在音乐的世界里,有些旋律不仅仅是音符的组合,更是情感的载体,能触及我们内心最柔软的部分。Chris Hillman的歌曲《Quits》就是这样一首作品。它来自他1977年的专辑《Clear Sailing》,由才干横溢的Danny O'Keefe创作,以一种直接而略带忧伤的方式,讲述了关于告别与放手的故事。
《Quits》这首歌的核心情感,是一种面对关系终结时的坦然与无奈。歌词直击人心,没有歇斯底里,也没有过多纠缠,只是平静地宣告:“Call it what you want to I just call it quits”(你想怎么称呼它都行,我只称它为结束)。这种“结束”并非一时激动,而是深思熟虑后的决定,是看清“We've come down to the place where love never fits”(我们走到了一个爱已不复存在的地方)的现实。歌曲中“Cross the dessert of our hearts, Love turns to sand”(穿越我们内心的沙漠,爱酿成了沙)的比方,生动地描绘了感情消耗殆尽的枯竭感,以及从“once had something no words could tear apart”(我们曾拥有言语无法摧毁的一切)到“Now you be yours and I'll be mine”(现在你归你,我归我)的巨大转变。这是一种平静的告别,是对过去的美好回忆的肯定,更是对当下无法挽回现实的接受,其中蕴含着一种成熟而略带心酸的哲学。
对于希望通过弹奏乐器来感受和表达这种情感的音乐喜好者来说,这份《Quits》吉他乐谱(或贝斯谱)提供了一个绝佳的入口。乐谱使用了相对常见的和弦,如G、Am、D、C、Em等,对于有一定吉他基础的玩家来说并不难掌握。歌曲的和弦进行朴实而流畅,典型的乡村/民谣摇滚风格,非常适合用木吉他弹唱。仔细观察乐谱,你会发现除了基本的开放和弦,还出现了C/B、G/G#、G/F#等和弦变革。这些变革可能代表着特定的低音走向(非常适合贝斯手去突出),或者吉他的指法变革,它们为简单的和弦结构增添了色彩和推进感,使得旋律听起来不那么单调,更好地契合了歌词中复杂的情绪起伏。弹奏时,可以考试考试分歧的节奏型,例如指弹拨弦来陪衬歌词的细腻,或是简单的扫弦来营造一种行进感。无论是作为吉他手负责和弦伴奏,还是作为贝斯手勾勒根音线条,理解歌曲的情绪是弹好它的关键。想象着歌词的情境,让指尖流淌出的音符与歌曲中的告别故事发生共鸣。
总的来说,《Quits》是一首关于放手与重生的歌曲。它告诉我们,结束一段不适合的关系并非失败,而是一种勇敢的解脱。通过这份《Quits》吉他乐谱,我们不仅能学会弹奏这首经典之作,更能借由音符去体会和释放那种复杂而深刻的情感,让音乐成为疗愈告别时刻的力量。
示范乐谱:
G Am D G C C/B Am
What do we call it now it isn't marriage anymore C C/B Am D Call it new call it different it's not the way it was before
G D Em Am Out of all the words to choose from there's only one that fits C C/B Am D
Call it what you want to I just call it quits C Am G G/G# Em We've come down to the place where love never fits C C/B Am C Cm G Call it what you want I just call it quits Am D G C C/B Am Turn and walk away cross the dessert of our hearts C C/B Am D Love turns to sand and we've run out of time G D Em Am
You know we once had something no words could tear apart
C C/B Am D Now you be yours and I'll be mine C Am G G/F# Em We've come down to the place where love never fits C C/B Am C Cm G Call it what you want I just call it quits Am D G Tell all our friend about it C C/B Am That we just don't care C Am D Tell them dreams are flowers and that our gardens bare G D Em Am Call it separation independence divorce if that word fits C C/B Am D Call it what you want to I just call it quits C Am G G/F# Em We've come down to the place where love never fits C C/B Am C Cm G Call it what you want I just call it quits</pre>