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LEAST COMPLICATED (Emily Saliers)
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[Emily plays this in A with no capo; Amy plays it in G with a capo on
the second fret. Note that I wrote down Amy's chords, even though in
the intro, and in parts of the first verse and last verse, Amy doesn't
even play (that's why those chords are in parentheses). So, if you want
to play Emily's chords, transpose everything up a whole step. Emily's
picking pattern for the intro and first and last verse is at the end.]
[Each chord is half a measure. I think Amy plays C/G as 3x2013.]
[You can play the melody in the mandolin parts by playing G7 (320001)
instead of G; use your index finger and pinky to find the melody.]
(G) (C/G) (G) (G) (G) (C/G) (G) (G)
[intro]
(G) (C/G) (G) (G)
I sit two stories above the street
(G) (C/G) (G) (G)
It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep
Am G/B
There's life down below me though
C D G C/G G G
The kids are walking home from school
G C/G G G
So long ago when we were taught
G C/G G G
That for whatever kind of puzzle you've got
Am G/B
You just stick the right formula in
C D G C/G G G
A solution for every fool
D D C C
I remember the time when I came so close to you
G G Am7 Am7
Sent me skipping my class and running from school
C C D [tacet]
And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool
G D C
What makes me think I could start clean slated
C D [tacet] G C/G G G G C/G G G
The hardest to learn was the least complicated [mandolin]
G C/G G G
Oh I just sit up in the house and resist
G C/G G G
And not be seen until I cease to exist
Am7 G/B
A kind of conscientious objection
C D G C/G G G
A kind of dodging the draft
G C/G G G
The boy and girl are holding hands on the street
G C/G G G
And I don't want to but I think you just wait
Am7 G/B
It's more than just eye-to-eye
C D G Gsus4 G G
Learn the things I could never apply
D(sus4?) D(sus4?) C(9) C(9)
And I remember the time when I came so close with you
G G Am7 Am7
I let everything go it seemed the only truth
C C D [tacet]
And I bought you that ring; it seemed the thing to do
G D C
What makes me think I could start clean slated
C D [tacet] G G
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
G D C
So what makes me think I could start clean slated
C D D G G
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
Am7 Am7 Em7 Em7
Ohhhhh, I'm just a mirror of a mirror of myself
C D G G
All the things that I do
Em Em Bm Bm
And the next time I fall, I'm gonna have to recall
C C/B Am7 C/G D (D)-(Dsus4) (D) [tacet]
It isn't love, it's only something new
(G) (C/G) (G) (G)
I sit two stories above the street
(G) (C/G) (G) (G)
It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep
Am7 G/B
There's life down below me though
C D G C/G G G
The kids are walking home from school
D D C(9) C(9)
And I remember the time when I came so close with you
G G Am7 Am7
Sent me skipping my class and running from school
C C D [tacet]
And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool
G D C
What makes me think I could start clean slated
C D D G G
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
G D C
So what makes me think I could start clean slated
C D [tacet] G C/G G G
The hardest to learn was the least complicated [mandolin]
G C/G G G
Least complicated
G [tacet; single notes: F-F-F-E-D, D-E-F-F-F-E-D-C-D etc.]
Least complicated (Na naa, na na na na naaaa...)
EMILY'S PICKING PATTERN:
A Asus4 A Asus9 A Asus9
E ----------------|------0---------|----------------|----------------|
B --------2-------|2=3-------3-----|----------0-----|0=2---0-------0-|
G --------------2-|----------------|------2-------2-|----------2-----|
D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---|
A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Mathias Rhythm Player |
#1 by Mathias Geleyn at Sep 25, 1984 at 3:42 PM EST |
| I think that if you have ever come to realization that you are gay, this is a song that will make sense to you. I was hetersexualized at an early age, taught that I was to grow up and get married and pop out some kids. This never appealed to me, even early on, and I always thought something was wrong with with me. I tried very hard to hide from the fact that I was and always had been attracted to women, I tried to get the thoughts out of my head, I actually tried to be straight. Then I finally came to the conclusion that this was something that would always be with me, I loved women and that wasn't going to change no matter what. I started to accept the fact and flourish in it. So for me, the hardest thing to learn was my sexuality, but all along it was the only thing that was least complicated, something I knew all along. | |
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Adam Average |
#2 by Adam Baine at Mar 6, 1985 at 6:16 AM EST |
| This is one of the best songs I have ever heard in my life time. 1 | |
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Chris Rhythm Player |
#3 by Chris Hall at Dec 3, 1987 at 1:43 PM EST |
| I think on the live CD, Emily says this song is about the first little boy she had a crush on in grade school or something. She bought him a toy ring and gave it to him and he rejected her and she ran away all upset. What a fabulous song! Someone recovering from a breakup watching the purity of young love from a distance. There's bitterness in her thoughts, but she's affected by the simplicity of the kids. Somehow, the personal component of this makes me think of "Something Real" from "All That We Let In". For some reason, I wonder if there's a connection between the boy she gave the ring to and the friend she left behind years ago. | |
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mason Average |
#4 by mason coats at Apr 1, 1996 at 4:22 AM EST |
| You can't simply pretend that the Love you felt in the past didn't exist. You can't block out past feelings or relationships, no matter how much you'd like to. (See Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). The song conveys the notion that if you think you can "forget" about past loves by simply hiding out or, in a more modern sense, deleting them from your cell phone, you're probably wrong. Past relationships will always affect us, but we move on, taking them with us as we dare to enter into love again. "The heart will break, yet brokenly live on..." | |
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Matt Wanna Be |
#5 by Matt Sakrosky at Dec 29, 1999 at 8:17 PM EST |
| i like this song a lot. im surprised that theres only one comment for it. its just such a nice mellow sweet song. reminiscing about stuff. i like this song because it emphasizes simplicity. least complicated. no drama or pretention or analysis necessary. no stupid formulas for how to get close to someone like those found in stupid girly mags and all. just be. im just a mirror of a mirror myself. i dont understand all the lyrics though...im not sure what the ring represents. my first instinct is to think wedding ring, but traditionally, the guy gives it. but theres stuff about hiding in this song. sitting in the house, and resisting and staying hidden. away from the street that love has already left. she doesnt feel ready yet...before i think she was one of the people included in the "boy and girl are holding hands in the street." but after she broke up with whoever she's singing to, the street got empty of love, and now shes hiding two stories above. and she doesnt want to go back to the street to reopen her wounds. she cant start clean slated and risk love and all that again as if nothing had happened, so therefore she's conscienciously objecting and dodging the love draft lol. so she has to learn to love again. but she sits there watching above it all, seeing hte kids of the next generation in the street doign what she had done, go through teh whole relationship heartbreak thing just like she had. but shes afraid to dive in again and tries to reason and analyze, but then realizes that love is the least complicated emotion, though its hard to learn again. its sweet. so thats my take on the song. someone want to expand, agree or contradict me? :) a great song | |
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Maggotkill Average |
#6 by Maggotkill at May 24, 2002 at 11:33 PM EST |
| "What made me think I could start clean slated?" is a great poetic line before the main one. I'm not so sure that it is about her homosexuality, I think this song is trying to convey the message that love isn't something you can force your way into understanding "You just stick the right formula in". Wouldn't it be nice if life were still that simple? She is admitting that she cannot comprehend everything. | |
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