Dangling Conversation tab

Dangling Conversation

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Tabbed by: Lanibucks
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This tab (esp the stretching certain lines, and compressing others) is based on a live
performance recorded by Joan Baez and Dar Williams, with a couple minor variations of my
own. There are different ways to count this out, but it's important to note that the 
lines are not balanced with the same number of beats for each phrase and that's part of what
makes this song so beautiful. The overall pattern goes:

Intro: 6 beats in the first 3 lines then 8 beats in the 4th line

Verse: 6 beats in the first 3 lines then 8 beats in the next 4 lines

Chorus (similar to intro but slightly different): 6 beats in the first 2 lines, then 1
line of 4 beats, and then then 8 beats in the last 2 lines

To help make this easier to follow, I've entered the chord names below for every beat.

Tuning: standard

If you choose to use Travis picking, the rhythm would essentially to start with a
quarter note on 1 and then accent the 'ands' of 2, 3, and 4. So the rolling rhythm of 
each bar
sounds like 1(&2)&(3)&(4)&.


Each chord letter is one beat (and rhythm switches between 6/4 and 8/4 with one measure 
of 4/4)

INTRO
                   (In this line, travis rhythm starts here when it switches to D)

e|---------------------------2----0h2--------2---------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1-------3-------3-------3-------x-----------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------0-------0-------0-----------------------------------|
A|-3-------2-------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   C       G       D       D       D       D

                   (In this line, travis rhythm starts here when it switches to D)
e|---------------------------2----3h2--------2---------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1-------3-------3-------3-------x-----------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------0-------0-------0-----------------------------------|
A|-3-------2-------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   C       G       D       D       D       D

                   (In this line, travis rhythm starts here when it switches to D)
e|---------------------------0-----------------0--------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1-------1-------1---0h1---1-------x----------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------2-------2---------2-------2------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2----------2------2----------------------------------|
A|-3-------2-------0------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   C       G       Am      Am        Am      Am

Travis rhythm for this whole line.
e|----------3---------------3------------------0---------------0-------------|
B|-------0------0-------0-------0--------0---------0-------0-------0---------|
G|-----0------0-------0-------0--------0---------0-------0-------0-----------|
D|--------0------0h2-------2------2h4------4--------4p2------2---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   G      G       Em       Em     Em       Em       Em       Em


Travis rhythm for this whole line.
e|----------3---------------3------------------0---------------0-------------|
B|-------0------0-------0-------0--------0---------0-------0-------0---------|
G|-----0------0-------0-------0--------0---------0-------0-------0-----------|
D|--------0------0h2-------2------2h4------4--------4p2------2---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   G      G       Em       Em     Em       Em       Em       Em

VERSE


e|---------------------------2----0h2--------2---------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1-------3-------3-------3-------x-----------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------0-------0-------0-----------------------------------|
A|-3-------2-------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   C       G       D       D       D       D

V1: It's a still life watercolor
V2: You read your Emily Dickinson
V3: And we speak of things that matter


e|---------------------------2----3h2--------2---------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1-------3-------3-------3-------x-----------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------0-------0-------0-----------------------------------|
A|-3-------2-------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   C       G       D       D       D       D

V1: Of a now late afternoon
V2: And I my Robert Frost
V3: With words that must be said

e|---------------------------0-----------------0--------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1-------1-------1---0h1---1-------x----------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------2-------2---------2-------2------------------------------|
D|-------------------------2----------2------2----------------------------------|
A|-3-------2-------0------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   C       G       Am      Am        Am      Am

V1: As the sun shines through the curtain lace
V2: And we note our place with bookmarkers
V3: Can analysis be worthwhile?

e|----------3---------------3------------------0---------------0-------------|
B|-------0------0-------0-------0--------0---------0-------0-------0---------|
G|-----0------0-------0-------0--------0---------0-------0-------0-----------|
D|--------0------0h2-------2------2h4------4--------4p2------2---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   G      G       Em       Em     Em       Em       Em       Em

V1: And shadows wash the room
V2: To measure what we've lost
V3: Is the theater really dead?


e|----------3---------------3------------------3---------------3-------------|
B|-------0------0-------0-------0--------0---------0-------0-------0---------|
G|-----0------0-------0-------0--------0---------0-------0-------0-----------|
D|--------0----------------0---------------0-----------------0---------------|
A|---------------0h2--------------2h3---------------3p2----------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   G      G       G         G      G       G         G       G
V1: And we sit and drink our coffee
V2: Like a poem poorly written
V3: And now the room is softly fading

e|-1--------1-----3---------1---------------0--------------0-------------------|
B|-------1------1-------1-------1--------0------0-------0-------0--------------|
G|-----2------2-------2-------2--------1------1-------1-------1----------------|
D|-3------3-------3-------3---------------2--------------2---------------------|
A|--------------------------------0h2-------------2----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   F      F       F       F       E       E       E      E
V1: Cast in our indifference, like shells upon the shore. You can
V2: We are verses out of rhythm, Couplets out of rhyme. In
V3: I can only see your shadow. I cannot feel your hand. You're a stranger now unto


e|-0h2------2-----3---------2-----0h2-------2------3--------2-----------------|
B|-------3------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3--------3------------|
G|-----2------2-------2-------2-------2-------2--------2-------2--------------|
D|-0------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------0------0-------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   D      D       D       D       D       D        D      D
 V1:  hear the ocean roar.
 V2: syncopated time.
 V3: me.


CHORUS:

e|---------------------------2----0h2--------2---------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1-------3-------3-------3-------x-----------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------0-------0-------0-----------------------------------|
A|-3-------2-------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   C       G       D       D       D       D

Lost in a dangling conversation

e|-3-------2-----------------0---------------0---------------------------------|
B|-3-----3-3-----1-1-----1-------1-0h1---1-------x-----------------------------|
G|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------------------------------|
D|---------0---------------0-------0-------0-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------0-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   G       D       C       D       D       D

and the superficial sighs

e|----------0---------------0---------------------------------|
B|1-----1-------1-0h1---1-------x-----------------------------|
G|----0-------0-------0-------0-------------------------------|
D|--------0-------0-------0-----------------------------------|
A|0-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
    C     C       C       C
that are the borders of our


e|----------3---------------3------------------0---------------0-------------|
B|-------0------0-------0-------0--------0---------0-------0-------0---------|
G|-----0------0-------0-------0--------0---------0-------0-------0-----------|
D|--------0------0h2-------2------2h4------4--------4p2------2---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   G      G       Em       Em      Em      Em        Em      Em


lives....

e|----------3---------------3------------------0---------------0-------------|
B|-------0------0-------0-------0--------0---------0-------0-------0---------|
G|-----0------0-------0-------0--------0---------0-------0-------0-----------|
D|--------0------0h2-------2------2h4------4--------4p2------2---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   G      G       Em       Em      Em      Em        Em      Em

Back to VERSE


| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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