Counting Crows - Children In Bloom Tab

Subject: TAB: Counting Crows, "Children in Bloom"

All guitars tuned down 1/2 step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

Intro: Guitar 2 plays a Dsus2/A and sustains it with feedback

Guitar 1 plays the part below:
0 0
3 3 3\2 2 0 0 0
* 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
*
( First ending )
3 3 3\2 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 *
*
( Second ending )
0 0
2

Verse: (Guitar 1 just plays E-D,

Guitar 2 doubles it, then picks through Dmaj7sus2 at the end) (Dmaj7sus2 = xx0220) E D Dmaj7sus2 Children in bloom cooking in the sun waiting for a room of our own leave my sister alone she don't deserve this she is a flower and I am a flower and we are all alone

Chorus: Guitar 1 plays intro riff

Bm A Esus4 I gotta get out on my own I gotta get up from this waiting at home I gotta get out of this sunlight It's melting my bones I gotta get up from this slumber and get myself home All these wasted dreams waiting for the sun to open up my heart to anyone bring me some rain because i'm dying and i can't get this damn thing closed again I gotta get out on my own I gotta get up from this waiting at home I gotta get out of this sunlight It's melting my bones I gotta get up from this slumber and get myself home

Solo: (Guitar 1 plays E D, guitar 2 plays solo)

7
7 7
9b(11) (11)r9 9~~~ 9~~~ 9~~~ 9h11 7~~~
7 7 0
6b(7) 6b(7) (7)r6 4
7b(9)r7 9b(10)r9 10~~~ 10h12~~~ 12~~~ 12~~~ 10h12
12b(14) 12b(14) 12b(14) (14)r12p10
12 12 12 12 12
15b(17)~~~ 15b(17)~~~ 15b(17)~~~ 15b(17)~~~ 15b(17)~~~
14 14 14 19p14 17b(19)
17b(19) 17b(19) 17b(19) 17 15

Bass interlude, both guitars tacet eight measures

Guitar 1 plays E D as usual, guitar 2 plays the part below: Where's the funhouse this year? The fairground's deserted and the skies don't seem as near Nicole's my oldest friend but the altar is empty and she'll never be a little girl again

Guitar 2's part over third verse: (Begins just before the verse)

9 10 9 9 10p9 9
9 9 9 9 9 9 9
x x
10h12 12 12 12p10 10 10p9 9 9h10 10 10 10p9 9h10
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
7 7
5/7 7 7 7\5 5 5 5h7 9 9
7/9 9 9 9\7 7 7 7 9 9
10 7 7
9 9
9b(11) 9b(11) (11)r9 9 9
7\5
9\7
9\7 7b(9)r7
7 /9
I gotta get out on my own I gotta get up from this waiting at home I gotta get out of this sunlight It's melting my bones I gotta get up from this slumber and get myself... Guitar 1 plays Bm A E until end Guitar 2 plays this, starting where marked:
0
3 0 0
4 2
4 2 2 6 6h7 6\2
2 4 4/7
3
4 2 9 9 7h9
4 2 2 6 9 6/7 9 7h9
2 4 4/7
7 5 7 5\ 0
7 5 9 0
/7 7 7\6 6 /9 9 /7
10 5 7 7
10 5 9 9
11 6 6 6/9 9
9b(10) 9b(10) 9b(10) 9 7\5h 7~~~ 7~~~ 7p5~~~ 5p3~~~
4 4/6 6 6/7 7/9 9 9 9/11 11 11\9 9/11
11/13 13\11 11 11/13
13/14 14\13 13/14 14/16 16\14 14/16 16 *This measure and
the next are
tremlo picked
14/16 16 14/16 16 14/16 16 14/16 16 14/16 16 14/16 16
14/16 16 14/16 16 14/16 16
19b(22) 19 17 19b(22)r19 17 19 17 19~~~
19p17 17p15 15 15p14 14\12 12h14
14 16 17
14b(16) 14b(16) 14b(16) 14b(16) 14
10
14~~~ 14~~~\ 10b(12) (12)r10p8 10b(12)r10p8 8
9
9p7 7~~~ 9p7 7~~~ 7p9 7 7
9 9 9
9 7 7
9 8 7\5 7/9 9\7 5
7
10b(12)r10 10b(12)
7/9 11 11 9
7 9
5 7/9

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