Biography:
Cassandra Wilson (born 4th December 1955) is a U.S. jazz vocalist and two-time Grammy Award winner from Jackson, Mississippi. Two of her albums, Blue Skies (1988) and New Moon Daughter (1996), have topped the US jazz charts, and the latter also won her a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in 1997. More recently, Wilson's album Loverly (2008) also won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album at the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009.
Wilson's repertoire includes both jazz and blues standards and renditions of pop and rock songs.
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Four years of hard work!
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This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
------------------------------ Death Letter - Cassandra Wilson ------------------------------
Tabbed by: Evan Swain
Tuning: Drop C?/Drop D? in standard variation C#ADGBe
C#:0446xx
F#:54465x
G#:76687x
E :32243x
[Intro]
C#
e |-------------------------------------| x 5 Play this riff throughout the song on every C#
B |-------------------------------------|
G |------6---6-6---6--------------------|
D |------5~--4-4---4------2-----/4-4-4--|
A |------4---------7~----/2-----/4-4-4--|
C#|-0-0----0-----0---0---/3--0--/5-5-5--|
[Verse 1]
e |-------------------------------------| x 2
B |-------------------------------------|
G |------6---6-6---6--------------------|
D |------5~--4-4---4------2-----/4-4-4--|
A |------4---------7~----/2-----/4-4-4--|
C#|-0-0----0-----0---0---/3--0--/5-5-5--|
C#
I got a letter this mornin, how do-do you reckon it read?
C#
It said, "Hurry, man, your love is dead."
e |------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----5-5-x-x--5--5---5-5-------------------------------------------|
G |----6-6-x-x--6--6---6-6-------------6---6-6---6-------------------|
D |----4-4-x-x--4--4---4-4-------------5~--4-4---4-----2-----/4-4-4--|
A |----4-4-x-x--4--4---4-4-------------4---------7-----2-----/4-4-4--|
C#|--5-5-5-x-x--5--5-5-5-5-50--0-0-----0-----0----0--3--0--/5-5-5--|
F# C#
I got a letter this mornin, how do you reckon it read?
e |------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----7-7-x-x--7---5---5-5------------------------------------------|
G |----8-8-x-x--8---6---6-6------------6---6-6---6-------------------|
D |----6-6-x-x--6---4---4-5------------5~--4-4---4-----2-----/4-4-4--|
A |----6-6-x-x--6---4---4-4------------4---------7-----2-----/4-4-4--|
C#|--7-7-7-x-x--7--5-5-5-5-50--0-0----0-----0----0--3--0--/5-5-5--|
G# F# C#
You know, it said, "Hurry, hurry, only problem the man you love is dead?"
[Verse 2]
C#
Well, I grabbed up my suitcase, and took off down the road
C# F#
When I got there he was layin on the coolin board
F# C#
I grabbed up my suitcase, and I took off down the road
G# F# C#
But when I got there you were layin, layin on the coolin board
[Verse 3]
C#
Well, I walked up right close, looked down in his face
C# F#
Good ole boy got to lay here til the Judgment Day --
F# C#
--ayyyy yes, hmmm well I looked down in his face
G# F# C#
Well good ole boy, I'll lay here til the Judgment Day
[Verse 4]
C#
Looked like it was 10,000 people standin round the buryin ground
C# F#
I didn't know I loved him until they laid him down
F# C#
Looked like 10,000 people were standin round the buryin ground
G# F# C#
Well I didn't know I loved him til they laid him down
[Verse 5]
C#
Well I got up this mornin'; The break of day
C# F#
Just huggin' the pillows where he used to lay
F# C#
I said soon as smoke, cast in the break of day
G# F# C#
I knew I was huggin the pillow where my sweet man used to lay
[Outro]
C#
Oh hush! Thought I heard him call my name
C# F#
Once so loud so, so nice and plain
F# C#
yeaaah mmm
G# F# C#
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
C#
C#
C#
G# F# C#
Any suggestions please let me know in the comments.
************************************
| ~ Vibrato
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
************************************
Tabbed by: Evan Swain
Tuning: Drop C?/Drop D? in standard variation C#ADGBe
C#:0446xx
F#:54465x
G#:76687x
E :32243x
[Intro]
C#
e |-------------------------------------| x 5 Play this riff throughout the song on every C#
B |-------------------------------------|
G |------6---6-6---6--------------------|
D |------5~--4-4---4------2-----/4-4-4--|
A |------4---------7~----/2-----/4-4-4--|
C#|-0-0----0-----0---0---/3--0--/5-5-5--|
[Verse 1]
e |-------------------------------------| x 2
B |-------------------------------------|
G |------6---6-6---6--------------------|
D |------5~--4-4---4------2-----/4-4-4--|
A |------4---------7~----/2-----/4-4-4--|
C#|-0-0----0-----0---0---/3--0--/5-5-5--|
C#
I got a letter this mornin, how do-do you reckon it read?
C#
It said, "Hurry, man, your love is dead."
e |------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----5-5-x-x--5--5---5-5-------------------------------------------|
G |----6-6-x-x--6--6---6-6-------------6---6-6---6-------------------|
D |----4-4-x-x--4--4---4-4-------------5~--4-4---4-----2-----/4-4-4--|
A |----4-4-x-x--4--4---4-4-------------4---------7-----2-----/4-4-4--|
C#|--5-5-5-x-x--5--5-5-5-5-50--0-0-----0-----0----0--3--0--/5-5-5--|
F# C#
I got a letter this mornin, how do you reckon it read?
e |------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----7-7-x-x--7---5---5-5------------------------------------------|
G |----8-8-x-x--8---6---6-6------------6---6-6---6-------------------|
D |----6-6-x-x--6---4---4-5------------5~--4-4---4-----2-----/4-4-4--|
A |----6-6-x-x--6---4---4-4------------4---------7-----2-----/4-4-4--|
C#|--7-7-7-x-x--7--5-5-5-5-50--0-0----0-----0----0--3--0--/5-5-5--|
G# F# C#
You know, it said, "Hurry, hurry, only problem the man you love is dead?"
[Verse 2]
C#
Well, I grabbed up my suitcase, and took off down the road
C# F#
When I got there he was layin on the coolin board
F# C#
I grabbed up my suitcase, and I took off down the road
G# F# C#
But when I got there you were layin, layin on the coolin board
[Verse 3]
C#
Well, I walked up right close, looked down in his face
C# F#
Good ole boy got to lay here til the Judgment Day --
F# C#
--ayyyy yes, hmmm well I looked down in his face
G# F# C#
Well good ole boy, I'll lay here til the Judgment Day
[Verse 4]
C#
Looked like it was 10,000 people standin round the buryin ground
C# F#
I didn't know I loved him until they laid him down
F# C#
Looked like 10,000 people were standin round the buryin ground
G# F# C#
Well I didn't know I loved him til they laid him down
[Verse 5]
C#
Well I got up this mornin'; The break of day
C# F#
Just huggin' the pillows where he used to lay
F# C#
I said soon as smoke, cast in the break of day
G# F# C#
I knew I was huggin the pillow where my sweet man used to lay
[Outro]
C#
Oh hush! Thought I heard him call my name
C# F#
Once so loud so, so nice and plain
F# C#
yeaaah mmm
G# F# C#
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
C#
C#
C#
G# F# C#
Any suggestions please let me know in the comments.
************************************
| ~ Vibrato
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
************************************
