughed before I had two eyes
   and loved before my heart was 
young

   I swam before I had two hands
   and held the distance in my toes
   before I heard the stars or knew
   the wild compulsion of the rose

   I bore the fruits of many lives
   before I came into this day
   I knew before my grave was made
   the worms eat only death away 
(2x)

   I danced before I had two feet 
(4x)

   symbols used in transcription-

   x = make percussive sound with 
fretting hand
   b = bend
   r = release
   \ = slide
   h = hammer-on
   p = pull-off