Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding


 
The r
A 
oses in the window box
 
Have tilted  
E 
to one side  
E/D 
A/C# 
Everything 
 
ab
D 
out this house
 
Was born to  
Bm 
grow and die  
B 
 
Oh it d
A 
oesn’t seem a year a
F#m 
go
 
To this very  
Bm 
day  
D 
 
You said I’m so
A 
rry 
 
honey
 
If I  
E 
don’t change the pace
 
I  
D 
can’t face another day
 
F#m 
And love lies  
Bm 
bleeding in my h
E 
and 
 
 
Bm7 
 
E 
 
Bm7 
E 
Oh it k
F#m 
ills me to think of  
Bm 
you with another  
E 
man 
 
 
Bm7 
 
E 
 
Bm7 
E 
I was p
F#m 
laying rock and roll and you were j
Bm7 
ust a fan
 
But my  
A/C# 
guitar couldn’t hold you
 
So I s
D 
plit the ba
Am 
nd  
D 
 
Am 
F#m 
Love lies  
E 
bleeding in my ha
Am 
nds

I wonder if those changes

Have left a scar on you
Like all the burning hoops of fire
That you and I passed through

You’re a bluebird on a telegraph line

I hope you’re happy now
Well if the wind of change comes down your way girl
You’ll make it back somehow

© 1973 Dick James Music Limited

3 Comments:

  1. Any way you could add some of Funeral For A Friend?

  2. Melody: Cm B C G | Ab Ab G Eb | F F G G | C B Eb D |
    Chords: Cm /G /Eb /C | Fm Cm-/D /Eb | F Gsus G | Cm /G Cm Bb7 |

    Eb D Eb F | Bb D F | G G F | G G | Eb F |
    Eb /D Cm Fm | Cm/G G/D | Cm/Eb G/D | C | Cm Fm/C |

    Eb C Eb | C Eb | F Eb F | Eb F | Eb C Eb |
    Cm /Bb | Ab | Bb/Ab Ab Bb/Ab | Cm Fm/C | Cm /Bb |

    C Eb | F Eb | Bb | Bb G A | Bb C | Eb |
    Ab | Bb/Ab Ab | Bb | Bb/Ab | Ebmaj7/G Cm/G | Ab /Ab-/G-/F-/Eb |

    F | F |
    Dm7 | E7-9 |

    (A)
    Melody: E E E | C# E-A-E | F F F-A-F | G D-G-B-G-G |
    Chords: E | A | Dm /C | G/B |

    F E E D | C B-C-E-G | G F D A | G# E-G#-F-G# |
    G#dim7 E/G# E E/G# | Am | Bb6 Bb Bbmaj7 | Em? |
    (play 2 times) ad lib on the second play)

    A | B B-C-D | F E F-E-D-C | D Eb F | Ab G Eb F |
    Am | G | C | Bb Ab/Bb Bbm7 | Eb Bb/D |

    E E-F-G | Bb Ab C-Bb-Ab-G | F# F#-G-A | E D |
    C /Bb | Fm Eb | D | C/G G |

    Fm E-F E B | B-C-C A B-C-B-C | D D D F# | F#-G G |
    G#dim7 E/G# G#dim7 | Am /G | D | Em |

    G# G# – A B | C | |
    E7 Asus E7/G# | Am | Am |

    (B)
    Melody: C-C-C- D -E E-E-E- G-G- E | C-C-C- D- E E- D- C |
    Chords: Am G/A Am Am Em/A Am7 | Am G/A Am E G/E Am |
    play 4X

    B-B-B-C D F-F-E-E | B-B-B-C-D F-F-E-E | C#-C#-C#-D-E G-G-F#-E-D |
    G C | G C | A Dm |

    C#-C#-C#-D-E G-G-F#-E-D | F#- E – D – B F#- E – D – B | {play
    A A Dm | E/F# E E/D E/B E/F# E E/D E/B | twice}

    (C)
    Melody: C# C#-D-E | G F F A | B B-C-D | F E E D | C A-C-E-G |
    Chords: A | Dm /C | G/B | G#dim7 E/G# | Am |

    G-F-D A-G# | 1st:| E F-E-D-E | F E D B | 2nd:| E E-E |
    Bb | – | E | E7 | – l E |
    Play 2X

    I’m not sure that everything is correct so you have to check before you put it on the site…

    Regards Wessel

  3. Wessel’s post is brilliant. I updated it below:
    – tweaked about 5% of the chords
    – changed / improved about 2%
    – added a few more comments
    – removed melody notes as I find I’m able to improv those
    – appended LLB with some tweaks

    Let me know if anything’s wrong!

    ORGAN/SYNTH
    Cm /G /Eb /C | Fm Cm-/D /Eb | Fm Gsus G | Cm Cm/G Cm Bb7 | Eb Eb/D Cm Fm6 | Cm/G G/D | C |
    CHURCH ORGAN W/SYNTHS (loud)
    Cm Fm/C |Cm Cm/Bb | Ab | Bb/Ab Ab Bb/Ab | Cm Fm/C | Cm Cm/Bb | Ab | Bb/Ab Ab
    (Fast Rising diatonic synth scale, Ab to Bb)
    Bb | Bb/Ab | Ebmaj7/G Cm/G | Ab /Ab-/G-/F-/Eb | Dm7 | E7-9 | (Hold)

    VERY SLOW, SOLO PIANO:
    E | A | Dm Dm/C | G/B | G#dim7 E/G# E E/G# | Am | Bb6 Bb Bbmaj7 | E | Am
    (play 2 times) ad lib on the second play)
    FULL BAND
    G | C | Bb Ab/Bb Bbm7 | Eb Bb/D |
    C C/Bb | Fm6 Eb6 | D | C/G G |
    G#dim7 E/G# G#dim7 | Am Am/G | D/F# D | Em | E7 Asus E7/G# | Am | Am |

    Repeating synth arpeggio in Am followed by hammering bass then FF piano:
    Am G/A Am | Am Em/A Am7 |
    Am G/A Am | E G/E Am | (4X: first 2 simpler melody, 3rd syncopated melody, 4th up an octave)
    FULL BAND
    G C | G C | A Dm | A Dm |
    E/F# E E/D E/B | (4x, last with retard)
    SLOWER MARCH-LIKE RYTHM, FULL BAND
    A | Dm Dm/C | G/B | G#dim7 E/G# | Am |
    Bb | E | E7 l E | (2X)
    Quiet with synth holding chord of A5 : chromatic progression in A with “open chord” in A, first 5, one per measure:
    A, A+Bb, A+B, A+C, A+Db, A+D
    last 7 double time, open chords, 2 each, one octave apart
    A+Eb, A+E, A+F, A+Gb, A+G, A+Ab,
    A Bbmaj7, 4x (will guitar scale)

    LLB piano Intro
    A C6 Gsus4->G F G (4x, last two with distorted guitar)
    Verse
    A
    The roses in the window box
    E7
    Have tilted to one side
    A/C# D
    Everything about this house
    Bm. B
    Was born to grow and die
    A6 F#m Bm D
    Oh it doesn’t seem a year ago to this
    Bm D
    very day
    A6
    You said I’m sorry honey
    E6
    If I don’t change the pace
    D6 E F#m
    I can’t face another day

    Chorus
    Bm E. Esus4/E
    And love lies bleeding in my hand
    F#m Bm E
    Oh it kills me to think of you with another man
    A6 Bm
    I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
    A/C#
    But my guitar couldn’t hold you
    D Dm
    So I split the baaaa-a-ha-a-nd
    F#m E A C G (Introduction here)
    Love lies bleeding in my hands

    Verse 2
    A
    I wonder if those changes
    E
    Have left a scar on you
    C#m D
    Like all the burning hoops of fire
    Bm B7
    That you and I passed through
    A
    You’re a bluebird on a telegraph line
    Bm D
    I hope you’re happy now
    A E
    Well if the wind of change comes down your way girl
    D E F#m
    You’ll make it back somehow

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