Out of Season

by R I McNabb

2 versions here...fairly similar (they would be: it's the same song...) The acoustic version is taken from the Christmas 2001 Lomax gig - nice n' easy for the acoustic guitar. The album version is incomplete, and further down the page.

ACOUSTIC VERSION (Complete)

CHORDS

       EADGBe
A     
x02220
Em    
022000
G     
320003
Bm    
x24432
F#m   
244222
E     
xx5343
F     
133211
Gm    
355333
Dsus4 
xx0233
D     
xx0232

INTRO | VERSE 1 | SOLO | VERSE 2 | CHORUS | SOLO | OUTRO

Main run

..A................................Em.............................
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------7-10-10-8-7-8-7----7-7-----------
G-------------------------6-7-9-------------------9-----9-7-9-7-6-
D-----------4-5-7-9-7-9-------------------------------------------
A-----4-5-7-------------------------------------------------------
E-5-7-------------------------------------------------------------

Picking section (Start of Verse 2)

..A...........................Em............................
e-----------0-----------0-----------------------------------
B---2---2-------2---2-------2---0---0---3---0---0---0---3---
G-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------------------------
D-----------------------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------

VERSE 1

A                  Em                             A         Em  
Daddy daddy I have found the girl that I want to live with
    A                     Em                           A      Em
Her eyes are as dark as November when it falls on our village
     A                      Em                             A     Em
If I stand on a chair I can see her house from my bedroom window
    A                              Em                         A      Em
She smokes cigarettes she says its much too late for her to stop now
G             Bm               F#m
Listen do you think that she's right for me
G       Bm                   F#m
No stop laughing come on now honestly

VERSE 2

A                  Em                            A         Em
Her father regards me with caution as I wait in his library
A                  Em                            A         Em
The scent of tobacco and the silence of the room are inside me
D                 Bm              F#m
Ask but what's to gain and who am I to say
  D              Bm              F#m
I never knew the feeling when it came my way
D            Bm       F#m
I'm about as happy as I could be
D                  Bm                  F#m         D
I really think the spring will bring a change in me

CHORUS

        E         F              Gm
There's something growing out of season
        E         F              Gm
There's something growing out of season
        E         F              Gm
There's something growing out of season
        E         F              Dsus4  D
There's something growing out of season

OUTRO

        A  Em
Out of season

Repeat

ALBUM VERSION

Not finished yet - how about we put on our thinking caps and nail the chords between us?

Chord Name  E  A  D  G  B  e
B           x  x 13 11 12 11 or E barre chord on 7th fret
A           x  x 11  9 10  9 or E barre chord on 5th fret
Fmaj7/#11   x  x  3  2  0  0
E           x  x  2  1  0  0

Main run. The B and A chords are played by a second guitar, in a high register, eg D shape on the 9th and 11th fret. For the anal among us, I believe that this run is the Mixolydian mode of B Major, ie B major with a flattened seventh. I stand to be corrected, but who cares!

..B................................A..................................

e---------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------9-12-12-10-9-10-9----9-9-------------
G-------------------------8-9-11-------------------11-----11-9-11-9-8-
D-----------6-7-9-11-9-11---------------------------------------------
A-----6-7-9-----------------------------------------------------------
E-7-9-----------------------------------------------------------------

The next bit comes after the last line in the chorus. You know, "There's something growing out of season..."

..Fmaj7/#11.......E.........

e-------0---------------0---
B-----0---0-----------0---0-
G---2-------2---2---1-------
D-3-----------3---2---------
A---------------------------
E---------------------------

This bit is the solo bass riff, beautifully transcribed here in all it's magnificent glory for the acoustic guitarists among us.

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-4-4-2-2-0-0-----4-4-2-2-0-0-----2-2-0-0---------2-2-0-0---------
E-------------2-2-------------2-2---------2-2-0-0---------2-2-0-0-

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