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Forgive Me, Savannah - Mark Kroos
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Tabbed by: Mark Kroos
Posted by: fgarden555@hotmail.com
Tuning: Open D: DADF#AD
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Throughout the song, use your right hand thumb and index fingers to pick
Use the right hand ring finger to "flick" the 1st and 2nd strings
Main Riff:
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Rpeat
Verse:
Rain Came down Felt a
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loss for words.... that I had found
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And Carolina held me like a child. And in the
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Sunlight for the........Springtime I was back....
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Follow that idea for all of the verses, it stays pretty much the same
Main Riff
Verse 2
Pre Chorus
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Chorus
I Drove
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I Drove
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Home
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Main Riff
Verse 3
Pretty much the same as the others, but really kick it at "Oh my dear Svannah..."
then...
...Found a place where I can see the stars
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(again) ...Just
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Fine
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Chorus
Bridge
Take plenty of liberties here....I always do
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Maybe play the chorus part....Maybe play this part:
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Maybe hang on that last chord for a little while before going into:
... Southern rain is..on my skin....
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Repeat....
...and Jersey
Hair
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Chorus
End on:
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Forgive Me, Savannah
Rain came down
I felt a loss for words at all the words that I had found
And Carolina held me like a child
And in the sunlight for the first time since the Spring time
I was back on Southern ground
95 to 26 was open with the windows
And the Wild was on the stereo and I
Cut the chords where vocal chords constrain
Us from the notes that we can never ever find
But I drove home
Light came down
And I heard a voice say never lose the sound
We humans have a wandering need as humans are a faulty breed
And I’ve found it’s an easy sound to lose
But oh my dear Savannah if your majesty was mine
We’d never have to feel September’s chill or see its sky
Cause I’ve found a place where I can see the stars
Just fine
But I drove home
This southern rain is soothing on my skin
But this soothing southern rain cannot compare
To hearts and strings that pull apart my doubt
Your Jersey lips and Jersey eyes and Jersey hair
So I drove home
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
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