Intro(I know that this is the right intro because I recorded blur
playing live for a German music channel called Viva 2):
e/---------------------0-----------------------------
B/---0-0h2-0-----0-0h2---0h2----2-2h3--------3-0-2---
G/-2--------2--2-------------2--------0h1------------
D/----------------------------------------2----------
A/---------------------------------------------------
E/---------------------------------------------------
e/---------------------0-----------------------------
B/---0--0--------0-0h2---0h2---2-2h3--------3-3-2----
G/-2--2-----2--2-------------2-------0h1----------2--
D/--------2------------------------------2-----------
A/---------------------------------------------------
E/---------------------------------------------------
Then the acoustic guitar enters with the chords A and E7.
This is what Graham plays during the verses:
e/-----------------------------
B/-----------------------------
G/-2b4*--2-0-------------------
D/----------------2p0----------
A/------------0h2-----2-0------
E/-----------------------------
*=bend the string up and down a bit to get the right sound of the solo.
This is what Graham plays in the chorus:
A D C
e/------------------------------------------
B/------------------------------------------
G/-6-6-6-6-6-6--s11--11---11-s9---9---9-----
D/-7-7-7-7-7-7--s12----12---12-s10--10--10--
A/------------------------------------------
E/------------------------------------------
A
Tender is the night
G A
Flying by our side
A
Tender is the touch
G A
Of someone that you love too much
A
Tender is the day
G A
The demons go away
A
Lord I need to find
G A
Someone who can heal my mind
Chorus:
A D C
Come on, come on, come on get through it
A C#m D
Come on, come on, come on Love's the greatest thing
A D C
Come on, come on, come on get through it
A C#m D
Come on, come on, come on Love's the greatest thing
C#m D
That we have
C#m D
I'm waiting for that feeling
C#m D
Waiting for that feeling
A G A
I'm waiting for that feeling to come
A E7 A
Oh my baby, oh my baby, oh I, oh my
G/-1h2-1---------
Verse 2:
A
Tender is the ghost
G A
The ghost I love the most
A
Hiding from the sun
G A
Waiting for the night to come
A
Tender is the night you'll get
G A
For screwing up my life
A
Lord I need to find
G A
Someone who can heal my mind
Chorus:
A D C
Come on, come on, come on get through it
A C#m D
Come on, come on, come on Love's the greatest thing
A D C
Come on, come on, come on get through it
A C#m D
Come on, come on, come on Love's the greatest thing
C#m D
That we have
C#m D
I'm waiting for that feeling
C#m D
Waiting for that feeling
A G A
I'm waiting for that feeling to come
A E7 A
Oh my baby, oh my baby, oh I, oh my
G/-1h2-1---------
A E7 A
Oh my baby, oh my baby, oh I, oh my
G/-1h2-1---------
Guitar solo:
e/--------------------------5-0-3-0--2-3-2-0-----------------------
B/-------------------------------------------3-2-0-----------------
G/-2b4*--2-0---------------------------------------0---------------
D/----------------2p0-------------------------------------2p0------
A/------------0h2-----2-0-----------------------------Oh2-----2-0--
E/-----------------------------------------------------------------
Chorus:
A D C
Come on, come on, come on get through it
A C#m D
Come on, come on, come on Love's the greatest thing
A D C
Come on, come on, come on get through it
A C#m D
Come on, come on, come on Love's the greatest thing
C#m D
That we have
C#m D
I'm waiting for that feeling
C#m D
Waiting for that feeling
A G A
I'm waiting for that feeling to come
A E7 A
Oh my baby, oh my baby, oh I, oh my
G/-1h2-1---------
A E7 A
Oh my baby, oh my baby, oh I, oh my
G/-1h2-1---------
A E7 A
Oh my baby, oh my baby, oh I, oh my
G/-1h2-1---------
A E7 A
Oh my baby, oh my baby, oh I, oh my
G/-1h2-1---------
Standard tuning.
Verse w/heaps of fuzz:
e--x--x--x--x--x--x---
b--x--x--x--x--x--x---
g--7--3--5--3--5--3---
d--x--x--x--x--x--x---
a--5--1--3--1--3--1---
E--6--2--4--2--4--2---
Chorus, power chords:
C#5, E5 (transition chord), F#5, G#5
Short wacky break:
A# pentatonic noodling
Outro:
Bass E--6--4--6--1--4--5--6---
Lead
e---------------------------------------------
b--------------6------------------------------
g--------------6------------------------------
d----------6----------------6--8p6--8p6-------
a-------6-----------------6--------------8----
E--6h9----------------6h9---------------------
This intro is almost as the one 13:
e/----------------------
B/----------------------
G/-----5-----7-10-12-9--
D/---5---7-8------------
A/-5--------------------
E/----------------------
In the song there are a few guitar fills:
GUITAR FILL 1:
e/-----------------
B/-----------------
G-4-4-4-6-11-9-----
GUITAR FILL 2:
e/-----------------
B/-12-10-9-5-------
G/-----------------
Graham play some strange chords during the verses. I saw the chords in a
live gig that I recorded. But I'll write 13 after the chords. Here they are
in the right order:
B13: (76x8xx)
A13: (54x6xx)
E: (022100) Actually, Graham plays the part Danny Parrott has tabbed
Instead of an E.
G13: (32x4xx)
F: (133211) Play with a low thumb. Graham often plays the bar chords with
a low thumb.
A#13:(65x8xx)
C#: (x46664)
He doesn't play this order all the way during the song.
When you play the first two "13" chords then bend the G string a little.
But I think he uses some sort of pedal that makes that "bending" sound.
Because he doesn't bend the G-string when he plays the song.
Verse 1:
B
Do you feel like a chain store?
A E
Practically floored
G F
One of many zeros
A# C#
Kicked around bored
B
Your ears are full, but you're empty
A E
Holding out your heart
G F
To people who never really
A# A
Care how you are (GUITAR FILL 1)
(Chorus)
C#m
So give me Coffee & TV
B A (Graham plays B13)
History
(GUITAR FILL 2)
C#m
I've seen so much
E
I'm going blind
A B(B13)
And I'm braindead virtually
C#m
'Cos Sociability
B(B13) A
It's hard enough for me
(GUITAR FILL 2)
C#m E
Take me away from this big bad world
A D
And agree to marry me
A
So we can start over again
Verse 2:
B
Do you go to the country?
A E
It isn't very far
G F
Those people there will hurt you
A# C#
'Cos of who you are
B
Your ears are full of the language
A E
There's wisdom there you're sure
G F
'Til the words start slurring
A# A
And you can't find the door (GUITAR FILL 1)
(Chorus)
C#m
So give me Coffee & TV
B A (Graham plays B13)
History
(GUITAR FILL 2)
C#m
I've seen so much
E
I'm going blind
A B(B13)
And I'm braindead virtually
C#m
'Cos Sociability
B(B13) A
It's hard enough for me
(GUITAR FILL 2)
C#m E
Take me away from this big bad world
A D
And agree to marry me
A
So we can start over again
Solo(more like the live version):
B A E G F A# C#
e/-----------------------------------------------------------
B/----------------------17~~-15~~----------------------------
G/-16~~------------------------------------------------------
D/------16h18-19--14~~-----------15b17--15-15^---------------
A/-----------------------------------------------------------
E/-----------------------------------------------------------
B A E G F A# A
e/-----------------------------------------------------------
B/-----------------------------------------------------------
G/------9-11-11-9b11-11-9-------------------4-4-4-6-11-9-----
D/-5b7---------------------9~~9~~-12~--14~~--------(17~~)----
A/-----------------------------------------------------------
E/-----------------------------------------------------------
The 17 in brakets is what guitar 3 plays.
~= vibrate
(Chorus)
C#m
So give me Coffee & TV
B A (Graham plays B13)
History
(GUITAR FILL 2)
C#m
I've seen so much
E
I'm going blind
A B(B13)
And I'm braindead virtually
C#m
'Cos Sociability
B(B13) A
It's hard enough for me
(GUITAR FILL 2)
C#m E
Take me away from this big bad world
A D
And agree to marry me
A
So we can start over again
B
e/-----------------------------
B/-----------------------------
G/----------------------------- This is played after Graham sings
D/----------------------------- "Aah, we can start over again"
A/-6-7-6-7-9-7-6--6-7-6-7-9-7--
E/-----------------------------
D A
Aah, we can start over again
D A
Aah, we can start over again
D A
Aah, we can start over again
D A
Aah, we can start over again
In this song Graham plays with a slide on his Gibson SG guitar.
Intro and riff during the verses:
e/--1/3-3--6/8-8--10/11-11-10/8-8-8-- /= slide
B/--1/3-3--6/8-8--10/11-11-10/8-8-8--
G#/-1/3-3--6/8-8--10/11-11-10/8-8-8--
E/--1/3-3--6/8-8--10/11-11-10/8-8-8--
B/--1/3-3--6/8-8--10/11-11-10/8-8-8--
E/--1/3-3--6/8-8--10/11-11-10/8-8-8--
Give me good times
Give me saliva
Give me fever
I'm a believer
Give me insane
Give me space brain
Give me music, give me love
Abandon us in love
Give me good times (I want to be with you...)
There no joke rhymes (I don't know what to do...)
Give me easy breathing (I want to be with you...)
Give me everything (I don't know what to do...)
Everything, everything
E/--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
B/--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
G#/-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
E/--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
B/--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
E/--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
Wah-ka, Wah-ka
E/--6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
B/--6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
G#/-6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
E/--6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
B/--6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
E/--6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
E/--3/5--5--3/5-5--3/10-10--8/10-10---
B/--3/5--5--3/5-5--3/10-10--8/10-10---
G#/-3/5--5--3/5-5--3/10-10--8/10-10--- x2
E/--3/5--5--3/5-5--3/10-10--8/10-10---
B/--3/5--5--3/5-5--3/10-10--8/10-10---
E/--3/5--5--3/5-5--3/10-10--8/10-10---
Yeah,
Give me good times
And give me saliva
Give me fever
I'm a believer
Give me insane (I want to be with you...)
Give me space brain (I don't know what to do...)
Don't leave me ever (I want to be with you...)
We'll live forever (I don't know what to do...)
Yes we will
E/--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
B/--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
G#/-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
E/--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
B/--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
E/--11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
I know we will
E/--6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
B/--6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
G#/-6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
E/--6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
B/--6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
E/--6-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--6/8-8--6/8-8---
E/--3/5--5--3/5-5--3/10-10--8/10-10---
B/--3/5--5--3/5-5--3/10-10--8/10-10---
G#/-3/5--5--3/5-5--3/10-10--8/10-10--- x2
E/--3/5--5--3/5-5--3/10-10--8/10-10---
B/--3/5--5--3/5-5--3/10-10--8/10-10---
E/--3/5--5--3/5-5--3/10-10--8/10-10---
And gimme good times
Give me saliva
Give me fever
I'm a believer
Give me insane (I want to be with you...)
Give me space brain (I don't know what to do...)
Give me music, give me love (I want to be with you...)
I'll pay to see love (I don't know what to do...)
Stick it in my veins
Stick it in my veins (Is played as above)
Stick it in my veins
La-la la-la la-la-la-la-la-la.....
Intro: Am
Am D
Going into business
F#m D
An agreement of your bombast
Ab
You'd love my bed
Bm D F
You took the other instead
Am D
But don't you feel low
F#m D
I was being oblique
Ab
And you'd love my bed
Bm D F
You got the other instead
Musical break: Played on harmonica I think
Am D
What do you owe me?
F#m D
The price of your piece of mind
Ab
You'd love my bed
Bm D F
You took the other instead
Outro and solo:
Am D F#m D Ab Bm D F
e/--------------------------------------------------------------
B/--------------------------------------------------------------
G/------------7~~-5------6~7~---12-h-13-------------------------
D/-------------------7~~-----------------6~~~~~~----------------
A/---------------------------------------------------2s4-4------
E/-5~~-8-5-------------------------------------------------5----
B13: (7608xx)
A13: (5406xx)
Intro(I still don't know what the chords are called but I'll write 13:
B13 A13 x6
B13 A13
Confusing a loop
B13 A13
Of another pop group
B13 A13
Consuming a hoop
B13 A13
And starving it up in two by two
B13 A13
'Cos I'm of regular features
B13 A13
And Adidas trainers
B13 A13
Completing the cycle
B13 A13
Until the teenage manics
Can bring it on back
B E D A
B.L.U.R.E.M.I. x4
B13 A13
Confusing a loop
B13 A13
Of another pop group
B13 A13
Completing the cycle
B13 A13
Until the teenage manics
Now bring it on back
(i'm not of what he actually things here but it's something like this:
Choppa, choppa, choppa, choppa, choppa, choppa x4
Now bring it on back
Middle:
B E D A x4
B E D A
B.L.U.R.E.M.I. x4
B A
D G F C
B.L.U.R.E.M.I. x7
D
B.L.U.R.E.M.I.
The Em in the verses can be an E.
Intro is played on the keyboard but if you want to play it on the
guitar it's this chord sequence: A G F E
A Bm
Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle
D F Em
Battle someone, uh uhh
A Bm
Battle, battle, battle...
D F Em
Battle someone, uh uhhh
A
Complication search
G
Here I love the bow
F Em
See me walk on down to
A
Adorn myself
G
It's a new song glory
F
'Cos see me
Em
What do you think of now
A Bm
Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle
D F Em
Battle someone, uh uhh
A Bm
Battle, battle, battle...
D F Em
Battle someone, uh uhhh
Verse 2:
A
Can turn your sights
G
Kill until sub-zero
F Em
See me oh it turns you on
A
All my gawe
G
It's the end of your
F Em
Take your last one now
A Bm
Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle
D F Em
Battle someone, uh uhh
A Bm
Battle, battle, battle...
D F Em
Battle Someone, uh uhhh
A G F Em
Battle, battle, battle, someone... uuh uuh uh (a bunch of times)
A
Complication search
G
Here I love the bow
F Em
See me walk on down to
In this song Damon just plays on the E,A,D and G string.
A G A
I lift my street
Bb A
I'm a guillotine
G A
Pull it away
F G
In my machine
F G
Forget where I've been
D A
And not you
A G A
Shooting stars in my left arm
Bb A
An alcohol low
G A F G
Giving away time to Casio
F G
Where sun is slow
D A
And I got soul
C D
Is this where I'm going to?
F#m G F#m G F#m G
We'll see, we'll see
F#m G
We'll see
A G A
I kill this sleep
Bb A
I'm the man on the moon
G A
I'm walking on sand
F G
On my own high noon
F G
In love with the moon
D A
And not you
A G A
'Cos I lift my street
Bb A
I'm a guillotine
G A
Pull it away
F G
In my machine
F G
Forget where I've been
D A
I'll get you
C D
Is this where I'm going to?
F#m G F#m G F#m G
We'll see, we'll see
F#m G
We'll see
Electric guitar enters like this:
e/----------------------------
B/----------------------------
G/--------------6^-6^--------- Play this lots of times
D/----7-5---------------------
A/--0-----7-0-----------------
E/----------------------------
Solo(this is more like the live version):
e/------------------------------
B/------------------------------
G/------11-12-11-9~~-12s7-7-9~~-
D/-5-7--------------------------
A/------------------------------
E/------------------------------
e/----------------------------------------------
B/----------------------------------------------
G/------------------------------------9-10-9~~--
D/-12-10s7---10-10-10p9---10-12-10p9------------
A/----------------------------------------------
E/----------------------------------------------
C D then:
e/----------------------------
B/-10-9-------8-7-------------
G/------11-9------9-7--------- x3
D/----------------------------
A/----------------------------
E/----------------------------
e/--------------------------
B/-10-9---------------------
G/------11-9--12-13-14~~----
D/--------------------------
A/--------------------------
E/--------------------------
Then:
e/-----------------------
B/-----------------------
G/-12s14s7---------------
D/-----------------------
A/-----------------------
E/-----------------------
e/----------------------------
B/----------------------------
G/--------------6^-6^---------
D/----7-5---------------------
A/--0-----7-0-----------------
E/----------------------------
Play this a bunch of times
e/----------------------------
B/----------------------------
G/-------------12s14s7--------
D/----7-5---------------------
A/--0-----7-------------------
E/----------------------------
Intro/verse:
Guitar 1:
E ----------- ------------------------
B ----------- ------------------------
G ----------- ------------------------
D ---h--7---- 6x ---h--5-----h--5--h--5--
A --5-7------ --5-7---2--5-7---5-7----
E --------0-- --------3---------------
Guitar 2:
E ------- -------------
B --1---- --------0----
G ----2-- ----0-----0--
D ------- 6x --0----------
A ------- -------------
E ------- -------------
Freestyle! Freestyle!
Am
I'm a country boy, I have no soul
I don't sleep at night, the world's growin' old
I lost my girl to a rolling stone
Em
I lost my girl to the rolling stones
Chorus:
Dm Am Fm Em
E --1-0---------------0-0-------------------1-----1-------0--------0------
B --3---3-2-1-0-------1-1-0-----------------1-------------0-----------p---
G --2-----------2-0-2-----------------------1---1---------0-0-1------1-0--
D --0---------------------------------------3-3-----3-3/5-2-----2---------
A --------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-------3-3/5-2-----2---------
E ------------------------------------------1-------1-1/3-0-----0---------
E --1-0---------------0---------------------1-----1-------0--------0------
B --3---3-2-1-0---------1-0-----------------1-------------0-----------p---
G --2-----------2-0-2-----------------------1---1---------0-0-1------1-0--
D --0---------------------------------------3-3-----3-3/5-2-----2---------
A --------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-------3-3/5-2-----2---------
E ------------------------------------------1-------1-1/3-0-----0---------
(Solo)
Ending:
E -----------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------
G --7777-7777-101010-9-99-7777-7777-101010-5-55--
D --7777-7777-101010-9-99-7777-7777-101010-5-55--
A --5555-5555--8-8-8-7-77-5555-5555--8-8-8-3-33--
E -----------------------------------------------
Intro and chord sequence: Am G F
I've gotta get over
I've gotta get over
I've got to get better
Love you forever
I've gotta find genius (caramel)
I've gotta get better (caramel)
I've gotta stop smoking (caramel)
I've gotta get better (caramel)
Where is the magic?
I've gotta get better
Oh lord give me magic
I'll love you forever
I've gotta find mounts hill (caramel)
And live by the mountains (caramel)
I'll love you forever (caramel)
You are, you are (caramel)
Acoustic guitar, main riff:
I've seen this on tv - graham uses his thumb for the low E notes,
and leaves the high e open.
e--0--0---0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0---
b--5--6---8--5---8--6--1--6---7--5---
g--6--7---9--6---9--7--2--7---8--6--- etc...
d--7--8--10--7--10--8--3--8--10--7---
a--7--8--10--7--10--8--3--8--10--7---
E--5--6---8--5---8--6--1--6---8--5---
Chorus
Use same fingering technique, ie.thumb for bass E, top e open:
run in: F, G, A
"I got Trimm Trabb": A, A#, C, A, F, A, A#, C, A, G, F, A, F, E
"I sleep alone": F, G
Distorted second half:
Same fingering, but "I sleep alone" bit changes to:
e---8--10--
b---9--11--
g--10--12--
d--10--12--
a---8--10--
E----------
Outro, where things go a bit lairy:
e--0--0--0----0-------
b--5--5--5----1--3b---
g--6--6--6----2--3b---
d--7--8--7----3-------
a--7--7--7----3-------
E--5--6--5--0h1-------
*This is in dropped-D*
[b =bend ]
[r =return ]
[gb =gradual bend]
e--------------------------
B--------------------------
G--------------------------
D-----9b10r9---------------
A----10-----------7gb9-----
D--0-----------0-----------
e-----0----0----0----0----0----0-----0-------------------------------------
B----10----8----7----5----3----5----10-------10h12----10h12-----12-10------
G----11----9----7----6----4----6----11-------11-11----11-11-----11-11------
D-----0----0----0----0----0----0-----0-----0-------------------------------
A-----9----7----5----4----2----0-----9----10-------10--------10------------
D-----0----0----0----0----0----0-----0-------------------------------------
e----------------------0----0----0----0-----
B----10----10----10----3----3----6----6-----
G----11----10-----9----0----4----7----7-----
D----11----11----11----5----5----8----X-----
A-----9-----X-----0-------------------8-----
D-----------9-------------------------------
Then play intro riff.
OUTRO
e--------------------0----0-----
B-------1------------3----3-----
G----2-----2----5----4----2-----
D----3-----0----0----2----0-----
A---------------5----X----0-----
D---------------0---(2)---0-----
e----3----3----3----3----1----0----0-----
B----3----3----3----3----3----3----1-----
G----0----0----0----0----0----0----0-----
D----0----0----0----0----3----2----2-----
A----2----3----X----2----3----3----3-----
E----3----3----3----3--------------------
I reckon that's as close you can get on the guitar...
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