7M3 Guitar Tabs - American Standard - Cumbersome
'CUMBERSOME'
SEVEN MARY THREE from the album "AMERICAN STANDARD"
Transcribed by Jason Leonard
CHORDS:
F# E Badd4
--2-- --0-- --0--
--2-- --0-- --4--
--3-- --1-- --4--
--4-- --2-- --4--
--4-- --2-- --2--
--2-- --0-- -----
INTRO: 0:00- 0:11
Rhy. Fig. 1:
F# E
--2-2-----------2-2-----0---|-0-0-------0----------|
--2-2---x-x-x-x-2-2-x-x-0---|-0-0-------0----------|
--3-3---x-x-x-x-3-3-x-x-----|-1-1-x-x-x-1--x-x-----|
--4-4---x-x-x-x-4-4-x-x---0-|-2-2-x-x-x-2--x-x-0---|
--4-4-----------4-4-------0-|-2-2-------2------0-0-|
--2-2-----------2-2-------0-|-0-0-------0--------0-|
B5 F#
------------------------|-2-2-------2----|
------------------------|-2-2-x-x-x-2----|
-4-4-x-x-x-4-4--x-x-x-x-|-3-3-x-x-x-3----|
-4-4-x-x-x-4-4--x-x-x-x-|-4-4-x-x-x-4----|
-2-2-------2-2----x-x---|-4-4-------4----|
------------------------|-2-2-------2----|
Verse: 0:12- 0:35
Play Rhy. Fig. 1
F# E
She calls me Goliath and I wear the David mask
B F#
I guess the stones are coming too fast for her now
F# E
You know I'd like to believe this nervousness will pass,
B F#
all the stones that are thrown are building up a wall
Pre-CHORUS: 0:36- 0:59
F# A E F#
I have become cumbersome to this world
F# A E F#
I have become cumbersome to my girl
Verse: 1:00- 1:22
Rhy. Fig. 1
F# E
I'd like to believe we could reconcile the past
B F#
resurrect those bridges with an ancient glance
F# E
But my old stone face can't seem to break her down,
B F#
she remembers bridges, burns them to the ground
Pre-CHORUS: 1:23- 1:46
F# A E F#
I have become cumbersome to this world
F# A E F#
I have become cumbersome to this girl
CHORUS: 1:47- 2:23
F#
Too heavy, too light, too black or too
A
white, too wrong or too right, today or tonite
E5 F#
cumbersome
F#
Too rich, too poor, she's wanting me
A
less and I'm wanting her more
E5 F#
the bitter taste is cumbersome, na yeah,
A F# E F#
no, no, no
A F# E F#
no, no, no, yeah
Break: 2:24- 2:59
(Bass plays lead, guitar plays chords)
F# E5 B5 F#
F# E B5 F#
there is a balance between two worlds one with an arrow and a cross
F# E B5 F#
regardless of the balance life has become cumbersome
CHORUS: 2:60- end
F#
Too heavy, too light, too black or too
A
white, too wrong or too right, today or tonite
E5 F#
cumbersome
F#
Too rich, too poor, she's wanting me
A
less and I'm wanting her more
E5 F#
the bitter taste is cumbersome, na yeah,
A F# E F#
no, no, no
A F# E F#
no, no, no, yeah
A F# E F#
no, no, no, yeah
A F# E F#
your life has become cumbersome
(c)1998 Seven Mary Three Music, BMI. All rights reserved.
Administered by EMI Publishing. Lyrics reprinted by permission.
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