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Surfing on a Rocket

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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

SURFING ON A ROCKET

As recorded by Air

(From the 2003 Album TALKIE WALKIE)

Words and Music by Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel

Arranged by Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel

Transcribed by James Duffy

This is a really cool, jazzy song, and it's really fun to play, too. If you have any

questions, comments, suggestions or

abuse you wanna hit me with, I'd love to hear from you: hit me at eldufo@hotmail.com.

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - Electric Guitar (slight delay)

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - Palm-Muted Electric Guitar

Gtr III (E A D G B E) - Synthesiser

Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - Piano

Pre-Verse

Bb Eb

4/4

||--------------|-------------------||x2
||o------2----4-|-(4)------1-------o||
||----3-----3---|-----3--3----1-3---||
||--------------|-------------------||
||o-------------|------------------o||
||--------------|-------------------||

Verse

Eb D C D

4/4

|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|
|-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Eb D C D

4/4

Gtr I

|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|-------------------|
|-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)-(3)-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|

Chorus

C C

||------------------|-----------------|
||o-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---|
||----3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|

C C

|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|
|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

D D

|---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----|
|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

C# C#

|---1-------1-----|------------------||x2
|-2---2-0-2---2-0-|-2-1-----2-1-----o||
|-----------------|-----1-3-----1-3--||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||

Pre-Verse

Bb Eb

4/4

||--------------|-------------------||x2
||o------2----4-|-(4)------1-------o||
||----3-----3---|-----3--3----1-3---||
||--------------|-------------------||
||o-------------|------------------o||
||--------------|-------------------||

Verse

Eb D C D

4/4

Gtr I

|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|
|-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Eb D C D

4/4

Gtr I

|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|-------------------|
|-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)-(3)-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|

Chorus

C C

||------------------|-----------------|
||o-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---|
||----3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|

C C

|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|
|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

D D

|---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----|
|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

C# C#

|---1-------1-----|------------------||x2
|-2---2-0-2---2-0-|-2-1-----2-1-----o||
|-----------------|-----1-3-----1-3--||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||

Pre-Verse

Bb Eb

4/4

||--------------|-------------------||x2
||o------2----4-|-(4)------1-------o||
||----3-----3---|-----3--3----1-3---||
||--------------|-------------------||
||o-------------|------------------o||
||--------------|-------------------||

Bridge

Eb D C D

4/4

Gtr I

|------------------3-|---------------3-|------------------3-|---------------3-|
|-4------(4)---(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1------(1)---(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|

|

| Gtr II

|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|----6-6--5--5--6--6-|-----------------|----6-6--5--5--6--6-|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|

Eb D

4/4

Gtr I

|------------------3-|---------------3-|
|-4------(4)---(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|

|

|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|----6-6--5--5--6--6-|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|

C D

|------------------3-|-------------------|
|-1------(1)---(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)-(3)-|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|

|

|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|----6-6--5--5--6--6-|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|

C Eb C

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---|
|---3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

|

| Gtr II

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----6-6-5-5-6-6-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

|

| Gtr III

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-8---------------|-6-------4-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

E G

|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|
|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

|

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----6-6-5-5-6-6-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-0-------1-------|-3-------4-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

F Eb

|---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----|
|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

|

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----6-6-5-5-6-6-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-1---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-4-------3-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

Bb C#

|---1-------1-----|-----------------|
|-2---2-0-2---2-0-|-2-1-----2-1-----|
|-----------------|-----1-3-----1-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

|

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----6-6-5-5-6-6-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-----------------|---------0-------|
|---------1-------|-2---------------|
|-3---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

Eb

Gtr III

~

|----------|-----|
|-4--------|-----|
|----------|-----|
|----------|-----|
|----------|-----|
|----------|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|

Eb Eb

Gtr IV

|-11--------|-(11)----|
|-11--------|-(11)----|
|-12--------|-(12)----|
|-13--------|-(13)----|
|-13--------|-(13)----|
|-11--------|-(11)----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|

Pre-Verse

Bb Eb

4/4

Gtr I

||--------------|-------------------||x2
||o------2----4-|-(4)------1-------o||
||----3-----3---|-----3--3----1-3---||
||--------------|-------------------||
||o-------------|------------------o||
||--------------|-------------------||

Verse

Eb D C D

4/4

Gtr I

|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|
|-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Eb D C D

4/4

|---------------3-|---------------3-|---------------3-|-------------------|
|-4----(4)--(4)---|-3----(3)--(3)---|-1----(1)--(1)---|-3----(3)--(3)-(3)-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|

Out-Chorus

C C

||------------------|-----------------|
||o-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---|
||----3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|

C C

|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|
|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

D D

|---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----|
|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

C# C#

|---1-------1-----|------------------||x4
|-2---2-0-2---2-0-|-2-1-----2-1-----o||
|-----------------|-----1-3-----1-3--||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|------------------||

C C

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1---1---1-4-1---|-1-4-1---1-4-1---|
|---3---3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

C C

|---0-------0-----|---0-------0-----|
|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|
|-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

D D

|---1-------1-----|---1-------1-----|
|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|-3---3-1-3---3-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----*|
|-----*|
|-----*|
|-----*|
|-----*|
|-----*|

Tablature Legend

----------------

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

<n> - natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *

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