Tom: A
[NOTE: During the verses of this song, there are 2 guitars playing 2
completely different parts. Below are the tabbed parts for guitar 2, with
the chords played by guitar 1 listed above the tabbed part.]
Intro
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F#m A E D A
E|-----------0--------!-----------------------------0-------------------------
B|---------0---0------!--------0--------0-------0-----3----------0-----0------
G|-------2-------2----!------2--------2-----------------2----------2-----2----
D|-----4-----------4--!----4--------2-------------0-------0----2-----2-----2--
A|---4----------------!--4--------0-------------------------0-----------------
E|--------------------!-----------------------0-------------------------------
F#m A E D A
E|-----------------------------------2-0---------------------------------
B|--0------------0-------0-------0-------3-2------0-----0-----0----------
G|----2--------2-------2---------------------2------2-----2-----2--------
D|------2----4-------2-------------0------------2-----2-----2-----2------
A|---------4-------0-------------------------0---------------------------
E|-----------------------------0-----------------------------------------
[NOTE: The intro minus the part before the exclamation points above is
what guitars 1 & 2 play during all the verses of the song. Listed below
over the lyrics will be only the chords played by guitar 1, but the part
played by guitar 2 is also being played in the song.]
[ANOTHER NOTE: After guitar 1 has played each chord progression above
(F#m A E D A), this is how the second "A" in the chord progression is
played by guitar 1:]
A
E|--------------------------------------
B|--2---3-3-2-3-2---3-3-3-3-2-----------
G|--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----------
D|--2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-----------
A|--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-----------
E|--------------------------------------
while guitar 2 is playing:
Asus2
E|--------------------------------------
B|--------0-----0-----0-----------------
G|----------2-----2-----2---------------
D|------2-----2-----2-----2-------------
A|--0-----------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------
Verse 1
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F#m A E D A
Listen up, what's the time, said today I'm gonna speak my mind
F#m A E D A
Take me up to the top of the world I wanna see my crime
F#m A E D A
Day by day there's a man in a suit, he's gonna make you pay
F#m A E D A
For the thoughts that you think and the words they won't let you say
Pre-chorus
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F#m F#m7M F#m7 B7
One fine day, gonna leave you all behind
Bm7 D E
It wouldn't be so bad if I had time
Chorus
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D A E
Sailing down the river alone
D A F#m
I've been tryin' to find my way back home
D A
But I don't believe in magic
D A
Life is automatic
B7 D A (pick "A" like guitar 2 in verse)
But I don't don't mind being on my own
B7 D A A
No I don't mind being on my own
Tab for high pitched guitar in background of chorus:
You'l hear this little riff repeating again and again in the chorus
background with some sort of weird guitar effect used on it:
E|--12-------------------12----------------------
B|-----14-12-14-12----------14-12-14-12----------
G|-----------------14-11----------------14-11----
[REPEAT VERSE 1]
[PRE-CHORUS]
[CHORUS]
Guitar Solo (played along with verse chords):
Tab key:
b=bend (14b15 means bend the string at the 14th fret to make the note
that would be heard if you played the string at the 15th fret without
bending]
r=release
s=slide
h=hammer on
p=pull off
F#m A E D A
E|------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------12--14--12--14--14b15--14b15r14--10--
G|---11--11--11--9-------------------------------------- (repeat 4 times)
D|------------------------------------------------------
Solo continued (now using chords for pre-chorus):
F#m F#m7M
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--12--10--12--12b13r12--10h12p10------10--12--12b13r12--10h12p10-------
G|----------------------------------11------------------------------11---
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
F#m7 B7
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--10--12--12b13r12--10h12p10------10--12--12b13--12b13--12--10-----
G|------------------------------11-----------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
Bm7 D
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--12--12b13r12--10h12p10------10--12--12b13r12--10h12p10------10---
G|--------------------------11------------------------------11-------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E
E|--------------------------------------
B|------10-----------------10------10---
G|-s11------9b11--9----11------11-------
D|--------------------------------------
[CHORUS]
Song ends with a repeated A chord.
