J.Tharsen Sheet Music

All songs copyright 1992-2005 by J.Tharsen.

Feel free to use for personal enjoyment at your own discretion.



Promise Land

    Lyrics: Joan Knight
    Music: J.Tharsen
 
{Slow Blues}

A7 [or A with hammer-on]
(spoken) Ticket agent, ticket agent,
E7                  A7
(spoken) Let a poor man ride yo’ train?

A7
I hears it’s the train
       E7
that takes folks home
D7
to a city built with faith
      A7
where a man’s never ‘lone.
A7
Gettin’ away from this here place
E7
Back bent low from mornin’ til dark
    D7
A man sho’ can’t finish
    A7
what he didn’t start.

[A7]
(spoken) Here come that ol’ train now,
hear them tracks hummin’ Hallelujah Song

*Solo in A*

A7
Got my bags packed
E7
with joy and promise.
D7
Gonna make my claim
A7
to this freedom train.
A7
Gonna ride and ride,
E7
ain’t never gonna stop,
D7
‘til I reaches that place
A7
I hears talk about.
A7
Streets shinin’ like gold,
E7
food waitin’ on the stove,
D7
a man never gets too old
A7
to ride

Fade w/ improv solo




Lessons
    by J.Tharsen

Chords:

/ Dm /
/ Dm /
/ Dm /
/ Dm /
/ Gm /
/ Gm /
/ Dm /
/ Dm /
/ A7  /*
/ E7 - A7 - B7 - Dm /*

* = for Chorus effect: add extra measure Dm


Lyrics:

I went to climb a mountain
to see what I could see
I went to climb a mountain
nothin’ stopping me
I went to climb a mountain
all the way up high
I went to climb a mountain
can’t remember why
I tried to climb a mountain
and I found there was more to life than me.

I went to cross a desert
fly across the sand
I went to cross a desert
did not understand
I went to cross a desert
fire in my soul
I went to cross a desert
thought it’d make me whole
tried to cross a desert
and I found there was more to life than me.

I went to sail the ocean
blue all that you could see
I went to sail the ocean
wind weren’t helpin me
I went to sail the ocean
had to row all the way
I went to sail the ocean
took me a year and a day
I tried to sail the ocean
and I found there was more to life than me.

I went to fly back to my baby
said she’d be waitin’ when I went away
I went to fly back to my baby
had to see her right today
I went to fly back to my baby
house was empty as could be
I went to fly back to my baby
she’d thrown away the key
I tried to fly back to my baby
and I found there was more to life than me.

Now I climbed me a mountain
crossed the desert sand
rowed a whole wide ocean
and I think I understand
Took me twenty years
forever and a night
twenty twenty years
doin’ everything in sight
But if I hadn’t never left,
you’d...still be holdin’ me tonight.


Bass Line (funky touch):
tune E down 1 step ---> D

lead guitar riff: 0-0-2-0-5-3-2-5-3-2 (repeat)
for D, start on open 6th
for G, start on 6th, fret 5
for A, start on open 5th



Come On Down
    by J.Tharsen

verses:

|D       |G       |
|D       |C   D   |
|D       |G       |
|D       |C   D   |
[C    D] -- repeat as lead in to chorus

  picking :  D = 4,3,1,2,3 + 4,1,2,3
             G = 6,3,1,2,3 + 6,1,2,3
             C = 5,4,1,2,3 + (strum D let ring)

chorus:

|D       |C   G   |
|D       |C       |
|D       |C   G   |
|D       |F       |


[Lead riff on 3rd string -- open/2/4(5)/7/9 ]


verse lyrics:

chorus lyrics:

        come on down and we'll all get together
won'cha come down and we'll fill up the night
        come on down, tell me what's your pleasure
won'cha come down 'til the mornin light



If You Had The Gun
    by J.Tharsen


Verses:
Am                      Em
Berlin, nineteen thirty-seven
       Am                     Em
You’re standing in the Lion’s den
        Am                      Em
In your hand you’re holding the answer
         Am                               Em
Just one time and they’ll never see you a-gain.


Chorus:
C              D                      Em
If you had the gun would you pull the trigger?
C              D                       Em
If you had the gun would you shoot him down?
C              D                      Em
If you had the gun would you pull the trigger?
C            D                                    Em
Or would you wait ‘til the end to let it all come down?


He walks in in full regalia
Sharp and clean, ready for the fight
He doesn’t see you- you’re hiding in the corner
Dhis could be his longest night.

-Chorus-

You rise in a flash of silver
Victory is yours - too close to miss.
He turns, and sees you can deliver
Vengeance will be yours and death be his.

-Chorus-

Face to face, one to another,
The blood on your hands begins to grow.
You’ll be damned, salvation for your brothers
Will you fire, or will we never know?

-Chorus-

C         D                                      Em
Would you wait ‘til the end...to let it all come down?

(fade on Em)


Bass Line:
12(6)-14(5)-12(5)-14(5)-12(4)-14(5)-12(3)-14(5);
12(5)-14(4)-12(4)-14(4)slide 17(4).

*Chorus*
powerchords E on VIII - IX - XII let ring