World I know-
by Collective Soul
off the self-titled album


tabbed by:
Scott, the guitar freak (scottf@scs.unr.edu)
-and- Chad Hanley (chanle51@maine.main.edu)**NOTE: in the verses, use barre chords.. in the chorus, use the open
fingerings... that's how it sounded when i heard it.. i'll also give you
a more powerful-sounding chorus...

***NOTE: if no symphony is available for your rendition, keyboards work
nicely... :)


VERSE I

D A G A
Has our conscience shown?
Has the sweet breeze blown?
Has all the kindness gone?
Hope still lingers on.
I drink myself of newfound pity
Sitting alone in New York City.
And I don't know why.

Verse II

D A G A
Are we listening?
Hymns of offering
Have we eyes to see
That love is gathering?

A
All the words that I've been reading
Have now started the act of bleeding

G
Into one....Into one.

CHORUS

D A
So I walk upon high
G
And I step to the edge
D
To see my world below.
A
And I laugh at myself
C
While the tears roll down.
G
'Cause it's the world I know.
D
It's the world I know.

VERSE III (look at end of Verse I)

I drink myself of newfound pity
Sittin alone in New York City.
And I don't know why.
Don't know why.

CHORUS (check out the first chorus)
So I walk upon high
And I step to the edge
to see my world below.
And I laugh at myself
While the tears roll down.
'Cause it's the world I know.
It's the world I know.
Yeah, I walk upon high
And I step to the edge
To see my world below
And I laugh at myself
While the tears roll down.
'Cause it's the world I know.
It's the world I know.

at the end when the symphony kicks in, Childress (i think) is
arpeggiating a D, and throwing in the 4th sometimes (Dsus4)

and the song ends on a Dsus4...

(i've only heard the song twice on MTV, and at the time i didn't have my
guitar.. i had to get home and play from memory... )

any comments/suggestions/flames/recipes for cookies mail:

scott if there is a tab problem...
chad if there is a lyric problem...From: QuesoMania@aol.com
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 01:24:53 -0500
Collective Soul - The World I Know

Thanks to Kelly and Blair for inspiring me to figure out the chords to th=
is. The lyrics
may not be totally in order, if not e-mail me at quesomania@aol.com.

Bm G
Has our conscience shown?
Bm G
Has the sweet breeze blown?
Bm G
Has all kindness gone?
Bm G
Hope still lingers on.

A
I drink myself of newfound pity sittin alone in New York City.
G
And I don't know why. Don't know why.

Bm G
Are we listening?
Bm G
Hymns of offering
Bm G
Have we eyes to see
Bm G
That love is gathering?

A
All the words that I've been reading have now started the act of bleeding=

G
Into one....Into one.

CHORUS

D A G
So I walk upon high and I step to the edge
D
to see my world below.
A C
And I laugh at myself while the tears roll down.
G D
'Cause it's the world I know. It's the world I know.

A
I drink myself of newfound pity sittin alone in New York City.
G
And I don't know why. Don't know why.

CHORUS
D A G
So I walk upon high and I step to the edge
D
to see my world below.
A C
And I laugh at myself while the tears roll down.
G D
'Cause it's the world I know. It's the world I know.
A G
Yeah, I walk upon high and I step to the edge
D
To see my world below
A C
And I laugh at myself while the tears roll down.
G D
'Cause it's the world I know. It's the world I know.----


From: Justin Kunz
Subject: TAB: "The World I Know" by Collective Soul


The World I Know
by Collective Soul
Taken from the album Collective Soul
tabbed by Justin Kunz
comments, questions, suggestions: kunjust@lycoming.edu
Probably written by Ed Roland (sweet beard!)

Well I definitely think this song is overplayed, but I have found a new
respect for Collective Soul after I figured out the opening riff to this
song. I think it is a great progression. I borrowed the lyrics from World
I Know tablulation by Scott the guitar freak and Chad Hanley. I don't
think their opening is accurate, it actually starts with a Bm progression
like this...

s- slide

FIG 1
e ----------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------
G -2ss7777777--22222-244--444-666---------------------------------
D -0ss0000000--00000-000--000-000---------------------------------
A -xssxxxxxxx--xxxxx-xxx--xxx-xxx---------------------------------
E -2ss7777777--22222-233--333-555---------------------------------
***

***-play that part as if you were counting '1,2,3' quickly, where the
2x02 formation gets the 1 count and the 2 and 3 count goes to 3x04.

(you can figure out the real timing by listening to the song)

FIG 1
Has our conscience show?
Has the sweet breeze blown?
Has all the kindness gone?
Hope still lingers on.

(open chords)
A
I drink myself of newbound pity
Sitting alone in New York City
G
And I don't know why

FIG 1
Are we listening?
Hymsn of offering
Have we eyes to see
That love is gathering?

(open chords)
A
All the words that I've been reading
Have now started the act of bleeding
G
Into one... into one

(open chords)

D A
So I walk upon high
G
And I step to the edge
D
To see my world below
A
And I laugh at myself
C
While the tears roll down
G
Cos it's the world I know
D
It's the world I know


That's how it goes, just apply the same formations to the rest of the song

Justin KunzDate: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 16:49:15 -0600 (CST)
From: Rudolph
Subject: TAB: The World I Know by Collective Soul

Transcribed by Nate Kohl

This is a slightly different version than the others I have seen posted -
it is in a different key, but capo should take care of that. It sounds
better than plain chords.

Intro -

E-|--0----0---0---0--
B-|--8----3---5---7--
G-|--0----0---0---0--
D-|--9----4---5---7--
A-|--7----2---3---5--
E-|--0---------------

Play the above with "Has our consience shown...Has the sweet breeze blown..."
When you reach "I drink myself of newfound pity..." change to a D - C
progression, then jump back into the above pattern for the second verse.

Chorus -

G - D - C - G "So I walk up on high..."

G - D - F - C - G "And I laugh at myself...as the tears roll down.."

The ending is G - D - C - D, but is instrumental so it needs more than
just chords...


And that is it! The only tricky thing is getting the strumming right and
adding as many notes to synthesize a string quartet as possible. For the
tabbed struming above, it is easiest just to use the same finger
positions, and slide down and up the frets.


From: Quentin Little
Subject: World I know.tab by Collective Soul.

World I know------
Collective Soul

This is a real pretty tune I figured out sitting on the john and playing
my guitar during one those really good bowel movements.

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