----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OUT ON A LIMB - Eye Eye ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (single version) Written by: N/A Album: "Just In Time To Be Late" (1986, Duke Street Records) Transcribed by: Anne Drury e-mail: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com Date: April 14, 2012 INTRO: (recorder part transcribed for guitar) A E E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B -17--------------|---14---------14-|-17--------------|---14---------14-| G -------14----16--|---------14-16---|-------14----16--|---------14-16---| D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| G D E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B -15--14----------|------------(14)-|-15--14----------|-----------------| G -------16-14=----|--------(16)-----|-------16-14=----|-----------------| D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Repeat the 8 bars above. The bracketed notes in Bar 6 are played only the second time through. F E E -1---------------|-----------------|-0-----0-----0---|-----------------| B -1---------------|-----------------|-0-----0-----0---|-----------------| G -2---------------|-----------------|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------| D -3---------------|-----------------|-2-----2-----2---|-----------------| A -3---------------|-----------------|-2-----2-----2---|-----------------| E -1---------------|-----------------|-0-----0-----0---|-----------------| 1ST VERSE: A E Bm F#m You say to me that I must be a dreamer A E Bm F#m Love is just a weakness of the heart A E Bm F#m You hold me back, keeping me at arm's length A E Bm F#m You're really just fighting what's inside D (E) F#m And I can try to break through Bm F#m But I can't make you D (E) F#m Tell me that our dreams don't end G E Can we start again? CHORUS: A E And catch me this time, or it could be the last time G D Here I am out on a limb, out on a limb A E And look at me now, take a good look at me now G D F E Here I am out on a limb, I'm out on a limb 2ND VERSE: A E Bm F#m We make our plans and fight like little children A E Bm F#m We trip and fall and stumble in the dark A E Bm F#m But lovers try against what seems a little chance A E Bm F#m We put back what we take for ourselves D (E) F#m Every precious second Bm F#m I can't wait another second D (E) F#m Come to me this time G E Stop your running away CHORUS: A E And catch me this time, or it could be the last time G D Here I am out on a limb, out on a limb A E And look at me now, take a good look at me now G Here I am out on a limb, I'm D E -17---14--------17---|-14--------17---14---| B ---17---14-17-----17-|---14-17-----17---14-| G -------------16------|--------16-----------| D ---------------------|---------------------| A ---------------------|---------------------| E ---------------------|---------------------| out on a limb GUITAR SOLO: A E E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B -12=/14~---------|-----------------|-----------------|---------17^wrp15| G -----------------|-------16^w-16p14|-16~-------------|-----------------| D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G D E -----------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------17-19| B -17--------------|-------------|----------------|-15=/17-17-----19-----| G ---14--14~-------|-------------|--------------14|----------/18---------| D -----------------|-------------|----12=/14-16---|----------------------| A -----------------|-------------|----------------|----------------------| E -----------------|-------------|----------------|----------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . And CHORUS: A E E -19^w------------|---------19^wrp17|-19~-------------|-----------------| B -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------17^wrp15| G -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| catch me this time, or it could be the last time, Here I am G E -----------------| B -17--------------| G ---14~-----------| D -----------------| A -----------------| E -----------------| out on a limb D Out on a limb A E And look at me now, take a good look at me now G D Here I am out on a limb, I'm out on a limb A So catch me this time... (fade) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: -Bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time. -Dots (...) located under any staff are for timing, and indicate where the downbeats (1234) fall. -The bracketed E chord in the Verse is an optional chord (which follows the bass line, the bass plays an E there). The chord can be played or left out, either way sounds fine. ^...bend (w=whole tone) ~...vibrato r...release bend =...hold note p...pull off /...slide up (This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.) Anne's Guitar Tab Archive - www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret