Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding

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Visitor comments from the original site (2009–2021).

• Matthew · 2010-07-28

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

• Wessel · 2011-08-22

  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

• psmith · 2019-02-17

  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