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Better Than Ezra is an alternative rock trio based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The band was formed in Baton Rouge in 1987 by Kevin Griffin while he and the other original members were attending college at Louisiana State University. By 1988 Better Than Ezra had released a demo cassette tape, Chime Street Studio Demo Tape. In 1989 the band released a cassette-only album, Surprise. They released their first nationally-distributed album Deluxe in 1993 (Swell Records / 1995 Elektra).
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From: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:32:09 -0400
Subject: CRD: Porcelain by Better than Ezra
PORCELAIN by BETTER THAN EZRA
off the album DELUXE
transcription by Scott Josselyn ([email protected])
This song is pretty easy once you get the hang of the rhythm and
flourishes. In addition to the flourishes that I've tried to notate,
they sometimes use Cadd4 as A passing chord in the G/B-C-F/A passages
between the C and F/A chords. I don't hear it in the song but I also
like to throw a Fmaj7/A into the F/A vamps sometimes. There is also
some bass hammer-on played over the F/A chord soemtimes that I couldn't
figure out.
CAPO 1ST FRET !!!
(all chord names and definitions are relative to the capo)
INTRO: G/B C F/A (x2)
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
HEY, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE
G Gsus4 G F/A
TO SHOW YOUR FACE 'ROUND HERE.
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
HEY YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE
G Gsus4 G F/A
TO DREDGE UP ALL MY FEARS.
G F/A G
WELL I WISH I COULD SHAKE SOME SENSE INTO YOU,
F/A
AND WALK OUT THE DOOR...
C Cmaj7 C
BUT YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN...
C Cmaj7 C
YEAH YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN...
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
JUST THE OTHER DAY I FELT
G Gsus4 G F/A
I HAD YOU BY A STRING.
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
JUST THE OTHER DAY I FELT
G Gsus4 G F/A
WE COULD BE EVERYTHING.
G F/A G
BUT NOW WHEN I SEE YOU YOU'RE SOMEBODY ELSE,
F/A
WITH SOMEBODY'S EYES...
C Cmaj7 C
AND YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELIN...
C Cmaj7 C
YEAH YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN...
G/B C F/A
.................I DON'T KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN.
G/B C F/A
.................I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THERE.
G/B C F/A
.................IN THE WORDS, YOU ARE FADING. (lyrics?)
G/B C F/A C Cmaj7 C Gsus4/B G/B F/A
.................DO YOU EVEN CAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.............
Am Asus2 Am Gsus4 G F/A
OOOOHH.................. AHHHHHHHHH....
G F/A G
WELL I WISH I COULD KILL YOU, AND SAVOR THE SIGHT
F/A G
GET INTO MY CAR, AND DRIVE INTO THE NIGHT
F/A G
THEN LIE AS I SCREAM TO THE HEAVENS ABOVE
F/A
THAT I WAS THE LAST ONE YOU EVER LOVED!
C Cmaj7 C
YEAH YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN... (X4)
G/B C F/A
YEAH.......
CHORDS: G/B=X20003 Gsus4/B=x20013 G=3x0003 Gsus4=3x0013
C=X32010 Cmaj7=x32000 Cadd4=x32011
Am=x02210 Asus2=x02200
F/A=x03211 Fmaj7/A=x03210
Now can anyone help me with a tab for the main G- Am(7)- F(maj7) progression
in In the Blood?-scott
From:
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 23:47:02 -0600 (MDT)
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: porcelain
i wasn't sure which one of you requested porcelain at the end of your
killer inside tab, but here is what i got (i saw them in pheonix on
tuesday
and stood three feet from griffin so i could see what he was playing):
Standard Tuning: it might sound good with open chords,
tuned to Eb:
Ab Db Gb Bb Ab Db Gb Bb
e:--4----4----2----1-- eb:--0----2----3----2--
b:--4----6----2----3-- bb:--2----3----3----4--
g:--5----6----3----3-- gb:--2----2----0----4--
D:--6----6----4----3-- Db:--2----0----0----4--
A:--6----4----4----1-- Ab:--0----0----2----2--
E:--4---------2------- Eb:------------3-------
Intro: Ab Db Gb (x2)
Db Bb
Hey, you've got a lot of nerve
Ab Gb
To show your face 'round here
Db Bb
Hey, you've got a lot of nerve
Ab Gb
To dredge up all my fears
Ab Gb
Well I wish I could shake some sense into you
Ab Gb
And walk out the door
Db Ab Gb
But your skin is like porcelain
Db Ab Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
Db Bb
Just the other day I felt
Ab Gb
I had you by the strings
Db Bb
Just the other day I felt
Ab Gb
We could be everything
Ab Gb
But now when I see you, you're somebody else
Ab Gb
With somebody's eyes
Db Ab Gb
And your skin is like porcelain
Db Ab Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
Ab Db Gb
I don't know what I'm sayin'
Ab Db Gb
I don't know if you're there
Ab Db Gb
In the words you are fadin'
Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
Do you even care_______?
Db Ab Gb
oooooooh
Ab Gb
Well I wish I could kill you, savor the sight
Ab Gb
Get into my car, drive into the night
Ab Gb
Then lie as I scream to the heavens above
Ab Gb
That I was the last one you ever loved_____
Db Ab Gb
(skin is like) porcelain
Db Ab Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
Db Ab Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
Db Ab Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
Ab Db Gb
Yeah___
i hope this was helpful:) --nat
From: [email protected]
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 21:26:46 -0400
Subject: Porcelain.crd by Better than Ezra
PORCELAIN by BETTER THAN EZRA
off the album DELUXE
transcription by Scott Josselyn ([email protected])
This song is pretty easy once you get the hang of the rhythm and
flourishes. In addition to the flourishes that I've tried to notate,
they sometimes use Cadd4 as A passing chord in the G/B-C-F/A passages
between the C and F/A chords. I don't hear it in the song but I also
like to throw a Fmaj7/A into the F/A vamps sometimes. There is also
some bass hammer-on played over the F/A chord soemtimes that I couldn't
figure out.
CAPO 1ST FRET !!!
(all chord names and definitions are relative to the capo)
INTRO: G/B C F/A (x2)
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
HEY, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE
G Gsus4 G F/A
TO SHOW YOUR FACE 'ROUND HERE.
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
HEY YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE
G Gsus4 G F/A
TO DREDGE UP ALL MY FEARS.
G F/A G
WELL I WISH I COULD SHAKE SOME SENSE INTO YOU,
F/A
AND WALK OUT THE DOOR...
C Cmaj7 C
BUT YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN...
C Cmaj7 C
YEAH YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN...
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
JUST THE OTHER DAY I FELT
G Gsus4 G F/A
I HAD YOU BY A STRING.
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
JUST THE OTHER DAY I FELT
G Gsus4 G F/A
WE COULD BE EVERYTHING.
G F/A G
BUT NOW WHEN I SEE YOU YOU'RE SOMEBODY ELSE,
F/A
WITH SOMEBODY'S EYES...
C Cmaj7 C
AND YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELIN...
C Cmaj7 C
YEAH YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN...
G/B C F/A
.................I DON'T KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN.
G/B C F/A
.................I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THERE.
G/B C F/A
.................OTHERWORDS, YOU ARE FADING. (lyrics?)
G/B C F/A C Cmaj7 C Gsus4/B G/B F/A
.................DO YOU EVEN CAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.............
Am Asus2 Am Gsus4 G F/A
OOOOHH.................. AHHHHHHHHH....
G F/A G
WELL I WISH I COULD KILL YOU, AND SAVOR THE SIGHT
F/A G
GET INTO MY CAR, AND DRIVE INTO THE NIGHT
F/A G
THEN LIE AS I SCREAM TO THE HEAVENS ABOVE
F/A
THAT I WAS THE LAST ONE YOU EVER LOVED!
C Cmaj7 C
YEAH YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN... (X4)
G/B C F/A
YEAH.......
CHORDS: G/B=X20003 Gsus4/B=x20013 G=3x0003 Gsus4=3x0013
C=X32010 Cmaj7=x32000 Cadd4=x32011
Am=x02210 Asus2=x02200
F/A=x03211 Fmaj7/A=x03210
Now can anyone help me with a tab for the main G- Am(7)- F(maj7) progression
in In the Blood?-scott
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:32:09 -0400
Subject: CRD: Porcelain by Better than Ezra
PORCELAIN by BETTER THAN EZRA
off the album DELUXE
transcription by Scott Josselyn ([email protected])
This song is pretty easy once you get the hang of the rhythm and
flourishes. In addition to the flourishes that I've tried to notate,
they sometimes use Cadd4 as A passing chord in the G/B-C-F/A passages
between the C and F/A chords. I don't hear it in the song but I also
like to throw a Fmaj7/A into the F/A vamps sometimes. There is also
some bass hammer-on played over the F/A chord soemtimes that I couldn't
figure out.
CAPO 1ST FRET !!!
(all chord names and definitions are relative to the capo)
INTRO: G/B C F/A (x2)
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
HEY, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE
G Gsus4 G F/A
TO SHOW YOUR FACE 'ROUND HERE.
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
HEY YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE
G Gsus4 G F/A
TO DREDGE UP ALL MY FEARS.
G F/A G
WELL I WISH I COULD SHAKE SOME SENSE INTO YOU,
F/A
AND WALK OUT THE DOOR...
C Cmaj7 C
BUT YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN...
C Cmaj7 C
YEAH YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN...
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
JUST THE OTHER DAY I FELT
G Gsus4 G F/A
I HAD YOU BY A STRING.
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
JUST THE OTHER DAY I FELT
G Gsus4 G F/A
WE COULD BE EVERYTHING.
G F/A G
BUT NOW WHEN I SEE YOU YOU'RE SOMEBODY ELSE,
F/A
WITH SOMEBODY'S EYES...
C Cmaj7 C
AND YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELIN...
C Cmaj7 C
YEAH YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN...
G/B C F/A
.................I DON'T KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN.
G/B C F/A
.................I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THERE.
G/B C F/A
.................IN THE WORDS, YOU ARE FADING. (lyrics?)
G/B C F/A C Cmaj7 C Gsus4/B G/B F/A
.................DO YOU EVEN CAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.............
Am Asus2 Am Gsus4 G F/A
OOOOHH.................. AHHHHHHHHH....
G F/A G
WELL I WISH I COULD KILL YOU, AND SAVOR THE SIGHT
F/A G
GET INTO MY CAR, AND DRIVE INTO THE NIGHT
F/A G
THEN LIE AS I SCREAM TO THE HEAVENS ABOVE
F/A
THAT I WAS THE LAST ONE YOU EVER LOVED!
C Cmaj7 C
YEAH YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN... (X4)
G/B C F/A
YEAH.......
CHORDS: G/B=X20003 Gsus4/B=x20013 G=3x0003 Gsus4=3x0013
C=X32010 Cmaj7=x32000 Cadd4=x32011
Am=x02210 Asus2=x02200
F/A=x03211 Fmaj7/A=x03210
Now can anyone help me with a tab for the main G- Am(7)- F(maj7) progression
in In the Blood?-scott
From:
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 23:47:02 -0600 (MDT)
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: porcelain
i wasn't sure which one of you requested porcelain at the end of your
killer inside tab, but here is what i got (i saw them in pheonix on
tuesday
and stood three feet from griffin so i could see what he was playing):
Standard Tuning: it might sound good with open chords,
tuned to Eb:
Ab Db Gb Bb Ab Db Gb Bb
e:--4----4----2----1-- eb:--0----2----3----2--
b:--4----6----2----3-- bb:--2----3----3----4--
g:--5----6----3----3-- gb:--2----2----0----4--
D:--6----6----4----3-- Db:--2----0----0----4--
A:--6----4----4----1-- Ab:--0----0----2----2--
E:--4---------2------- Eb:------------3-------
Intro: Ab Db Gb (x2)
Db Bb
Hey, you've got a lot of nerve
Ab Gb
To show your face 'round here
Db Bb
Hey, you've got a lot of nerve
Ab Gb
To dredge up all my fears
Ab Gb
Well I wish I could shake some sense into you
Ab Gb
And walk out the door
Db Ab Gb
But your skin is like porcelain
Db Ab Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
Db Bb
Just the other day I felt
Ab Gb
I had you by the strings
Db Bb
Just the other day I felt
Ab Gb
We could be everything
Ab Gb
But now when I see you, you're somebody else
Ab Gb
With somebody's eyes
Db Ab Gb
And your skin is like porcelain
Db Ab Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
Ab Db Gb
I don't know what I'm sayin'
Ab Db Gb
I don't know if you're there
Ab Db Gb
In the words you are fadin'
Ab Db Gb Db Ab Gb
Do you even care_______?
Db Ab Gb
oooooooh
Ab Gb
Well I wish I could kill you, savor the sight
Ab Gb
Get into my car, drive into the night
Ab Gb
Then lie as I scream to the heavens above
Ab Gb
That I was the last one you ever loved_____
Db Ab Gb
(skin is like) porcelain
Db Ab Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
Db Ab Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
Db Ab Gb
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
Ab Db Gb
Yeah___
i hope this was helpful:) --nat
From: [email protected]
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 21:26:46 -0400
Subject: Porcelain.crd by Better than Ezra
PORCELAIN by BETTER THAN EZRA
off the album DELUXE
transcription by Scott Josselyn ([email protected])
This song is pretty easy once you get the hang of the rhythm and
flourishes. In addition to the flourishes that I've tried to notate,
they sometimes use Cadd4 as A passing chord in the G/B-C-F/A passages
between the C and F/A chords. I don't hear it in the song but I also
like to throw a Fmaj7/A into the F/A vamps sometimes. There is also
some bass hammer-on played over the F/A chord soemtimes that I couldn't
figure out.
CAPO 1ST FRET !!!
(all chord names and definitions are relative to the capo)
INTRO: G/B C F/A (x2)
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
HEY, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE
G Gsus4 G F/A
TO SHOW YOUR FACE 'ROUND HERE.
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
HEY YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NERVE
G Gsus4 G F/A
TO DREDGE UP ALL MY FEARS.
G F/A G
WELL I WISH I COULD SHAKE SOME SENSE INTO YOU,
F/A
AND WALK OUT THE DOOR...
C Cmaj7 C
BUT YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN...
C Cmaj7 C
YEAH YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN...
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
JUST THE OTHER DAY I FELT
G Gsus4 G F/A
I HAD YOU BY A STRING.
C Cmaj7 C Am Asus2 Am
JUST THE OTHER DAY I FELT
G Gsus4 G F/A
WE COULD BE EVERYTHING.
G F/A G
BUT NOW WHEN I SEE YOU YOU'RE SOMEBODY ELSE,
F/A
WITH SOMEBODY'S EYES...
C Cmaj7 C
AND YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELIN...
C Cmaj7 C
YEAH YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN...
G/B C F/A
.................I DON'T KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN.
G/B C F/A
.................I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THERE.
G/B C F/A
.................OTHERWORDS, YOU ARE FADING. (lyrics?)
G/B C F/A C Cmaj7 C Gsus4/B G/B F/A
.................DO YOU EVEN CAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.............
Am Asus2 Am Gsus4 G F/A
OOOOHH.................. AHHHHHHHHH....
G F/A G
WELL I WISH I COULD KILL YOU, AND SAVOR THE SIGHT
F/A G
GET INTO MY CAR, AND DRIVE INTO THE NIGHT
F/A G
THEN LIE AS I SCREAM TO THE HEAVENS ABOVE
F/A
THAT I WAS THE LAST ONE YOU EVER LOVED!
C Cmaj7 C
YEAH YOUR SKIN...
Gsus4/B G/B
IS LIKE...
F/A
PORCELAIN... (X4)
G/B C F/A
YEAH.......
CHORDS: G/B=X20003 Gsus4/B=x20013 G=3x0003 Gsus4=3x0013
C=X32010 Cmaj7=x32000 Cadd4=x32011
Am=x02210 Asus2=x02200
F/A=x03211 Fmaj7/A=x03210
Now can anyone help me with a tab for the main G- Am(7)- F(maj7) progression
in In the Blood?-scott
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