Verve - Change My Life (unreleased)                              
Tabbed by: Hylton Edingfield (WyldPhyre11@yahoo.com)
February 2nd, 2004

	As with all things touched by the genius of Mr. Nick McCabe, this is just an approximation. Every time they played a song it was done differently, so feel free to add your own embellishments to it. The recording I used to tab it isn't all that great (it's the version from the Peel Sessions recorded 3/7/92 -- the Sheffield '92 gig live recording was used as verification), and it is quite muddled at certain points. 
	IMPORTANT NOTE: in the recording they are TUNED A HALF STEP SHARP...possibly because of the tape being sped up or something. This makes it slightly irritating to play on top of, but if you want to sound exactly like the recording, tune your guitar up a half step (i.e.: E goes to F, A goes to A#, etc.).
	Use lots of delay and overdrive (I believe Nick used a Boss OD-2 and a vintage Echoplex at the time).


Verse - Nick frequently drones the open A string to add body to the sound, he throws in different notes at times 				(especially during the second verse), generally in the A major scale  

e||---------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------------------|
D||-7---7---11---12---11---7---7-11-11-11-9-7---|
A||-0---0---0----0----0----0---0-0--0--0--0-0---|
E||---------------------------------------------|


Chorus - segues from the verse -- the pull-offs are important; this is best executed as a tap solo 
		(meaning you use your right hand to hammer on and pull off the higher notes, while your 
		left hand keeps the lower note held down -- 5th and 10th frets in this case; takes practice!)

e||-10p5-12p5-10p5-12p5-14p10-15p10-14p10-15p10--|
B||----------------------------------------------|
G||----------------------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------|


Breakdown - For the first part, use a wah pedal and hold your fingers lightly over 
		the strings so you catch the harmonics

e||-------------------|----------------------------|
B||-------------------|----------------------------|
G||-------------------|----------------------------|
D||-7XX-XX-XX-XX------|---10-10-10-10-10-10--7!----|
A||-7XX-XX-XX-XX------|---10-10-10-10-10-10--7!----|
E||-5XX-XX-XX-XX------|---8--8--8--8--8--8---5!----|
		etc.			   repeat x4  then bass break

Outro - wall of sound derived from an A power chord, somehow mixed with the tap solo chorus (because Nick was magical).
		This can be approximated by droning the open A string under the chorus... feedback helps a lot. 
		End on an A chord


Song structure

Verse x6
Chorus x8
Verse x6
Chorus x8
Breakdown
Bass break (fade in Chorus x6)
Outro


Lyrics

transcribed by Dominic Mulligan (dpm_edinburgh@yahoo.com) 
and Hylton Edingfield (WyldPhyre11@yahoo.com)
(based off the Peel Sessions version)

I should have told you,
But I'm never here,
Get up at three, then I'm gone without a fear.

Some days you fly to the skies,
Then you tell me lies,
Gazing deep in those eyes,
and they say that I...

Didn't want to see those brake lights shine,
Wish that maybe we could lie,
Anything to change my life.

I should have told you,
But my days are long,
Get up at two and I put the tele on,

I am in wonder,
This is so confused,
You lift me up to the top,
Then you say that I...

Didn't want to see those brake lights shine,
Wish that maybe we could lie,
Anything to change this life.

Anything to change my life.

'Cos I, didn't want to see those brake lights shine,
Wish that maybe we could lie,
Anything to change my life,
Anything to change this life.


Questions/comments/corrections/requests are welcome.