Lotus Up

second half of solo from Chris Lawrence

This is a cool song played mostly by jamming on Am (open or fifth fret).

Just pile on the distortion and hit single or pairs of strings in the chord

pretty much at random. As long as you keep the 'feel' of the song you can't go

far wrong.

Near the end of the song, as things lose what little definition they had, just attack

the Am(V) and interject with little riffs and jams.

Little Riffs:

e|--7-8b-7-5----5----   or      e|--7-8-/11--   perhaps  e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---
b|-----------8-(5)---  maybe    b|-----------    this    b|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---

Am riff: (this is the odd organ backing)

g|--6-8--6/8/6--
d|--7-9--7/9/7--

End riff: (this is the riff that gets played in the final 'bridge')

g|------4--4-5
d|--7--7------

Am

They call me the apologist, and now that I'm at peak,

You know at first it really hurt, we joke about these things,

I've skirted all my differences, but now I'm facing up,

I wanted to apologise for everything I was, so,

C D F G

I'm sorry, So sorry, So sorry, So sorry,

C D F

I'm sorry, So sorry, So sorry,

Am (+Am riff)

Did you understand me right? The people here are good.

They tell me what I should have done, and offer what I could,

break

I'm good, all is good,

All's well, no complaints,

Am (+Am riff)

When I feel regret, I get down on my knees and pray,

C D

I'm sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry),

F G

So sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry),

C D

I'm sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry),

F

So sorry (So sorry),

Solo:

e|---------------------------|---------------5-----------------
b|-------8-7-5---5-----------|-------8-7-5---5-----------------
g|---4-5-------7---7-5-7-5-4-|---4-5-------7---7-5-7b-7b-7p5-5-
d|-7-------------------------|-7-------------------------------

this part is played under the "I live a simple life")

b|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------
g|-7/9-7--9-7-10--7--10/12-12--9-10/-|-5--7/9-7--7-10--7-10/12-12b-
d|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------

C D F G

I live a simple life, unfettered by complex sweets,

C D F

You think this isn't me? Don't be weak, there I go.

Am(V)

I'm so sorry,

Thank you for being there for me, thank you for listening, goodbye,

with little riffs

I can forfeit selfishness, I hope for you that you apply

this happiness, this peacefulness, this peacefulness.

C D

I'm sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry),

F G

So sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry),

C D

I'm sorry (So sorry), So sorry (So sorry),

F

So sorry (So sorry),

C D F G

I live a simple life, unfettered by complex sweets,

C D F

You think this isn't me? That's so sweet, there I go.

Am(V) (with little riffs and End riffs)

I'm so sorry,

Thank you for being there for me, thank you for listening, goodbye.

end on picking up through the open Am

SAD PROFESSOR

Here's the correct version as played by Mike Mills on Rockpalast.

Tuning - some kind of open D.

E (bass string) A D A D D (treble string)

Performance notes: the double tuning of the 'b' and the 'e' to get two 'd'

notes gives a really ethnic kind of drone. Mike has strong hands - this

song is not easy to play unless you're a barre master!

Mix up and down strokes. Listen to the rhythm - these are the notes but

they're tabbed wrong!

verse structure: D G D A

D G

d-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5--
d-0-0-0-0-2-0-2-5-5-5-5-5-5--
a-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5--
d-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5--
a-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5--

e----------------------------

D A

d-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-
d-0-0-0-0-2-0-2-5-7-7-7-7-7-
a-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-
d-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-
a-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-

e---------------------------

pre-chorus:

G A F

d-5-5-5slide7-7-7-3-3-3---
d-5-5-5--/--7-7-7-3-3-3---
a-5-5-5--/--7-7-7-3-3-3---
d-5-5-5--/--7-7-7-3-3-3---
a-5-5-5--/--7-7-7-3-3-3---

e-------------------------

chorus: this bit's cool!

G A G D

d-----------------------0-0-0-0---
d-----------------------0-0-0-0---
a-5-----7-7-7-7-5-------0-0-0-0---
d-5slide7-7-7-7-5-4-5-4-4-4-4-4---
a-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5---

e---------------------------------

-----

Only 4 chords:

D (open) A(barre) G(barre) F(barre) )(E-shaped barres)

The transitions from A-G and G-A and A-F are usually slides.

In the chorus the song skips two beats (after 'i started a chapter' and

'everybody hates a drunk') so be careful.

If anything's wrong, correct it and curse me for being incompetent.

sad professor

VERSE:

D G D A

If we're talking about love, Then I have to tell you

D G D A

Dear readers: I'm not sure where I'm headed, I've gotten lost before

PRE-CHORUS:

G A F

I've woke up stone drunk face down in the floor

CHORUS:

G A G D

Late afternoon the house is hot

G A G D

I started a chapter

G A G D G A G D

Everyone hates a bore, Everybody hates a drunk

VERSE:

D G

This may be a lip invention

D A

Professors muddled in their intent

D G

To try to rope in followers

D A

To float they're malcontent

PRE-CHORUS:

G A F

As for this, reader, I'm already spent

CHORUS:

G A G D

Late afternoon the house is hot

G A G D

I started a chapter

G A G D G A G D

Everyone hates a sad professor, I hate where I wound up

BRIDGE:

VERSE CHORDS

VERSE CHORDS:

Dear readers, my apologies

I drifted in and out of sleep

Long silence presents the tragedies of love

Look the age, get afraid. The surface hazy with

attendant thoughts

PRECHORUS CHORDS:

A lazy eye metaphor on the rocks

CHORUS CHORDS:

Late afternoon the house is hot

I started a chapter. Everyone hates a bore

Everybody hates a drunk. Everyone hates a sad professor

I hate where I wound up, I hate where I wound up

----

Lyrics:

if we're talking about love

then I have to tell you

dear readers, I'm not sure where I'm headed.

I've gotten lost before.

I've woke up stone drunk

face down in the floor.

late afternoon the house is hot.

I started , I jumped up.

everyone hates a bore.

everyone hates a drunk.

this may be a lit invention

professors muddled in their intent

to try to rope in followers

to float their malcontent.

as for this reader,

I'm already spent.

late afternoon the house is hot.

I started , I jumped up.

everyone hates a sad professor.

I hate where I wound up.

dear readers, my apologies.

I'm drifting in and out of sleep.

long silence presents the tragedies

of love. note the age. get afraid.

the surface hazy with attendant thoughts.

a lazy eye metaphor on the rocks.

late afternoon the house is hot.

I started , I jumped up.

everyone hates a bore.

everyone hates a drunk.

everyone hates a sad professor.

I hate where I wound up.

I hate where I wound up.

YOU'RE IN THE AIR

Here is a tab for some bits of "You're In the Air" - probably one of my

favourite tracks off of "Up", and therefore, the one no-one has

transcribed yet. (If these tabs don't look like they make sense, it's

because of the unequal spacing for letters in my e-mail program - in a

plain text format (i.e. in Notepad or something like that), the number

of dashes is fine!)

Some of the guitar parts are swamped underneath keyboards and organs and

other antiquated analogue noise, so I haven't got them (yet!).

The main verse riff that accompanies "you wanted a challenge that's

calling you higher" is something like this....

E-------------------|-----------------
B-------------------|-----------------
G-------------------|------------7-9--
D---7-10-7----9-----|---7-10-7-9------
A-0--------10---10--|-0---------------
E-------------------|-----------------

(The two sections are split up so you can easily read them - it's not an

attempt to use bars or anything musical!)

This call and response pattern repeats throughout the verse until, "You

say you want me..." which is then kinda blasted out by the organs and

bass. The general chord pattern is, however....

E-3---3---0---0---3---0----0--------0--
B-2---2---1---1---0---1----1--------1--
G-3---3---0---0---0---2----2--------0--
D-0---0---2---2---0---2----0--------2--
A-X---X---3---3---2---0----2--------3--
E-X---X---X---X---3---0----0--------0--

D / D / C / C / G / Am / Am w/B / C

You may want to just arpeggio these chords loosely until someone knows

what the actual pattern is.

Then into verse two - "brighten the stars, the weather is lifting".

Verse pattern is used again.

The second chorus is the same until the end when there's a little solo

bit (dead easy) which I think Peter plays on his electric sitar. It

goes...

E--------------------------------------------

B-----------------------------13-------------

G--14-14-12-14-14-12-14-14-12----14-12-12-14- (last two notes performed

in a sweet hammer-on)

D--------------------------------------------

A--------------------------------------------

E--------------------------------------------

This is repeated twice and then a final time, with a bit on the end.

E--------------------------------------------|---------
B-----------------------------13-------------|---------
G--14-14-12-14-14-12-14-14-12----14-12-12-14-|-7-9-9--- (more

hammer-ons)

D--------------------------------------------|---------
A--------------------------------------------|-------0-
E--------------------------------------------|---------

This open A string then goes straight back into the verse pattern for

verse three - "I want the stars to know they've won".

Etcetera, etcetera.

At the end, as Pete's doing his 'cer-azy' feedback, etc., there is an

alternate bit to the verse pattern, which goes.

E--------------

B--------------

G--------------

D---7-10-7--9--
A-0--------10--

E--------------

And that's as much as I know! Please - someone with a sampler get rid of

all those organs and find out what the nice jangly bits are in the

chorus and the solo bits!

Lyrics:

you wanted a challenge that's calling you higher I landed on my feet by

crawling I

remember standing alone trying to forget you idling I hate to admit that

that's my

reference point but there it is you say you want me

I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air

and I am breathing

brighten the staars the weather is lifting the heavens love a love like

this it's pulling

you higher twist it and turn this around it lights from within it

dribbles your chin now

brings a smile I'm lost again I'm lost again

I'm what you found I'm upside sown you're in the air you're in the air

and I am breathing

you

I want the stars to know they've won if only to beguile the sky has

opened up again in

heaven reconciled I want you naked I want you wild I want the stars to

know they win

give me that smile just give it me just turn it on I'm lost again

I'm what you found I'm upside down you're in the air I'm what you found

I'm upside down

you're in the air I'm what you found I'm upside down you're everywhere

you're in the air

and I am breathing you

Chords from: Trygve Sandven Håland (trygve@bitcon.no)

RIff from: Ross Pickford

WALK UNAFRAID

Intro (and outro) TAB:

E:------------- :-------------

B:------------- :-------------

G:2/3---/8-7--- :-2/3---/8-7/12

D:------------- :-------------

A:------------- :-------------

E:------------- :-------------

psp sp p

Notes: A - Bb - Eb D, A - Bb - Eb D - G

(Pete is using an e-bow as far as I can tell.)

Em

Am

As the sun comes up, as the moon goes down

F

these heavy notions creep around

Am

it makes me think

F Am

long ago I was brought into

this life a little lamb

F

a little lamb

Am

courageous, stumbling

F

fearless was my middle name

D

but somewhere there I lost my name

C

everyone walks the same

D

expecting me to step

C

the narrow path they've laid

they claim to

Em G

walk unafraid

Em G

I'll be clumsy instead

Em G D

hold my love me or leave me high

(same chords again)

Say "keep within the boundaries if you want to play"

Say "contradiction only makes it harder"

how can I be

what I want to be?

when all I want to do is strip away

these stilled constraints

and crush this charade

shred this sad masquerade

I don't need no persuading

I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and

walk unafraid

I'll be clumsy instead

hold my love me or leave me high

If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go

I just want to hold my head up high

I don't care what I have to step over

I'm prepared to look you in the eye

look me in the eye

and if you see familiarity

then celebrate the contradiction

help me when I fall to

walk unafraid

I'll be clumsy instead

hold my love me or leave me high

walk unafraid

I'll be clumsy instead

hold my love me or leave me high

Lyrics:

as the sun comes up, as the moon

goes down

these heavy notions creep around

it makes me think

long ago I was brought into

this life a little lamb

a little lamb

courageous, stumbling

fearless was my middle name.

but somewhere there I

lost my way

everyone walks the same

expecting me to step

the narrow path they've laid

they claim to

walk unafraid

I'll be clumsy instead

hold my love me or leave me

high.

say ""keep within the boundaries if you want

to play.""

say ""contradiction only makes it harder.""

how can I be

what I want to be?

when all I want to do is strip away

these stilled constraints

and crush this charade

shred this sad masquerade

I don't need no persuading

I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and

walk unafraid

I'll be clumsy instead

hold my love me or leave me

high.

if I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go

I just want to hold my head up high

I din't care what I have to step over

I'm prepared to look you in the eye

look me in the eye

and if you see familiarity

then celebrate the contradiction

help me when I fall to

walk unafraid

I'll be clumsy instead

hold my love me or leave me

high.

walk unafraid

I'll be clumsy instead

hold my love me or leave me

high.

-----

WALK UNAFRAID

tabbed by miKe. (ericseis@hotmail.com)

(N.B. ~~~ = hold note using e-bow.)

Intro:

First just tap and scratch around on the fifteenth(ish) fret, then

a|-------------------------------------------

E|--5~6~~/11~10~~~~/5~6~~~/11~10~~/15~~~~

(this is all played on the bottom string with an e-bow, but lots of

distortion should do the trick just as well.)

Verses:

The chords aren't actually played. In the verses, instead Peter

just uses an e-bow and plays the root notes, i.e.

(A) (F) (A) (F) for the Am F

E|--5~~~~/1~~~~/5~~~~/1~~~~--   progression

and

(D) (C) (D) (C) for the D C

E|--10~~~~/8~~~~/10~~~~/8~~~~-- progression

Peter doesn't this all the time during the verses, sometimes he'll just kinda'

slide up and down a string, making eerie noises, while the bass just thumps out:

(A) (F) (A)

E|--5---5---5-5--5---/1---1---1-1---1---/5-   and so on.

Chorus:

The Em - G - D chords are played as normal in the chorus.

And the intro riff twice to end.

WHY NOT SMILE

(Oxford American Version)

From: David Wagner (wagner@mindspring.com)

here are the chords and words to REM's new song from the oxford american

magazine, "why not smile." pretty different from old REM guitar in that

peter buck is fingerpicking and using new (or at least new to me) tricks

with chords -- especially A6 (X02222). at some points, he'll go from A6 to

an A, as if he's playing it like a "sus" chord. it sounds pretty good.

listen to the song, you'll know what i mean. any questions/comments? email

me -- David Wagner (wagner@mindspring.com)

D D G A

The concrete broke your fall

D D G A6

To hear you speak of it

D D G A

I'd have done anything

D D G A6

I would do anything

G A D F#m

I'd feel like a cartoon brick wall

G A6 D

To hear you speak of it

G A D D

You've been so sad, it makes me worry

G A6 D D

Why not smile?

G A D D

You've been sad for a while

G A6 G A6 D F#m

Why not smile?

G A6 D D

I would do anything

G A D D

To hear you speak of it

G A6 D D

Why not smile?

G A D D

You've been sad for a while

G A G

You've been sad for a while

A6 D F#m G ... guitar fades out with same chords as organ comes in

----

Why Not Smile?

Intro:

The intro is synthesisers, but I've found some jingles which, though not right, make an okay sounding intro.

D x2 x7

e|-----2-|-----2---|-----2---
b|---3---|-------3-|---------
g|-2-----|---------|---------
d|-------|---0-----|---0-----
a|-------|-0-------|-0-------

then immediately into the first G chord of the main riff.

Main riff:

D G A

e|---------2---------------2---------------3---------------0---------
b|-------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----------2---2-------
g|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------2-------2-----
d|---0-----------0---0-----------0---0-----------0---2-----------2---
a|-0---------------0---------------2---------------0---------------0-
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------

play this four times and then:

D G

e|---------2---------------2---------------3-------
b|-------3---3-----------3---3-----------3---3-----
g|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0---
d|---0-----------0---0-----------0---0-----------0-
a|-0---------------0---------------2---------------
E|-------------------------------------------------

F#m G(III) A

e|---------2---------------3---------------0-------
b|-------2---2-----------3---3-----------2---2-----
g|-----2-------2-------4-------4-------2-------2---
d|---4-----------4---5-----------5---2-----------2-
a|-4---------------5---------------0---------------
E|-------------------------------------------------

and back to that first D chord.

Lyrics:

D G A

The concrete broke your fall

D G A

to hear you speak of it

D G A

I'd have done anything

D G A

I would do anything

D G D F#m G

I feel like a cartoon brick wall

A D

To hear you speak of it

G A

You've been so sad

D

It makes me worry

G A D

Why not smile?

G A D

You've been sad for a while

G A D G D F#m

Why not smile?

G(III) A D

I would do anything

G A D

To hear you speak of it

G A D

Why not smile?

G A D

You've been sad for a while

G A D G D F#m G(III) A

You've been sad for a while.

Main riff x2 to end.

Firstly, the tab of the Daysleeper riff as I believe Peter was

playing it on David Letterman:

{--------------------!------------------!--------------------!------------------!}

|-----------8--------|------------8-----|-----------8--------|------------8-----||
|--------9--------0--|-------0----------|--------9--------0--|-------0----------||
|--10---------10-----|--9---------------|--10---------10-----|--9---------------||
|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------||

[--------------------@------------------@--------------------@------------------@]

Intro:

4x C Cmaj7

VERSE:

C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7

Receiving department, 3 AM

C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7

Staff cuts have socked up the overage

C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7

Directives are posted No call backs, complaints

C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7

Everywhere is calm

VERSE TO CHORUS:

D# Dm

Hong Kong is present, Taipei wakes up

F G

Talk of circadian rhythm

CHORUS:

C Dm Am Em

I see today with a newsprint frame

C D G

My night is colored headache-grey

C Dm Am Em

Daysleeper, daysleeper

C D G

daysleeper

{Verse Chords}

The bull and the bear are marking their territories

They're leading the blind with their international glories

{Verse to Chorus Chords}

I('m the) screen, the blinding light

I('m the) screen, I work at night

{Chorus Chords}

I see today with a newsprint frame

My night is colored headache-grey

Don't wake me

(You're) so much

Daysleeper

2x Dsus4

BRIDGE:

C Cmaj7 C

I cried the other night

C Cmaj7 C

I can't even say why

C Cmaj7 C

flourescent, flat, caffeine lights

C Cmaj7 C

It's furious balancing

{Verse To Chorus Chords}

I('m the) screen, the blinding light

I('m the) screen, I work at night

{Chorus Chords}

I see today with a newsprint frame

My night is colored headache grey

Don't wake me (you're) so much

The ocean machine is set to night

I'll squeeze into heaven and Valentine

My bed is pulling me, gravity, daysleeper

Daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper

End on C

-----

Daysleeper by R.E.M

Bb 113331

Bbmaj7 113231

F 133211

G 355411

C 032010

D 000232

Am 002210

E 022100

e-|---3---3---3------------------3----------------------------------
B-|---1---1------0-h-1r--0------------------------------------------
G-|---0---0------------------0--------------------------------------
D-|---2---2---------------------------------------------------------
A-|---3---3---------------------------------------------------------
E-|---0---0---------------------------------------------------------

(or Cmaj7)

Receiving dept., 3 a.m.

Staff cuts have sucked up the overage

directives are posted.

no callbacks, complaints.

everywhere is calm.

Bb

Hong Kong is present

Bbmaj7

Taipei awakes

F G

all talk of circadian rhythm

C D Am E

I see today with a newsprint fray

C D G

my night is colored headache grey

C D Am E

daysleeper

C D G

daysleeper

C

daysleeper

(or Cmaj7)

the bull and the bear are marking

their territories.

they're leading the blind with

their international glories.

Bb Bbmaj7

I'm the screen, the blinding light

F G

I'm the screen, I work at night

C D Am E

I see today with a newsprint fray

C D G

my night is colored headache grey

C D Am E

don't wake me with so much

C

daysleeper.

C

I cried the other night

I can't even say why

fluorescent flat caffeine lights

it's furious balancing

Bb Bbmaj7

I'm the screen, the blinding light

F G

I'm the screen, I work at night

C D Am E

I see today with a newsprint fray

C D G

my night is colored headache grey

C D Am E C D G

don't wake me with so much. the

C D Am E

ocean machine is set to 9

C D G

I'll squeeze into heaven and valentine

C D Am

my bed is pulling me,

E

gravity

C D Am E

daysleeper.

C D G

daysleeper.

C D Am E

daysleeper.

C D G

daysleeper.

C D Am E

daysleeper.

end with a C

----

{---------------0----!------------------!
|-----------8------8-|------------8-----|
|--------9-----------|--0---------------|
|----10--------------|-------9----------|
|--------------------|------------------|

[--------------------@------------------@

DIMINISHED

Transcription by Olen Kirkland (sl377@cc.usu.edu)

/ Bm / F#m / (x2)

Bm F#m

I watched you fall

Bm F#m

I think I pushed

Bm F#m

Maybe I'm crazy, maybe diminished, maybe I'm innocent, maybe I'm finished

Bm F#m

Maybe I blacked out, how do I, play this?

Em D C

I will give my best today

Em D C

I will give myself away

Em D C

I have never hurt anything

D C

Is the jury wavering?

D C

Do they know I sing?

/ Bm / F#m / (x2)

Bm F#m

Maybe I'm crazy, maybe diminished, how do I, how do I play this?

Bm F#m

Jealous lover, self defense, protective brother, chemical dependance

Bm F#m

I'll consult the i-ching, I'll consult the TV, ouija, oblique strategies.

Bm F#m

I'll consult the law books for precedents, can I charm the jury?

Em D C

I will give my best today

Em D C

I will give myself away

Em D C

I have never hurt anything

D C

Is the justice wavering?

D C

Does she know I sing that ...

Em C G D

... Song sing along

Em C G D

Sing along sing along

/ Bm / F#m /

Bm F#m

I watched you fall

Bm F#m

I think I pushed

Bm F#m

Maybe they'll see me, maybe they'll say

Bm F#m

"I can see the truth in his statement. Smallpox blanket? No way."

Bm F#m

Can I charm the jury, my defense? Maybe I'm crazy, maybe diminished

Bm F#m

Maybe I loved you, baby I loved you, baby I loved you, baby I loved you

Bm F#m

Baby I'm, finished

Em D C

I will give my best today

Em D C

I will give myself away

Em D C

I have never hurt anything

D C

Is the justice wavering?

D C

Does she know I sing that ...

Em C G D

... Song sing along

Em C G D

Sing along sing along

Em G C

I have given myself away

Em G C

I have given my best today

Em G C

I have never hurt anything

D C

Is the justice wavering?

D C

Does she know I loved you?

D C

Does she know I loved you?

D C

Does she know I sing?

I'M NOT OVER YOU

G

I feel great.

C G C

I lied to save your feelings.

G

Truth convened,

C G C

my head smashed through the ceiling.

G

I lost an arm,

C

no one harmed,

G C

you diplomatically alarmed.

G C G C

I sulked away to lick my thin skin.

Am D

I'm not over you.

Am D

I'm not over you.

Am G

I'm not over you.

-----

I'm Not Over You

G C G C

I feel great. I lied to save your feelings.

G C G C

truth convened, my head smashed through the ceiling.

G C

I lost an arm, no one harmed,

G C

you diplomatically alarmed.

G C G C

I sulked away to lick my thin skin.

Am D Am D Am D

and I'm not over you. I'm not over you. I'm not over you.

End on G.

PARAKEET

G Bm E

you wake up in the morning

G Bm E

and fall out of your bed

G Bm E

mean cat eat parakeets

D C H

and this one's nearly dead.

G Bm E

you dearly wish the wind shift

G Bm E

and greasy windows slide

G Bm E

open for the parakeet

D C H

who's colored bitter lime.

Em C

open the window

Am Bm D

and lift into your dreams

Em C

lately, baby

Am D H7

you can barely breathe.

G Bm E

a broken wrist an accident

G Bm E

you know that something's wrong

G Bm E

you fold the leavings of your past

D C H

no one knows you've gone.

G Bm E

the sunspot flares of the early

G Bm E

nineties light up your wings.

G Bm E

and scan the shortwave radio

D C H

it's tracking outer rings.

Em C

open your window

Am Bm D

to lift into a dream

Em C

baby, baby

Am D H7

you can starts to breathe

G Bm E

the tectonic dispatcher shifts

G Bm E

to smooth the ocean floor

G Bm E

and flattens out to warmer winds

D C H

of Brisbane's sunny shore.

G Bm E

where buddhas tend to mending wrists

G Bm E

a tea made from the leaves

G Bm E

of eucalyptus fragrances

D C H

and coriander seeds.

Em C

open the window

Am Bm D

to lift into a dream

Em C

baby, baby

Am Bm D

you can starts to breathe.

Em C

open your window

Am Bm D

to lift into a dream

Em C

baby, baby

Am D H7

you can starts to breathe

G Bm E

you wake up in the morning

G Bm E

to warm Pacific breeze

G Bm E

where mean cars chew on licorice

D C G#m

and cannot climb the trees.

----

PARAKEET

here's my shot at "parakeet," which i think is the best song on UP. it's a great sound, great especially for halloween. it was kinda hard to get the chords considering that there is no guitar in this song (okay there might be some weird riffs played in the chorus), it's keyboard transcribed for guitar, so the chords might not be exactly right, but i think they're pretty close. i know that the bass notes are right, at least. if the chords don't sound right, try out power chords, those are alright in this song. in fact, there's one chord that i'm a little iffy on, and that's the C# in the verses. you be the judge. i'm pretty sure about the rest. enjoy.

here's that spooky-sounding riff that mike plays on the keyboard in the chorus:

d--1-2-4-5

G F#m E

you wake up in the morning

D C# E

and fall out of your bed

D C# E

mean cats eat parakeets

D C Eb

and this one's nearly dead.

G F#m E

you dearly wish the wind shift

D C# E

and greasy windows slide

D C# E

open for the parakeet

D C Eb

who's colored bitter lime.

Em (riff) C (riff)

open the window

Am Bm D

and lift into your dreams

Em (riff) C (riff) Am D Ebm

lately, baby, you can barely breathe.

(chords same as above)

a broken wrist, an accident

you know that something's wrong

you fold the leavings of your past

no one knows you've gone.

the sunspot flares of the early

nineties light up your wings.

and scan the shortwave radio

it's tracking outer range.

open the window

and lift into your dreams

baby, baby, you can start to breathe

the tectonic dispatcher shifts

to smooth the ocean floor

and flattens out to warmer winds

of brisbane's sunny shore.

where buddhas tend to mending wrists

a tea made from the leaves

of eucalyptus fragrances

and coriander seeds.

open your window

and lift into a dream

baby, baby, baby starts to breathe

open the window

and lift into a dream

baby, baby, baby starts to breathe

you wake up in the morning

to warm pacific breeze

where means cats chew on licorice

D C G#m

and cannot climb the trees.

end on some G#m riffs.

notes...i'm open to suggestions as to what that last chord is. it's really cool, and it's definetly a chord not used anywhere else in the song. okay, i think that's it.

-----

PARAKEET

G F#m E

you wake up in the morning

G F#m E

and fall out of your bed

G F#m E

mean cat eat parakeets

D C B7

and this one's nearly dead.

you dearly wish the wind shift

and greasy windows slide

open for the parakeet

who's colored bitter lime.

E C

open the window

Am B D

and lift into your dreams

E C

lately, baby

Am B B7

you can barely breathe.

a broken wrist

an accident

you know that something's wrong

you fold the leavings of your past no one lnows you've gone.

the sunspot flares of the early

nineties light up your wings.

and scan the shortwave radio

it's tracking outer rings.

the tectonic dispatcher shifts

to smooth the ocean floor

and flattens out to warmer winds

of Brisbane's sunny shore.

where buddhas tend to mending wrists

a tea made from the leaves

of eucalyptus fragrances

and coriander seeds.

G F#m E

you wake up in the morning

G F#m E

to warm Pacific breeze

G F#m E

where mean cars chew on licorice

D C F#m

and cannot climb the trees.

open your window

and lift inte a dream

baby, baby

baby starts to breathe

-----

Ab Gm F

you wake up in the morning

Ab Gm F

and fall out of your bed

Ab Gm F

mean cat eat parakeets

D# C# C

and this one's nearly dead.

Ab Gm F

you dearly wish the wind shift

Ab Gm E

and greasy windows slide

Ab Gm F

open for the parakeet

D# C# C

who's colored bitter lime.

Fm Fm#7 C# C#m

op - en the window

Bbm Cm D#

and lift into your dreams

Fm Fm#7 C#

lately, baby

Bbm Eb Edim

you can barely breathe.

....

the rest is basically the same, because the final verse ends on that

weird chord, here it is:

Ab Gm F

you wake up in the morning

Ab Gm F

to warm Pacific breeze

Ab Gm F

where mean cars chew on licorice

D# C# Am

and cannot climb the trees

Here are those weird chords:

Fm Fm#7 Edim

E -4-----4-----x--
B -6-----5-----8--
G -5-----5-----9--
D -3-----3-----8--
A -x-----x-----7--

E -x-----x-----x--

FALLS TO CLIMB

G D

I'll take the position

C Em G5

assume the missionare part

G D

you work by committee,

C Em G5

you had me pegged from the start.

G D

I'll be pounce pony,

C

phony maroney,

Em G5

pony before the cart.

G D

I'll be pounce pony.

C

this ceremony

Em G5

only fills my heart.

D G C

who cast the final stone?

D G C

who threw the crushing blow?

D G C

someone has to take the fall

Am G

why not me?

G D

a punch toy volunteer

C Em G5

a weakling on its knee.

G D

is all you want to hear

C Em G5

and all you want to see.

G D

romantically, you'd martyr me

C Em G5

and miss this story's point

G D

it is my strength, my destiny

C Em G5

this is the role that I have chosen.

D G C

who cast the final stone?

D G C

who threw the crushing blow?

D G C

someone has to take the fall

Am G

why not me?

Am G

why not me?

F Am C G

F Am C G

F Am C G

Am G

G D

gentlemen mark your opponents

C Em G5

fire into your own ranks.

G D

pick the weakest as strategec

C

move. square off. to

Em G5

meet your enemy.

G D C

for each and every gathering

Em G5

a scapegoat falls to climb.

G D C

as I step forward, silently.

Em G5

deliberately mine

D G C

who cast the final stone?

D G C

who threw the crushing blow?

G C

someone has to take the fall

Am G Am G

why not me? why not me.

Am G

had consequence chose differently

Am G

had fate its ugly head

Am G

my actions make me beautiful

Am G

and dignify the flesh

Am G

me.

Am G

I am free.

Am G

I am free

Am G

Am G

Am G

Am G

G5: 320033

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Verse:

G

I'll take the position

D C Em G

assume the missionary part

G D

you work by committee,

C Em G

you had me pegged from the start.

G D

I'll be pounce pony,

C

phony maroney,

Em G

pony before the cart.

G D

I'll be pounce pony.

C

this ceremony

Em G

only fills my heart.

Chorus:

D G C

who cast the final stone?

D G C

who threw the crushing blow?

D G C

someone has to take the fall

Am G

why not me?

Verse:

a punch toy volunteer

a weakling on its knee.

is all you want to hear

and all you want to see.

romantically, you'd martyr me

and miss this story's point

it is my strength, my destiny

this is the role that I have chosen.

Chorus:

who cast the final stone?

who threw the crushing blow?

someone has to take the fall

why not me?

Bridge:

F Am C G

F Am C G

F Am C G

Am G

Verse:

gentlemen mark your opponents

fire into your own ranks.

pick the weakest as strategic

move. square off. to

meet your enemy.

for each and every gathering

a scapegoat falls to climb.

as I step forward, silently.

deliberately mine

Chorus:

who cast the final stone?

who threw the crushing blow?

someone has to take the fall

why not me? why not me.

Am G

had consequence chose differently

Am G

had fate its ugly head

Am G

my actions make me beautiful

Am G

and dignify the flesh

Am G Am

me.

G

I am free.

Am G

-----

From: ANDREW FUNG (afung@appsig.com)

G D

I'll take the position

C Em G

assume the missionary part

G D

you work by committee,

C Em G

you had me pegged from the start.

G D

I'll be pounce pony,

C

phony maroney,

Em G

pony before the cart.

G D

I'll be pounce pony.

C

this ceremony

Em G

only fills my heart.

D G C

who cast the final stone?

D G C

who threw the crushing blow?

D G C

someone has to take the fall

Am G

why not me?

G D

a punch toy volunteer

C Em G

a weakling on its knee.

G D

is all you want to hear

C Em G

and all you want to see.

G D

romantically, you'd martyr me

C Em G

and miss this story's point

G D

it is my strength, my destiny

C Em G

this is the role that I have chosen.

D G C

who cast the final stone?

D G C

who threw the crushing blow?

D G C

someone has to take the fall

Am G

why not me?

G D

gentlemen mark your opponents

C Em G

fire into your own ranks.

G D

pick the weakest as strategic

C

move. square off. to

Em G

meet your enemy.

G D C

for each and every gathering

Em G

a scapegoat falls to climb.

G D C

as I step forward, silently.

Em G

deliberately mine

D G C

who cast the final stone?

D G C

who threw the crushing blow?

D G C

someone has to take the fall

Am G Am G

why not me? why not me.

Am G

had consequence chose differently

Am G

had fate its ugly head

Am G

my actions make me beautiful

Am G

and dignify the flesh

Am G Am G

me. I am free. free.

-----

G D

i'll take the position

C Em G

assume the missionary part

G D

you work by committee,

C Em G

you had me pegged from the start.

G D C

i'll be pounce pony, phony maroney

Em G

pony before the cart.

G D C

i'll be pounce pony, this ceremony

Em G

only fills my heart

D G C

who cast the final stone?

D G C

who threw the crushing blow?

D G C

someone has to take the fall

Am G

why not me?

(chords same as above)

a punch toy volunteer

a weakling on its knee.

is all you want to hear

and all you want to see.

romantically, you'd martyr me

and miss this story's point

it is my strength, my destiny

this is the role that i have chosen

(enter acoustic guitar, chords same as above)

who cast the final stone?

who threw the crushing blow?

someone has to take the fall

why not me?

Am G

why not me?

bridge: bass: F E C-B-A-G (3x) A (C?) G

guitar: F Am C G (3x) Am G

gentlemen mark your opponents

fire into your own ranks.

pick the weakest as strategic move.

square off. to meet your enemy.

for each and every gathering

a scapegoat falls to climb.

as i step forward, silently.

deliberatly mine

(play Am G for the rest of the song from here)

who cast the final stone?

who threw the crushing blow?

someone has to take the fall

why not me? why not me?

had consequence chose differently

had fate its ugly head

my actions make me beautiful

and dignify the flesh

me. I am free. free.

end on Am G.

----

From: Trygve Sandven Håland (trygve@bitcon.no)

D

G D

I'll take the position

C Em G

assume the missionare part

D

you work by committee,

C Em G

you had me pegged from the start.

D

I'll be pounce pony,

C

phony maroney,

Em G

pony before the cart.

D

I'll be pounce pony.

C

this ceremony

Em G

only fills my heart.

D G C

who cast the final stone?

D G C

who threw the crushing blow?

D G C

someone has to take the fall

Am G

why not me?

a punch toy volunteer

a weakling on its knee.

is all you want to hear

and all you want to see.

romantically, you'd martyr me

and miss this story's point

it is my strength, my destiny

this is the role that I have chosen.

D G A B C Em

who cast the final stone?

D G A B C Em

who threw the crushing blow?

D G A B C Em

someone has to take the fall

Am G

why not me?

Am C G

Am C G

Am C G

Am G

gentlemen mark your opponents

fire inte your own ranks.

pick the weakest as strategec

move. square off. to

meet your enemy.

for each and every gathering

a scapegoat falls to climb.

as I step forward, silently.

deliberately mine

who cast the final stone?

who threw the crushing blow?

someone has to take the fall

why not me? why not me. (continue with Am G till end)

had consequence chose differently

had fate its ugly head

my actions make me beautiful

and dignify the flesh

me. I am free. free.

EMPHYSEMA

this is a cool instrumental, and although there isn't any guitar on the track,

i went ahead and tabbed out the bass and organ or whatever that instrument

is -- accordian? moog synth? i don't know. a note about the tab: the way

its spaced and typed, the organ is above the bass, and the bass notes are

played wherever they're tabbed in relation to the organ -- if a bass note

is directly under an organ note, they're played at the same time. if it's

between two notes, well, i think you can figure it out. i didn't tab out

the organ for the bridge, i figured it'd be too much so i just typed something

else. i think that's it. questions? comments? David Wagner (wagner@mindspring.com)

verse:

|"organ"

|D----------------------------------------|------------1------------------
|A----------------1----------------------|---------------3----------------
|E-1-1--4---1--------------------------|--1-1--4----------------------

|

|bass

|D----------------------------------------|------------1-------------------
|A----------------1--1----1--1h3------|--------------3---1-1--1h3--
|E-1----4--------------------------------|--1----4-----------------------

PLAY THIS 4 TIMES.

chorus

|"organ"

| F#

|E--6---6--||--6-------------6--9--6--||-6------------6--9--6-------
|B--7---7--||:-----9--7--9------------:||----9-7-9-6------------9-----
|G--6---6--||----------------------------||--------------------------------

|

|bass play 3x

|A||:-------------------------------4--1-:||------------------4--1-------
|E||:2---2-------------------------------:||--------------------------4---

bridge:

"organ": mess around on a Ebm (x68876)

"bells": C# - Ebm (4x)

bass: (3x)

D-----------8-----6----------:||--------------8-\--(grad. slide)
A-4-4--6-----6------6\4---:||--4-4---6-------------------------

here's the order of the song:

verse

chorus

verse (2x)

chorus

bridge

verse

chorus(2x)

bridge (3x)

End on: C# - Ebm