This is the arrangement that Todd played on guitar during his recent solo tour (I copied it from the House of Blues broadcast). It is in the key of A, compared to the version on AWATS which is played on piano in the key of C. =========================================================== I Don't Want To Tie You Down (The intro and first part of the verse are these two chords alternating. They are quite easy to play, as you can see by the chord diagram at the bottom - only one finger moves!) A2sus4 A2 A2sus4 A2 Sometimes it's hard to look up under The times we're going through I scratch my head and stare and wonder How to face the day anew But it gives my life a bit more meaning C#m7 F#m7 To feel in love with you, So heavy Bm7 E C#m7 F#m I don't want to weigh you down, oh baby Bm7 E A2sus4 A2 (etc...) I don't want to tie you down I don't want a thing to mar this ever The picture that we make The balance of our minds together The perfect give and take For me to let my love possess you C#m7 F#m7 Would be the worst mistake, I'm sorry Bm7 E C#m7 F#m7 I don't want to bring you down, oh baby Bm7 E C#m7 F#m7 I don't want to tie you down, oh Jesus Bm7 E C#m7 F#m7 I don't want to nail you down, oh baby Bm7 E A2 I don't want to tie you down. A2sus4 A2 C#m7 F#m7 Bm7 E xo oo xo oo x ______ x_____ o___oo 5|||||| 5|||||| 4|11111 |||||| |||||| |||1|| |||||| |||2|| ||||2| 111111 |11111 |23||| ||34|| ||3||| ||3||| |||||| ||||3| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |3|||| ||3||| |||||| Notes: This message should be displayed in a mono-spaced font, or the chord diagrams will look very ugly. The number directly to the left of the chord diagram is the position on the guitar neck (or closest higher fret). "x" along the top means mute or deaden that string, "o" means let it ring open. If you see any mistakes, or have any corrections or alternate ways of playing any of my tabs, I'd love to hear from you. Please email me at lsprague@user1.channel1.com or lsprague@bull.com Last revised 10:10am Thursday, February 20, 1997 -- ...Lin Sprague... lsprague@user1.channel1.com -OR- lsprague@crater.ma02.bull.com