roman candle
 
 
First of all I can assure you all that this tab is less than perfect.
However it sounds pretty good to me and I enjoy playing it. Please let me
know if you can work out something better cos it's a great song and I would
love to be able to play it better myself.
 
Tuning: EADGbb (capo 7)
 
Intro: strum Esus? (022200) Sorry I don't know the name. Rest assured
that'll happen again!
 
Em   F# (244300) C/G (332000)
he played himself
           Em     F#       C/G  F#? (2X4000)
didn't need me to give him hell
 
            Em       F#       C/G  F#?
he could be cool and cruel to you and me
 
              Em      F#   C/G       Em/A? (002000)
knew we'd put up with anything
 
Em  G (3X0000)  Em? (07X000)
i want to hurt him
 
Em        G        Em?
i want to give him pain
 
      Em  G    Em?
i'm a roman candle
 
Em         G       Em?       C/E? (035000)
my head is full of flames
 
        Esus? F# C/G F#?
i'm hallucinating
 
(same)
hallucinating
 
Esus? F# C/G
i hear you cry
 
    F#?                Em/A?
your tears are cheap
 
            Em      F#
wet hot red swollen cheeks
 
     C/G
fall asleep
 
(same as before)
i want to hurt him 
 
i want to give him pain
 
i'm a roman candle
 
my head is full of flames
 
(same as before but with extra chord at the end???
 I can't work it out so I just play usual)
i want to hurt him...
 
Esus?  F#  C/G  F#?
oooh...
 
and make him feel this pretty burn (I'm sorry, I've gone into overload
trying to get this bit exactly right and quite frankly I've decided to give
up for the time being! I surrender.)
Tim.
 
 
 
Roman Candle
 
Standard Tuning
 
Chords:
Em9 : X2403(2)              G6/B : X20030
Cm? : X462XX                Em :  022000              
G : 320030                  D   : XX0230
A : 5X0030(or) X00030       Cadd9 :  X32030
 
Brief Intro: Em9
 
    Cm?     G                  Em9   Cm        G     A
He played himself, didn't need me to give him hell
  
            Em9      Cm       G       A      
He could be cool and cruel to you and me
 
             Em9      Cm      G     G6/B * hit low E four times
Knew we'd put up with every-thing
 
Chorus:
Hit bass note for each chord with quick little strums
(Hit bass note twice for the regular Em chord)
 
G6/B    D         Em          G6/B  D           Em
I        want to hurt him,  I want to give him pain
 
       G6/B    D      Em         G6/B   D       Em       G 
I'm a ro---------man candle, my head is full of flames
 
     Em9     Cm?     G    A        Em9      Cm?   G     A
I'm hallu----cina-----ting,        hallu----cina----ting
 
   Em9     Cm?        G          A
I hear      you       cry,  your tears are cheap 
 
Em9           Cm?             G             *strum A then G fast
Wet    hot    red swollen cheeks,   fall asleep  
 
Chorus:
G6/B        D       Em          G6/B  D           Em
I           want to hurt him,  I want to give him pain
 
      G6/B        D    Em       G6/B     D       Em       G 
I'm a ro---------man candle, my head is full of flames
 
 G6/B    D      Em       G    G6/B     D     Em       G
I wa-----nt to hurt him,     I wa----nt to hurt him
 
  G6/B  D       Em       G    G6/B     D      Em         G
I wa-----nt to hurt him,   I wa----nt to give him pain
 
*For the hmmm, hmmm part repeat first part 3 times
and then;
 
Ending:   G   G6/B (with low E until the end)
 
A                                     G6/B  
Make him feel this pretty burn
 
*rake upward hard and land on G to start the outro and continue this
pattern
(hit bass note and strum each chord 4 times)
 
G  G6/B A Cadd9      *end on Cadd9
 
tabbed by Bunch
 
 
I have for some time been trying to find out the ending part to the
song Roman Candle and the first version transcribed by Tim with the capo
7 helped me quite a bit. It helped me so much that I think I may have
figured out the ending part he seemed to have so much confusion with.
Here are the chords used. Sorry I didn't know the names, I lost my chord
book!
Please let me know what they might be.

capo 7

G(32000X)                      ?(12200X)
make him feel this pretty burn...
 ?(032000)                      ?(12200X)

G(32000X)                      ?(12200X)

 ?(032000)                      ?(12200X)

G(32000X)                      ?(12200X)
                                        ( end on this chord)

Hopefully this will help. I think I may have figured out the cord
progression on the "chorus"
"....I want to hut him, I want to give him pain..."
part as well. So, if you guys are happy with this
and want to use it as an addition to Tim's tab version let me know and I
will send some more
bits and pieces. Like I said, I hope it helps!
Please let me know.

Take care,

Seth Noles