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59 Yards

Boo Hewerdine
Tab

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

Chorus

[Break]:

0.5 0.5

/ / / / / / /

G ---5-7---5----5-7---5------7(8)----7(8)----7(8)----7(8)----7(8)--7--5--

D

 -7---------7----------7-----------------------------------------------7-

0.5 0.5

/ / // \\ \

G ---5-7---5----5-7---5----||-7(8)-7(8)-7(8)--.||--7(8)-7(8)-7(8)7--5--7-|
D -7---------7----------7--||-----------------.||------------------------|

\\ // x2

A ---3----------3----------3----------3---5---3---------------------|
E -5---5--3-h-5---5--3-h-5---5--3-h-5-------------------------------|
       0.5         0.5        0.5   e -5-------------------------------|
       /          /          /      B -----8---5-----------------------|
G ---5-7---5----5-7---5----5-7---5-----------------8--7---5------------|
D -7---------7----------7----------7---------------------------7-------|

I keep...

(Remember, add 1 if you're in Ab)

Am (percussive, on offbeat) C D

Am

I keep seeing something flicker in the corner of my eye

I keep seeing something flicker in the corner of my eye

There's a white car waiting to take me, waiting tt me, waiting to take

me

I keep seeing something flicker in the corner of my eye

Chorus

one day I'm gonna die -sing three times over the bit marked *, above

[Outro] :

Am

e -----------------------------------------------------------|
B --------------------------------------------1--------------|
G --3p2p0------------------2--2------2--2-----2--------------|
D -------3p2p0-------------2--2------2--2-----2--------------|
A ------------3p2p0--------0--0------0--0-----0--------------|
E -----------------3p2p0---.--.------.--.--------------------|

Chord fingerings:

EADGBe

X32010 - C

XX0232 - D

X02210 - Am

320003 - G

Strumming in the verse is generally fast strumming of the bass strings,

quickly damped with the palm of the right hand (there's probably one of

those cute little italian words to describe this), except the D C at the

end of each line which is the full chord. Have a listen to the album.

Bend notation :

x(y) fretted at x, pre-bent upto y, pick and hold

/

x(y) fretted at x, pick and bend one half-step upto y

0.5

/

X fretted at X, pick and bend up half a half-step (one quarter step?)

\

x(y)x fretted at x, pre-bent (to y), pick and release bend back down to x

h is a hammer on

p is a pull-off

Here's the break written out in the key of Ab (i.e. this is exactly what

you play if you're using a capo at the first fret).

0.5 0.5

/ / / / / / /

G ---6-8---6----6-8---6------8(9)----8(9)----8(9)----8(9)----8(9)--8--6--

D

 -8---------8----------8-----------------------------------------------8-

0.5 0.5

/ / // \\ \

G ---6-8---6----6-8---6----||-8(9)-8(9)-8(9)---||--8(9)-8(9)-8(9)8--6--8-|
D -8---------8----------8--||------------------||------------------------|

\\ // x2

A ---4----------4----------4----------4---6---4-------------------|
E -6---6--4-h-6---6--4-h-6---6--4-h-6-----------------------------|
       0.5         0.5        0.5   e -6--------------------------------|
       /          /          /      B ----9---6-------------------------|
G ---6-8---6----6-8---6----6-8---6----------------9---8---6-------------|
D -8---------8----------8----------8---------------------------8--------|

I keep...

Any comments, corrections, etc. welcome.

Nic

Nic.Boulton@mercury.co.uk

Any improvements, etc welcome

Nic

Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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