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Thirty Years Of Tears

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John Hiatt (born on August 20, 1952 in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.) is an American blues and rock guitarist, pianist, and singer-songwriter. He has been nominated for eleven Grammy Awards. Hiatt's sales have never quite matched his reputation. His songs have been covered by a wide variety of artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Ronnie Milsap, Willie Nelson, Iggy Pop, Three Dog Night, and The Neville Brothers, yet it took him thirteen years to reach the charts himself.

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Thirty Years Of Tears
John Hiatt
From the 1990 A&M Records release Stolen Moments

Transcribed by Jim O'Neill ([email protected])

A great song...and by no coincidence transcribed on my 30th birthday. This is a
waltz (¾ time), listen to the CD for timing and the chord pattern. In the intro
and between lines of the verse for the chord change from G to Cadd9, play the
G (320033), lift your first two fingers and strum the A7sus4(x00033), then hammer
the 1st and 2nd fingers to the Cadd9(x32033).

Chords

G A7sus4 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus2 Dsus4 Dsus4/A G5/B
e|--3---3--------3-------3-----0-------3-------3---------3----|
B|--3---3--------3-------3-----3-------3-------3---------3----|
G|--0---0--------0-------0-----2-------2-------2---------0----|
D|--0---0--------2-------2-----0-------0-------0---------0----|
A|--2---0--------3-------2-----x-------x-------0---------2----|
E|--3---x--------x-------0-----x-------x-------x---------x----|

Intro and Riff 1: G A7sus4 Cadd9 (see performance notes)

G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1
Is this a place I can rest my poor head,
G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1
To gather my thoughts in sweet si......lence?
G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1
Is this a place where the feelings aren't dead,
G Em7 Dsus2
From an overexposure to violence?
Dsus4/A G5/B Cadd9 G5/B
And is this a place I can slowly face
Dsus4/A G5/B Cadd9
The only one I truly can know?

G Cadd9 G
These are tears from a long time ago,
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
I've got these tears from a long time ago,
Cadd9 G D Dsus4 D Em7
and I need to cry thirty years or so.
G Cadd9 D Dsus4 G
These are tears from a long time ago.

Cadd9 G5/B Dsus4/A

G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1
"Oh, Darling, Oh, darling" you say unto me,
G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1
"Oh, Where have you been all my life...time?"
G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1
Well, I have been swimmin' the seven sad seas,
G Em7 Dsus2
Fair women have thrown me their lifelines,
Dsus4/A G5/B Cadd9 G5/B
And I just pulled them in to the water's dark grin,
Dsus4/A G5/B Cadd9
I'd have warned 'em but I didn't know.

G Cadd9 G
These are tears from a long time ago,
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
I've got these tears from a long time ago,
Cadd9 G D Dsus4 D Em7
and I need to cry thirty years or so.
G Cadd9 D Dsus4 G
These are tears from a long time ago.

Cadd9 G5/B A7sus4 G

Interlude Chords:

Dsus4

Cadd9 B/G5 A/Dsus4 G (2x)

Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7 G (2x)

Cadd9 B/G5 A/Dsus4 G (2x)

Cadd9 B/G5 A/Dsus4

G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1
Well, I've cried me a river, I've cried me a lake,
G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1
Hell, I cried 'til the past nearly drowned me.
G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1
Tears for sad consequence, tears for mistakes,
G Em7 Dsus2
But never these tears that surround me.
Dsus4/A G5/B Cadd9 G5/B
Alone in this place with a lifetime to trace,
Dsus4/A G5/B Cadd9
And a heartbeat that tells me it's so.

G Cadd9 G
Oh, and I've got these tears from a long time ago,
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
These are tears from a long time ago,
Cadd9 G D Dsus4 D Em7
and I need to cry thirty years or so,
G Cadd9 D Dsus4 G
These are tears from a long time ago,
Cadd9 D Dsus4 G
These are tears from a long time ago,
Cadd9 D Dsus4 G
I've got these tears from a long time ago.