Amen Guitar Tab

Pieces Of You Tabs:

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:00:35 -0400
From: Harold Lanier 
Subject: j/jewel/amen.tab

Amen
Jewel Kilcher from: Pieces of You
Transcribed by: Dwight Lanier   (hlanier @mindspring.com)

Tuning: Db,Ab,Db,F,Ab,Db

    Bm7         Bm7/A           Bm7/G
   Rhy. Fig. 1*******************************************************
E----------------------------|------------------------------------|-|
B---------0-----------0------|---------0-------------0------------|-|
G-------0---0-------0---0----|-------0---0---------0---0--------*-|-|
D-----0-------0---0-------0--|-----0-------0-----0-------0------*-|-|
A---2-----------0------------|------------------------------------|-|
E----------------------------|--5-------------5-------------------|-|

Verse: (w/rhy. Fig. 1)

   Bm7   Bm7/A    Bm7/G        Bm7    Bm7/A      Bm7/G
1. Your  mother's   child.  But night lays   you   down.

Bm7       Bm7/A       Bm7/G             Bm7     Bm7/A       Bm7/G
   Hair a-flame, wild look in your eyes.  Naked belly to the ground.

Bm7   Bm7/A   Bm7/G   Bm7     Bm7/A    Bm7/G
   A forest    fire    nibbles at your veins, 

Bm7           Bm7/A     Bm7/G               Bm7      Bm7/A        Bm7/G 
Crawls up your arm runs away with your mind and burns dry thoughts like leaves.

Chorus:
                                                             To Coda&&
   Bm                        Bsus2       Bm    Bsus2   D7/C   
E--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------
B--5-----5-----5-----5-----|-4-----4-----5-----4-----|---0----0---0--0
G----0-----0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-----0---|--0----0---0--0-
D------4-----4-----4-----4-|-----4-----4-----4-----4-|----------------
A--2-----2-----2-----2-----|-2-----2-----2-----2-----|-3----3---3--3--
E--------------------------|-------------------------|----------------
   A                                                   men.
__________________________  ______________________
|1.                       ||2.       
B7                                     D.C. al Coda
-----------------1--------|------------------1---||  
----0----0----0-------0---|----0-----0-----0----0|| 
--0----0----0-------0---*-|--0-----0-----0-----0-||
------------------------*-|----------------------||
2----2----2-------2-------|-2-----2-----2-----2--||
--------------------------|----------------------||

Coda&&
  B7                Bm
|-1-----1-----1-----0----||
|-----0-----0-----0------||
|---0-----0-----0-----0--||
|------------------------||
|-2-----2-----2-----2----||
|------------------------||

Bm                        Bsus2                    D9/C
---------------------------------------------------2----------2-------
-5---5---5---5---5-5---5--4---4---4---4---4---4--------0----0---0---0-
---0-------0---0-----0------0-------0---0-------0----0----0----0---0--
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-2-----2-----2-----2------2-----2-----2-----2------3----3-----3---3---
----------------------------------------------------------------------
       A                                           men.

 B7                      F#m                   Fm
-1-----------1-----1-----------------------------------------------3--
-----0-----0-----0-----0-----4---4-------4---4-------3---3-------3----
---0-----0-----0-----0-----3-------3---3-------3---2-------2---2-----X
-------------------------4-----4-----4-----4-----3-----3-----3------X-
-2-----2-----2-----2--------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
                         A                       men.

 Abm                     Gm                     G
-------6-----------6-----------5----------5----------5---------5------
-----6---6-------6---6-------5---5------5---5------5---5------5--5----
---5-------5---5-------5---4-------4--4-------0--5-------5--5-----5---
-6-----------6-----------5-----------5----------5----------5-------5--
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 A                       men.

 D                       G/D                     D
-------0-----------0-----------5-----------5---------0----------0-----
-----0---0-------0---0-------5---5-------5---5-----0---0------0---0---
---0-------0---0-------0---5-------5---5-------5--0-----0---0-------0-
-0-----------------------5-----------5-----------0--------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------0--------------------------------------------0-----------
                         Hal      -  le -  lu    -   jah.

 G/D                     D
-------5-----------5-----------0--------------------------------------
-----5---5-------5---5-------0---0------------------------------------
---5-------5---5-------5---0-------0----------------------------------
-5-----------5-----------0--------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------0-------------------------------
----------------------------------------0---------(0)-----------------
 Hal   -     le  - lu  - jah.


verse 2:

Eyes stare up, but something's in the way.
In the Bible, only angels have wings
And the rest must wait to be saved.
A dry tounge screams at the sky
But the wind just breathes words in
As a strange bird tries to fly.
(to chorus:)


Verse 3:

Pieces of us die everyday
As though our flesh were hell.
Such an injustice, as children we were told
That from God we fell.
Whare are my angels?
Where's my golden one?
Where is my hope now that my heroes have gone?
Some are being beaten, some are being born.
And some can't tell the difference anymore.
(to chorus:)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Tommy Wanna Be	#1 by Tommy Déry at Apr 19, 1970 at 9:15 AM EST
	Wow, this song is so hard to understand. One part, though: Some are being beaten. Some are being born. And some can't tell the differance anymore. That's so sad. Its like life's so horrible that being born and being beaten is the same thing. Right? 1

No Picture Gino Average	#2 by Gino Rivera at Jul 11, 1971 at 2:07 AM EST
	OK so I think that this song is about a heroin addict.... "hair aflame wild look in your eyes....a forest fire nibbles at your veins, crawls up your arm runs away with your mind"....thats about shooting up and getting high...And "eyes stare out but somethings in the way" If you've ever seen someone on heroin its an accurate description...and the references to God I think have to do with the fact that most people have a very finite understanding of God and they feel that everything bad that happens to them is because of God and that he's just supposed to just sweep down and save us ....but i think people should stop blaming God because if they understood anything about him they would understand that he left man to his own free will and that he offers unconditional love to everyone weither you choose to accept it or not

No Picture jozef Average	#3 by jozef verboven at Jun 2, 1972 at 6:37 AM EST
	This song is sung beautifully and is written interestingly. I think that what this song really means all depends on the listener because it is one of those songs that is very abstract and relies on people's induviduality to analyze in. To me, it is about someone who is confused in life and about where she really belongs. She is trying to figure out why the world is so cruel and she is trying to figure out why God is allowing everything to happen. This song is very beautiful and you need to get beneath the shell of it to feel it.

No Picture drew Wanna Be	#4 by drew peckover at Feb 12, 1974 at 7:52 PM EST
	This is a really interesting song. I like it. peace

No Picture Andrew Rhythm Player	#5 by Andrew Clayton at Aug 1, 1974 at 10:19 AM EST
	In my opinion this song is about: A girl seeing she's a sinner. I mean with the reference to fire and the rest of the words in the song and even the rest of the song has alot of religious/christian reference. It's about how God sometimes let's you down or doesn't meet your expectations all the time, and almost questioning if he exists. And how the church tells you you're sinners and going to hell until you change yourself for something you can't see and even if it doesn't feel wrong they 'brainwash' you into thinking you're sinning and once you're older you feel guilty and it's hard to get rid of the 'values' instilled in you at such a young age. 'Where are my angels? Where's my golden one? Where's my hope now that my heros have gone' And this is saying like, 'Where was God when I needed him? Where did he go? Why didn't he help me? Why isn't anyone rescuing/helping me', etc. I have no idea of the meaning to Jewel herself, but for me it's about how religion is something you want, and God is something you want, but you want to be free of it and all the guilt it gives you and you're almost somewhat bitter that God wasn't ever there for you and you don't know where he/she went or if he/she was ever even there. Songs always have different meaning for different people though. But it's a beautiful song and one of my favourite Jewel songs.

No Picture EL Jeffro Wanna Be	#6 by EL Jeffro at May 10, 1975 at 6:36 PM EST
	Jewel's voice is amazing in this song...She has a huge range. It goes from low F to high G. sheesh. It's beautiful! yeeeeeeeeah :)

No Picture Zac Wanna Be	#7 by Zac McCollum at Apr 11, 1983 at 7:52 AM EST
	It's about how life is so "unfair." (i hate to use that term b/c i'm not sure if that's exactly what i'm going for) It's about people trying to find a salvation (God, Heroine, Role Models, etc) but nothing can really become that. And people are so lost b/c of it.

No Picture Sam Rhythm Player	#8 by Sam Zaccone at Apr 9, 1984 at 5:45 PM EST
	I read somewhere once that she wrote this about Kurt Cobain

No Picture Mathias Rhythm Player	#9 by Mathias Geleyn at Apr 17, 1985 at 9:39 AM EST
	This song is lyrically beautiful! If you want to here another song exactly like this listen to "Ben's Song" by Sarah Mclachlan. Both are so similar and so admirable

No Picture THIS GUY Wanna Be	#10 by THIS GUY at Sep 22, 1992 at 9:47 AM EST
	"Pieces of us die everyday. As though our flesh were hell. Such an injustice, as children we are told that from god we fell. Where are my angels? Where's my golden one?"This stanza..... what guilt and freedom it must release. I love this song, its religious, but its not.... kinda like me..... and this line "Where's my hope now that my heros are gone? Some are being beaten Some are being Born and Some can't tell the Difference any more" That just broke me. I swear, I have never been so affected by a single thought than that one...... utushushi.....beautiful

No Picture Martin Lead Player	#11 by Martin Endara at Jul 3, 1998 at 11:46 PM EST
	This is my favorite Jewel song. It's about questioning religion so I think it's interesting that it follows "Angel Standing By" on the cd.

No Picture hturtle99 Wanna Be	#12 by hturtle99 at Aug 25, 2003 at 2:21 PM EST
	I think this song is about a mother who abondons her child. Or i think that the mother could be depressed and perhaps suicidal. Leaving the child to fend for itsself

No Picture Evans Average	#13 by Evans at Jan 21, 2007 at 10:13 PM EST
	Though a good point is made in saying that this song has a good deal to do with religion, when I first really looked at the lyrics, I almost felt that this song was about a rape. Perhaps not to be taken as a literal rape, but a rape of the senses. "You're mothers' child, but night lays you down" could be refering to a young girl who, rebeling against parental figures, leaves home. But the "Night" could be a reference to something evil. "Hair aflame, wile look in your eyes" is an enticement, but with "Naked belly to the ground" could be an aspect of her life gone wrong, or the begining of the rape. She is vunerable. "A forest fire..." I felt was a feeling of helplessness. A rage that burns through her body at this betrayal, and her inability to do anything about it. "Eyes stare up, but something's in the way" She looks towards sky, seeking redemption, but all of her problems, 'the rape', are blocking her view. "In the Bible only..." it is saying that only those most pure, 'angels', have the ability to save themselves, while the rest of humanity must endure. She will not be saved from this torment. "A dry tongue screams at the sky..." she cannot even scream to save herself, as if the world itself conspires against her. In the end, she just feels that God has abandoned her to this fate.

No Picture connor Average	#14 by connor gooley at Jan 24, 2007 at 12:29 AM EST
	I read an article in which jewel talks about her motivation for writing this song. She said she wrote it not long after Kurt Cobain committed suicide. It was written in sympathy for the youth that were searching for these idols that were no where to be found, hence the reference Where are my angels? Where's my golden one? Where's my hope now that my heros have gone? Some are being beaten Some are being born And some can't tell the difference anymore Our heros can't deal with the world so how are we supposed to be able to?