Biography:
Damien Rice (born December 7, 1973) is an Irish singer-songwriter. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, to George and Maureen Rice and was raised in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. In March 1999 Damien moved to Tuscany, then travelled around Europe, busking the streets. He arrived back in Dublin a year later, with a clear head and full of ideas. Damien started playing and recording music with his first band, Juniper. After a few years he decided creatively it was not for him so he left the band (Newly named Bell X1) to start a solo career.
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Other songs:
- 9 Crimes
- Accidental Babies
- Amie
- Animals Were Gone
- Back To Beginning
- Cannonball
- Cheers Darlin
- Cheers Darlin'
- Coconut Skins
- Creep
- Delicate
- Elephant
- I Don't Want To Change You
- I Remember
- It Takes A Lot To Know A Man
- Lonelily
- Lonely Soldier
- On Children
- Professor La Fille Danse
- Rat Within The Grain
- Rootless Tree
- Silent Night
- Sleep Don't Weep
- The Blower's Daughter
- The Greatest Bastard
- The Rat Within The Grain
- Volcano
- The Blower’s Daughter
- Baby Sister
- Back To Her Man
- Beast And Beauty
- Bottom Shelf
- Camarillas
- Childish
- Cold Water
- Colour Me In
- Cross
- Desafinado
- Dogs
- Eskimo
- Face
- Fool If You Leave Me Now
- Front Door
- Grey Room
- Hypnosis
- I Dont Want To Change You
- Illusions
- Insane
- Is That It My Friend
- It Didnt Take You Long
- Long Long Way
- Look At Me
- Making Noise
- My Favourite Faded Fantasy
- No One Need Know
- Older Chests
- One
- Orchard
- Que Sera
- Rule No 2 Y
- Sand
- Sex Change
- Sleep Dont Weep
- Slow
- Steal A Mule
- Stoic
- The Blowers Daughter
- The Blowers Daughter Creep
- The Box
- The Connoisseur Of Great Excuse
- The Professor
- The Truth Is Not Enough
- Then Go
- Toffee Pop
- Trusty And True
- Under The Tongue
- Unplayed Piano
- Volcanoes
- Wake Up
- What If Im Wrong
- What The Night Is For
- When Doves Cry
- Wild And Free
- Woman Like A Man
- Wooden Horse
- You Shouldnt Be Here
- Your Ghost
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Cannonball - Damien Rice
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Tabbed by charredu at www.ultimate-guitar.com
Tuning: Standard
This new version is optimized for solo rhythm guitar.
Performance notes below for Intermediate and Advanced rhythm guitar players:
Beginners may substitute D/F# and Dsus2 with D, Cadd9/G with C or just
skip it.
-----------------------------
Em7
0 2 2 0 3 0
1st string is accented during some upstrokes, strings 4 and 5 are hammered on
immediately after first down stroke
Cadd9/G
3 3 2 0 3 0
3 3 2 0 3 3
For this chord the middle finger presses both 5th and 6th string.
4th string is hammered on immediately after first stroke. The 1st string
is accented on some upstrokes or muted. Mute by lightly touching the 1st
string with your pinky on unaccented strokes and pressed during accented
upward strokes.
G D/F#
3 2 0 0 3 X 2 0 0 2 3 x
G Dsus4
3 2 0 0 3 3 x x 0 2 3 3
The 3rd string of the D chords are hammered on after the first stroke.
The 1st string is accented on some upstrokes or muted as in the C chord
above.
How to Play:
I transcribed these chords by watching and listening to the video of
this really talented (and very pretty) street performer named
Chelsea Williams doing a live solo cover of Damien Rice's Cannonball.
Go to Youtube and search for "Cannonball Chelsea Williams"
or, copy and paste the following to your browser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N3sWUTjaAI
Capo on 6th fret for male singers
Capo on 8th fret for female singers
[Intro]
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
[Verse 1]
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
there's still a little bit of your taste in my mouth
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
there's still a little bit of you laced with my doubt
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
it's still a little hard to say
Cadd9/G
what's going on
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
there's still a little bit of your ghost your witness
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
there's still a little piece of your face i haven't kissed
[Pre-Chorus]
Em7 Cadd9/G G
you step a little closer each day
D/F# Cadd9/G
so i can't see what's going on
[Chorus]
G Cadd9/G D Dsus4
stones taught me to fly
G Cadd9/G D Dsus4
love taught me to lie
G Cadd9/G D
life taught me to die
Em7 Cadd9/G
so it's not hard to fall
Cadd9/G Em7
when you float like a cannonball
[Instrumental]
Cadd9/G G D/F#
[Verse 2]
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
there's still a little bit of your song in my ear
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
there's still a little bit of your words i long to hear
[Pre-Chorus]
Em7 Cadd9/G G
you step a little closer each day
D/F# Cadd9/G
so close that i can't see what's going on
[Chorus]
G Cadd9/G D Dsus4
stones taught me to fly
G Cadd9/G D Dsus4
love taught me to lie
G Cadd9/G D
life taught me to die
Em7 Cadd9/G
so it's not hard to fall
Cadd9/G
when you float like a cannon
[Verse 3]
G Cadd9/G D Dsus4
stones taught me to fly
G Cadd9/G D Dsus4
love taught me to cry
G
so come on courage
Cadd9/G D
teach me to be shy
Cadd9/G
'cause it's not hard to fall
Cadd9/G Em7
when you float like a cannonball
[Outro]
Cadd9/G G D/F#
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F# G
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Tabbed by charredu at www.ultimate-guitar.com
Tuning: Standard
This new version is optimized for solo rhythm guitar.
Performance notes below for Intermediate and Advanced rhythm guitar players:
Beginners may substitute D/F# and Dsus2 with D, Cadd9/G with C or just
skip it.
-----------------------------
Em7
0 2 2 0 3 0
1st string is accented during some upstrokes, strings 4 and 5 are hammered on
immediately after first down stroke
Cadd9/G
3 3 2 0 3 0
3 3 2 0 3 3
For this chord the middle finger presses both 5th and 6th string.
4th string is hammered on immediately after first stroke. The 1st string
is accented on some upstrokes or muted. Mute by lightly touching the 1st
string with your pinky on unaccented strokes and pressed during accented
upward strokes.
G D/F#
3 2 0 0 3 X 2 0 0 2 3 x
G Dsus4
3 2 0 0 3 3 x x 0 2 3 3
The 3rd string of the D chords are hammered on after the first stroke.
The 1st string is accented on some upstrokes or muted as in the C chord
above.
How to Play:
I transcribed these chords by watching and listening to the video of
this really talented (and very pretty) street performer named
Chelsea Williams doing a live solo cover of Damien Rice's Cannonball.
Go to Youtube and search for "Cannonball Chelsea Williams"
or, copy and paste the following to your browser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N3sWUTjaAI
Capo on 6th fret for male singers
Capo on 8th fret for female singers
[Intro]
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
[Verse 1]
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
there's still a little bit of your taste in my mouth
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
there's still a little bit of you laced with my doubt
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
it's still a little hard to say
Cadd9/G
what's going on
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
there's still a little bit of your ghost your witness
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
there's still a little piece of your face i haven't kissed
[Pre-Chorus]
Em7 Cadd9/G G
you step a little closer each day
D/F# Cadd9/G
so i can't see what's going on
[Chorus]
G Cadd9/G D Dsus4
stones taught me to fly
G Cadd9/G D Dsus4
love taught me to lie
G Cadd9/G D
life taught me to die
Em7 Cadd9/G
so it's not hard to fall
Cadd9/G Em7
when you float like a cannonball
[Instrumental]
Cadd9/G G D/F#
[Verse 2]
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
there's still a little bit of your song in my ear
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F#
there's still a little bit of your words i long to hear
[Pre-Chorus]
Em7 Cadd9/G G
you step a little closer each day
D/F# Cadd9/G
so close that i can't see what's going on
[Chorus]
G Cadd9/G D Dsus4
stones taught me to fly
G Cadd9/G D Dsus4
love taught me to lie
G Cadd9/G D
life taught me to die
Em7 Cadd9/G
so it's not hard to fall
Cadd9/G
when you float like a cannon
[Verse 3]
G Cadd9/G D Dsus4
stones taught me to fly
G Cadd9/G D Dsus4
love taught me to cry
G
so come on courage
Cadd9/G D
teach me to be shy
Cadd9/G
'cause it's not hard to fall
Cadd9/G Em7
when you float like a cannonball
[Outro]
Cadd9/G G D/F#
Em7 Cadd9/G G D/F# G
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