Answering Bell EP Tabs:
- Answering Bell (Live)
- New York, New York (Live) »
- To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High) (Live)
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New York, New York - Ryan Adams
D.H. Dilbeck email me if you find more ryan adams at
dancingmonkey999@hotmail.com
Close enough - corrections encouraged
4/4 time (four dashes = 1 beat, each bar has extra dash at start for
readability)
Strum freely (and a lot)
THE FIRST PART:
Verse (hammer on's here and there)
A Dsus9 D A
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||-x-x-----x-x-----|-x-x-----x-------||
||-0h2-----2h3-----|-2h3-----2-------||
||-0h2-----2-2-----|-2-2-----2-------||
||-0h2-----2-2-----|-2h4-----2-------||
||-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-----0-------||
||-x-x-----x-x-----|-x-x-----x-------||
THE NEXT PART:
Repeat first bar twice (like it says)
E A Dsus Ddim Dsus Ddim
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||-x-------x-------||-x-------x-------|-x-------x-------|
||-0-------2-------||-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
||-1-------2-------||-2-------1------h|-2-------1-------|
||-2-------2-------||-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
||-2-------0-------||-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
||-0-------x-------||-x-------x-------|-x-------x-------|
E A Dsus Ddim Dsus E7
, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||-x-------x-------||-x-------x-------|-x-------x-------|
||-0-------2-------||-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
||-1-------2-------||-2-------1------h|-2-------1-------|
||-2-------2-------||-0-------0-------|-0-------2-------|
||-2-------0-------||-0-------0-------|-0-------2-------|
||-0-------x-------||-x-------x-------|-x-------0-------|
THE END PART:
Ending (combination of D,A,E,G) Asus7-11? resloves to A at end
Bass is mainly D and A
Try one of these:
|-3-| |-5-| |-5-| |-3-| |-5-|
|-3-| |-5-| |-8-| |-3-| |-8-|
|-2-| |-7-| |-7-| |-2-| |-7-|
|-2-| |-5-| |-5-| |-0-| |-5-|
|-0-| |-5-| |-5-| |-0-| |-7-|
|-x-| |-5-| |-5-| |-x-| |-5-|
I like this one - stick in a hammer once in a while to relieve ennui
Plain A at the end
A? A? A7 A
||---5-||---5--5--5-|
||---5-||---5--5--5-|
||-6h7-||-6h7--6--6-|
||---5-||---5--5--7-|
||---7-||---7--7--7-|
||---5-||---5--5--5-|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Erik Lead Player |
#1 by Erik StJimmy at Oct 2, 2007 at 6:38 PM EST |
| Ryan Adams, from an interview with Pitchforkmedia: ...when I wrote the record Gold, I was trying to close a chapter in my life, on who I was, a relationship that I'd been very possessed by and obsessed with. I was trying to find a musical way of closing doors, so that new ones could open. But after that record, 9/11 happened. And then everybody looks back at that song-- where I'm trying to say to this girl, whatever... Pitchfork: "New York, New York"? Adams: Yeah. Where we had a run, but OK, it didn't work. And in some weird way that song was almost like that Bon Jovi song, you know (sings), "Better to have loved and lost..." Basically saying that same thing, but people attached this meaning to it. Recently somebody sent me a funny e-mail they'd gotten where this guy wrote, "It's bad enough that this guy, like, totally calls himself Ryan Adams, so that he can get Bryan Adams' fans, but like, he's still playing that 9/11 anthem?" And I was like, that's the best e-mail I've ever seen! But you know what I mean? That song, for some people, changed. It didn't change for me. http://pitchforkmedia.com/interviews/a/adams_ryan-05/ | |
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Randy Lead Player |
#2 by Randy Lott at Oct 2, 2007 at 8:18 PM EST |
| It is an excellent song.....sometimes people forget to return your love, but the city you grew up in never will New York, for its citizens, is a mother.....and this song reflects that. | |
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Dean Rhythm Player |
#3 by Dean M at Oct 4, 2007 at 5:36 AM EST |
| This song is awesome. Fantastic opening track to a fantastic album. 'I remember christmas in the blistering cold, in a church on the upper west side, Babe i stood there singing, i was holding your arm you were holding my trust like a child' Genius | |
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hamadi Wanna Be |
#4 by hamadi alameddine at Oct 7, 2007 at 4:43 PM EST |
| It works on so many levels. Perfect song about living in the city. It might chew you up a bit, but it'll never spit you out. And in between, there are some real moments to experience that are so worth it. Perfect song to commemorate September 11th. Even with all glitz and greed of New York City, the good people still out number the bad. This song recognizes New York for what it is, and decides it's still pretty cool. It doesn't have to be solemn to be emotional. And on a personal note, the perfect song to remember a new york city girl by. This girl was a complete bitch to me, but I waited on her, hand and foot. Eventually it ended (on the 4th of july, coincidently) and I still don't feel too angry towards her. I can appreciate the real moments we had together. Simply beautiful. | |
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Bobby Rhythm Player |
#5 by Bobby McCorkle at Oct 9, 2007 at 1:17 PM EST |
| Great song, very cheery. I think "rocket" in the third line is supposed to be "robber" though. It just makes more sense that a robber would run to Mexico, than a rocket would do the same, right? | |
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Josh Professional |
#6 by Josh Wilson at Oct 10, 2007 at 10:36 AM EST |
| yeah, you'd think that... he seems to sing about rockets a lot though. i love this song, but I must say that every time i listen to it, the verses make me think of "walk this way" by Aerosmith (yeah, i know, that's weird and terrible. but stop. think about it.... | |
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Sir Stuff Professional |
#7 by Sir Stuff at Oct 10, 2007 at 2:11 PM EST |
| yeah ryan adams names all of his ex girlfriends from where they came from... the new cd is amazing and be sure to check out his "unplugged" mtv special that just came on not to recent ago.. simply beautiful. | |
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jga Average |
#8 by jga qup at Oct 11, 2007 at 9:47 PM EST |
| Ok this song really has no direct meaning to New York City itself, it is more along the lines of a girl Ryan loved and how he is just remebering and looking back on the times he spent with her and how beautiful she was. | |
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Failure by Desi Average |
#9 by Failure by Design at Oct 14, 2007 at 5:44 PM EST |
| I think this is a fantastic rock n' roll song - I first heard it a week after Sept. 11th, when the video was played in tribute. It was filmed 4 days before the attacks, and the WTC is in the background. But as for the lyrics, I think they're great - I love the line about "a picture that would fit in the folds of my wallet", but I couldn't say why.. | |
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Dylan Average |
#10 by Dylan Ruiz at Oct 16, 2007 at 12:01 AM EST |
| Reminds me of my current beau. Im in new york, him in new orleans. Sometimes he'll call me new york, and i always smile. | |
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