Rites of Spring was an American emocore band from Washington, D.C. Although they were only together from the spring of 1984 through the winter of 1986, they helped define the Revolution Summer sound along with Dag Nasty and Embrace, among others.
Following the band's dissolution, singer and guitarist Guy Picciotto, guitarist Eddie Janney, and drummer Brendan Canty formed One Last Wish with Embrace alumnus Michael Hampton. The three later joined
Four years of hard work!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!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Spring" - Rites of Spring ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Sebastián Arashiro (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Email/MSN: [email protected]
Tuning: EADGBe
MAIN RIFF: e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|3-3-3-3-(3)/7-7-7-7-7/5-5-5-5--------------------| D|3-3-3-3-(3)/7-7-7-7-7/5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-| A|1-1-1-1-(1)/5-5-5-5-5/3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-| E|------------------------------0-0-0-0-0----------|
CHORUS: e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|7------------7-7--2--------------------| D|7----7-x-7-x-7-7--2--------------------| A|5...-5-x-5-x-5-5--0...-----------------| E|---------------------------------------| ("...Caught At a distance from myself..." Part)
"Caught in time so far away from where our hearts really wanted to be - Reaching out to a way to get back to where we'd been - And if summer left you dry with nothing left to - This Time...... Caught at a distance from myself and there was no one there to know - could I do? - I have learned sometimes a need can run too deep and we throw away the we most wanted to keep and inside we lie over and over again - This Time...... If you now you'd better learn to believe me when I say I'm going to build a wall around this town these hearts and hands." ===============================================================================