Ryan Adams - Cherry Lane
Tabbed By Jordi Brown
Standard Tuning
Intro
e-----4-x-5-5--x-4-4-x-5-5---4-4-4-4-3-2----------------------------------|
b-----5-x-7-7--x-5-5-x-7-7---5-5-5-5-4-3----------------------------------|
g-----6-x-6-6--x-6-6-x-6-6---6-6-6-6-5-4-------------2----4p2-----2-------|
d-----6-x-0-0--x-6-6-x-0-0---6-6---6-5-4-----------2-2--2-----4p2---------|
a----------------------------4-4---4-3-2-------0>4---0--------------------|
E-----------------------------------------0-0>2---------------------------|
Verse 1
A G
Every Niiiiigggghhhtt, i read this novel, aaabout you holding roses
A Asus2
in the poring rain.
E G
But the ending's tore up, trying to hail a cab,
G A Asus2, Asus4
Think no one can read you but I can
Pre-Chorus
C#min F#min/d C#min F#min/d
Well we moved into a house, down on cherry lane
e-------4-----x----x-5------5----x--4-4--x-5------------------------------|
b-------5-----x----x-7------7----x--5-5--x-7------------------------------|
g-------6-----x----x-6------6----x--6-6--x-6------------------------------|
d-------6-----x----x-0--------------6-6--x-0------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#min N/C
And watch the world go by, am I missing a page?
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a--------------4----4--4--------------------------------------------------|
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Chorus
Bmin G D A G Dsus2 D
I wanna be the one who walks you home, who walks you home tonight.
Bmin G D A
Stare into your eyes, and then try to explain it,
G Dsus2 D
But its written in a language that was meant to fuck you up.
N.C A Bmin7 A
And i can never get close enough
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a-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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N.C
But I Liiiieeeeeiiieeeeee (Pause)
Verse 2
A G D A
But iiiiii Liiieee down on your pillow, and i feel like you was going away.
E G
Going away, when you got no place to go,
D A
But, back into her arms, lying on her pillow.
Pre Chorus
C#min F#min/d C#min F#min
Curled up with a book, down on Cherry Lane.
e--4--------x----x-5-----x----x--4-4--x-5---------------------------------|
b--5--------x----x-7-----x----x--5-5--x-7---------------------------------|
g--6--------x----x-6-----x----x--6-6--x-6---------------------------------|
d--6--------x----x-0-----x----x--6-6--------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#min N.C
And the glass it hits the floor, and your walking away.
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b-------5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
g-------6-----------------------------------------------------------------|
d-------6-----------------------------------------------------------------|
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Chorus x 2
Outro (Play Sofly)
Bmin G D A
I can never get close, I can never get close enough
Bmin G D A
I can never get close, tttoo You.
Repeat till End
This riff comes in over the Outro Chords.
Bmin G D A
e-----7-------------7------------7-------5---------------0----------------|
b-------10---10-------10---7-------7-------7---7-----7-----5-----5--------|
g----------7----7--------7---7-----7---7-----7---7-----7-------6----------|
d-----9-----------9------------9-----9-----7-------7---------7---7--------|
a-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Keep counting them stars,
Love Jordi.
http://www.guitarmasta.net/a/adams,_ryan/.html
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Bobby Lead Player |
#1 by Bobby Parker at Oct 2, 2007 at 12:44 AM EST |
| i agree with alot of people here. but this song also seems like its talking about how he is together with someone. but missing someone else. "im missing a page" etc. and the beginning about how the endings all torn up, like it wasnt suppose to be like this..etc. well i love this song and ryan adams is just amazing. | |
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Johan Average |
#2 by Johan Soderberg at Oct 7, 2007 at 2:20 AM EST |
| there's so many different parts to this song, starts out like he's singing in a honkytonk bar, then moves into a haunting ballad, then speeds up towards the end with the incredible aforementioned refrain of "I could never get close enough, to you" - at this point feels more like a confirmation, a sense of finality. Then a wonderful guitar part wraps it up like a bow on a Christmas Present. There's nobody like the talented Mr. Adams | |
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Chad Wanna Be |
#3 by Chad Barri at Oct 7, 2007 at 11:12 PM EST |
| This is such a great song! I agree with sarah spacey's interpretation. The guy is dreaming of this one girl who he feels he can never get close to. She feels like no one understands her, but the guy knows exactly who she is, he just doesn't know how to tell her. He has this fantasy that maybe they'll live this fairy tale life together on cherry lane, but he realizes it won't happen and the glass breaking represents his waking from that fantasy. Yet still he wants it. I dont know if thats what he intended the song to mean, but I love it no matter what...and that's what it means to me. | |
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Mike Average |
#4 by Mike Dawgg at Oct 8, 2007 at 12:14 AM EST |
| Agree with noyes....a beautiful song, and already one of my favourite Ryan tracks. The "I can never get close enough" part towards the end is incredible. To me it's about a guy who is in love with a girl from afar, and the song is about him imagining what it would be like if he were with her and if they "moved into a house down on Cherry Lane". "Stare into her eyes and then try and explain it It's written in a language That was meant to fuck you up" But he obviously can never find the right words to tell her what he feels or "get close enough". "Curled up with a book down on Cherry Lane The glass it hits the floor and you're walking away" Those lines are the most interesting, to me it says even if he did realise his dream he would somehow thinks he would fuck it up anyway and she would end up walking away from him. LOL, that's my interpretation of it anyway but it's probably totally wrong! AMAZING song however. Ryan is a genius. | |
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Braxton Lead Player |
#5 by Braxton Overby at Oct 14, 2007 at 7:10 AM EST |
| beautiful song. | |
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rikiscorner Average |
#6 by rikiscorner at Oct 15, 2007 at 6:36 AM EST |
| i think there are two women in this song "her" and "you." he lives w/ her in a cozy little house on cherry lane. he lies next to her. and he lies to her - tries to look into her eyes and explain "you" away. but "you" is the woman he still wonders about and wants, is the book left unfinished, the one who will always be w/in sight but just out of reach. | |
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Elizabeth Wanna Be |
#7 by Elizabeth Greer at Oct 15, 2007 at 11:51 AM EST |
| I don't really dig the first part of the song but the end of it: wow!! it just makes me want to crawl out of my skin it's so perfect. I think the way he repeats that line ' i can never get close enough' makes sooo powerful. | |
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alex Rhythm Player |
#8 by alex Smith at Oct 15, 2007 at 9:50 PM EST |
| i agree with alot of people here. but this song also seems like its talking about how he is together with someone. but missing someone else. "im missing a page" etc. and the beginning about how the endings all torn up, like it wasnt suppose to be like this..etc. well i love this song and ryan adams is just amazing. | |
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Maarten Average |
#9 by Maarten Wuyts at Oct 16, 2007 at 11:13 PM EST |
| Is there something seriously wrong with me if I say that I want some guy to dedicate this song to me? It's so perfect | |
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