Because Of You

Jump Little Children — Licorice Tea Demos (1995)
BECAUSE OF YOU
tabbed by Douglas Thompson (bananaco9@gmail.com)

Capo 3 - All chords and tab relative to capo

  Chords Used:
E|---0----|----0----|--2--|--0---|--0--|--3--|------|
B|---0----|----0----|--2--|--0---|--0--|--3--|------|
G|---4----|----0----|--3--|--2---|--1--|--4--|--3---|
D|---0----|----2----|--4--|--4---|--2--|--5--|--4---|
A|---2----|----4----|--4--|--3---|--2--|--5--|--1---|
E|---0----|----3----|--2--|------|--0--|--3--|------|
 | Em7(1) | Em7addG | F#  | C(1) |  E  |  G  | B/Bb |

E|--2--|--5--|------|--0--|--2---|--4--|--4--|
B|--3--|--7--|------|--0--|--3---|--4--|--6--|
G|--4--|--7--|--6---|--0--|--4---|--5--|--6--|
D|--4--|--7--|--7---|--0--|--4---|--6--|--6--|
A|--2--|--5--|--4---|--2--|--0---|--6--|--4--|
E|-----|-----|------|--0--|------|--4--|-----|
 | Bm  |  D  | D/Db | Em7 | Bm/A | G#  | C#  |



Em7(1)           Em7addG
Goodnight to the river
F#               C(1)
Goodnight to the harbor lights
E                Em7addG
Goodnight to the city
F#                  G       F#
Goodnight will never be the same
 B/Bb      Bm
Because of you


Bm    D                 D/Db     B/Bb
I can sit here drinking licorice tea
Bm  D            D/Db   B/Bb
And stare at the golden moon
Bm   D                    D/Db        B/Bb
Just picturing the way things used to be
Bm      D             D/Db  B/Bb  Bm
The hot summer in the middle of  June


E        F#            G          F#
You were there in your peach silk dress
Bm [NC]              G     F#  Bm
Laughing at me cause I was a mess
E      F#       G    F#
A tall glass of lemonade
Bm [NC]              G       F#   Bm
Come on let's go lay down in the shade


Em7                   Bm   Bm/A
It really wasn't that long ago
G#                    C#  B/Bb  Bm
It really wasn't that long ago



Bm  D  D/Db  B/Bb  x4


Bm    D              D/Db    B/Bb
I can sit here in my rocking chair
Bm   D      D/Db  B/Bb
Down by the riverside
Bm      D               D/Db    B/Bb
I could think about your golden hair
Bm       D              D/Db    B/Bb
But I'll think about my foolish pride


E        F#      G    F#
You were there beside me
Bm [NC]                  G    F# Bm
Lay down your head sweet Rosa Marie
E            F#         G       F#
Just you and me and the distant hound
Bm [NC]               G   F#   Bm
Just one kiss and the sun went down


Em7                   Bm   Bm/A  
It really wasn't that long ago
G#                    C#  B/Bb  Bm
It really wasn't that long ago


Bm                    G  F#
Let the river pull me under
Bm                    E  F#
Down to the cold cold blue
Bm                        G   F#
Let the lightning and the thunder
Bm                          E   F#
Have just one crack and I'm through
Bm                      G (F# E) G
Let the stars choose my number
      F#                  G           F#  B/Bb  Bm
But I ain't going down not because of you


Bm    D        D/Db  B/Bb
I can sit here all alone
Bm  D           D/Db      B/Bb
And howl as the moon goes down
Bm        D          D/Db  B/Bb
A burning fever down in my bones
Bm         D            D/Db  B/Bb  Bm
I'm almost certain that I'll come around


E          F#              G      F#
The roller coaster and the ferris wheel
Bm [NC]                 G    F#  Bm
Cotton candy, yeah, whatever you feel
E            F#       G       F#
Just hold my hand and hold it tight
Bm [NC]              G         F#  Bm
A candy apple in the middle of the night


Em7                   Bm   Bm/A
It really wasn't that long ago
G#                    C#  B/Bb  Bm
It really wasn't that long ago


Bm                   G  F#
Let the city drag me down 
Bm                  E  F#
Like she just might do
Bm                   G  F#
Til I'm scraping the ground
Bm               E  F#
With holes in my shoes
Bm                    G (F# E) G
With my head spinning round
      F#                  G           F#  B/Bb  Bm
But I ain't going down not because of you


Bm   D   D/Db    B/Bb
Yeah, because of you
Bm  D   D/Db   B/Bb
Because of you
Bm  D  D/Db  B/Bb   Bm
Because of you