>This is my user-friendly chord map to "LW". It is not too far from John
Pollock's earlier tab of this, but there are some variations, particularly
the diminished chord and the D7 instead of D.
*Introduction
E--3---------------------------------------
B--3---4---3---4---3---3---4---4---3---3---
G--3---0---5---5---5---3---0---5---5---3--
D--5---5---4---5---4---5---5---5---4---5--
A--5---6---5---3---5---5---6---X---5---5--
E------------------------------5----------
E---4---------------4------------------
B---3---5---4---3---3---5---4----------
G---4---5---5---3---4---5---5----------
D---3---5---5---5---3---5---5---5---4--
A-------3---3---5-------3---3---5---5--
E---------------------------------------
*"Lilac wine..." bit
E---3---3---0---2---3---3---0---1---3---0--
B---0---0---1---1---0---0---1---3---0---1---
G---0---0---0---2---0---0---0---2---0---0--
D---0---0---2---0---0---0---2---0---0---2--
A---2---2---3-------2---2---3-------2---3--
E---3---1---X---X---3---1---X-------3------
E---1---3---0---------------------
B---3---0---1---8---3---5---3-----
G---2---0---0---8---5---5---5-----
D---0---0---2---8---4---5---4-----
A-------2---3---6---5---7---5-----
E-------3--------------------------
Now, I'll leave the final progression up to you since it's just a
variation on the above, and the chord chart I provided gives the essential
information.
The one variation through the song that might be worth noting is that on
the second run through, when we get to "sweet and heady", halfway through
the D7 bit, Jeff adds a suspension which should be pretty apparent when
you hear it (I'm providing the "rhythm" in the tab below):
E-----2--2--3--3---
B-----1--1--1--1---
G-----2--2--2--2---
D-----0--0--0--0---
A------------------
E------------------
Happy playing.
Gm
I lost myself on a cool damp night
Eb
Gave myself in that misty light
Cm
Was hypnotized by a strange delight
D
Under a lilac tree
Gm
I made wine from the lilac tree
Eb
Put my heart in its recipe
Cm
It makes me see what I want to see...
D
And be what I want to be
F#m C
When I think more than I want to think
Cm Gm
Do things I never should do
F#m C
I drink much more that I ought to drink
Cm D
Because I brings me back you...
G G7
G G7 C D G G7
Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love
C F G C F G C
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love
Eb
Listen to me... I cannot see clearly
D Am D
Isn't that she coming to me nearly here?
And reapeat patterns.
and the last bit (the coda? My musical education is sadly lacking)
G G7 C D G G7
Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love
C Eb D G
I feel unready for my love...
Notes:
>The C minor chord marked with the * is actually a bit more involved
(complicated?) if you look at the tab, as it has an A in the bass. This
actually makes it, I think, an "A minor 7 diminished 5", but don't quote
me!!
>Diagrams for the G diminished chord and the Am7dim5 are below:
alternatively see the tab.
>To get the "muted jazzy feel" John Pollock referred to in his post,
without being confined to barre chords (which are difficult and also are
not what I have tabbed out below for the most part), I suggest using the
thumb and fingers of the right (picking) hand rather than a plectrum, to
"stroke" the strings.
Chords
E |---|---|-4-|---| |---|---|---|---|
B |---|-2-|---|---| |---|-1-|---|---|
G |---|---|-3-|---| |---|---|-4-|---|
D |---|-1-|---|---| |---|---|-3-|---|
A |---|---|---|---| |(1)|---|---|---|
E |---|---|---|---| |---|---|-2-|---|
2 3 4 5 3 4 5 6
G diminished Am7dim5 I think
[to make this a Cminor, just play the (1)
on
the 5th string rather than the 2 on the
6th, OK]