'Red Strokes' by Garth Brooks - Guitar Tutorial

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Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 14:19:22 -0400
From: Mutti 
Subject: OLGA and CowPie TABS

THE RED STROKES
BY. James Garver, Lisa Sanderson,
    Jenny Yates and Garth Brooks
Album
IN PIECES


 Here is what I have figured out so far, wrong or right, this is how I
 play it.

CAPO 1st Fret

INRTO:
piano arranged for guitar.  Someday I'll put the dobro in too.

  A                      F#m                Dmaj7

|----------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2--0-----------------|-------0----------|-0h2-----------------------------|
|-------2--2--------2--|-1--2-----2-------|------4--2--2--------------------|
|----------------2-----|------------------|---0-------------4---------------|
|-0--------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|-2----------------|---------------------------------|

             E7

|--------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------0-----------3-|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------1----|------------------------------------------------|
|-2h4--2--0--2-------------|------------------------------------------------|
|---5----------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------0-------------|------------------------------------------------|


Verse:

A
Moonlight on canvas, midnight and wine

F#m                D                E
Two shadows starting to softly combine

    A
The picture they're painting is one of the heart

       F#m                           E
And to those who have seen it it's a true work of art

Chorus:
        A            E         F#m
Oh, the red strokes passions uncaged

D                     E
Thundering moments of tenderness rage

        A            E           F#m
Oh, the red strokes tempered and strong (3nd time fearlessly drawn)

                E          Dsus2
Burning the night like the dawn

Verse:
Steam on the window, salt in a kiss
Two hearts have never pounded like this
Inspired by a vision that they can't command
Erasing the borders with each brush of a hand

Chorus:

Solo:                - - -Hold Bend- - -
                   1                                     1    1
|-------------|--------------------------------------|------7---------------|
|----10---12--|--12^--12---12-12-12--12-r(12) 10~~~~-|--7^---7^----7~~~~~---|
|--9----9-----|--------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------|--------------------------------------|----------------------|

               1    1                           1          1
|--------9-|-10^--10^-r-9~~~--10p9---------|-------10-12--------------------|
|-----10---|------------------------12p10--|--12^--------12^---12~~~~-------|
|-/11------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

                               1                            1
|----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------9--10-12-|-10--------------10-12-109---10--12^12~~~~10-12----|
|-------9--11----------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-11/12----------------|-----12^~~~~~~-----------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|

    1
|------------------------------------|--12----12-12~~~~~-----12-12~~~-------|
|-12^----r(12)--10--12~~~--10--9--10-|-----10-------------10----------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

               - - Gradual Bend To Meet Singers Voice - -
|----12-12~~~~~-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge:
        F#m           E            D          C#m
Oh, the blues will be blue and the jealouslies green

         F#m             E          E                Esus
But when love picks it's shade it demands to be seen

Chorus:

EXTRO:
Steam on the window, salt in a kiss
Two hearts have never pounded like this

CHORDS USED:
   A    F#m   Dmaj7   E7    D    E    Dsus2   C#m    Esus

|-(4)---2-----2-------------2-----------------4-----------------------------|
|--2----2-----2-------3-----3---------3-------5-----------------------------|
|--2----2-----2-------1-----2----1----2-------6------2----------------------|
|--2----5-----5-------2----------2------------6------2----------------------|
|-------5-----6-------2-----X----2----X-------4------2----------------------|
|--X----2-----X-------------X---------X-------X-----------------------------|


Nathan L. Mutti (Nmutti@Student.umass.edu)
                (Http://www-vms.oit.umass.edu/~Nmutti)