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Song
Author/Artist: Cake
Title: Waiting
Album: Pressure Chief
Transcribed by: Robert Fenstermaker
Email: Rfenster@tulane.edu
This is my first submitted tab, I hope it works for you guys
d- downstroke
u- upstroke
The change from down to up is really quick, it adds a
flare to the song though the song can be played without it.
It is possible to do these quick changes as hammer-ons and pull offs
though I am pretty sure Cake doesn't play it like that from the recording.
Also the change in the fourth set of strokes can be replaced
by just hitting the open E string though you will have to mute
the B string
Ok here is the basic format of the song for intro, verse
and chorus as far as I can tell there are no real variations
d d d d d d dud d d d d d d dud d d d d d d dud
---------------------------------------------------| -2-2-2-2-2-2-232--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| -2-2-2-2-2-2-222--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------|
d d d d d d dud d d d d d d dud d d d d d d dud
---------------------------------------------------| -3-3-3-3-3-3-353-------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-232-| -2-2-2-2-2-2-222--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-222-| ------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------|
d d d d d d dud d d d d d d dud
--------------------------------------------------| ------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-232-----------------| -1-1-1-1-1-1-121--2-2-2-2-2-2-222-----------------| -2-2-2-2-2-2-222----------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------|
on the aaaaalways be waaaaitng part just repeat the last 4 chord sets.
TIMING
Here is a sample verse. I only wrote out the words
on which the chords change. For simplicity's sake I did
not record the quick changes.
So............. important.........think that we make
---------------------------------------------------| -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------|
sense.......... think there's....better
---------------------------------------------------| -3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| ------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------| ---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------|
other fence
--------------------------------------------------| ------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------| -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------| -2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------|
Now what I wrote down was the simple version. Cake's guitarist
actually does a hammer on and a pull off on some of them
Enjoy!
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