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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 20:03:45 -0800 (PST)
From: "Scott." 
Subject: CRD: World I Know by Collective Soul


World I know-
by Collective Soul
off the self-titled album


tabbed by:
	Scott, the guitar freak   (scottf@scs.unr.edu)
 -and-	Chad Hanley		  (chanle51@maine.main.edu)



**NOTE: in the verses, use barre chords.. in the chorus, use the open 
fingerings... that's how it sounded when i heard it.. i'll also give you 
a more powerful-sounding chorus...

***NOTE: if no symphony is available for your rendition, keyboards work 
nicely... :)


VERSE I

D	A	G       	 A
	Has our conscience shown?
	Has the sweet breeze blown?
	Has all the kindness gone?
	Hope still lingers on.
	I drink myself of newfound pity
	Sitting alone in New York City.
	And I don't know why.

Verse II

D	A	G  	  A
	Are we listening?
	Hymns of offering
	Have we eyes to see
	That love is gathering?
	
	A
	All the words that I've been reading
	Have now started the act of bleeding
	
	G
	Into one....Into one.

CHORUS

D		       A
	So I walk upon high
			  G
	And I step to the edge
			D
	To see my world below.
		         A	
	And I laugh at myself
			     C
	While the tears roll down.
				G
	'Cause it's the world I know.
			 D
	It's the world I know.

VERSE III (look at end of Verse I)

I drink myself of newfound pity
Sittin alone in New York City.
And I don't know why.
Don't know why.

CHORUS (check out the first chorus)
So I walk upon high
And I step to the edge
to see my world below.
And I laugh at myself
While the tears roll down.
'Cause it's the world I know.
It's the world I know.
Yeah, I walk upon high
And I step to the edge
To see my world below
And I laugh at myself
While the tears roll down.
'Cause it's the world I know.
It's the world I know.

at the end when the symphony kicks in, Childress (i think) is 
arpeggiating a D, and throwing in the 4th sometimes (Dsus4)

and the song ends on a Dsus4...

(i've only heard the song twice on MTV, and at the time i didn't have my 
guitar.. i had to get home and play from memory... )

any comments/suggestions/flames/recipes for cookies mail:

	scott if there is a tab problem...
	chad if there is a lyric problem...






From: QuesoMania@aol.com
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 01:24:53 -0500




Collective Soul - The World I Know

Thanks to Kelly and Blair for inspiring me to figure out the chords to th=
is. The lyrics
may not be totally in order, if not e-mail me at quesomania@aol.com.

Bm      G
Has our conscience shown?
Bm      G
Has the sweet breeze blown?
Bm      G
Has all kindness gone?
Bm         G
Hope still lingers on.

A
I drink myself of newfound pity sittin alone in New York City.
      G
And I don't know why. Don't know why.

Bm     G
Are we listening?
Bm       G
Hymns of offering
Bm      G
Have we eyes to see
Bm           G
That love is gathering?

A
All the words that I've been reading have now started the act of bleeding=

G
Into one....Into one.

CHORUS

D              A                      G
So I walk upon high and I step to the edge
                  D
to see my world below.
               A                           C
And I laugh at myself while the tears roll down.
                        G                      D
'Cause it's the world I know. It's the world I know.

A
I drink myself of newfound pity sittin alone in New York City.
      G
And I don't know why. Don't know why.

CHORUS
D              A                      G
So I walk upon high and I step to the edge
                  D
to see my world below.
               A                           C
And I laugh at myself while the tears roll down.
                        G                      D
'Cause it's the world I know. It's the world I know.
                  A                      G
Yeah, I walk upon high and I step to the edge
                  D
To see my world below
                 A                         C
And I laugh at myself while the tears roll down.
                        G                      D
'Cause it's the world I know. It's the world I know.



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From: Justin Kunz 
Subject: TAB: "The World I Know" by Collective Soul


The World I Know
by Collective Soul
Taken from the album Collective Soul
tabbed by Justin Kunz
comments, questions, suggestions: kunjust@lycoming.edu
Probably written by Ed Roland (sweet beard!)

Well I definitely think this song is overplayed, but I have found a new 
respect for Collective Soul after I figured out the opening riff to this 
song. I think it is a great progression. I borrowed the lyrics from World 
I Know tablulation by Scott the guitar freak and Chad Hanley. I don't 
think their opening is accurate, it actually starts with a Bm progression 
like this...

s- slide

FIG 1
e ----------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------
G -2ss7777777--22222-244--444-666---------------------------------
D -0ss0000000--00000-000--000-000---------------------------------
A -xssxxxxxxx--xxxxx-xxx--xxx-xxx---------------------------------
E -2ss7777777--22222-233--333-555---------------------------------
                     ***

***-play that part as if you were counting '1,2,3' quickly, where the 
2x02 formation gets the 1 count and the 2 and 3 count goes to 3x04.

(you can figure out the real timing by listening to the song)

FIG 1
Has our conscience show?
Has the sweet breeze blown?
Has all the kindness gone?
Hope still lingers on.

(open chords)
A
I drink myself of newbound pity
Sitting alone in New York City
G
And I don't know why

FIG 1
Are we listening?
Hymsn of offering
Have we eyes to see
That love is gathering?

(open chords)
A
All the words that I've been reading
Have now started the act of bleeding
G
Into one... into one

(open chords)

D              A
So I walk upon high
                   G
And I step to the edge
                    D
To see my world below
                  A
And I laugh at myself
                      C
While the tears roll down
                     G
Cos it's the world I know
                 D
It's the world I know


That's how it goes, just apply the same formations to the rest of the song

Justin Kunz



Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 16:49:15 -0600 (CST)
From: Rudolph 
Subject: TAB: The World I Know by Collective Soul

Transcribed by Nate Kohl

This is a slightly different version than the others I have seen posted - 
it is in a different key, but capo should take care of that.   It sounds 
better than plain chords.

Intro -

E-|--0----0---0---0--
B-|--8----3---5---7--
G-|--0----0---0---0--
D-|--9----4---5---7--
A-|--7----2---3---5--
E-|--0---------------

Play the above with "Has our consience shown...Has the sweet breeze blown..."
When you reach "I drink myself of newfound pity..." change to a D - C 
progression, then jump back into the  above pattern for the second verse.

Chorus -

	G - D - C - G   "So I walk up on high..."

	G - D - F - C - G   "And I laugh at myself...as the tears roll down.."

The ending is G - D - C - D, but is instrumental so it needs more than 
just chords...


And that is it!  The only tricky thing is getting the strumming right and 
adding as many notes to synthesize a string quartet as possible.  For the 
tabbed struming above, it is easiest just to use the same finger 
positions, and slide down and up the frets.


From: Quentin Little 
Subject: World I know.tab by Collective Soul.

World I know------
Collective Soul

This is a real pretty tune I figured out sitting on the john and playing 
my guitar during one those really good bowel movements.

8<------------cut-here---------------------8<----------------------
Okay this is the definite riff that makes this tune so beautiful. 
I know you guys don't want to hear the transcriber speak so Ill cut
it short.  I dont see the way I play it posted, so heres what I have:

           Bm             D/F#      G     
e|-----x-x-x-x-x---x-x----x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x----x-x---|
b|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0---| ..and repeat 
g|----/7-7-7-7-7---7-7----2-2---2-2/4-4-4-4-4----4-4---|  til' chorus.
d|-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0---|
a|-----x-x-x-x-x---x-x----x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x----x-x---|
E|----/7-7-7-7-7---7-7----2-2---2-2/3-3-3-3-3----3-3---|

Cool.  Now Download "world_i_know.crd" and you'll be set for chorus and
so on.

Peace.  Im out.    ****Transcribed by Kuentin Lietel*****


Collective Soul albums
2004 Youth
2000 Blender
1999 Dosage
1997 Disciplined Breakdown
1995 Collective Soul
1993 Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid
Collective Soul tabs
01Simple tabbass tab
02Untitled tabbass tab
03The World I Know tabbass tab
04Smashing Young Man tabbass tab
05December tabbass tab
06Where the River Flows tabbass tab
07Gel tabbass tab
08She Gathers Rain tabbass tab
09When the Water Falls tabbass tab
11Bleed tabbass tab
12Reunion tabbass tab

 

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