Half Harvest

By Michael Penn, ©1989
Transcribed here by me, Tom (1997)

Notes:

• Numbers in front of letters = how many beats that note receives
• |X--|--X| = a tie
• Wherever there are two chords together, by default- they are half notes and each get 2 beats
• This song relies on lead guitar/bass guitar combos a lot, so I have added as many of them I could that are possible to play on your own... combos that seem too hard to play on your own are meant for those HAVING A BAND TO WORK WITH! Or at least a multi-track recorder...
• The F7's sound best (to me at least) when played as bar chords on the first fret

Time Signature: 4-4
Tempo: Moderato

Here are some chords that might come in handy:

  | C7 | F7 |   I don't care that you won't quit this notion	
  | C7 | F7 |   of burying the carnival				                                                                      
  |C C/Bb| Am|  but what the hell is in your potion 	                                                                																																										                                  
  | G--|--G |   that's made you so dull?                                                       
  | C7 | F7 |   So I cannot make a blind from sawdust  
  | C7 | F7 |   much less a cool millennium, but I'd 
  |C C/Bb| Am|  much rather feel the heat of August 
  | G | F/C |   than be sheltered and numb                                                           
  
  | C C7/E |    So move out of your 
  | F Fm |      bed of roses, now
  | C C7/E|     I'm putting in a 
  |F/F8va F/Bb| bed of nails
  | F |        'cause missiles, guns and 
  |D G|         rubber hoses
  | Bb| F |     will land me in jail
  
  | C7 | F7 |   This paradise is slowly crumbling
  | C7 | F7 |   from here to Wilshire Boulevard
  |C C/Bb| Am|  but the rubble over which you are stumbling
  | G--|--G |   just isn't that hard
  | C7 | F7 |   What did you do with all that grace, now?
  |C7 | F7 |    what did you do with all my wine?
  |C C/Bb| Am|  what makes you think that just 'cause you dress bright
  | G |  F/C |  it means that you shine?
  
  | C C7/E |    So move out of your 
  | F Fm |      bed of roses, now
  | C C7/E|     I'm putting in a 
  |F/F8va F/Bb| bed of nails
  | F |         'cause when this whole 
  | D G |       production closes
  | Bb| F|      this innocence fails
	        (and weren't we supposed to)
  
  | C | C | G | F7 |        SHINE...like half harvest never shone
  | C | 1F 1C 2G | F | F7 | SHINE...like half harvest never known.
  
  | C C7/E |    So move out of your 
  | F Fm |      bed of roses, now
  | C C7/E|     I'm putting in a 
  |F/F8va F/Bb| bed of nails
  | F |         'cause when this whole 
  | D G |       production closes
  | Bb| F |     this innocence fails
  
  | C | C | G | F7 | 
  | C | 1F 1C 2G| F | F7 |

  | C | C | G | F7 |
  | C | 1F 1C 2G| F | F7 |

  | C | C | G | F7 |
  | C | 1F 1C 2G| F | F7 |

  | C |  (hold)
  | 1F 1C 1G 1C | 1F G (hold)|