Biography:
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born 22 July 1973) is a Canadian-American singer and songwriter.
Wainwright was born in Rhinebeck, New York, USA, to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (they divorced while he was a child). He began to play the piano at age six, and by age thirteen he was touring with his sister Martha Wainwright, mother Kate, and aunt Anna as the McGarrigle Sisters and Family.
His song I'm A-Runnin', which he performed
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Other songs:
- Another Believer
- Capo 3
- Go Or Go Ahead
- Going To A Town
- Hallelujah
- La Complainte De La Butte
- La Complainte de la butte (Moulin rouge)
- Release The Stars
- Sonnet 29
- 1111
- A Bit Of You
- Across The Universe
- April Fools
- As In Happy
- Beautiful Child
- Betweeen My Legs
- California
- Candles
- Chelsea Hotel No 2
- Chelsea Hotel No2
- Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk
- Crumb By Crumb
- Dinner At Eight
- Everybody Knows
- Foolish Love
- Gay Messiah
- Greek Song
- Harvester Of Hearts
- Hometown Waltz
- I Dont Know What It Is
- I Eat Dinner
- In My Arms
- Instant Pleasure
- Jericho
- Last Cup Of Coffee
- Maker Makes
- Me And Liza
- Not Ready To Love
- Oh What A World
- One Man Guy
- Only A Paper Moon
- Out Of The Game
- Peach Trees
- Perfect Man
- Poses
- Pretty Things
- Rebel Prince
- Respectable Dive
- Rules And Regulations
- Sally Ann
- Sanssouci
- Superman
- The Art Teacher
- The Dream
- The One You Love
- The Sword Of Damocles
- This Love Affair
- Tiergarten
- Vibrate
- Want
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/ Rufus Wainwright / Read about the meaning of the song in the
/ The Sword of Damocles / YouTube video description:
/_________________________/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmUVy43tqw4
Time signature is 4/4.
Tempo is Q=105 bpm. (Hence, the backbeat is on beat 3.)
This notation style is the chords-in-bars style:
One bar is notated like “| chord-name |” read from left to right.
The symbol “%” means to continue on the same chord as before.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[FOREPLAY]
(In the music video edit, the opening 4 bars in this foreplay section are
extended to what adds up to ten bars of 4/4 bars and one bar of 3/4.)
| A | % | % | % |
(contrabass and cello enter)
| A | % | % | % |
[VERSES 1 + 2 + 3]
(The piano voicings include the low note “a” [A2] as a recurring bass note.
This creates the indistinctness of the bass register, as the bass guitar
then mostly stays above that A2, up in the low-mid register.)
||: A | % | % | % |
| F?m/a | % | % | % |
| Bm7/a | % | % | % |
| E7 | % | % | % :|| 3x
“ Release
The sword of Damocles
Just release it
To the authorities
We have been given
The same fortune cookies
You and I have
All of our progenies
Raise kindness
Above all else
Avoid the books of
Hatred behind the shelves
[VERSE 4]
| A | % | % | % |
| F?m/a | % | % | % |
| Bm7/a | % | % | % |
| E7 | % | Bm7/a | % |
| A | % | % | % |
I will caress your
Caress your curly hair
With affection
Many a good reason to cut off your head
Then and then
[INTERLUDE]
| B? | % | C | % |
| A | % | % | % |
[VERSE 5]
| B? | % | % | % |
| Gm/b? | % | % | % |
| Cm7/b? | % | % | % |
| F7 | % | % | % |
Release
The Sword of Damocles
Just release it
I'm begging
You on my knees
[VERSE 6]
| B? | % | % | % |
| Gm | % | % | % |
| Cm7 | % | % | % |
| F7 | % |
||: Cm7 | % | F7 | % :|| 3x
| B? | % |
There is no reason
To hide it from the sun
I am a tyrant
Trust me, you are not the one and only
And trust me, you are not the one and only
And trust me, you are not the one and only
Lonely person
[ENDING]
| C(9) | % | A7(9) | % |
| A(9) | % | D/a | % |
| Dm/a | % | % | % |
| A | % | % ...
Release
The sword of Damocles
Release
The sword of Damocles
Just release it
Cut the thread
Why don't you, please? ”
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1st /November /18
Just mail me at [email protected] with questions, comments and corrections!
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Here I will continue to upload and improve my transcriptions.
Best regards,
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November, 2018 "
/ Rufus Wainwright / Read about the meaning of the song in the
/ The Sword of Damocles / YouTube video description:
/_________________________/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmUVy43tqw4
Time signature is 4/4.
Tempo is Q=105 bpm. (Hence, the backbeat is on beat 3.)
This notation style is the chords-in-bars style:
One bar is notated like “| chord-name |” read from left to right.
The symbol “%” means to continue on the same chord as before.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[FOREPLAY]
(In the music video edit, the opening 4 bars in this foreplay section are
extended to what adds up to ten bars of 4/4 bars and one bar of 3/4.)
| A | % | % | % |
(contrabass and cello enter)
| A | % | % | % |
[VERSES 1 + 2 + 3]
(The piano voicings include the low note “a” [A2] as a recurring bass note.
This creates the indistinctness of the bass register, as the bass guitar
then mostly stays above that A2, up in the low-mid register.)
||: A | % | % | % |
| F?m/a | % | % | % |
| Bm7/a | % | % | % |
| E7 | % | % | % :|| 3x
“ Release
The sword of Damocles
Just release it
To the authorities
We have been given
The same fortune cookies
You and I have
All of our progenies
Raise kindness
Above all else
Avoid the books of
Hatred behind the shelves
[VERSE 4]
| A | % | % | % |
| F?m/a | % | % | % |
| Bm7/a | % | % | % |
| E7 | % | Bm7/a | % |
| A | % | % | % |
I will caress your
Caress your curly hair
With affection
Many a good reason to cut off your head
Then and then
[INTERLUDE]
| B? | % | C | % |
| A | % | % | % |
[VERSE 5]
| B? | % | % | % |
| Gm/b? | % | % | % |
| Cm7/b? | % | % | % |
| F7 | % | % | % |
Release
The Sword of Damocles
Just release it
I'm begging
You on my knees
[VERSE 6]
| B? | % | % | % |
| Gm | % | % | % |
| Cm7 | % | % | % |
| F7 | % |
||: Cm7 | % | F7 | % :|| 3x
| B? | % |
There is no reason
To hide it from the sun
I am a tyrant
Trust me, you are not the one and only
And trust me, you are not the one and only
And trust me, you are not the one and only
Lonely person
[ENDING]
| C(9) | % | A7(9) | % |
| A(9) | % | D/a | % |
| Dm/a | % | % | % |
| A | % | % ...
Release
The sword of Damocles
Release
The sword of Damocles
Just release it
Cut the thread
Why don't you, please? ”
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1st /November /18
Just mail me at [email protected] with questions, comments and corrections!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
" Maitinin writing here - the author of this tab.
The past 13 years, I have generated over 10,318,000 views and 835 top-rated tabs for this site.
If you want to support a steady contributor like me, check out my own site:
_____ http://www.PlayLikeTheGreats.com _____
Here I will continue to upload and improve my transcriptions.
Best regards,
Maitinin
November, 2018 "
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Runner Runner
Runrig
Russkiy Korpus
Rusted Root
Rusty Cage
Rusty Clanton
Ruth