Violent Femmes - I Danced

      
 
 Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 22:22:46 -0500
 From: Bryson Meunier
 Subject: TAB:"I Danced" by "Violent Femmes"
 
 I have understood the chord progression of this song for quite some
 time but I didn't feel that I had enough material to post. Then over the
 winter break I figured out something that sounds like Brian Ritchie's
 wonderfully elastic guitar solo. In other words, I'm posting most of the
 guitar parts of this song. If you have a part that I've neglected to post,
 or if you have comments, questions or corrections, e-mail me at
 meunier.1@osu.edu
 
 "I Danced"(Gordon Gano/Max Dunn)
 
 Performed by the violent femmes on "Rock!!!"(1994)
 Music by Gordon Gano
 Lyrics from the poem "I DANCED BEFORE I HAD TWO FEET" by Max Dunn
 Guitar solo by Brian Ritchie
 Transcribed by Bryson Meunier
 
 intro-
 B5 D5 A 
    

 E------------------------------------------------------
 B-------------------------2---xxxx--xxxx--xx-----------
 G--4--4--x--x--x---7--7---2---xxxx--xxxx--xx4--4--4--4-
 D--4--4--x--x--x---7--7---2---xxxx--xxxx--xx4--4--4--4-
 A--2--2--x--x--x---5--5-------xxxx--xxxx--xx2--2--2--2-
 E------------------------------------------------------ 
 

 Repeat that riff once more before the lyrics come in. Then, for the
 verse, repeat the riff without making the percussive sounds. At least I
 think that's the only distinction between the introduction and the verse but
 the bass is so prominent that it's hard to tell. If you know of another
 distinction, e-mail me at the aforementioned address and let me in on it.
 Here's my best attempt at the guitar solo:

 E-------------------------------- ---7-----------------
 B------------3--2---2brbrbrbr--0- ---7---4---------6\7-
 G---4--4--4---------------------- ---7---4------7------
 D-------------------------------- -----------7---------
 A-------------------------------- ---------------------
 E-------------------------------- ---------------------
 E--------------- --------------------------------------
 B---7--7--8--7-- ---15brp14--14h15brp14--14h15brp14----
 G--------------- --------------------------------------
 D--------------- --------------------------------------
 A--------------- --------------------------------------
 E--------------- --------------------------------------
 E------------------------------------------------------
 B---14h15brp14--14h15brp14-------7---------------------
 G-----------------------------9--7---2-----------------
 D-----------------------------9--7---2-----------------
 A-----------------------------7------0-----------------
 E------------------------------------------------------
 E------------------------------------------------------
 B--7h8--7\5--7p5---------------------------------------
 G-----------------7p5----5h7---5\3---5p3---------------
 D------------------------------------------5-----------
 A------------------------------------------------------
 E------------------------------------------------------
 E------------------------------------------------------
 B------------------------------------------------------
 G----3\5---5\7---7\9---9\12----14----------------------
 D------------------------------------------------------
 A------------------------------------------------------
 E------------------------------------------------------ 
 

 
 Repeat the main riff until the end of the song.
 
 Lyrics:
 
 I Danced before I had two feet
 I Sang before I had a tongue
 I laughed before I had two eyes
 and loved before my heart was young
 I swam before I had two hands
 and held the distance in my toes
 before I heard the stars or knew
 the wild compulsion of the rose
 
 I bore the fruits of many lives
 before I came into this day
 I knew before my grave was made
 the worms eat only death away (2x)
 
 I danced before I had two feet (4x)
 
 symbols used in transcription-
 x = make percussive sound with fretting hand
 b = bend
 r = release
 \ = slide
 h = hammer-on
 p = pull-off