Your Lovely Face

Julia Fordham - Porcelain CD, 1989

Arrangement by Neil J. Gunther
Created Wed, Dec 25, 1996
Updated Tue, Apr 27, 2010

Tune to concert A (440Hz).

Chords are shown in TAB format at the end of this document.

Roman numerals indicate the fret position for barre chords. E.g. Cm7(III) means barre C minor 7 at the third fret, while A(O) means open Amaj chord folk style (no barre). The forward slash '/' in the lyric of VERSE 1 indicates where the associated chord change occurs.

14-BAR INTRO

Played arpeggio on the following chords (see TAB below for positions). Vocal comes in rubato against these chords at the 5th measure.

Bm7/A			Em7(O)

Your lovely face, your lovely face, your lovely...

For the more skilled players in the crowd, these arpeggios are actually played picking harmonics above the 12th fret with the right hand. If you don't know what I'm talking about, just play the chords in the normal way.

VERSE

I'm standing in my kitchen, I'm / driving in my / car
Bm7                             / Ab13b9        / C9

Lying on my bed in my room / wondering where you are
E7sus4                     / A

I keep meaning to call you, but I / never find the / time
Bm7/A                             / Ab13b9         / C9

Doesn't mean to say that you're not / weaving through my mind!
E7sus4                              / A

CHORUS 1

What I wouldn't / do  / right / now / to see your / lovely / face
Nada            / Bm7 / Em7(O)
        
What I wouldn't do right now to see your lovely face
Em7 / Bm7 / Em7

What I wouldn't do right now to fill in all this space
Em7 / Bm7 / Em7

That I've gone and / built just for / myself.
Bm7                / A              / E7sus4

Sitting in this restaurant, I'm running 'round some park
Swimming in some clear blue water wondering where you are
I keep meaning to tell you that things aren't what they seem
Doesn't mean that you're not weaving through my dreams!

CHORUS 2

What I wouldn't / do  / right / now / to see your / lovely / face
                / Bm7 / B9    / Bm7 / A           / G6     / Em7(VII)

Chorus sequence will be challenging for some. It's one chord per beat. Also, the Em7 is played at VII position from the 2nd chorus on. See TAB.

What I wouldn't / do  / right / now / to see your / lovely / face
                / Bm7 / B9    / Bm7 / A           / G6     / Em7(VII)

What I wouldn't / do  / right / now / to fill in / all this / space
                / Bm7 / B9    / Bm7 / A          / G6       / Em7(VII)

That I've gone and built just for myself.
... / Bm7 / B9 / Bm7 / A / E7sus4(O)

Smiling on the ocean, I'm flying through the air
You know I'm travelling so much travelling these days
Then what should I, should I care?
Finally arriving where I was born to be
Doesn't mean to say your lovely face can't be with me...

SOLO SCALE

The (unfortunately) truncated guitar solo in the coda is based on a D pentatonic scale. The descending note positions are:

e ---10---7-----------------------------------------
B ------------10---7--------------------------------
G ---------------------9---7------------------------
D -----------------------------9---7----------------
A -------------------------------------9---7--------
E ---------------------------------------------10---

CHORD TABS

Numbers indicate the fret position (not fingering) in TAB notation.

Opening appegios

      Bm7/A(II)                  Em7(O)
  
e -----------5----------------------3-----------
B --------3-----------------------3-------------
G ------2-----------------------0---------------
D ----4-----------------------2-----------------
A --2-----------------------2-------------------
E ----------------------------------------------

Verse chords

  Bm7     Ab13b9    C9    E7sus4       A(0)

e --2-------x-------x-------0----------0--------
B --3-------5-------3-------0----------2--------
G --2-------4-------3-------2----------2--------
D --4-------3-------2-------0----------2--------
A --2-------x-------x-------2----------0--------
E --x-------4-------3-------x----------x--------

Chorus chords

  Bm7     B9     Amaj     G6      Em7(O)   Em7(VII)

e -2-------2-------0-------0-------3--------7---
B -3-------2-------2-------0-------3--------8---
G -2-------0-------2-------0-------0--------7---
D -4-------2-------2-------0-------2--------9---
A -2-------2-------0-------X-------2--------7---
E -2-------0-------0-------X-------0--------7---

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On 27 Apr 2010, 16:50.