The Glow Pt 2

Song

The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2

Tabbed by Jack Jutson

The intro is a bit strange, i think there are 2 guitars playing it. But heres the

basic chords to get you going. Just power chords F-C-C#. You work out the timing

for yourself, its pretty simple.

F C C#

E|---x----------x-----------x-----
B|---x----------x-----------x-----
D|---2----------5-----------6-----
G|---3----------5-----------6-----
A|---3----------3-----------4-----
F|---1----------x-----------x-----

Once the distorted intro is through, Phils acoustic comes in and plays the

following three chords.

Em Em11(7) A7 (sus2)

e|--0-------x--------x---|
B|--0-------x--------x---|
G|--0-------0--------2---|
D|--2-------4--------5---|
A|--2-------0--------0---|
E|--0-------2--------3---|

Em Em11 A7 Em Em11 A7

i took my shirt off in the yard/no one saw that the skin on my shoulder was golden

Em Em11 A7

now it's not, my shirts back on/i forgot my songs/the glow is gone

Em11 Em Em11 A7

my gliding body stopped

(Here, the guitar stops playing, but you can still strum the chords, or play it

however you want. Or you can get a big organ and do it that way. Up to you.)

Em Em11 A7

i could not get through september without a battle

Em11 Em Em11 A7

i face death, i went in with my arms swinging

Em Em11 A7

but i heard my own breath, and i had to face that i'm still living

Em Em11 A7

i'm still flesh, i hold onto awful feelings

Em Em11 A7

i'm not dead, there's no end, my face is red

(And this bit here where phil does the really long notes is just crazy ambient

organs that dont fit into the guitar. Im sure there is a way, but not in my head,

so someone else come up with something.)

my blood flows harshly/my heart beats loudly

my chest still draws breath, i hold it, i'm buoyant

there's no end.

(heres the intrumental part at the end. Its only the really basic form, he mucks

around a bit, and has another guitar and a bass i do believe. This should just

get you going.)

E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------0-------0--------------0-------0--------|
G|------0--------0----------------0-------0-----------0-------0-------0------0-------0-------0--|
D|----0--------0---------0------0-------0-------0-----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------0-2-----0-2-----0-2---2-3-----2-3-----2-3----2-3-----2-3-----2-3----|
E|2-3------2-3------2-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This next part repeats until the end of the song.

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-------0----------------0-------0-------------0-------0-----------------0---3-0---3-0--|
G|-----0-------0---------0------0-------0-------0-----0-------0-------0---------0---0-----0-----0|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------0-2-----0-2-----0-2---2-3-----2-3-----2-3-------2-3------------------|
E|2-3------2-3------2-3--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Ok thats that, now can someone tab Solar System?

Well the microphones is one guy called Phil Elvrum from Anacortes, Washington. Here is

the official site, a review of one of The Microphones albums and a fan site.

http://www.kpunk.com/Microphones/index.html

http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/microphones/glow-pt-2.shtml

http://microphones.fateback.com/news.html