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Subject: Contribution to Cowpie Archives" Wave on Wave"
From: Andrew.Spencer@ufa.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 10:52:40 -0700


Hi,
      There are a few versions of this on Cowpie already, but none with the
passing chords, so I thought I'd post this.
Keep on strumming, and thanks to all of you at Roughstock/Cowpie for making
this archive available!

Andrew


SONG:                   Wave on Wave
ARTIST:           Pat Green

Transcribed by:   Andrew Spencer, thanks to Joshua Wade (jwo01a@acu.edu),
Gary Underhill
(Underhillg43@wmconnect.com), and Brian Ophoff (BOphoff@msn.com) for
posting the beds
                  individually/separately.

Played open tuning.... intro 4 bars picked (easily) up around 10th fret
over basic strum pattern of D...sus2...sus4... D and so on. Use a tight
delay or (not as good) a chorus pedal to get the echo effect. Wish I could
be more specific, but I'm having an "I can't tell you but I'll show you"
moment!
To play each chord progression is pretty simple... kind of like John
Lennon's "War is Over", only faster... listen to the song to get the feel
for the strum pattern. Progression is played over a full bar.

Christian players, take note: This song struck me as a very soulful piece
the first time I heard it. I wouldn't have been at all surprised to learn
it was a cover of an old Stax Records song from the 60's or 70's. It
wasn't, however, this song can easily be transformed into a Gospel piece by
changing a few words. "His" for "the" in the first verse before "name";
"He" for "she" in the second verse before "found me" and before "you know I
always had ya"; plus capitalizing He and You as applicable throughout. Make
a joyful noise.... I may send this off to Re-Versed Lyrics so they can post
it there too!



(Intro)           D  Dsus2 Dsus4 D  G Gsus2 Gsus4 G   A  Asus2 Asus4 A  D
Dsus2 Dsus4 D

                                    D  Dsus2 Dsus4 D
G Gsus2 Gsus4 G
(Verse)     Mile upon mile, got no direction,         we're all playin' the
same game.
                                    A  Asus2 Asus4 A
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D
            We're all lookin' for redemption,         just too afraid to
      say the name.
                                      D  Dsus2 Dsus4 D
                              G Gsus2 Gsus4 G
            So caught up now in pretendin'            that what we're
      seekin' is the truth.
                                    A  Asus2 Asus4 A
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D
            I'm just lookin' for a happy endin',            all I'm lookin'
      for is you.

                                    D  Dsus2 Dsus4 D
      G Gsus2 Gsus4 G
(Chorus)    You came upon me, wave on wave.           You're the reason I'm
still here, yeah.
                                    A  Asus2 Asus4 A
                          D Dsus2 Dsus4 D
            Am I the one you were sent to save?             You came upon
      me, wave on wave.


(Verse 2)   I wandered out into the water,            an' I thought that I
might drown.
            I don't know what I was after,            just know I was goin'
      down.
            And that's when she found me,             not afraid anymore.
            She said: "You know, I always had you, baby.
            Just waitin' for you to find what you were lookin' for."

(Chorus)

Bridge:     G       C         G           G        C        D
            Wave on     wave.             Wave on     wave.

(Instrumental on Verse over D/Dsus4)

(Chorus)    An' you came upon me, wave on wave.       You're the reason I'm
still here, yeah.
            Am I the one you were sent to save?             You came upon
      me, wave on wave.
            The clouds broke and the angels cried:    "You ain't gotta walk
      alone."
            That's why he put me in your way.         When you came upon me
      wave on wave.

(Repeat Chorus)