Chord Sympathy by Melissa Etheridge

song : sympathy artist : melissa etheridge album : 4th street feeling tab by : don czarski email : guitarzan7@hotmail . com sympathy melissa etheridge intro : A A * D C A - 2x’s note : when playing the a barre chord in the beginning of the intro alternate A * - see below by lifting your finger on and off the low E string . then when going from the D barre chord hit the C barre chord once and then back to the A . - listen for the timing to get the pattern down - A A * D C A E - 5 - - 5 - - - - 5 - - - - 3 - - - 5 - - | B - 5 - - 5 - - - - 7 - - - - 5 - - - 5 - - | G - 6 - - 6 - - - - 7 - - - - 5 - - - 6 - - | D - 7 - - 7 - - - - 7 - - - - 5 - - - 7 - - | A - 7 - - 7 - - - - 5 - - - - 3 - - - 7 - - | E - 5 - - 0 - - - - 5 - - - - 3 - - - 5 - - | continue playing the intro pattern for the verse up until the break . . . verse : there’s a liar in your bed and there’s a shotgun to your head you can’t breathe but you can smoke n . C you can’t cry but you can joke about it verse : you can drink yourself to chills you can hide your little pills as your life slowly explodes you can believe nobody knows about it break : C do you think that you’re the only one E D who’s losing their minds C keeping it together B A E is everyone’s favorite pastime , well chorus : A D everybody’s had some really , really bad A D some this has got to be the end A i would really like to try for you D sit around and cry for you F E muster up some sympathy yeah D A A well that’s too much to ask of me verse : play the intro pattern 2x’s until break you try so hard to be discreet with all your secrets in the sheets as you solemnly refuse the very spark that lights your fuse break : C E do you think that you’re the only one D who can be unkind C tearing at each other’s flesh B A E is everyone’s favorite pastime , well chorus : A D everybody’s had some really , really bad A D some this has got to be the end A i would really like to try for you D sit around and cry for you F E muster up some sympathy , yeah D well that’s too much to ask of me instrumental : solo over the following chords F C G D F C G A break 2 : A have some , have some sympathy now F#m F have some , have some sympathy now have some now chorus : A D everybody’s had some really , really bad A D some this has got to be the end A i would really like to try for you D sit around and cry for you F muster up some sympathy E well that’s too much to ask of me solo over the chords A D A D outro : A D sympathy , sympathy F E A that’s too much , too much to ask of me D A D sympathy , sympathy honey , that’s too much to ask of me A D oh - oooooh , sympathy , F E A that’s too much to ask of me