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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.

Background riff

(synthesizer arranged for guitar)

(A5) let ring------------->

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------9-----9-----9-----9-----------------|
D|-------7-----7-----7-----7-------------------|
A|-----7-----7-----7-----7---------------------|
E|---5-----------------------------------------|

The whistling melody

(0:03)

e|-----------------------------------|
B|------5-----5--8--5----------------|
G|---7-----7-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

(0:09)

e|---------------5-------------------|
B|------5-----5-----5----------------|
G|---7-----7-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

(0:15)

e|---8--7--5-----5-------------------|
B|------------8-----5----------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

(0:21)

e|---8--7--5-----7-------------------|
B|------------8-----5----------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

(0:27)

e|-----------------------------------|
B|------5-----5--8--5----------------|
G|---7-----7-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

(0:33) ...(0:39)

e|---------------5------------5------|
B|------5-----5-----5------------5---|
G|---7-----7-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

Recorded with lots of reverb on both patterns, but for guitar I'd

recommed flanging as well to add to the ringing.

Interesting time signature stuff here--

It seems that the whistling riff is in 12-8, over the background arpeggio

which is 8-8, so in other words they don't exactly stay together.

Comments

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

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