Landslide

Words & Music:

Stevie Nicks

 

I originally played this in D, then transposed it to G for better singing and better-flowing chords.  It is fully transcribed in the September 20009 issue of Guitar Edge.  Voila!  You play it in C, capoed 3 so it sounds in Eb.  See chords below.

 

[verse vamp is:  G   D/F#   Em7   D/F# - do not play the high E string, keep a D on the B string for all the chords.  Possibly capo 3.]

 

I took my love, I took it down.

Climbed a mountain and I turned around.

And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills

'Til the landslide brought it down.

 

Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?

Can the child within my heart rise above?

Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides?

Can I handle the seasons of my life?      [A transition chord]

 

BRIDGE:

      D           D/C#    Bm        Bm/A

Well, I've been afraid of changing 'cause I've

G        D/F#        Em7   A

Built my life around you.

    D              D/C#         Bm           Bm/A

But time makes you bolder, even children get older.

    G           D/F#   Em   D/F#

And I'm getting older, too.

 

INSTRUMENTAL HALF-VERSE:

 

Well, I've been afraid of changing 'cause I've built my life around you.

But time makes you bolder, even children get older.

And I'm getting older, too; oh, I'm getting older, too.

 

Ah, took my love, took it down.

Ah, climbed a mountain and I turned around.

And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills, well, a landslide'll bring it down.

D/F#       G        D/F#            Em7          D/F# [hold this note & chord]

And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills

        G            D/F#     Em7  D/F#

Well, a landslide'll bring it down.

  G            D/F#     Em7

A landslide'll bring it down.

 

Chords for the "play it in C version":

Verse vamp:  C  G/B  Am7  G/B

Bridge chords:  [transition in with C  G/B  Am7  D7/F#]  G  D7/F#  Em  C