"Piece of Glass" by Caedmon's Call

From "Intimate Portrait"

Words and music by Danielle (Glenn) Young and Derek Webb

Copyright 1997 Cumbee Road Music ASCAP





Capo 2 in D (E), high-strung (pseudo-standard-tuned eadgBE) six-string acoustic, 

moderate tempo in 4.





     Derek actually plays this on a high-strung guitar.  The third through sixth 

strings (eadg) are the high strings from a set for a 12-string guitar, so they 

are an octave higher than normal.  This makes the third string (g) a higher 

pitch than the first (E) and second (B), and the fourth (d) higher than the 

second.  This stringing gives a distinctive sound, especially since the 

intervals between the 1st and 2nd strings and the other strings are inverted or 

reduced by an octave.  But the cool thing about it is that you can still play 

the song the same way on a normal guitar, and it works, though it sounds a bit 

different.



     Sorry for all the different G chords.  If you want to simplify, just plain 

G works OK for any of these variations except the two with /A, which can be just 

G/A.  When moving from G to E7, hit the F# bass note (sixth string, second fret) 

on the way down.  The song alternates between picking and strumming with a wide 

dynamic range, from pianisimo to forte.  Strumming near the end, hammer-on the 

first and third strings together on D and D/F# chords.  Picking at the very end, 

hammer-on and pull-off the first and third strings separately several times on 

the final D.





[intro]  Bm, A*, Gx, Bm, A*, Em7





[verse 1]

Bm          A*         Gx

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I DID IT AGAIN

Bm       A*          Em7       Bm

WAKE ME UP FROM THIS NIGHTMARE

Bm          A*        G6           D

'CAUSE THIS MONSTER'S FILLING ME UP

E7            G6  G6/A

FILLING ME OUT

Bm     A*  Gx

EVERYDAY I LIVE A BIT LESS

Bm        A*        Em7

ONE NIGHT LEADS TO ANOTHER

Bm   A*        G6        D

EVEN IF I WENT BACK THEY WOULDN'T

E7        G6

RECOGNIZE ME

E7        G6  G6/A

CRITICIZE ME





[chorus 1]

    D            D/F#

WHO ARE YOU THAT LIES

         G9

WHEN YOU STARE AT MY FACE

E7              G          G/A

TELLING ME THAT I'M JUST A TRACE

       D        D/F#

OF THE PERSON I ONCE WAS

       G9

'CAUSE I JUST CAN'T TELL

          E7                     G

IF YOU'RE TELLING THE TRUTH OR A LIE

E7                      G

ON YOU I JUST CAN'T RELY

E7               G      G/A      Bm

AFTER ALL YOU'RE JUST A PIECE OF GLASS





[repeat intro]  Bm, A*, Gx, Bm, A*, Em7





[verse 2]

Bm         A*              Gx

STILL THIS NIGHTMARE'S ALL MINE

Bm     A*          Em7

WHEN I CALL HIM HE ANSWERS

Bm    A*       G6      D

I CAN TELL HIM WHEN TO COME

E7           G6  G6/A

WHEN TO STAY

Bm            A*          Gx

SOMETIMES I'M WEAKER THAN HE IS

Bm         A*         Em7

IS HE JUST LETTING ME WIN

Bm     A*      G6      D

HE CAN TELL ME WHEN TO COME

E7           G6  G6/A

WHEN TO STAY





[repeat chorus 1]

    D            D/F#

WHO ARE YOU THAT LIES

         G9

WHEN YOU STARE AT MY FACE

E7              G          G/A

TELLING ME THAT I'M JUST A TRACE

       D        D/F#

OF THE PERSON I ONCE WAS

       G9

'CAUSE I JUST CAN'T TELL

          E7                     G

IF YOU'RE TELLING THE TRUTH OR A LIE

E7                      G

ON YOU I JUST CAN'T RELY

E7               G      G/A      D

AFTER ALL YOU'RE JUST A PIECE OF GLASS





[bridge]  D, D/F#, G9

E7          G

DON'T TALK, LISTEN

E7      G

HOLD ME TIGHTER

E7                      G

STAY WITH ME JUST FOR A WHILE

E7        (till the sun shines)

UNTIL THE SUN SHINES

D/F#      (stay with me just give)

STAY WITH ME

G                   A7sus4  A7

JUST GIVE ME ONE MORE DAY





[chorus 2]

    D             D/F#

WHO ARE YOU THAT _CRIES_

         G9

WHEN YOU STARE AT MY FACE

E7              G          G/A

TELLING ME THAT I'M JUST A TRACE

       D        D/F#

OF THE PERSON I ONCE WAS

       G9

'CAUSE WE'RE NOT THE SAME

E7                       G

YOU'RE JUST A PICTURE OF ME

E7                       G

YOU'RE GONE AS SOON AS I LEAVE

E7                       G

YOU'VE LIVED MY LIFE FOR ME

E7                 G      G/A      D

AND YOU'RE NO MORE THAN A PIECE OF GLASS

E7                  G      G/A      D

YOU'RE NO MORE THAN JUST A PIECE OF GLASS





[outro]  D, D/F#, G9, E7, G, G/A, D





     Bm=X24432 (or X20432 back strum first time)

     A*=X040XX (Bmsus6/A or Bm7sus6 inversion?) or X04030

     Gx=3200XX (G)

    Em7=010000

  Gsus6=320000

Gsus6/A=X00000

      D=X00232 (D/A)

     E7=020100

   D/F#=200232

     G9=320203

      G=320003

    G/A=X00003

 A7sus4=X02030

     A7=X02020





Transcribed at 3:25pm on 12/11/1997 by tstilwel@comp.uark.edu

More songs available at http://www.engr.uark.edu/~tks/tab/