Miguel - Leaves
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Listen to the song to get a feel for the rhythm of it. It's pretty simple to get down. There are some slides
and hammer-ons and shiny bits in there that you can fiddle around with but these are the bones.
Apparently, it's played capoed when it's live but this is the album version.
[Intro Riff]
E|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4--6--6-6-6-|-6--6-6--4--4-4--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--4--4-4-4-|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
[Rest of the Song]
Play this riff for the rest of the song. I've noted the bars as E and A for reference throughout the lyrics.
E A
E|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4--6--6-6-6-|-6--6-6--4--4-4--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2--2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
[Verse]
E A
The leaves, they don't cEhange here
The leaves don't cAhange here, so I never saw it cEoming
Winter hAit me, Hiroshima, where did the Esun go?
Just the cruel rain pAouring, you say that it's oEver
How could it be oAver, when I never saw it cEoming?
[Chorus]
Sweet CalifAornia, sour CalifEornia
Sweet CalifAornia, bitter CalifEornia
Sweet CalifAornia
I should've known bEetter, I should've known bAetter
Cause the leaves don't chEange here
[Verse]
Heart caught in a rAiptide, cold Pacific wEaters
Keep on pulling me uAnder, drowning in my sEorrows
Eager waves keep onA crashing, you say that it's oEver
How could it be oAver? I never saw it cEoming
[Chorus]
Sweet CalifAornia, sour CalifEornia
Sweet CalifAornia, bitter CalifEornia
Sweet CalifAornia
I should've known bEetter, I should've known bAetter
Cause the leaves don't chEange here
[Verse]
You know I'm from hAere, I never saw it cEoming
Where did the sAummer go, when you loved me?
Where did the sEummer go, when you lAoved me?
You say it's oEver now, how could it be Aover?
I never saw it cEoming
[Chorus]
Sweet CalifAornia, sour CalifEornia
Sweet CalifAornia, bitter CalifEornia
Sweet CalifAornia
Oh, I should've knoEwn better
I should've known bAetter
The leaves, they don't chEange here