Thirty Years Of Tears John Hiatt From the 1990 A&M Records release Stolen Moments Transcribed by Jim O'Neill (thunderbird2k1@hotmail.com) A great song...and by no coincidence transcribed on my 30th birthday. This is a waltz (¾ time), listen to the CD for timing and the chord pattern. In the intro and between lines of the verse for the chord change from G to Cadd9, play the G (320033), lift your first two fingers and strum the A7sus4(x00033), then hammer the 1st and 2nd fingers to the Cadd9(x32033). Chords G A7sus4 Cadd9 Em7 Dsus2 Dsus4 Dsus4/A G5/B e|--3---3--------3-------3-----0-------3-------3---------3----| B|--3---3--------3-------3-----3-------3-------3---------3----| G|--0---0--------0-------0-----2-------2-------2---------0----| D|--0---0--------2-------2-----0-------0-------0---------0----| A|--2---0--------3-------2-----x-------x-------0---------2----| E|--3---x--------x-------0-----x-------x-------x---------x----| Intro and Riff 1: G A7sus4 Cadd9 (see performance notes) G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1 Is this a place I can rest my poor head, G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1 To gather my thoughts in sweet si......lence' G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1 Is this a place where the feelings aren't dead,

From an ^Goverex^Em7posure to ^Dsus2violence' Dsus4/A G5/B Cadd9 G5/B And is this a place I can slowly face Dsus4/A G5/B Cadd9 The only one I truly can know'

These are ^Gtears from a ^Cadd9long time a^Ggo, ^Cadd9I've got these ^Gtears from a ^Cadd9long time a^Ggo, and ^Cadd9I need to ^Gcry ^Dthirty ^Dsus4years ^Dor ^Em7so. ^GThese are ^Cadd9tears from a ^Dlong ^Dsus4time ^Gago.

Cadd9 G5/B Dsus4/A G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1 "Oh, Darling, Oh, darling" you say unto me, G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1 "Oh, Where have you been all my life...time'" G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1 Well, I have been swimmin' the seven sad seas,

Fair ^Gwomen have ^Em7thrown me their ^Dsus2lifelines, Dsus4/A G5/B Cadd9 G5/B And I just pulled them in to the water's dark grin, Dsus4/A G5/B Cadd9 I'd have warned 'em but I didn't know.

Cadd9 G5/B A7sus4 G Interlude Chords: Dsus4 Cadd9 B/G5 A/Dsus4 G (2x) Cadd9 Dsus4 Em7 G (2x) Cadd9 B/G5 A/Dsus4 G (2x) Cadd9 B/G5 A/Dsus4 G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1 Well, I've cried me a river, I've cried me a lake, G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1 Hell, I cried 'til the past nearly drowned me. G Em7 Cadd9 G Riff 1 Tears for sad consequence, tears for mistakes,

But ^Gnever these ^Em7tears that sur^Dsus2round me. Dsus4/A G5/B Cadd9 G5/B Alone in this place with a lifetime to trace, Dsus4/A G5/B Cadd9 And a heartbeat that tells me it's so.

Oh, and I've got these ^Gtears from a ^Cadd9long time a^Ggo, ^Cadd9These are ^Gtears from a ^Cadd9long time a^Ggo, and ^Cadd9I need to ^Gcry ^Dthirty ^Dsus4years ^Dor ^Em7so, ^GThese are ^Cadd9tears from a ^Dlong ^Dsus4time ^Gago, These are ^Cadd9tears from a ^Dlong ^Dsus4time ^Gago, I've got these ^Cadd9tears from a ^Dlong ^Dsus4time ^Gago.

John Hiatt - Thirty years of tears