St Teresa Chords Guitar Tab

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St. Teresa »
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From: ecpark@mail.wm.edu (parker evan c)
Date: 1 Jan 96 16:46:38
Subject: o/osborne_joan/st_teresa.crd
st. teresa
by joan osborne
off of the album *relish*
transcribed by evan c. parker
ecpark@mail.wm.edu
this is my tab for the verses of this song... not the difinitive
version, mainly because the verses are accompanied by a mandolin,
*not* a guitar.  this is just how we play it, because we don't have
a mandolin... so it is really just a cheap imitation, though it sounds
pretty darn good (if i do say so myself.)
e+-------------------------------------------------+
a+-------------------------------------------------+
d+---2----------2/7----------7/9----------2--------+
g+---2----------2/7----------7/9----------2--------+
b+---1----------1/6----------6/8----------0--------+
e+-------------------------------------------------+
e+-------------------------------------------------+
a+-------------------------------------------------+
d+---2----------2/7-----------2-----5-----2--------+
g+---2----------2/7-----------2-----4-----2--------+
b+---1----------1/6-----------1-----3-----1--------+
e+-------------------------------------------------+
st. teresa
by joan osborne
(verse tab solo x1)
(verse)
sit down on the corner...
(chorus)
am g       c f am g c f
way down in the...
am g c f am g am
(verse tab solo x1)
(verse)
reach down for the...
(repeat chorus)
(verse tab solo x1)
(verse)
just what i've been...
(repeat chorus) g am
(bridge)
am g c f
am g c f
am g c f
am g am g
am   g       am g
you called up...
am g am g
(verse tab solo x1)
(finale)
tab...
show me my teresa...
am g c f am g am
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evan c. parker
ecpark@mail.wm.edu

Source: GuitarMasta.net
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture jamie Lead Player	#1 by jamie mordue at Sep 27, 2007 at 11:08 AM EST
	I know we're supposed to be talking about the lyrics, but I just adore the intro to this song, starting in regular 4:4 before adopting the St Teresa lilt. Listen again, and smile...

No Picture Gordy Average	#2 by Gordy Myrick at Sep 29, 2007 at 12:46 AM EST
	Love this song. Does anyone have any idea who St Teresa is and what she has to do with anything??

No Picture matt Badass	#3 by matt sears, Just Like The Store at Sep 29, 2007 at 10:06 PM EST
	I think this is the best song on the album.

No Picture Tadej Average	#4 by Tadej Supukovic at Oct 3, 2007 at 12:48 AM EST
	This song to me has an emotional meaning and i think that what it's really saying is that here is a woman who is apparently trying to survive the only way she can to support herself and her baby by selling drugs or herself in an attempt to escape the sadness of her life. (lol) i could be wrong

No Picture josh Average	#5 by josh stagel at Oct 3, 2007 at 2:15 AM EST
	it's like a rosary 1

No Picture tommy Average	#6 by tommy h at Oct 4, 2007 at 2:39 AM EST
	I heard soem time ago that this was about an addict that lived on the street near Joan Osborne's home. -Pie

No Picture ToRRi Average	#7 by ToRRi L at Oct 5, 2007 at 6:19 AM EST
	Oh my god are you kidding? Have you been living under a rock your entire life? Jeez.

No Picture josh Lead Player	#8 by josh brock at Oct 5, 2007 at 5:02 PM EST
	Hint: It has nothing to do with the Mother Theresa you may have heard about. The interpretation I usually hear is that the song is about a whore who's taking the singer around, and seeing life through her eyes. St. Teresa is either some patron saint of the oldest profession, or a metaphor for a drug that takes her "higher than the moon".