Crazy Times by: Jars of Clay

Jars Of Clay
Crazy Times off of the 1997 realease of 'Much Afraid'
Copyright 1997 Essential
Transcribed by the lead guitarist for the christian band Spil {acustikman@aol.com}


first of all, slap a capo on the 2nd fret, all tunings normal

second, the chord C^7 is really, Cmaj7, it's just easier to put it that way.  The fingering for it for beginning guitarists, is   low E ~~> 032000

- INTRO -

-VERSE 1 -
C^7              A²              C^7         A²
        Youre cold that way, and thats why you say
C^7           A²                        B
        The things that you say
C^7            A²         C^7     A²                           
        You cant attract, the things that you lack
C^7             A²                   G   D
        Youre trying in vain

- CHORUS -

E         C              G             D
        It seems, its always the crazy times
E                  C         G                D
        You find, you'll wake up and realize
E         C         G                    D
        It takes, more than your saline eyes
A² {finger pick strings G B & high E}
        To make things right

-VERSE 2 -

C^7           A²          C^7        A²         
        You spiral down, youve broken your crown
C^7                  A²                     B
        You don't feel like a queen
C^7              A²                C^7           A²
        Youve seen the proof, but youre still crying wolf
C^7            A²               G   D
        Youll never believe

- CHORUS -

-  BRIDGE  -

    C^7
You try to climb a broken ladder
C^7
Grip the missing rungs and fall
G
Down,  Down,  Down,  Down
C^7
Seems sometime ago you said
C^7        
This wouldnt last, and now you sit here
G         D
Cryin

- SOLO -
{same as chorus}

- INTERLUDE -
{same as verse}

-2ND BRIDGE -

C^7         A²              C^7                         A²
        Beside your bed, you feel left for dead
C^7                                    G D
        And kneel in the dark

repeat chorus twice

repeat verse pattern for the ending