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Song title:      Words Of Wisdom
Original Album:  Vertigo (Jump, Little Children)

Words and Music by Evan Bivins
Copyright © 2001 EZ Chief/Jump Two LLC
Published by ???

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Capo on 6. Chords are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4.




INTRO:
Notes:
There are different ways of playing the G chord and the F chord. It makes quite a difference as to how this INTRO sounds...
G7/11 is U.S. notation for G7add11 - used here for brevity.



[play: Guitar Figure 1]

Guitar Figure 1
  C           G(2)            Em7               F               G(3)              Gsus4           G                 Em
|-----------------------------0---|-0-----------1---1---------------|---------------------------------|-------------0---0---------------|
|-1---------------------------0---|-0-----------1---1-----------0---|-0-----------1---1-----------3---|-3-----------0---0---------------|
|-0-----------0---0-----------0---|-0-----------2---2-----------0---|-0-----------0---0-----------0---|-0-----------0---0---------------|
|-2-----------0---0-----------0---|-0-----------3---3-----------0---|-0-----------0---0-----------0---|-0-----------2---2---------------|
|-3-----------2---2---------------|-----------------------------2---|-2---------------------------2---|-2-----------2---2---------------|
|-------------3---3---------------|-----------------------------3---|-3-----------3---3-----------3---|-3-----------0---0---------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |




[play: Guitar Figure 2]

Guitar Figure 2
  F(2)                        Gsus4             G(4)        G(5)      G/B         Fsus2       G/B
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------1---|-1-----------0---0-------0-------|-0-----------------------0-------|
|-2-----------2---2-----------0---|-0-----------0---0-------0-------|-0-----------0-----------0-------|
|-3-----------3---3-----------0---|-0-----------0---0-------0-------|-0-----------3-----------0-------|
|-3-----------3---3---------------|---------------------------------|-2-----------3-----------2-------|
|-----------------------------3---|-3-----------3---3---------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |





VERSE1:
Notes:
The guitar figures are played in the verses.


[Guitar Figure 1]
All my father's legacy is handed down on angel wings

[Guitar Figure 2]
A bittersweet melody is now mine to sing



[Guitar Figure 1]
Every precious memory and broken-hearted tragedy

[Guitar Figure 2]
Will walk into eternity but not fade away





CHORUS1:
Chords:
C x32010    
F x33211
G 320003


| C            | F             | G                  | F
    If you will  go and not re - turn, leave me some  words of wisdom

| C            | F         G                 | F
    If I cannot  follow anymore, I promise to  teach what I have learned

| C            | F             | G [hold]
    If you will  go and not re - turn



[play: Guitar Figure 1]





VERSE2:
Play as for VERSE1.


[Guitar Figure 1]
How do years so far away so suddenly evaporate?

[Guitar Figure 2]
Fortune smiles with teeth of jade and the greediest eyes



[Guitar Figure 1]
How I long for that embrace, the strongest arms and troubled face

[Guitar Figure 2]
Smokey air and awkward grace that made me feel safe




[repeat CHORUS1]




BRIDGE:
Chords:
Am  x02210
G   3x0003
F   xx3211


| Am                           | G
     Who was it that said to me    that heroes will live forever?

| Am                       | F             | G
     And where are they now    now that I'm  standing alone?




CHORUS2:
Chords:
C  x32010  
F  xx3211
G  3x0003


| C            | F             | G                  | F
    If you will  go and not re - turn, leave me some  words of wisdom

| C            | F          | G                 | F
    If I cannot  follow any - more, I promise to  teach what I have learned

| C            | F             | G                  | F
    If you will  go and not re - turn, leave me some  words of wisdom

| C            | F          | G                 | F
    If I cannot  follow any - more, I promise to  teach what I have learned

| C            | F             | G 
    If you will  go and not re - turn


[play: 4/4| C | F | G |]  [x2]

| C            | F             | G 
    If you will  go and not re - turn




ENDING:


[play: Guitar Figure 1]


[play: Guitar Figure 2]


[end on C]