tab: "let it fall" by sean watkins, featuring glen phillips
transcribed by michael mazur


Guitar 1 is capo IV
Guitar 2 is in DADGAD tuning, played with a slide
Guitar 3 is in standard tuning

all chord names are intended for Guitar 1, and are relative to
the capo...

DADGAD may not be the best tuning for Guitar 2 (let alone,
the _right_ tuning), but it works, so let's just call this
one possible arrangement... the same goes for Guitars 1 and 3,
i suppose, although, but it makes more of a difference with
the slide... so, i guess, take this with a grain of salt
and have fun with it.


intro: Guitar 1 plays the main part here, while Guitar 2 plays
       the melody below.

     Am9                           G6
||---------------0--------------|--------------0--------------|
||------------0--------------0--|-----------0--------------0--|
||*--------0--------------0-----|--------0--------------0-----| Guitar 1
||*-----2--------------2--------|-----2--------------2--------|
||---0--------------0-----------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|--3--------------3-----------|


   Em/F                          Fmaj7
|--------------0--------------|-----------0------------------||
|-----------0--------------0--|--------1-----1-----------1---||
|--------0--------------0-----|-----------------------0-----*||
|-----2--------------2--------|-----2--------------2--------*||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|--1--------------1-----------|--1--------------1------------||


            Fmaj7       Am9   G6   Em/F  Fmaj7
|--|--|--|-----------|-----|-----|----|-----|
|--|--|--|--11----9--|--7--|--9--|/11-|--7--|
|--|--|--|-----------|-----|-----|----|-----| Guitar 2
|--|--|--|-----------|-----|-----|----|-----| (w/ slide)
|--|--|--|-----------|-----|-----|----|-----|
|--|--|--|-----------|-----|-----|----|-----|





after that, Guitar 1 plays straight chords the rest of the
song. Guitar 2 exits, and Guitar 3 enters, playing the melody
over the second half of the intro:

the G5 for Guitar 1 is spelled x5503x


   C               F          Am             F             Guitar 1
|--2/4-----2p0--|----------|--0-----------|--------------|
|---------------|-----2/4--|-----4--2--0--|--------------|
|---------------|----------|--------------|--1--2--1--2--| Guitar 3
|---------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------|----------|--------------|--------------|


   G5            Am  Am/G  F   Guitar 1
|-------------|-----------|--|
|-------------|-----------|--|
|--1--2--1----|-----------|--| Guitar 3
|---------/4--|--2--------|--|
|-------------|-----------|--|
|-------------|-----------|--|



verse: Guitar 1 continues with chords, Guitar 3 exits

C                         F
hey look, i'm not weighed down

     Am
as i walk through

    F                    G5                    Am  Am/G  F
the glowing wheat fields churning on the ground

as all the ravens fly away
they leave nothing
but the sun and endless blue day


prechorus:

  F
i always knew i felt this way

    G5
but couldn't find the time to say

Am                           F
to myself i've got to let it go


through all the joy and all the pain

G5
with the drought and the rain

    Am              Am/G          F
the honest truth is all i want to know


chorus:

F   G5     Am    F
let it     fall

F   G5     Am  Am/G  F
let        go



1st Solo, Guitar 3:

|--0----0--0--0--0--|--0-----0--2--4--2--0-----4/7--7--4--------|
|--4h5--4--2--0--0--|-----4-------------------------------7--5--|
|----------------4--|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|



|--------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|--4--5--7--------4--5-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------4--6-----------------4-----------|----------------------|
|-----------------------6--6--7--------------|---------------/6~~~--|
|-----------------------------------7--6h7p6\|--4~~~--4p2h4/6-------|
|--------------------------------------------|----------------------|



|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------4--5--4--|--------4--5--4--5--7--7/9--|
|-------------------------4--6-----------|--6-------------------------|
|--4\2--------------4--6-----------------|----------------------------|
|-------4--2/4h6h7-----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|



|------------------7------7------7--9--12/14--12--|
|--7--9--7--9--10-----10-----10-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|



|--11--9\-------------------------------|
|--------4h5/7\5p4--5p4-----------------|
|------------------------4--------------|
|---------------------------4-----------|
|------------------------------7--6--7--|
|---------------------------------------|



|--11h12--12p11p9-----------------------------|
|------------------12--9--7--5--7/9--5--7--5--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


2nd solo, Guitar 3 (the first measure overlaps the last measure of 1st solo...):

-------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
/11--11--11--|--11\9-----9/11--|/12\11\9--9-----9/11\9\|
-------------|--------9--------|-------------9---------|
-------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
-------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
-------------|-----------------|-----------------------|



|------------------|-----------2-14------|-----------------------|
|--7~~~--6---------|-----------2-14------|--14/16\14------14~~~--|
|-----------6----6\|--------2--2/14--14--|------------14---------|
|------------/6----|--2----------14------|-----------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|



|---------------------|------------------------------|
|--\11-------/11--12--|--11\9-----9-----9\7\6--7~~~--|
|-------11--9---------|--------9---------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|



|-----------------------------|
|--6/7-----6------------------|
|-------------6--4-----4/6\4--|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|


verse:

C                              F
my kingdom's walls have fallen down

      G5    Am
but i know  that

F               G5         Am    Am/G  F
i don't wear an undeserved crown

C                          F
though it seemed to fit me well

     G5    Am
underneath it

F              G5      Am    F
i would certainly fall down


prechorus:

     F
last summer we left things unsaid

     G5   
that should be now a long time dead

    Am                                F
and now it seems that time has put it well


words can chase away a friend

    G5   
but to a lie they'll bring an end

    Am                Am/G            F
and throw it down the darkest deepest well


chorus: repeat and fade, with crazy mandolin


F   G5     Am    F
let it     fall

F   G5     Am  Am/G  F
let        go