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I think the chords are basically just A major, G and D.
The verse being played with the first finger for the A chord and fingers
three and four (mainly 3) being added as appropriate, G and D chords used
in the middle and at the end of each line.
This is on Boo Hewerdine's second album, Ignorance. It's played in Ab
(capo at 1), live and on the album. All the following is written as
though played in G (at the nut), so if you're playing with a capo at the
first fret, remember to play all the TAB sections one fret higher than
written here.
Am C D Am D C
59 yards from your house to my house 59 yards away
59 yards from your house to my house 59 yards away
Am D C
There's a white car waiting to take me, waiting tt me, waiting to take
me
Am C D Am - -
59 yards from your house to my house 59 yards away
[Chorus] :
C G Am
and I can't help thinking about it
I can't help thinking about it
I can't help thinking about it
C G Am: // * //
e ---0----------3----------||--------------------||---||-------------||--|
B ---1----------0----------||--------0-1----1-0--||---||--1--1--1----||--|
G ---0----------0----------||--2--2--2-2----2-2-.||---||--2--2--2---.||--|
D ---2----------0----------||--2--2-------------.||---||--2--2--2---.||--|
A ---3----------2----------||--0--0--------------||---||--0-----0----||--|
E --------------3----------||--------------------||---||-------------||--|
one day I'm gonna die // x3 //
x4
repeats
rpts
Am C D Am D C
Telephone lines scratch my name out across the sky
Telephone lines scratch my name out across the sky
Am D C
There's a white car waiting to take me, waiting tt me, waiting to take
me
Am C D Am - -
Telephone lines scratch my name out across the sky
[Chorus]
[Break]:
0.5 0.5
/ / / / / / /
G ---5-7---5----5-7---5------7(8)----7(8)----7(8)----7(8)----7(8)--7--5--
D
-7---------7----------7-----------------------------------------------7-
0.5 0.5
/ / //
G ---5-7---5----5-7---5----||-7(8)-7(8)-7(8)--.||--7(8)-7(8)-7(8)7--5--7-|
D -7---------7----------7--||-----------------.||------------------------|
// x2
A ---3----------3----------3----------3---5---3---------------------|
E -5---5--3-h-5---5--3-h-5---5--3-h-5-------------------------------|
0.5 0.5 0.5 e -5-------------------------------|
/ / / B -----8---5-----------------------|
G ---5-7---5----5-7---5----5-7---5-----------------8--7---5------------|
D -7---------7----------7----------7---------------------------7-------|
I keep...
(Remember, add 1 if you're in Ab)
Am (percussive, on offbeat) C D
Am
I keep seeing something flicker in the corner of my eye
I keep seeing something flicker in the corner of my eye
There's a white car waiting to take me, waiting tt me, waiting to take
me
I keep seeing something flicker in the corner of my eye
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
one day I'm gonna die -sing three times over the bit marked *, above
[Outro] :
Am
e -----------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------1--------------|
G --3p2p0------------------2--2------2--2-----2--------------|
D -------3p2p0-------------2--2------2--2-----2--------------|
A ------------3p2p0--------0--0------0--0-----0--------------|
E -----------------3p2p0---.--.------.--.--------------------|
Chord fingerings:
EADGBe
X32010 - C
XX0232 - D
X02210 - Am
320003 - G
Strumming in the verse is generally fast strumming of the bass strings,
quickly damped with the palm of the right hand (there's probably one of
those cute little italian words to describe this), except the D C at the
end of each line which is the full chord. Have a listen to the album.
Bend notation :
x(y) fretted at x, pre-bent upto y, pick and hold
/
x(y) fretted at x, pick and bend one half-step upto y
0.5
/
X fretted at X, pick and bend up half a half-step (one quarter step?)
x(y)x fretted at x, pre-bent (to y), pick and release bend back down to x
h is a hammer on
p is a pull-off
Here's the break written out in the key of Ab (i.e. this is exactly what
you play if you're using a capo at the first fret).
0.5 0.5
/ / / / / / /
G ---6-8---6----6-8---6------8(9)----8(9)----8(9)----8(9)----8(9)--8--6--
D
-8---------8----------8-----------------------------------------------8-
0.5 0.5
/ / //
G ---6-8---6----6-8---6----||-8(9)-8(9)-8(9)---||--8(9)-8(9)-8(9)8--6--8-|
D -8---------8----------8--||------------------||------------------------|
// x2
A ---4----------4----------4----------4---6---4-------------------|
E -6---6--4-h-6---6--4-h-6---6--4-h-6-----------------------------|
0.5 0.5 0.5 e -6--------------------------------|
/ / / B ----9---6-------------------------|
G ---6-8---6----6-8---6----6-8---6----------------9---8---6-------------|
D -8---------8----------8----------8---------------------------8--------|
I keep...
