There are two parts to this song. The lead guitar, which is picking through
chords for almost the entire song, is Derek Webb. He is in an alternate
tuning, though, (it is DGDGAD) and so I will not put his part up. I know
to a few of you that is a pain, but to most it will save you numerous sets
of strings from breaking, so I have to consider the masses. Again, anything
you want and cannot find, simply e-mail me and ask!
Anyway, Cliff's part is Capoed at the 4th fret, and played in G. That puts
the actual song in B, fyi. With a little practice, though, you can play the
entire song with his part and come pretty close to the record. Just work on
picking through the chords as opposed to just strumming straight down. I also
went through every verse, as opposed to saying 'see above' or something like that;
there are some small subtle changes thrown in. Be sure to look through all the
verses if you want to catch these. Only the chorus is the same throughout.
All chords are given relative to the Capo
Intro:
GAm7CDGAm7CD
(NOTE: If you are really ambitious, you can pick through these. I have tabbed
out a pretty nice way to go about it. It is really fast, so it will take some
practice, and mail me if you ahve questions)
---G--- ---Am7-- ----C----- ----D----
Verse:
GAm7CD
Spit and the clay, when washed away
GAm7CD
Gave the blind man sight
GAm7CDEm
New eyes couldn't comprehend the sun
DC
That by light ended the night
Bridge:
DC
Shackled in blindness since his birth
DCD
Whose sin, was it him, what's it all worth
Interlude:
GAm7CD } This time, these are just strummed, not
GAm7CD } picked as earlier.
Verse:
GAm7CD
Now with eyes wide open they
GAm7
interrogate him
CD
Saying who is he
GAm7CD
Do you believe what that man is saying
EmDC
Who do you say is he
Chorus:
GCadd9
All I know
DCadd9G
Is I was blind, he said
C9DCadd9
And now I see
GCadd9DCadd9GCadd9DCadd9
All I know is he healed me
Verse:
GAm7CD
I sit here today
GAm7CD
So I say that I believe in him
GAm7CDEm
Yet I cannot fathom the wind-like way
DC
That's made me new again
Bridge:
DC
Shackled in blindness since my birth
DCD
Whose sin, was it me, what's it all worth.
Chorus: (Same as above)
All I know
Is I was blind, he said
And now I see
All I know is he healed me
Verse:
GAm7CD
Now new from the womb
GD (<-- Note the change from Am7 to D!)
They interrogate me
CD
Saying who is he
GAm7CDEm
Do you believe what that book is saying
CD
How gullible can you be
Bridge 2:
DD
Darwin my tend to disagree
D
I don't know
DD
Marx is writing a drug I need
D
Still I don't know
DD
Freud analyzes in my head
DC
Nietzsche's saying God is dead
But I'm saying
Chorus: (Same as above)
All I know
Is I was blind, he said
And now I see
All I know is he healed me
Chorus: (Same as above)
All I know
Is I was blind, he said
And now I see
All I know is he healed me
Outro:
GAm7CD } Go back to picking through these
GAm7CD }
GAm7CD
Spit and the clay, when washed away
GAm7CD
Gave the blind man sight
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Chord Signatures:
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Cliff: (all given relative to capo)
E|-3---0---0----3-----2---0---
B|-3---1---1----3-----3---0---
G|-0---0---0----0-----2---0---
D|-0---2---2----2-----0---2---
A|-2---0---3----3-----x---2---
e|-3---x--(3)---x-----x---0---
GAm7CCadd9DEm
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Brett
bdm@falcon.cy-net.net
1:14 PM 12/8/96
Lyrics printed by permission of Derek Webb and Aaron Tate.
Written by Aaron Tate and Cliff Young. (1994, Cumbee Road Music).
All rights reserved.