AIRPORT MAN
ther posting...the entire song is a droned G#...
Tab for the descending synth riff:
e --8-6---------------
B ------9--8-6--------
G--------------8------
Lyrics:
he moves efficiently
beyond security.
great opportunity awaits.
airport fluorescent
creature of habit
labored breathing and sallow skin
recycled air
moving sidewalks
great opportunity blinks.
great opportunity blinks.
discounted.
the people mover
the people mover
discounted.
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Riff: (from David Wagner - wagner@mindspring.com)
e--13--11------------------------
B------------11------13---------
G--------------------------10-----
D-------------------------------13
LOTUS
Tab from: Chris Gantner (cgantner@arches.uga.edu)
Main Riff
e|---------------------------------------------------
B|-------------1-0-----------------------------------
G|-----0h2p0--0----0h2p0-----------------------------
D|----------h4----------0-h2-0-0---------------------
A|0------------------------------3-3-2-2-0--------0--
E|-----------------------------------------3^(1/2)---
e|---------------------------------------------------
B|--------1-0-1-3-1-3-3s5-3-3-1-1-0-0----------------
G|0h2p0-------------------------------2-2-0----------
D|-----h4--------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------0--------
E|---------------------------------------------------
The rest of the guitar consists of double stops on the e and B strings
e|5-5----3-3-----10-10-----8-8-----------------------
B|5-5----3-3-----10-10-----8-8-----------------------
Repeat these sections as needed
Of course it's always a good idea to listen to the song for the exact
rhythm but this should be fairly close.
------
From: ROBERT OAG (Ppxrmo@nottingham.ac.uk)
Lotus.
| Am | C | G | F | | Am | C | G | F |
Hey, hey, Hey, hey
| Am | C | G | F | | Am | C | G | F |
AmCGF
I was hell, sarcastic silver swell, that day it rained
Ken je een betere of completere versie? Stuur 'm in
I ate the lotus, I ate the lotus, I ate the lotus
Lyrics:
hey hey.
I was hell
sarcastic silver swell.
that day it rained
tough spun. hard won. no
ocean flower aquarium
badlands. give a hand.
honey dipt. film flam
hey hey. hey hey.
that cat can walk like a big bad man.
so happy to show us
I ate the lotus.
say haven't yoou noticed?
I ate the lotus
storefront window, I reflect.
just last week I merely heck
tip the scale. I was hell
picked me up, then I fell.
who's this stranger? crowbar spine
...and I feel fine.
let it rain, rain, rain
bring my happy back again.
so happy to show us
I ate the lotus.
say haven't yoou noticed?
I ate the lotus
let it rain, rain, rain
save me from myself again
wash away my ugly sins
opposing thumb, dorsal fin
that monkey died for my grin
bring my happy back again
let it rain, rain, rain
bring my happy back again
so happy to show us
I ate the lotus.
say haven't yoou noticed?
I ate the lotus
I ate the lotus
I ate the lotus
SUSPICION
From: DJ Allan (djgreedo@hotmail.com)
verse:
suspicion, tonight, I'll dream tonight
verse:
listen to the devils in my ear.
tell me what, what I want to hear
youre so funny, youre so fine.
youre so perfect, youre so mine.
that i never had an opportunity to hide
no I never had a chance
pre-chorus:
cant you see I need nothing too deep
chorus:
imagination come alive
suspicion, tonight, I'll dream tonight.
bridge:
let the music carry you away
solo:
verse:
my eyes are blurred, my sights are limited
am i sensing a familiar twinge?
no I never had a chance
pre-chorus:
please don't speak, make me think, it's all too deep
chorus:
imagination come alive
suspicion, step down, I'll dream tonight.
step down, I'll dream tonight.
youre so naked baby, dream, dream, carry you away
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CORRECTION
From: david wagner (wagner@mindspring.com)
here's what you've got:
(open)
can't you see i need nothing too deep
(Faug5:133221 or XXX665)
-----
Here's the guitar solo from Suspicion... it's pretty heavily modulated
so expect me to be off on a few counts.
Tabbed by Chris Lawrence (mustang@islandnet.com)
--3----6\8-6---------------------------------------
Use slides and vibrato at your own discretion.
----
From: Ross Pickford (rosspic@hotmail.com)
Updated chords for Suspicion using basics from DJ Allen, with a slight
variation on his use of
(x10033) and found it a nice option. You decide.
Also added extra chords at the end of the chorus, which also form the
repeat at the end of the song.
I've only added the effected parts of the song here. Repeat througout as
needed.
Pre-chorus chords:
can't you see I need nothing too deep.
e-1--------------1------------1--------------3-----
b-1--------------2------------3--------------3-----
g-2--------------2------------2--------------0-----
d-3--------------3------------3--------------0------
a-----------------------------------------------------
e------------------------------------------------------
bridge
can't you see I need nothing too deep.
e-1--------------1-----------------1---------3---
b-1--------------2-----------------3---------3---
g-2--------------2-----------------2---------0---
d-3--------------3-----------------3---------0---a-------------------------
-----------------------e------------------------------------------------
bridgeBb
you want to go out friday
and you go forever
you know that it sounds childish
that you've dreamt of aligators
you hope that we are with you
and you hope you're recognized
you want to go forever
you see it in my eyes
you really can't believe it
and you hope it's getting better
you want to trust the doctors
their procedure is the best
but the last try was a failure
and the intern was a mess
and they did the same to Matthew
and he bled 'til sunday night
they're saying don't be frightened
but you're weakened by the sight of it
and they're hog-tied
and accepting of the struggle
you want to trust religion
and you know it's allegory
but the people who are followers
have written their own story
so you look up to the heavens
and you hope to see a spaceship
and it's something from your childhood
you're thinking don't be frightened
you're looking like an idiot
and you no longer care
you want to climb the ladder
you want to go forever
you want to go out friday
you want to go forever
----
Lyrics:
you want to go out friday
and you want to go forever.
you know that it sounds childish
that you've dreamt of alligators.
you hope that we are with you
and you hope you're recognised
you want to go forever
you see it in my eyes.
I'm lost in the confusion
and it doesn't seem to matter
you really can't believe it
and you hope it's getting better
you want to trust the doctors
their procedure is the best
but the last try was a failure
and the intern was a mess.
and they did the same to Matthew
and he bled 'til sunday night
they're saying don't be frightened
but you're weakened by the sight of it
you lock into a pattern
and you know that it's the last ditch
you're trying to see through it
and it doesn't make sense
but they're saying don't be frightened
and they're killing alligators
and they're hog-tied
and accepting of the struggle
you want to trust religion
and you know it's allegory
but the people who are followers
have written their own story.
so you look up to the heavens
and you hope that it's a spaceship
and it's something from your childhood
you're thinking don't be frightened
you want to climb the ladder
you want to see forever
you want to go out friday
and you want to go forever.
and you want to cross your dna
to cross your dna with something reptile.
and you're questioning the sciences
and questioning religion
you're looking like an idiot
and you no longer care.
and you want bridge the schism,
a built-in mechanism to protect you.
and you're looking for salvation
and you're looking for deliverance
you're looking for deliverance
you're looking like av idiot
and you no longer care.
you want to climb the ladder
you want to see forever.
you want to go out friday
you want to go forever.
----
From: David Wagner (wagner@mindspring.com)
riff that pete plays over
:
(do do do do...)
I've found a way to make you
I've found a way
a way to make you smile
(Verse):
At my most beautiful
I count your eyelashes, secretly
with everyone, whisper I love you
I let you sleep
I know your closed eye watching me,
listening
I thought I saw a smile
(Chorus)
:
(do do do do...)
I've found a way to make you
I've found a way
a way to make you smile
----
Lyrics:
I've found a way to make you
I've found a way
a way to make you smile
I read bad poetry
into your machine
I save your messages
just to hear your voice.
you always listen carefully
to awkwards rhymes.
you always say your name.
like I woulden't know it's you,
at your most beautiful.
I've found a way to make you
I've found a way
a way to make you smile
at my most beautiful
I count your eyelashes secretly.
with every one, whisper I love you.
I let you sleep.
I know you're closed eye watching me,
listening.
I thought I saw a smile.
I've found a way to make you
I've found a way
a way to make you smile
THE APOLOGIST
From: ROBERT OAG (Ppxrmo@nottingham.ac.uk)
(NOTE: I'm not sure whether the second '
---------------------------------------------------------------------
----
THE APOLOGIST
tabbed by miKe. (ericseis@hotmail.com)
[second half of solo from Chris Lawrence]
This is a cool song played mostly by jamming on
(open or fifth fret).
Just pile on the distortion and hit single or pairs of strings in the chord
pretty much at random. As long as you keep the 'feel' of the song you can't go
far wrong.
Near the end of the song, as things lose what little definition they had, just attack
the
(V) and interject with little riffs and jams.
Little Riffs:
e|--7-8b-7-5----5---- or e|--7-8-/11-- perhaps e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---
b|-----------8-(5)--- maybe b|----------- this b|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---
riff: (this is the odd organ backing)
g|--6-8--6/8/6--
d|--7-9--7/9/7--
End riff: (this is the riff that gets played in the final 'bridge')
g|------4--4-5
d|--7--7------
They call me the apologist, and now that I'm at peak,
You know at first it really hurt, we joke about these things,
I've skirted all my differences, but now I'm facing up,
I wanted to apologise for everything I was, so,
riff)
Did you understand me right? The people here are good.
They tell me what I should have done, and offer what I could,
[break]
I'm good, all is good,
All's well, no complaints,
So sorry (So sorry),
Solo:
e|---------------------------|---------------5-----------------
b|-------8-7-5---5-----------|-------8-7-5---5-----------------
g|---4-5-------7---7-5-7-5-4-|---4-5-------7---7-5-7b-7b-7p5-5-
d|-7-------------------------|-7-------------------------------
this part is played under the "I live a simple life")
b|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------
g|-7/9-7--9-7-10--7--10/12-12--9-10/-|-5--7/9-7--7-10--7-10/12-12b-
d|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------
(V)
I'm so sorry,
Thank you for being there for me, thank you for listening, goodbye,
[with little riffs]
I can forfeit selfishness, I hope for you that you apply
this happiness, this peacefulness, this peacefulness.
(V) (with little riffs and End riffs)
I'm so sorry,
Thank you for being there for me, thank you for listening, goodbye.
[end on picking up through the open
(treble string)
Performance notes: the double tuning of the 'b' and the 'e' to get two 'd'
notes gives a really ethnic kind of drone. Mike has strong hands - this
song is not easy to play unless you're a barre master!
Mix up and down strokes. Listen to the rhythm - these are the notes but
they're tabbed wrong!
verse structure:
d-----------------------0-0-0-0---
d-----------------------0-0-0-0---
a-5-----7-7-7-7-5-------0-0-0-0---
d-5slide7-7-7-7-5-4-5-4-4-4-4-4---
a-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5---
e---------------------------------
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From: DJ Allan (djgreedo@hotmail.com)
Only 4 chords:
are usually slides.
In the chorus the song skips two beats (after 'i started a chapter' and
'everybody hates a drunk') so be careful.
If anything's wrong, correct it and curse me for being incompetent.
sad professor
VERSE:
Everyone hates a sad professor, I hate where I wound up
BRIDGE:
VERSE CHORDS
VERSE CHORDS:
Dear readers, my apologies
I drifted in and out of sleep
Long silence presents the tragedies of love
Look the age, get afraid. The surface hazy with
attendant thoughts
PRECHORUS CHORDS:
lazy eye metaphor on the rocks
CHORUS CHORDS:
Late afternoon the house is hot
I started a chapter. Everyone hates a bore
Everybody hates a drunk. Everyone hates a sad professor
I hate where I wound up, I hate where I wound up
----
Lyrics:
if we're talking about love
then I have to tell you
dear readers, I'm not sure where I'm headed.
I've gotten lost before.
I've woke up stone drunk
face down in the floor.
late afternoon the house is hot.
I started , I jumped up.
everyone hates a bore.
everyone hates a drunk.
this may be a lit invention
professors muddled in their intent
to try to rope in followers
to float their malcontent.
as for this reader,
I'm already spent.
late afternoon the house is hot.
I started , I jumped up.
everyone hates a sad professor.
I hate where I wound up.
dear readers, my apologies.
I'm drifting in and out of sleep.
long silence presents the tragedies
of love. note the age. get afraid.
the surface hazy with attendant thoughts.
a lazy eye metaphor on the rocks.
late afternoon the house is hot.
I started , I jumped up.
everyone hates a bore.
everyone hates a drunk.
everyone hates a sad professor.
I hate where I wound up.
I hate where I wound up.
YOU'RE IN THE AIR
From: Tom Davies (raoul2001@hotmail.com)
Here is a tab for some bits of "You're In the Air" - probably one of my
favourite tracks off of "Up", and therefore, the one no-one has
transcribed yet. (If these tabs don't look like they make sense, it's
because of the unequal spacing for letters in my e-mail program - in a
plain text format (i.e. in Notepad or something like that), the number
of dashes is fine!)
Some of the guitar parts are swamped underneath keyboards and organs and
other antiquated analogue noise, so I haven't got them (yet!).
The main verse riff that accompanies "you wanted a challenge that's
calling you higher" is something like this....
E-------------------|-----------------
B-------------------|-----------------
G-------------------|------------7-9--
D---7-10-7----9-----|---7-10-7-9------
A-0--------10---10--|-0---------------
E-------------------|-----------------
(The two sections are split up so you can easily read them - it's not an
attempt to use bars or anything musical!)
This call and response pattern repeats throughout the verse until, "You
say you want me..." which is then kinda blasted out by the organs and
bass. The general chord pattern is, however....
You may want to just arpeggio these chords loosely until someone knows
what the actual pattern is.
Then into verse two - "brighten the stars, the weather is lifting".
Verse pattern is used again.
The second chorus is the same until the end when there's a little solo
bit (dead easy) which I think Peter plays on his electric sitar. It
goes...
--------------------------------------------
This is repeated twice and then a final time, with a bit on the end.
E--------------------------------------------|---------
B-----------------------------13-------------|---------
G--14-14-12-14-14-12-14-14-12----14-12-12-14-|-7-9-9--- (more
hammer-ons)
D--------------------------------------------|---------
A--------------------------------------------|-------0-
E--------------------------------------------|---------
This open
string then goes straight back into the verse pattern for
verse three - "I want the stars to know they've won".
Etcetera, etcetera.
At the end, as Pete's doing his 'cer-azy' feedback, etc., there is an
alternate bit to the verse pattern, which goes.
--------------
And that's as much as I know! Please - someone with a sampler get rid of
all those organs and find out what the nice jangly bits are in the
chorus and the solo bits!
Lyrics:
you wanted a challenge that's calling you higher I landed on my feet by
crawling I
remember standing alone trying to forget you idling I hate to admit that
that's my
reference point but there it is you say you want me
I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air
and I am breathing
brighten the staars the weather is lifting the heavens love a love like
this it's pulling
you higher twist it and turn this around it lights from within it
dribbles your chin now
brings a smile I'm lost again I'm lost again
I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air
and I am breathing
you
I want the stars to know they've won if only to beguile the sky has
opened up again in
heaven reconciled I want you naked I want you wild I want the stars to
know they win
give me that smile just give it me just turn it on I'm lost again
I'm what you found I'm upside down you're in the air I'm what you found
I'm upside down
you're in the air I'm what you found I'm upside down you're everywhere
you're in the air
and I am breathing you
From lochasdogface@yahoo.com Wed Nov 10 11:13:52 1999
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:07:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: memo gonzalez
To: cbray@comp.uark.edu
Subject: YOU'RE IN THE AIR
Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 08:29:14 -0500
(CDT)
Resent-From: Chris Bray
Resent-To: cbray@daddy-o.uark.edu
Resent-Subject: YOU'RE IN THE AIR
YOU'RE IN THE AIR
FROM ALONSO ACOSTA
NEARLY CLOSE TO THE VERSION
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
you wanted a challenge that's calling you higher
I landed on my feet by crawling
I remember standing alone trying to forget you idling
I hate to admit that
that's my reference point but there it is you say you
------------------3----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0
want me
I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air
and I am breathing
------------------------------------------------------------------
brighten the stars the weather is lifting the heavens
love a love like this it's pulling you higher
twist it and turn this around it lights from within it
dribbles your chin now
brings a smile I'm lost again
------------------3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm lost again
I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air
I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air
and I am breathing
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I want the stars to know they've won if only to beguile the sky has
opened up again in
heaven reconciled I want you naked I want you wild I want the stars to
know they win
give me that smile just give it me just turn it on I'm lost again
I'm what you found I'm upside down you're in the air I'm what you found
I'm upside down
you're in the air I'm what you found I'm upside down you're everywhere
you're in the air
and I am breathing you
----------------------
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From mango_64@hotmail.com Wed Nov 10 11:15:30 1999
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 21:17:40 -0500
(CDT)
From: James Hancock
To: cbray@comp.uark.edu
Subject: You're in the Air.
Resent-Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:25:41 -0500
(CDT)
Resent-From: Chris Bray
Resent-To: Chris Bray
Resent-Subject: You're in the Air.
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Hi. I'm a huge fan, and I love your site. I have the Automatic for the People songbook,
and I'm going to get Out of Time. I play guitar, and I'm going to start mandolin.
Your site has been very helpful to me.
I think I figured out at least part of You're in the Air. Right after the chorus,
that sitar (I think that's what it is) plays a really cool riff.
I think this is how it is (on the high e string)
-7-7-5-7-7-5-7-7-5-10-7-5-7-
I've never written tab before, just music, so I apologize if that looks weird, but that is how it goes.
Remember, it is on the high e string. If my tab is incorrect, you can probably figure it out by using
the same format on the string in various places.
Please mail me and tell me if you like it.
Here's the tab I've found around the net, hope it helps.
Dan
----------------------------------------
YOU'RE IN THE AIR
From: Tom Davies (raoul2001@hotmail.com)
Here is a tab for some bits of "You're In the Air" - probably one of my
favourite tracks off of "Up", and therefore, the one no-one has
transcribed yet. (If these tabs don't look like they make sense, it's
because of the unequal spacing for letters in my e-mail program - in a
plain text format (i.e. in Notepad or something like that), the number
of dashes is fine!)
Some of the guitar parts are swamped underneath keyboards and organs and
other antiquated analogue noise, so I haven't got them (yet!).
The main verse riff that accompanies "you wanted a challenge that's
calling you higher" is something like this....
E-------------------|-----------------
B-------------------|-----------------
G-------------------|------------7-9--
D---7-10-7----9-----|---7-10-7-9------
A-0--------10---10--|-0---------------
E-------------------|-----------------
(The two sections are split up so you can easily read them - it's not an
attempt to use bars or anything musical!)
This call and response pattern repeats throughout the verse until, "You
say you want me..." which is then kinda blasted out by the organs and
bass. The general chord pattern is, however....
You may want to just arpeggio these chords loosely until someone knows
what the actual pattern is.
Then into verse two - "brighten the stars, the weather is lifting".
Verse pattern is used again.
The second chorus is the same until the end when there's a little solo
bit (dead easy) which I think Peter plays on his electric sitar. It
goes...
--------------------------------------------
This is repeated twice and then a final time, with a bit on the end.
E--------------------------------------------|---------
B-----------------------------13-------------|---------
G--14-14-12-14-14-12-14-14-12----14-12-12-14-|-7-9-9--- (more
hammer-ons)
D--------------------------------------------|---------
A--------------------------------------------|-------0-
E--------------------------------------------|---------
This open
string then goes straight back into the verse pattern for
verse three - "I want the stars to know they've won".
Etcetera, etcetera.
At the end, as Pete's doing his 'cer-azy' feedback, etc., there is an
alternate bit to the verse pattern, which goes.
--------------
And that's as much as I know! Please - someone with a sampler get rid of
all those organs and find out what the nice jangly bits are in the
chorus and the solo bits!
Lyrics:
you wanted a challenge that's calling you higher I landed on my feet by
crawling I
remember standing alone trying to forget you idling I hate to admit that
that's my
reference point but there it is you say you want me
I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air
and I am breathing
brighten the staars the weather is lifting the heavens love a love like
this it's pulling
you higher twist it and turn this around it lights from within it
dribbles your chin now
brings a smile I'm lost again I'm lost again
I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air
and I am breathing
you
I want the stars to know they've won if only to beguile the sky has
opened up again in
heaven reconciled I want you naked I want you wild I want the stars to
know they win
give me that smile just give it me just turn it on I'm lost again
I'm what you found I'm upside down you're in the air I'm what you found
I'm upside down
you're in the air I'm what you found I'm upside down you're everywhere
you're in the air
and I am breathing you
Chords from: Trygve Sandven Håland (trygve@bitcon.no)
RIff from: Ross Pickford
To Chris
My name is Adam Bruce and this is the first song I've posted on the net and I think this site is great.
I noticed you were missing the chords and Tab for You're in the air, so here is the chord sheet.
The Tab may follow if I get the time.
Anyway this should make the archive more complete, I think you'll find it is very close to the actual,
but as I'm sure you know some REM song's will never sound perfect by anyone else because of all the
technical changes and mixing. I've had a lot of music from your site and its very good so keep it up.
I also have some small corrections to make to strange currencies, but I'll do this some other time.
If you ever want to talk REM, or anything else
-mail me any time.
Cheers!
Adam Bruce (In the UK)
YOU'RE IN THE AIR - taken from the fantastic album UP.
Chord sheet produced by Adam Bruce (UK) adam@bruce.derbycounty.co.uk
and I am breathing.
Verse 2:(chords as verse 1)
Brighten the stars, the weather is lifting.
The heavens love a love like this. It's
pulling you higher. Twist it and turn this around. It lights from within, it
dribbles your chin. Now brings a smile. I'm lost again,
lost again.
To Chorus:
Bridge:
|
||
Verse 3:(chords as verse 1)
I want the stars to know they've won, if only to beguile. The
sky has opened up again, in heaven reconciled. I
want you naked, I want you wild.. I want the stars to know they win.
Give me that smile, just give it me. Just turn it on, I'm lost again.
To Chorus:
Coda:
||
From pattwell@iol.ie Wed Nov 10 11:16:41 1999
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 22:48:32 -0000
From: Martin Pattwell
To: "'cbray@comp.uark.edu'"
Subject: You're In The Air : Chords
Resent-Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 13:22:28 -0600
(CST)
Resent-From: Chris Bray
Resent-To: Chris Bray
Resent-Subject: You're In The Air : Chords
Hello,
I read you're request for the chords for this song. I don't know if you have them yet,
but if you don't here they are now. Hope you enjoy.
Intro
hold my love me or leave me high
(same chords again)
Say "keep within the boundaries if you want to play"
Say "contradiction only makes it harder"
how can I be
what I want to be?
when all I want to do is strip away
these stilled constraints
and crush this charade
shred this sad masquerade
I don't need no persuading
I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and
walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
hold my love me or leave me high
If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go
I just want to hold my head up high
I don't care what I have to step over
I'm prepared to look you in the eye
look me in the eye
and if you see familiarity
then celebrate the contradiction
help me when I fall to
walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
hold my love me or leave me high
walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
hold my love me or leave me high
Lyrics:
as the sun comes up, as the moon
goes down
these heavy notions creep around
it makes me think
long ago I was brought into
this life a little lamb
a little lamb
courageous, stumbling
fearless was my middle name.
but somewhere there I
lost my way
everyone walks the same
expecting me to step
the narrow path they've laid
they claim to
walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
hold my love me or leave me
high.
say ""keep within the boundaries if you want
to play.""
say ""contradiction only makes it harder.""
how can I be
what I want to be?
when all I want to do is strip away
these stilled constraints
and crush this charade
shred this sad masquerade
I don't need no persuading
I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and
walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
hold my love me or leave me
high.
if I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go
I just want to hold my head up high
I din't care what I have to step over
I'm prepared to look you in the eye
look me in the eye
and if you see familiarity
then celebrate the contradiction
help me when I fall to
walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
hold my love me or leave me
high.
walk unafraid
I'll be clumsy instead
hold my love me or leave me
high.
-----
WALK UNAFRAID
tabbed by miKe. (ericseis@hotmail.com)
(N.
. ~~~ = hold note using e-bow.)
Intro:
First just tap and scratch around on the fifteenth(ish) fret, then
a|-------------------------------------------
E|--5~6~~/11~10~~~~/5~6~~~/11~10~~/15~~~~
(this is all played on the bottom string with an e-bow, but lots of
distortion should do the trick just as well.)
Verses:
The chords aren't actually played. In the verses, instead Peter
just uses an e-bow and plays the root notes, i.e.
E|--10~~~~/8~~~~/10~~~~/8~~~~-- progression
Peter doesn't this all the time during the verses, sometimes he'll just kinda'
slide up and down a string, making eerie noises, while the bass just thumps out:
.M.
(Oxford American Version)
From: Matt Egan (mde1583@rit.edu)
This is a great, mellow tune from the Oxford American Magazine "Why Not Smile." Here are the lyrics,
chords and a bit of tab.
I don't think that this is perfect, but it's a easonable facsimile, and I think it sounds decent.
This is the first tab that I've posted, so I'd love to hear some feedback. Thanks.
|--------2--------|--------2--------|--------3--------|--------0--------|
|----3-----3---3--|----3-----3---3--|----3-----3---3--|----2-----2---2--|
|--2---2-----2----|--2---2-----2----|--0---0-----0----|--2---2-----2----|
|0----------------|0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|0----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|3----------------|-----------------|
The rest of the song pretty much follows that pattern. You should probably be able to figure it out.
If not, drop a line, and I'll see what I can do.
At the (*) there is some little fill. It's something like this:
|2-0---
|----3-
|------
|------
|------
|------
A6 : 0-0-2-2-2-2
... guitar fades out with same chords as organ comes in
-Enjoy
One more note :
Many thanks to David Wagner(wagner@mindspring.com) for the chords/lyrics.
(I just added the finger picking part.)
From: DJ Allan (djgreedo@hotmail.com)
Firstly, the tab of the Daysleeper riff as I believe Peter was
playing it on David Letterman:
{--------------------!------------------!--------------------!------------------!}
|-----------8--------|------------8-----|-----------8--------|------------8-----||
|--------9--------0--|-------0----------|--------9--------0--|-------0----------||
|--10---------10-----|--9---------------|--10---------10-----|--9---------------||
|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------||
[--------------------@------------------@--------------------@------------------@]
Intro:
4x
daysleeper
{Verse Chords}
The bull and the bear are marking their territories
They're leading the blind with their international glories
{Verse to Chorus Chords}
I('m the) screen, the blinding light
I('m the) screen, I work at night
{Chorus Chords}
I see today with a newsprint frame
My night is colored headache-grey
Don't wake me
(You're) so much
Daysleeper
2x
It's furious balancing
{Verse To Chorus Chords}
I('m the) screen, the blinding light
I('m the) screen, I work at night
{Chorus Chords}
I see today with a newsprint frame
My night is colored headache grey
Don't wake me (you're) so much
The ocean machine is set to night
I'll squeeze into heaven and Valentine
My bed is pulling me, gravity, daysleeper
Daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper
End on
and cannot climb the trees.
----
From: David Wagner (wagner@mindspring.com)
PARAKEET
here's my shot at "parakeet," which i think is the best song on UP. it's a great sound,
great especially for halloween. it was kinda hard to get the chords considering that there
is no guitar in this song (okay there might be some weird riffs played in the chorus),
it's keyboard transcribed for guitar, so the chords might not be exactly right,
but i think they're pretty close. i know that the bass notes are right, at least.
if the chords don't sound right, try out power chords, those are alright in this song. in fact,
there's one chord that i'm a little iffy on, and that's the
# in the verses. you be the judge.
i'm pretty sure about the rest. enjoy.
here's that spooky-sounding riff that mike plays on the keyboard in the chorus:
d--1-2-4-5
Ebm
lately, baby, you can barely breathe.
(chords same as above)
a broken wrist, an accident
you know that something's wrong
you fold the leavings of your past
no one knows you've gone.
the sunspot flares of the early
nineties light up your wings.
and scan the shortwave radio
it's tracking outer range.
open the window
and lift into your dreams
baby, baby, you can start to breathe
the tectonic dispatcher shifts
to smooth the ocean floor
and flattens out to warmer winds
of brisbane's sunny shore.
where buddhas tend to mending wrists
a tea made from the leaves
of eucalyptus fragrances
and coriander seeds.
open your window
and lift into a dream
baby, baby, baby starts to breathe
open the window
and lift into a dream
baby, baby, baby starts to breathe
you wake up in the morning
to warm pacific breeze
where means cats chew on licorice
riffs.
notes...i'm open to suggestions as to what that last chord is. it's really cool, and it's definetly a
chord not used anywhere else in the song. okay, i think that's it.
-----
From: Trygve Sandven Håland
PARAKEET
you can barely breathe.
a broken wrist
an accident
you know that something's wrong
you fold the leavings of your past no one lnows you've gone.
the sunspot flares of the early
nineties light up your wings.
and scan the shortwave radio
it's tracking outer rings.
the tectonic dispatcher shifts
to smooth the ocean floor
and flattens out to warmer winds
of Brisbane's sunny shore.
where buddhas tend to mending wrists
a tea made from the leaves
of eucalyptus fragrances
and coriander seeds.
and cannot climb the trees.
open your window
and lift inte a dream
baby, baby
baby starts to breathe
-----
From: Jieuryli Xjavier (jieuryli@mailexcite.com)
why not me?
Verse:
a punch toy volunteer
a weakling on its knee.
is all you want to hear
and all you want to see.
romantically, you'd martyr me
and miss this story's point
it is my strength, my destiny
this is the role that I have chosen.
Chorus:
who cast the final stone?
who threw the crushing blow?
someone has to take the fall
why not me?
Bridge:
Verse:
gentlemen mark your opponents
fire into your own ranks.
pick the weakest as strategic
move. square off. to
meet your enemy.
for each and every gathering
a scapegoat falls to climb.
as I step forward, silently.
deliberately mine
Chorus:
who cast the final stone?
who threw the crushing blow?
someone has to take the fall
why not me? why not me.
why not me?
(chords same as above)
a punch toy volunteer
a weakling on its knee.
is all you want to hear
and all you want to see.
romantically, you'd martyr me
and miss this story's point
it is my strength, my destiny
this is the role that i have chosen
(enter acoustic guitar, chords same as above)
who cast the final stone?
who threw the crushing blow?
someone has to take the fall
why not me?
gentlemen mark your opponents
fire into your own ranks.
pick the weakest as strategic move.
square off. to meet your enemy.
for each and every gathering
a scapegoat falls to climb.
as i step forward, silently.
deliberatly mine
(play
for the rest of the song from here)
who cast the final stone?
who threw the crushing blow?
someone has to take the fall
why not me? why not me?
had consequence chose differently
had fate its ugly head
my actions make me beautiful
and dignify the flesh
me. I am free. free.
end on
why not me?
a punch toy volunteer
a weakling on its knee.
is all you want to hear
and all you want to see.
romantically, you'd martyr me
and miss this story's point
it is my strength, my destiny
this is the role that I have chosen.
gentlemen mark your opponents
fire inte your own ranks.
pick the weakest as strategec
move. square off. to
meet your enemy.
for each and every gathering
a scapegoat falls to climb.
as I step forward, silently.
deliberately mine
who cast the final stone?
who threw the crushing blow?
someone has to take the fall
why not me? why not me. (continue with
till end)
had consequence chose differently
had fate its ugly head
my actions make me beautiful
and dignify the flesh
me. I am free. free.
EMPHYSEMA
this is a cool instrumental, and although there isn't any guitar on the track,
i went ahead and tabbed out the bass and organ or whatever that instrument
is -- accordian? moog synth? i don't know. a note about the tab: the way
its spaced and typed, the organ is above the bass, and the bass notes are
played wherever they're tabbed in relation to the organ -- if a bass note
is directly under an organ note, they're played at the same time. if it's
between two notes, well, i think you can figure it out. i didn't tab out
the organ for the bridge, i figured it'd be too much so i just typed something
else. i think that's it. questions? comments? David Wagner (wagner@mindspring.com)
verse:
|"organ"
|D----------------------------------------|------------1------------------
|A----------------1----------------------|---------------3----------------
|E-1-1--4---1--------------------------|--1-1--4----------------------
|
|bass
|D----------------------------------------|------------1-------------------
|A----------------1--1----1--1h3------|--------------3---1-1--1h3--
|E-1----4--------------------------------|--1----4-----------------------
PLAY THIS 4 TIMES.
chorus
|"organ"
|
#
|E--6---6--||--6-------------6--9--6--||-6------------6--9--6-------
|B--7---7--||:-----9--7--9------------:||----9-7-9-6------------9-----
|G--6---6--||----------------------------||--------------------------------
|
|bass play 3x
|A||:-------------------------------4--1-:||------------------4--1-------
|E||:2---2-------------------------------:||--------------------------4---
bridge:
"organ": mess around on a Ebm (x68876)
"bells":
# - Ebm (4x)
bass: (3x)
D-----------8-----6----------:||--------------8-\--(grad. slide)
A-4-4--6-----6------6\4---:||--4-4---6-------------------------
here's the order of the song:
verse
chorus
verse (2x)
chorus
bridge
verse
chorus(2x)
bridge (3x)
End on:
E------------------------------------|---------5-----------------5-|
B---repeat 'C' measure-------|-----5-----------------5-----|
G------------------------------------|--6---------------------------|
Part three
E-------------10--------------10--------|-----------10------------10---|
B--------10--------------10------10----|------10------10-------------|
G--11--------------11-------------------|--11---------------11---------|
Part Four:
(this is the same as Part One, just moved up an octave.)
1st ending 2nd ending
----------------7-(clip and end song)----
here's the order of the song...
Part One (Twice)
Part Two
Part One (Twice)
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four (Twice)
Part Two: the order is a little different, here's the sequence...
PLAY
