Song: Theme For An Imaginary Western (Live)
Artist: The Leslie West Trio
Where: At the 'Iridium' in NYC on June 12, 2012
URL's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhasPx1DL0s;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Leslie_West;https://www.facebook.com/events/472806329401090/;
http://www.mountainrockband.com/leslie-west.html
Tempo: 4/8
Method: Slow Ballad
Tuning: Half-Step Down
Style: Blues with slides and pull-off's () shown in curved brackets.
Chord harmonies [] over riffs in square brackets
Finger vibrato <> in carets
Chord:
Strings 123456 (EbAbDbGbBbeb)
====== Equivalent to -
G 320033 :F#
A11 540055 :Ab11
Em7 020033 :Ebm7
Em 022000 :Ebm
A7 002020 :Ab7
C/E 032010 :B/Eb
F5 133200 :E5
F#5 244300 :F5
G5 355200 :F#5
C/G 332010 :B/F#
Emadd2 022002 :Ebmadd2
D XX0232 :Db
Audience: "Yeah!..." (Claps over Tuning)
Intro: (Arpegiatted Guitar)
|G (A11) Em7 Em| A7 C/E|
|G (A11) F5 F#5 G5| A7 C/G C/E|
|<G> Em7 Emadd2 Em| A7 C/G C/E|
|<G> Em7 Emadd2 Em|C/G C/E G D|
Verse 1:
G Em7 Emadd2 Em
When the wagons leave the city,
A7 C/E
For the forest and further on.
G Em7 Emadd2 Em
Painted wagon of the morning,
A7 C/G C/E
Dusty roads where they´ve gone.
<G> Em7 Emadd2 Em
Sometimes travelin´ through the darkness,
A7 C/G C/E
Met the summer comin´ home.
<G> Em7 Emadd2 Em
Fallen faces by the wayside,
C/E A7 G (A11)
Looked as if they might have known.
Chorus 1:
Em [Bm]
Oh the sun was in their eyes,
Em [Bm]
And the desert was dry.
C/E G (A11)
In a country town,
[A7] Em Bb (C)
Where the laughter sounds.
Verse 2:
G Em7 Emadd2 Em
Oh the dancing and the singing,
A7 C/E
In the music when they played.
G Em7 Emadd2 Em
Oh the fires that they started,
A7 C/G C/E
Oh the girls with no regret.
<G> Em7 Emadd2 Em
Sometimes they found it,
<G> Em7 Emadd2 Em
Sometimes they hocked it.
A7 C/G C/E
Fought each each other on the way,
<G> Em7 Emadd2 Em
Painted wagon of the morning.
C/E A7 G (A11)
Looked as if they might have known.
Chorus 2:
Em [Bm]
Oh the sun was in their eyes,
Em [Bm]
And the desert was dry.
C/E G (A11)
In a country town,
[A7] Em Bb (C)
Where the laughter sounds.
Instrumental 1:
|G (A11) Em7 Em| A7 C/E|
|G (A11) F5 F#5 G5| A7 C/G C/E|
|<G> Em7 Emadd2 Em| A7 C/G C/E|
|<G> Em7 Emadd2 Em|C/G C/E G|
Chorus 3: (Part Instrumental)
|Em [Bm]|...
Em [Bm]
And the desert was dry.
C/E G (A11)
In a country town,
[A7] Em Bb (C)
Where the laughter sounds.
Instrumental 2:
|G (A11) Em7 Em| A7 C/E|
|G (A11) F5 F#5 G5| A7 C/G C/E|
|<G> Em7 Emadd2 Em| A7 C/G C/E|...
Instrumental 3: (CEOTTK Riff)
West: "If we had a little green lighting guy, he'd be doing this ...about now."
...|<G> Em7 Emadd2 Em|C/G C/E G||
West: "Thank you very much!"
[End]
Notes.
1. These LWT live lyrics are different from the original Bruce/Brown lyrics.
2. This performance at the 'Iridium'is post Leslie West's loss of his right leg
from diabetes, a year earlier. It is flavoured with staunch self-determination.
3. CEOTTK = Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Theme).
4. This is the accompaniment only. A guitar TAB remains a separate undertaking.