Come To My Window Guitar Tab

Yes I Am Tabs:

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From: ksb@cc.bellcore.com (Ken Berczik)

Come to My Window
   -- Melissa Etheridge

Chorus

G    C     D
Come to my window
G     C       D
Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon
G    C     D
Come to my window
             G C D
I'll be home soon.

C G D
C                G
I could dial the numbers
        D
Just to listen to your breath
C             G
I would stand inside my hell
    D
And hold the hand of death
C                  G
You don't know how far I'd go
        D
Just to ease this precious ache
C                  G
You don't know how much I'd give
        D
Or how much I can take
              Em C D
Just to reach you
              Em C D
Just to reach you
            Em C D
Oh to reach you

Chorus

Keeping my eyes open
I can not afford to sleep
Giving away promises
I know that I can't keep
Nothing fills the blackness
That has seeped into my chest
I need you in my blood
I am foresaking all the rest
Just to reach you
Just to reach you
Oh to reach you

Chorus

Em
I don't know what they think
C
I don't care what they say
Am                                D
What do they know about this love anyway

Chorus

--
From: "Smith, Jeff (MSD)" 


Melissa plays this song in the key of 'G'; I put a capo on the 3rd or 4th
fret to accommodate my *maleness* (this puts it in the key of 'Bb' (3rd
fret) or B (4th fret)):


                  Come to My Window            -- Melissa Etheridge


CHORUS: (softly and slowly as INTRO)
G    C     Am7    D
Come to my window
 G       C    Am7          D            G
Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon
     C     Am7      D
Come to my window, I'll be home soon

 C  G  D  (4 times, aggressively)

C                 G
I would dial the numbers
         D
Just to listen to your breath
    C                G
And I would stand inside my hell
     D
And hold the hand of death
 C                  G
You don't know how far I'd go
         D
Just to ease this precious ache
 C                  G
You don't know how much I'd give
    D
Or how much I can take
         Em       C         D                 Em       C  D
Just to reach you, just to reach you, oh, to reach you

CHORUS

Keeping my eyes open, I cannot afford to sleep
Giving away promises, I know that I can't keep
Nothing fills the blackness that has seeped into my chest
I need you in my blood, I am foresaking all the rest
Just to reach you, just to reach you, oh, to reach you

CHORUS

Em
  I don't care what they they think
Em Dsus2 C
          I don't care what they say
C G Am                                   D   Dsus4 D
      What do they know about this love anyway

G  C  Am7  D  (twice, arpeggiated, not strummed)

  C    G          D
Come, come to my window, I'll be home
 C             G           D
I'll be home, I'll be home,  I'm comin' home

CHORUS


Courtesy of Jeff Smith (jsmith@moby.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com)
Sunnyvale, CA

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Bryant Wanna Be	#1 by Bryant Matthews at Sep 28, 2007 at 1:09 PM EST
	Oh, the crazy things we do for love. I adore the "I don't care" segment.

No Picture Steil Wanna Be	#2 by Steil Lionhart at Sep 29, 2007 at 2:44 PM EST
	Melissa has actually said several times that this song isn't about love. I don't understand what else it could be about- perhaps how badly she wanted fame at that point. But, from her autobiography, she wrote this song when she was in a repeat cycle of failed polygamous relationships, with a lover who was never quite as emotional as she was, so maybe she was wanting her to join her in that place.

No Picture CHUNK ZIZZLE Rhythm Player	#3 by CHUNK ZIZZLE at Sep 30, 2007 at 4:51 PM EST
	My favorite Melissa Etheridge song. It's simple and touching.

No Picture IM A MAN WHO C Rhythm Player	#4 by IM A MAN WHO CHANGED INTO A BEAST at Oct 1, 2007 at 10:45 PM EST
	theres really no hidden meaning to this song. its prety obvious. she has fallen deeply in love with somebody that is really not accepted my some people. thats how i take the whole some to my window thing. crawl inside/ wait by the light of the moon is kinda like she has to kinda kepp this a secret. but then i dont care what they think/ i dont care what they say/ what do they abou this love anyway. is talking about the fact that she is involved in a lesbain relationship

No Picture Chris Average	#5 by Chris H... at Oct 2, 2007 at 6:03 AM EST
	Powerful Anthem Song - Of Strength, that acknowledges all that really matters is our need for closeness and security with our loved one.

No Picture Dudevill Average	#6 by Dudevill at Oct 3, 2007 at 10:52 AM EST
	oh my...the things love can drive us to. this song is about wanting so unbelievably badly to be with someone that you can't stand it.

No Picture Renee Wanna Be	#7 by Renee Saenz at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:16 AM EST
	this song rocks.

No Picture austin Lead Player	#8 by austin at Oct 8, 2007 at 9:59 PM EST
	I called my ex one day, when we were still together, and sang this song to her....

No Picture Chris Average	#9 by Chris Essery at Oct 10, 2007 at 12:08 AM EST
	I love this song, it reminds me, how much I love my man.

No Picture stephen Average	#10 by stephen warunki at Oct 14, 2007 at 5:52 PM EST
	I think the "I don't care what they think / I don't care what they say" alludes to the fear about what other people will think about a Lesbian relationship, coming from Etheridge - although, not knowing the identity of the songwriter, it could mean anything else entirely. The rest of the lyrics are universal and can apply to any relationship. The song is about wanting your lover so bad, wanting him now, but perhaps it shows a relationship that is not out in the open.

No Picture Chad Wanna Be	#11 by Chad Barri at Oct 16, 2007 at 8:29 PM EST
	this song reminds me of a unrequited love in my own life. i love it.

No Picture Jon Badass	#12 by Jon Coath at Oct 17, 2007 at 8:19 PM EST
	in her autobiography she tells the story behind this song. she was on tour oversees away from her partner. she was trying her hardest to keep their relationship intact but julie was slipping and melissa could feel it. "i would dial the numbers just to listen to your breath" they would be on the phone for hours without saying a word, but listening to julie's breath let her know that she still was holding on. she said she wrote this song for julie as a "hey wait for me to finish doing my thing and then we can do our thing" and said that julie never liked the song. also she claims that this song isn;t about love, it's about desperatly trying to save a love that is inevitably crumbling. check our her autobiography, it talks all about it.