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"Table For Two" from Caedmon's Call "40 Acres"
Words and music by Derek Webb
Copyright © 1999 New Spring Publishing / Niphon Music (ASCAP)
http://caedmonscall.com   http://awakeningrecords.com
Transcribed by T-rev http://www.t-rev.net

Capo 4.  At a moderate, mellow tempo (one bass note per second, I
think they used a digital watch for a metronome) in 6/8 time, pick
and strum primarily using down strokes as follows:

 Beat 1 2 3 4 5 6     B = bass note
      B x x B x x     x = strum

The first (smallest) string is not played throughout most of the
song.  I often mute it with my fretting hand, by just wrapping my
fingers a bit too close around the neck (you know, the way we all
do by accident when first learning to play).  Or with your picking
hand you can rest a finger or two on the 1st string for muting
plus increased pick control.  This "anchoring" technique is
considered a bad habit by many, but I've also seen professionals
do it, and it just seems really "folky" to me.

Sidenote: A more common form of anchoring--in fact, standard
practice for bluegrass banjo players--is resting a finger or two
(pinky and maybe ring finger) on the edge of the sound hole (or
banjo head) when playing fingerstyle.  The main reason anchoring--
with or without a pick--is a bad habit for guitarists is that
while it makes easy music easier, it makes difficult music more
difficult by encumbering your picking hand.  Because "Table For
Two" is built on its bass line, it's a good song for practicing
accuracy without anchoring.  You got that fer free.

Another cool way to "cheat" would be to tune the first string down
a whole step to match the 2nd string 3rd fret, so xxxx30 sounds
like one note.  Thus you wouldn't have to mute the 1st string;
most of the time you'd just play it un-fretted.  The chord I'm
calling D (which is actually a Dsus9) could be fingered like a
regular D, xx0232, and A7, Asus and A would be x02022, x02232 and
x02222.  Or if you played the A chords the regular way with the
open 1st string, you'd have a nice dissonant sound.

And, of course, another variation on the above trick is to partial
capo.  First capo 2, then at the 4th fret use anoter capo to cover
all but the 1st string.  The fun never ends!  For more on partial-
capoing, go to http://www.t-rev.net/html/hints


Chord  -  Name
XX0230    D (adlib hammer 1st and 3rd strings on 2nd fret)
X4023X    D/C#
X2023X    D/B
X0023X    D/A
3X003X    G
2X023X    D/F#
0X003X    Em7
X0203X    A7sus
X2443X    Bm
2X443X    Bm/F#
0X010X    E7
X2010X    E7/B
3X000X    Gh (hammer 3X201X on and off)
X0202X    A7
2X003X    G/F#
X02230    Asus
X02220    A


INTRO:  D, /C#, /B, /A, G, D/F#, Em7, A7sus (2x)


VERSE 1:
D        /C#      /B          /A          G        D/F#  Em7  A7sus
Danny and I spent another late night over pancakes
   Bm           /F#         E7       /B              Gh
We talked about soccer and how every man's just the same
    D         /C#           /B              /A            G       D/F#  Em7  A7sus
And made speculation on the 'who's and the 'when's of our futures
        Bm         /F#         E7           A7            D
And how everyone's lonely but still we just couldn't complain


CHORUS 1:
        G  /F#  Em7  D       Asus  A
And how we just hate being alone
      G /F#  Em7  D        Asus  A
Could I have left my only chance
    G   /F# Em7  D         Asus  A
And now I'm just wasting my time
          Gh
Looking around


VERSE 2:
But you know I know better I'm not gonna worry 'bout nothing
'Cause if the birds and the flowers survive then I'll make it okay
If given a chance and a rock see which one breaks a window
And see which one keeps me up all night and into the day


CHORUS 2:
Because I'm so scared of being alone
That I forgot what house I live in
But it's not my job to wait by the phone
For her to call


VERSE 3:
Well this day's been crazy but everything's happened on schedule
From the rain and the cold to the drink that I spilled on my shirt
'Cause You knew how You'd save me before I fell dead in the garden
And You knew this day long before You made me out of dirt


CHORUS 3:
And You know the plan You have for me
And You can't plan the ends and not plan the means
And so I suppose I just need some peace
To get me to sleep


Transcribed 3/19/1998 by T-rev
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