Life by the drop Stevie Ray Vaughan - SRV Corregida por Fabio Baccaglioni fabiomb@labint.frba.utn.edu.ar http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/1868/index.html La letra original contenĦa errores. From: Mario Kefalopoulos It took this song to make me find my forgotten 12-string Eko which was deep buried in a closet for quite some time. I had it serviced and sat down to learn the song. Here are the results: Fist, the general outline. The intro and a couple more licks are after it. |A |E7 |F#min |D7 |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |Hello there |my old friend, |not so long ago it was |'til the end |A |E7 |F#min |D7 |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |/ / / / |We played out|'n the pouring rain|on our way up the road|we started over again |F#min |D7 E7 |/ / / / |/ / / / |You're livin' our dream |wo you on top |F#min |D7 E7 |/ / / / |/ / / / |my mind is achin' |Lord it won't stop |F#min D7 |E7 |A |A |/ / / / |/ / |/ / / / |/ / / / |that's how it happens livin' |life by th' |drop | ^---- only 2/4 here | Up and down thar road in our worn out shoes | Talkin'bout good thangs, singin'th'blues | You went your way, I stayed behind | We both knew it was justa matter of time | | You're livin' our dream, wo you on top | My mind is achin', Lord it won't stop | Tath's how it happens livin' life by th' drop / / /| / / / /| | | No wasted time, we're alive today | Churnin'up th' past, there's no easier way | Time's been between us, a means to an end | God it's good to be here walkin'together my friend | You're livin' our dream | | My mind stopped achin' | | that's how it happens livin' |life by th' |drop / / /| | that's how it happens livin' |life by th' |drop / / /| / / / / | F#min ---------------------------------------|-------2- ---------------------------------------|-------2- ---------------------------------------|-------3- ... 0---2--2h4------2----------2-2h4--2----|-------4- -------------------------------------4-|-------4- ---------------------------------------|--2--2--- Intro: / / / / |/ / / / | A ---------------------------------|----------------------------|------- ---------------------------------|----------------------------|------- ------------0---------------0-h2-|0-------------------------2-|------- ... -----0-1-h2---0-h1-p0---0--------|--2-1-0-h1-0---0---0--------|---2---2h4- 0-h3------------------3---3------|-------------3---3---3-p0---|---0---0-0- ---------------------------------|----------------------------|----------- Rythm: D7 A / / / / / / / / G -2---2h4---4---2---2h4---4-| D -2---2h4---4---2---2h4---4-| D -0---0-0---0---0---0-0---0-| A -0---0-0---0---0---0-0---0-|... A ---------------------------| E ---------------------------| E ---------------------------| E7 / / / / F#min: 244222 A -2---2h4---4---2---2h4---4-| E -0---0-0---0---0---0-0---0-| For the D7 he's using both xx0212 and xx7575 (EADGBE) For the E7, I'm not sure, but probably the x7675x. That's it. There are a couple of licks missing but with a little messing around with the chords you'll be able to get them. Have fun. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Paul D Subject: SRV's "Life By the Drop"... The intro is just some 'A pentatonic' stuff: (this may not be exact) E-|------------------------------------------------------| B-|------------------------------------------------------| G-|----------0-----------2---0---------0--------------2--| D-|------0h2---0h2p0------------2--0h2----0h2p0----------| A-|--0h3-------------3p0------------------------3--0-----| E-|------------------------------------------------------| Then there's this thing that I call "standard blues riff" (because I'm basically musically illiterate) throughout the verses: A E F#m D E-|-------------------------------------------2-2---2-2-----------------------| B-|-------------------------------------------2-2---2-2-----------------------| G-|-------------------------------------------2-2---2-2--2-2-4-4--2-2-4-2---:-| D-|-2-2-4-4--2-2-4-2--------------------------4-4---4-4--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---:-| A-|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--2-2-4-4--2-2-4-2---4-4--4-4---4-4-----------------------| E-|-------------------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---2-2--2-2---2-2-----------------------| Here's the chorus part ("Livin' your dream, wo' you on top."): (there's some words at the bottom to help keep up) E-|------2-2---2-2--------------------------2-2---2-2-------------------------| B-|------2-2---2-2--------------------------2-2---2-2-------------------------| G-|------2-2---2-2---2-2-4-2----------------2-2---2-2---2-2-4-2---------------| D-|------4-4---4-4---0-0-0-0----------------4-4---4-4---0-0-0-0---------------| A-|-4-4--4-4---4-4-----------2-2-4-2---4-4--4-4---4-4------------2-2-4-2------| E-|-2-2--2-2---2-2-----------0-0-0-0---2-2--2-2---2-2------------0-0-0-0------| Livin'... Wo'... My mind... Lord... Then here's where he says "That's how it happens livin' life by the drop": E-|----------2--------------2-----------------------| B-|----------2--------------3-----------------------| G-|----------2------2--2----2------------------2----| D-|----------4------0--0----0------2-----------2----| A-|-4-4------4---------------------2-----------0----| E-|-2-2------2---------------------0----------------| That's how it happens livin' life by the drop. I hope that helped some. Sorry I don't know any other SRV songs. I just figured this one out as a favor to a friend of mine who is kinda tone-deaf. You're own with some of the lyrics though, they're hard to hear. Good luck... Paul D. (s3bz%transy@ukcc.uky.edu) OR (phuckwheat@aol.com)