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"Sweet Evening Breeze"
by John Mellencamp

This a lesser-known tune off the "Human Wheels" album, but a fun one to
play acoustic.  It oscillates between meditative picking and exciting
strumming.  Notice my naming conventions with D/Dsus2 and D/Dsus4 below.
Enjoy.

INTRO: (Asus2)

E|----------------------0------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------0---------------------0--------------------------------|
G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2-----------(repeat-4-times)--|
D|-------2-----2--------------2---------------2--------------------------|
A|----0------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE: (Asus2,G,D [&Dsus4])

E|----------------------0-------------------------------------------3----|
B|----------------0---------------------0---------------------0----------|
G|----------2--------2-----------2---------2------------0--------0-------|
D|-------2-----2--------------2---------------2------0-----0-------------|
A|----0------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------3----------------------|

:-------"D/Dsus2"----------:     :-----D/Dsus4-----:
E|----------------0-----0h2------------3-----2------3----2---------------|
B|----------3--------3---------3------------------3----3-----------------|
G|-------2-----2-----------------2--------2-----2----2-------------------|
D|----0--------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0---------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

*if you can get the above, you can surely make up a similar picking
pattern for the C and Em progressions which are next.

VERSE 1:

Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 

I was loud and a little sad.
D/Dsus2                D/Dsus4
She was visiting from Atlanta, Georgia.
Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
                      GG Piano Chord 

She had come to spend the summer with her dad.
D/Dsus2           D/Dsus4
I thought she was very pretty.
CC Piano Chord 
                      EmEm Piano Chord 

We would kiss and hold hands
CC Piano Chord 
                  EmEm Piano Chord 

Every night by the football field.
CC Piano Chord 
             EmEm Piano Chord 

Her body was tan
D/Dsus2

CHORUS: (strum these chords)

Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
          GG Piano Chord 

Sweet evening breeze
Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
           GG Piano Chord 

Blows around my thoughts and memories.
Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 

As I lie here today
GG Piano Chord 

And drink my tea,
DD Piano Chord 
                Dsus4  DD Piano Chord 

I can still see
Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
 / GG Piano Chord 
 / Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
 / GG Piano Chord 
 / Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
 / GG Piano Chord 
 / Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
 / GG Piano Chord 

Sweet evening breeze.

VERSE 2:

Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
           GG Piano Chord 

I saw her in a coffee shop
D/Dsus2                D/Dsus4
In a big hotel down in Austin, Texas.
Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
           GG Piano Chord 

She had cut her long hair off
D/Dsus2
And replaced it with
GG Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
     DD Piano Chord 

Blue eyes of sad - ness.
CC Piano Chord 
                        EmEm Piano Chord 

Still acted like we were kids
C                        *Fill*
And she told me that she had to marry
CC Piano Chord 
                     EmEm Piano Chord 

And she asked me if I did
D/Dsus2
Still remember.

CHORUS

VERSE 3:

Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
              GG Piano Chord 

How redundant the future can be.
D/Dsus2         D/Dsus4
These days of old are very, very
Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
          GG Piano Chord 

Ridiculous for me to see
D/Dsus2         GG Piano Chord 
    DD Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 

When I think about the real gone stor - ies
CC Piano Chord 
                              EmEm Piano Chord 

And how time holds the winning hand.
C                 *Fill*
I can tell by the lines on our faces
CC Piano Chord 
                        EmEm Piano Chord 

And the young can't understand
D/Dsus2
That they look at me
When they look at themselves.

CHORUS

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FILL:                               CHORDS:
E|--------------------------|             e b g d a E
B|----0---0---0---0---------|     Asus2Asus2 Piano Chord 
 | 0 0 2 2 0 0
GG Piano Chord 
|--------------------------|         GG Piano Chord 
 | 3 0 0 0 2 3
DD Piano Chord 
|--------------------------|         DD Piano Chord 
 | 2 3 2 0
A|----2---0-----------------|     Dsus2 | 0 3 2 0
E|------------3---2---------|     Dsus4 | 3 3 2 0
CC Piano Chord 
 | 0 1 0 2 3
EmEm Piano Chord 
 | 0 0 0 2 2 0