Transcribed by Simon Francis
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This is probably the most psychedelic Tumbleweed song I can think of.
It's a little different to most of the other songs and has this sort
of great mellow sound to it. The first riff is played eight times really
slow - two times for every line Richie sings. It's easy to pick up the
speed when listening to the song.
riff 1 {x8}
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|--------6---------7--6---------------5------7---5---4-----------|
|-----7-----7---5--------7---------4-----4---------------5-------|
Then when Richie starts singing 'The children.....' play this:
riff 2 (x2)
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|-----0------0-----------0h2p0-----------0-------0-------------0-2-0---|
|----2-----0----2--2-2----------2-0----2-------0-----2-2-2-2---------2-|
|--3-----2---------------------------3-------2-------------------------|
After this the guitarist (Lenny or Dave but no doubt it's Lenny) goes
back to riff 1 which is played through 4 times. Again it's twice for
every line that Richie sings.
Then Richie starts singing 'The
children.....' again and the guitarist goes back to riff 2 played twice.
After this the song moves into the following chords
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|-----7--------4-----------------1--------7-----------------6-------|
|-----7--------4--------4--------2--------7--------7--------6-------|
|-----5--------2--------4--------2--------5--------7--------4-------|
|-----5--------2--------2--------0--------5--------5--------4-------|
I'm not sure how many times it goes through and at some point it gets a
little heavier. Just listen to the song to figure out the strumming as
it's real easy. The fourth chord is played a little longer than the three
before it and the last chord is played for a lot longer than all the other
chords.
Meanwhile
alone with no one to see him shine
meanwhile the worlds going on outside
around the bend is another climb
meanwhile he's out in the mists of time
the children play they light his day
he'll make it home
meanwhile knowing tomorrow's unknown
inside and trying to understand
the earth is his gypsy caravan
he never plays the game
"it's insane" he said
he sits out in the rain awaiting change instead
meanwhile in a trance