Suzanne Vega - Penitent
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transcribed by Chris Brauner (chrisbrauner@go2.pl)
edited by Bambi Kill <skyw@hotmail.com>

capo on the 1st fret

INTRO:

Gtrs 1 & 2
E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
G -----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
D -7---7-------7---|-7---7-------7---|-7---7-------7---|-7---7-----------|
A ---------7-------|-----------------|---------7-------|-----------------|
E -5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  

                            * gtr 2 only
E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -----0-----------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-----------------|
G -4-----------4---|-4h5-------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------------|
D -----------5-----|-------------5---|-7---7-------7---|-----------------|
A ---------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E -3---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

VERSE:

   once   I   stood   alone   so   proud        held  myself  above  the  crowd

   from  here  I  look  around  to  see         what  avenues  belong  to  me


Gtrs 1 & 2
E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
G -----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
D -7---7-------7---|-7---7-------7---|-7---7-------7---|-7---7-----------|
A ---------7-------|-----------------|---------7-------|-----------------|
E -5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  

     now     I'm                  low  on  the  ground

     I can't tell                 what  I've  found

                            * gtr 2 only
E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -----0-----------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-----------------|
G -4-----------4---|-4h5-------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------------|
D -----------5-----|-------------5---|-7---7-------7---|-----------------|
A ---------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E -3---------------|-3---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

BRIDGE:

   now          what   would     You           have        me         do

                      I  ask  you           please?

E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-0h1---0---------|
G -----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
D -----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
A --------(7)------|--------(5)------|--------(3)------|--------(3)------|
E -5---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-1---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

                      I   wait   to   hear

E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -------0---------|-------0---------|---------------0-|---------0-------|
G -----------0-----|-----------0-----|-------0-----0---|-------------0---|
D -----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----9-----------|-----9-----------|
A --------(7)------|--------(5)------|---------9-------|-7---------------|
E -5---------------|-3---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -------0---------|-----------------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
G -----------0-----|-----------------|-----------0-----|-----------7-----|
D -----10----------|-----------------|-7---7-------7---|-7---7-----------|
A -----------------|-----------------|---------7-------|-----------------|
E -8---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


E -----------------|-----------------|
B -------0---------|-----------------|
G -----------0-----|-----------------|
D -7---7-------7---|-----------------|
A ---------7-------|-----------------|
E -5---------------|-5---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  


2nd VERSE:

the mother and the matador
the mystic each were here before
like me. To stare You down

you appear without a face
disappear but leave your trace
I feel your unseen frown


BRIDGE:

now what would You have me do
I ask you please?
I wait to hear


CHORUS:

your voice                                    the word

E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -------0---------|-------0---------|-------1---------|-------1---------|
G -----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
D -----10------10--|-----10------10--|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
A -----------------|--------(10)-----|-----------------|-----------------|
E -8---------------|-8---------------|-1---------------|-1---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 

you say                                          I wait 

E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -------3---------|-------3---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|
G -----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
D -----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------(2)------|
E -3---------------|-3---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

to see                 your sign                   would I

E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -------0---------|-------0---------|-------1---------|-------1---------|
G -----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
D -----10------10--|-----10------10--|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
A -----------------|--------(10)-----|-----------------|-----------------|
E -8---------------|-8---------------|-1---------------|-1---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 
                                     obey?

E -----------------|
B -------3---------|
G -----------0-----|
D -----0-------0---|
A -----------------|
E -3---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  
repeat intro riff

3rd VERSE:

I look for you in heathered moor
the desert, and the ocean floor
how low does one heart go

looking for your fingerprints
I find them in coincidence
and make my faith to grow


4th VERSE:

forgive me all my blindnesses
my weakness and unkindnesses
as yet unbending still

struggling so hard to see
my fist against eternity
and will you break my will?


BRIDGE:
 
now what would You have me do
I ask you please?
I wait to hear


CHORUS:

your voice
the word
you say
I wait
to see your sign
could I
obey?

BRIDGE

CHORUS

OUTRO:
                                                                        x3
E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-0h1---0---------|
G -----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|
D -----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|
A --------(7)------|--------(5)------|--------(3)------|--------(3)------|
E -5---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-1---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -------0---------|-------0---------|-------0---------|-----------------|
G -----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------------|
D -----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-7---7-------7---|-----------------|
A ---------2-------|---------2-------|---------7-------|-----------------|
E -0---------------|-0---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .