#PLEASE NOTE: This file represents my impression of how Jonatha Brooke
plays this song from listening to the track on the CD from Jonatha Brooke
& The Story called Grace In Gravity and the Jonatha Brooke LIVE CD. You may only
use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. Please email
me <marian@aon.at> if you have a different impression of how
it should be played. #
Always - LIVE version
Words & Music by Jonatha Brooke
Tuning: EbBbEbFBbEb
Eb75255
VG-8 pitches: -1 -1 -2 1 1 -1 (highest to lowest strings)
Transcribed by: <marian@aon.at>
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Updated: 2001-08-26
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This is the intro pattern (played twice) and the pattern
that is played repeatedly during the 1st verse:
Eb--------------------------------------------------------------
Bb----12-12-12-12----13-13-13-13---12-12-12-12----10-10-10-12---
F---------------------------------------------------------------
Eb--------------------------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------------------------
Eb---0----------------------------------------------------------
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1st Chorus:
222200 00 10 10 10 9
She was young and frightened by the
008887
glittering wealth and she
222200 00 10 10 10 10
wondered if she'd be allowed to
008887 008880 005550 008880
stay
008887 008880 005550 008880
but she
555500 444040
slipped herself in to the sea and
333300
swimming naked all the crystal
555500 444040
lovely dancing waves were hers and
333300
whispered "I am here, yes, I am
*harmonics*
Eb-----0-----------12*----0-----------4--4------4--------7-------
Bb------0----------12*----0----3--3---5--5------5--------8-------
F--------0---------12*----0----3--3---5--5------5--------8-------
Eb--------0--------12*----0----3--3---5--5--4/5---4/5----8-------
Bb---------0-------12*----0--------------------------------------
Eb----------0-------0-----0--------------------------------------
always
*harmonics*
Eb-------0---------12*----0-----------4--4--4--4---------------
Bb--------0--------12*----0----3--3---5--5--5--5---------------
F----------0-------12*----0----3--3---5--5--5--5---------------
Eb----------0------12*----0----3--3---5--5--5--5----7--7--7----
Bb-----------0-----12*----0-------------------------7--7--7----
Eb------------0-----0-----0-------------------------7--7--7----
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2nd verse uses these basic patterns:
*harmonics*
Eb-----0-----------12*----0-----------4--4------4--------7-------
Bb------0----------12*----0----3--3---5--5------5--------8-------
F--------0---------12*----0----3--3---5--5------5--------8-------
Eb--------0--------12*----0----3--3---5--5--4/5---4/5----8-------
Bb---------0-------12*----0--------------------------------------
Eb----------0-------0-----0--------------------------------------
*harmonics*
Eb-------0---------12*----0-----------4--4--4--4---------------
Bb--------0--------12*----0----3--3---5--5--5--5---------------
F----------0-------12*----0----3--3---5--5--5--5---------------
Eb----------0------12*----0----3--3---5--5--5--5----7--7--7----
Bb-----------0-----12*----0-------------------------7--7--7----
Eb------------0-----0-----0-------------------------7--7--7----
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2nd Chorus:
555500 444040
she slipped herself in to the sea and
333300
swimming naked all the crystal
555500 444040
lovely dancing waves were hers and
333300 555500 444040
whispered "I am here, yes, I am al- ways al-
333300
ways, always I
5555500 444040 333300
am al- ways, al- ways, always I
005554
am al-
*harmonics*
Eb-----------------12*----
Bb-----------------12*----
F------------------12*----
Eb-----------------12*----
Bb-----------------12*----
Eb------------0-----0-----
ways the castle
3rd verse:
000000 888800 still stands there on the
333000 222000
island
*harmonics*
Eb-----------------12*----
Bb-----------------12*----
F------------------12*----
Eb-----------------12*----
Bb-----------------12*----
Eb------------0-----0-----
but
000000 888800
the king and his court are
333000 222000
alone
*harmonics*
Eb-----------------12*----
Bb-----------------12*----
F------------------12*----
Eb-----------------12*----
Bb-----------------12*----
Eb------------0-----0-----
and
000000 888800
his beautiful precious
333000 222000
flower
*harmonics*
Eb-----------------12*----
Bb-----------------12*----
F------------------12*----
Eb-----------------12*----
Bb-----------------12*----
Eb------------0-----0-----
has swum
000000 888800
a- way to a room of her
333000 222000
own she
555500 444040
slipped herself in to the sea and
333300
swimming naked all the crystal
555500 444040
lovely dancing waves were hers and
333300 555500 444040
whispered "I am here, yes, I am al- ways al-
333300
ways, always I
5555500 444040 333300
am al- ways, al- ways always I
555500
am al-
077900
ways al-
999 10 00
ways al -
10 10 10 10 00
ways I
555500 4440400 333300
am al- ways, al- ways, al- ways I
005554
am
*harmonics*
Eb-----------------12*----
Bb-----------------12*----
F------------------12*----
Eb-----------------12*----
Bb-----------------12*----
Eb------------0-----0-----
always
Fade out with:
Eb--------------------------------------------------------------
Bb----12-12-12-12----13-13-13-13---12-12-12-12----10-10-10-12---
F---------------------------------------------------------------
Eb--------------------------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------------------------
Eb---0----------------------------------------------------------
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