Marrow (Ani DiFranco Cover) - Joel

Another Ani Cover...this time...Marrow off of her Revelling album...

I tuned it higher for my voice the song as we all know is a whole step down from this...but ENJOY!!!

AND COMMENT!
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LYRICS:

the answer came
like a shot in the back
while you were running from your lesson
which might explain
why years later all you could remember
was the terror of the question
plus, you weren't listening
you were stockpiling canned goods
making a bomb shelter of our basement
and i can't believe you let the moral go by
while you were soaking in the product placement

where was your conscience?
where was your consciousness?
and where did you put all those letters
that you wrote to yourself
but could not address?

i'm a good kisser
and you're a fast learner
and that kinda thing could float us
for a pretty long time
then one day you'd realize
you've memorized my phone number
and you'll call it and find
it's a disconnected line
cuz i got tossed out the window of love's el camino
and i shattered into a shower of sparks on the curb
you were smoking me
weren't you?
between your yellow fingers
you just inhaled and exhaled without saying a word

where was your conscience?
where was your consciousness?
and where did you put all those letters
that you wrote to yourself
but could not address?

there's a smorgasbord of unspoken poisons
a whole childhood of potions
that are all bottled up
and so one by one i am dusting off labels
i am uncorking bottles and filling up cups
so go ahead and have a taste of your own medicine
and i'll have a taste of mine
but first let's toast to the lists
that we hold in our fists
of the things that we promise to do
differently next time

cuz the answer came like a shot in the back
while you were running from your lesson
which might explain
why years later all you could remember
was the terror of the question
plus i'm not listening to you anymore
my head is too sore and my heart's perforated
and i'm mired in the marrow of my (well... ain't that) funny bone
learning how to be alone and devastated
where was my conscience?
where was my consciousness?
and what do i do with all these letters
that i wrote to myself
but cannot address?

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ani
• DiFranco
• Marrow
• Cover
• Joel
• Correa
• Folk
• Acoustic
• Revelling
• Talent

[kevjbennett]

good... but its not right. chords change during the bridge... and -this i'm not sure about- but i think your tuning is off. well, it really only matters if you plan on teaching it to people... otherwise, it sounds great and your singing voice is very nice.

[Creatiive]

@kevjbennett Good ear! - I tuned it higher because it was indeed too low for me at the time...as for the bridge...I never really quite mastered it there...the tabs i was using has disappeared off the face of the web... so I'm going to see if i can come up with a little segway to hold that part over...

[xxstaytruexx]

can you post tutorial for this song you do a great job!!!

thx

andy

[Creatiive]

@xxstaytruexx absolutely! I will be recording a better quality vid with the tuning and the fretboard so you can see and teach yourself... :)

[oihana225]

Hey Joel,

you did such a good job! Could you send me the chords pleeease, this is my favourite Ani-Song and I would love to be able to play it! You would do me such a big favour!

[Creatiive]

Well oihana225 you will get your wish - I am gonna be posting a video soon that will show you the tuning and how to play it :) - so stay tuned!

- joel

[MorisotMusic]

Great job! Any chance of getting the tabs for this? :)

[akdajks]

so, i absolutely love your cover! it's amazing!!!!

i want to play this song, where did u get the tabs for this????

great job!!!!!

[kevjbennett]

@Creatiive if you would like the tuning and the tabs i'd be more than happy. i've got it down.

[kevjbennett]

@Creatiive if you would like the tuning and the tabs i'd be more than happy. i've got it down.