最近,受朋友的拜託為她做伴奏,唱的就是著名國際歌手Tori Amos的一首冷門歌Digital Ghost。要找英文歌的吉他譜,最方便就是到www.ultimate-guitar.com。這個網算是集合了最多、最齊全的外國流行歌曲的吉他譜了。可是,就是沒有這首歌的譜,所以說她冷門是沒錯的。
說起來,其實我甚少聽她的歌,只知道她是個創作才女。對她有的印象,就停留在王菲跟孫燕姿分別翻唱了她的一首Silent all these years,即是由林夕重新填上中文歌詞的"冷戰"。
Tori Amos - Digital Ghost
Verse 1
C# F
It started as a joke
Fm
Just one of my larks to see
F# F#m C#
F# F#m C#
If somehow I could reach you so
F
I swam into your shores
Fm
Fm
Through an open window
F# F#m
F# F#m
Only to find you all alone
C# F
Curled up with machines
Fm
Fm
Now it seems you're slipping
F# F#m
F# F#m
Out of the land of the living
Chorus 1
Chorus 1
E
Just take a closer look
G# G#7
G# G#7
Take a closer look
B A B
B A B
At what it is that's really haunting you
E
I have to trust you'll know
G# G#7
G# G#7
This digital ghost
C#m B A B
C#m B A B
But I fear there's only so much time
D C#m B
D C#m B
'cause the you I knew is fading away
Verse 2
Verse 2
C
Hands lay them on my keys
E Em
E Em
Let me play you again
F Fm
F Fm
I am not immune to your net
C
Find me there in it
E Em
E Em
I won't go even if in
F Fm
F Fm
Your heart only beats ones and O's
C
Switch you on my friend
E Em
E Em
Pull you from that rip current
F Fm
F Fm
But only you can fight against this
Chorus 2
Chorus 2
F
Take a closer look
A A7
A A7
Just take a closer look
Dm C G G7
Dm C G G7
At what it is that's really haunting you
F
I have to trust you'll know
A A7
A A7
This digital ghost
Dm C G G7
Dm C G G7
But I fear there's only so much time
D# Dm C
D# Dm C
'cause the you I knew is fading away
D# F C
D# F C
Fading
Fading