1st transcription by Brian Smith.
2nd transcription by Al Fasoli.
3rd transcription by Steve Barfield.
This song will be easier to play if your hand if your fingers start each figure
in the right position, as shown below.
I will also write in the tab what "chord" your hand should be playing.
Much of this song just requires your hand ready to play a certain chord, but you
pick out a melody instead. I'll put the chord in single quotes. e.g 'Am'
First Bar Second Bar (C Chord) Third Bar (D add 5)
----2-3-----------------0--------------------------5---(little finger)---------
------3-----------------1--------------------------3---(middle finger)---------
------0-----------------0--------------------------2---(index finger)----------
------2-----------------2--------------------------0---------------------------
------------------------3------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here's the actual tab.
FIGURE 1
1st 2nd 3rd
(Play Fig. 1 twice)
|3-2-----0---3---------5-3-2---------------------------------------------------
|----3-----------3---3-------5-3-----------------------------------------------
|------4---0---0---2-----------------------------------------------------------
|2---------------0-------------------------------------------------------------
|--------3---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
("And I wonder") 'C' 'Am' 'D' 'C9'
8---7--10-----10--0---2---3---5----------0---3--2-------2-3-2-0----0--0--0-----
10--8--10-----8------------------1---3------------3---3---------3---3--3--3----
-----------0--------0---0---0------0---0---2--------2----------------0--0------
------------------3----------------------2---2--2-------2----------------------
---------------------------------0---------------------------------3-----------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'A' 'D' (repeat D & C9 bars above)
--------0---3---2--------------------------------------------------------------
2---3--------------------------------------------------------------------------
--2---2---2---2----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------0--------------------------------------------------------------
0---0---0---0------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What I haven't written out is the bridge section and the lead-in to it. The
reason is that it is played just by playing the following chords, but one
note at a time, etc, nothing that needs explicit note-for-note transcription.
So, you've played the two verses, here comes the bridge.
(This is the end of last verse...)
A D D C9 D G Gsus4
Will I start to bleed ?
Em B7 Em
Magnetic field around your heart
B7 Em
I'm sure I felt the engines start
B7 C
But what if all the fuel runs out ?
Lyrics:
Silence floats into the room
Whispers to me out of tune
And I wonder if these deadly
Awkward moments stay
Stabbing their spikes in me
Will I start to bleed ?
Raise your eyes until they're mine
Lift yourself towards the light
Your face looks like a
Waterfall to me
If I concede, what is it gonna mean ?
Will I start to bleed ?
(Bridge as written above)
Glad I didn't stay with you
So much more for me to do
I am free like Matthieu in the
Age of reason
But somethin' is missing
Will I start to bleed ?Here's Al Fasoli's version of the song:
CHORDS:
open D
D2 = xxx032
Dsus2 = xx0230
Dsus4 = xx0233
D6 = xx0202
open E-
Asus2 = xx2200
INTRO:
C, D, Dsus4, Dsus2, Dsus4(x2)
D, Dsus4, Dsus2, D2, D6, D2, D
D, D2, D2, D, D2, D, D, D2, D2, D, D2, D
*MIDDLE:
E-, Dsus4, Asus2(x2)
E-, Dsus4, Asus2, Dsus2 (for last phrase)
[C]Silence[D]floats into[Dsus4]the[Dsus2]room[Dsus4].
[C]Whispers[D]to me [Dsus4]out of[Dsus2]tune[Dsus4].
[D]And I[Dsus4]wonder[Dsus2]if these[D2]deadly[D6]awkward[D2] moments[D]stay.
[D2]Stabbing their spikes in[D2]me. [D2]Will I[D]start to[D2]bleed[D].
Raise your eyes untill they're mine. Lift yourself towards
the light. Your face looks like a waterfall to me. If I concede.
What is it going to mean. Will I start to bleed.
*[E-]Magnetic field[Dsus4]around your[Asus2]heart.
[E-]I'm sure I[Dsus4] felt the engine[Asus2]start.
[E-]But what if[Dsus4]all the fuel runs[Asus2]out[Dsus2].
INTRO
Glad I didn't stay with you. So much more for me to do.
I'm free like Mathieu. In the Age of Reason.
But something is missing. Will I start to bleed.
ALL PARTS ARE LIKE THE FIRST WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF THE ONE THAT BEARS THE STAR.Here's Steve Barfield's version of the song (copied from Goony's All About Eve site).
Guitar is tuned E A D G B E (low to high)
Intro
-----
|-3p2---------3-----5---5--3p2-0----------------------|
|-----3-----3-----3---3----------3--------------------|
|-------4-5---------------------------PLAYED----------|
|-------------------------------------TWICE-----------|
|-2-------3-------5-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-12--10--5--3---0---2---3---5-----------0---3-2---2--|
|-13--12--7--5-----1---1---1-----1---3----------------|
|----------------------------------2---2---2-----2---2|
|----------------------------------------------0------|
|----------------3-------3-------0-------0------------|
|-12--10--5--3----------------------------------------|
|-2-2h3p2-0-----0---3-0-----------------3-2---2---2---|
|-----------3-----3-----3-----2---3---5---------------|
|-------------------------0-----2---2-------2---2-----|
|---0-------------------------------------0-----------|
|---------------3-----3-------0-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-2h3p2-0-----0---3-0------0---3-0---3--0---3-0-------|
|---------3-----3-----3------3-----3------3-----3-----|
|-----------------------0-------------------------0---|
|-0---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3-----3------3------------3-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Middle section
--------------
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-0--0-0-0--2-2-2----|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--1-1-1----|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--2-2-2----|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2--1-1-1----|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-0-0-2--2-2-2--0-0-0----|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-2-2-0------------------|
|-2-2-2---0-0-0-0--2-2-2--2-2-2---0-0-0-0--2-2-2------|
|-1-1-1---0-0-0-0--1-1-1--1-1-1---0-0-0-0--1-1-1------|
|-2-2-2---0-0-0-0--2-2-2--2-2-2---0-0-0-0--2-2-2------|
|-1-1-1---2-2-2-2--1-1-1--1-1-1---2-2-2-2--1-1-1------|
|---------2-2-2-2--0-0-0----------2-2-2-2--0-0-0------|
|-2-2-2-------------------2-2-2-----------------------|
|-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0--3-0-------------------------------|
|-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-------------------------------|
|-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0--0-0------then to------------------|
|-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-------intro-------------------|
|--------3-3-3-3-3--3-3-------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-----------------------------------------------|
Symbols
-------
h = hammer on
p = pull off
NOTES:
This tab is from the version that appears on the Fairy Light Nights album
(I've heard a few live versions and they all seem to be slightly different).
I've worked it out on a 6 string although the version on the album is played
on a 12 string. Hopefully the sound difference between the two hasn't caused
any glaring errors.
Transcribed by Al Fasoli.
CHORDS:
A = xx14141412
D = xx0232
Dsus2 = xx0230
Dsus4 = xx0233
openE
F = 133211
F = xx1010108
openG
G = xx12121210
G = 355433
G/D = xx0033
VERSE:
openD, Dsus2, Dsus4, G/D
BRIDGE:
G, D, Dsus4 & G/D
CHORUS:
E, F on1st & G on 3rd
ENDING SOLO:
F on8th, G on10th & A on12th
INTRO:
D, Dsus2(x2), D, Dsus2, Dsus4 & G/D(x2)
[D]In the distance there's a hill. [Dsus2]There's a house upon the hill.
[D]On this side it's dark. [Dsus2]On the other side is green.
[D]I bite my nails,[Dsus2]I touch my face[Dsus4,G/D].
[D]How long before,[Dsus2]I reach that place[Dsus4,G/D].
BRIDGE..........
The sky is pressing down. And it tears me from my sleep.
I fall onto the ground. And the goarse rips at my skin.
I scratch my eyes and open wide.
How long before,the other side.
BRIDGE..........
CHORUS
[E]Even though you are my[F]friend. [G]This is the[F]end,[G]this is the[F]end.
[E]Even though you cannot[F]see. [G]It's up to[F]you,[G]it's not up to[F]me.
The dizzy spell has gone. The tablet dissolved.
The ache has left its mark. A not forgotten scar.
I try the door,again it's locked.
And time stands still,on the broken clock.
BRIDGE..........
In the hallway where I stand. I see pictures on the wall.
They're all places that I've been. And I loved.
The back door and the front door are exactly the same.
The floors they are the ceiling and the walls the window pane.
BRIDGE...........
rep. CHORUS
Even.........
Even.........
ENDING SOLO
(to be played randomly but sustaining the F at start).
1st transcription by Al Fasoli.
CHORDS:
D = xx0232
Dsus2 = xx0230
F#/C# = xxxx22
F# = 244322 or xx4322 (during chorus)
G/D = xxxx33
G = 355433
Ab = 466544
A = xx2220
Bb = 688766 or xx3331
INTRO
D, Dsus2, G/D, F#/C#(x2).
[D]Lazy like[Dsus2]a sleepy panther[G/D]. Adelle Yvonne,I can't trust your[F#/C#]answer.
[D]The folly of[Dsus2]the crippled dancer[G/D]...Tricked[F#/C#]me.
[D]Casual as[A]black commanders[G]. Winning wars[F#]the ghosts of Flanders.
[D]Shudder as[A]their death enhances[G]...Quickly[F#].
CHORUS
[F#]Adelle Yvonne. [Bb]Long Wide Moments.
[F#]Adelle Yvonne...[Bb]Half closed eyes. [F#]At shelter in Calais.
BRIDGE
D, Dsus2, G, F#(x2).
[D]Put up priests to[A]complicate you[G]. Put up sheets to dust[F#]protect you.
[D]Slipped your mind[A]the words to warn you[G]...Tell[F#]me.
[D]Can't expect to[A]test your valour[G]. After all there's only[F#]horror.
[D]Still there's roads[A]you shouldn't follow[G]...Guide[F#]me.
rep.CHORUS
MIDDLE
[F#]Tell[Ab]me...[F#]Why her skirts are finer[Ab]linen.
[F#]Is[Ab]she...[F#]Suffering the anguish[Ab]found in[F#]cowards.
BRIDGE(x4).
rep.CHORUS.Here's another short one:
Verse:Bm D G5 F# (second time don't play F#)
Chorus:Ebm F# Bbm (rpt) Db7 (At shelter in Calais)
Bridge:Ab Ab7 C#m F# (Tell me why her skirts)