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Most of these tabs have been collected from the now defunct Unofficial Blue Nile Website. At some point I should make a link to a downloadable version.
Guitar Tablature for The Other Side of Life
The Other Side Of Life Am Bb Well it's been a long time G/B How should I feel? Dm What can I say? Am Bb With fantastic stories G/B You present yourself Dm In different ways Dm Bb Some particular places G/B Remembered so well Dm Are hard to forget Am Bb We've travelled so far now G/B Then we were young Dm Hard to impress Am G/B Bm But she comes and goes Bb C Dm The other side of life Am G/B Bm Sheltering only Bb Dm The other side of life These single occasions We seem to share Stumble and fall If you could remember to wave A sign of life my way But she comes and goes The other side of life Sheltering only The other side of life
MIck McDonnell
“its nice if you drop the low E to a D too, for this tune from Quiet Life.”
Guitar Tablature for Endgame
Endgame - David Sylvian
A G F#m D E A7
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4/4
A | A | A | A |
A
I just sank into sleep
A G F#m
The conversation wasn't worth repeating
A
Faith would start the morning off
A G F#m
By judging love, she had finally found me wanting
D A E
She said that I was born with one foot in the door
D A G
"Displays of affection but you don't know what it's for"
E D
And Jesus said, "Don't worry, son
A G A | A |
That's just the sound of God laughing"
A
Her room was quite a mess
A G F#m
The court said I had no defense against her
A
Her bags were packed, the doors are closing
A G F#m
The three-day truce of hostilities was over
D A E
I thought I'd notice when my tail was in the fire
D A G
She'd dress the wounds with vitriol to keep the burns alive
E D
And Jesus said, "If you listen good,
A G A | A | A | A |
You'll hear the sound of God laughing"
A
Last chances is in the car
A G F#m
The fine white lines are leading to the station
A
I'll start the journey off
A G F#m
Defining love with a thousand explanations
D A E
Rows of telegraph poles where the railway meets the sea
D A G
Counting crucifixions on this road to Calvary
E D
And the DJ said, "You've been listening to
A G A | A |
The wonderful sound of God laughing"
E D
And Jesus said, "Well, it's over once
A G A | A | A7 ||
You've heard the sound of God____ laughing"
Transcribed by Andrew
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Guitar Tablature for Red Guitar (live - ez tuning)
David Sylvian - Red Guitar
Based upon the live acoustic version at Nagoya Club Japan 15/10/95
Not in the correct tuning but easier to play
Chords
Emadd11 -002000
G#m7 -464444
G#m -466444
Em -022000
D/F# -200232
F#m7 -242222
E -022100
G -355433
@ Red Guitar
Intro
Emadd11 G#m7 G#m G#m7
Emadd11 G#m7 G#m G#m7
Emadd11 G#m7 G#m G#m7
Emadd11 G#m7 G#m G#m7
(Verse's are the same chords as the intro throughout)
I recognise no method of living that I know
I see only the basic materials I may use
If you ask me, I may tell you
It's been this way for years
Em D/F# F#m7 E
I play my
Em D/F# F#m7 E
Red guitar
Em D/F#
It's the devil in the flesh
F#m7 G Em D/F# F#m7 E
It's the iron in my soul
Em D/F# F#m7 E
I play my
Em D/F# F#m7 E
Red guitar
Em D/F#
It's the devil in the flesh
F#m7 G Em D/F# F#m7 E
It's the iron in my soul
I understand you're facing problems inside you
A certain difficulty of being that I know too
You may ask me why do I fail
Just when I'm needed
I play my red guitar
It's the devil in the flesh
It's the iron in my soul
I play my red guitar
It's the devil in the flesh
It's the iron in my soul
I play my red guitar
It's the devil in the flesh
It's the iron in my soul
If you ask me, I may tell you
It's been this way for years
Transcribed 08/05/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Red Guitar (live - actual tuning)
David Sylvian - Red Guitar
Based upon a live acoustic version at Nagoya Club Japan 15/10/95
Correct tuning
Chords
Fmadd11/E -01(2)111
Am7 -5x5555
Fm -133111
Eb/G -3x134x
Gm -355333
F -133211
A# -466544
@ Red Guitar
Intro
Fmadd11 Am7
Fmadd11 Am7
Fmadd11 Am7
Fmadd11 Am7
(Verse's are the same chords as the intro throughout)
I recognise no method of living that I know
I see only the basic materials I may use
If you ask me, I may tell you
It's been this way for years
Fm Eb/G Gm F
I play my
Fm Eb/G Gm F
Red guitar
Fm Eb/G
It's the devil in the flesh
Gm A# Fm Eb/G Gm F
It's the iron in my soul
Fm Eb/G Gm F
I play my
Fm Eb/G Gm F
Red guitar
Fm Eb/G
It's the devil in the flesh
Gm A# Fm Eb/G Gm F
It's the iron in my soul
I understand you're facing problems inside you
A certain difficulty of being that I know too
You may ask me why do I fail
Just when I'm needed
I play my red guitar
It's the devil in the flesh
It's the iron in my soul
I play my red guitar
It's the devil in the flesh
It's the iron in my soul
I play my red guitar
It's the devil in the flesh
It's the iron in my soul
If you ask me, I may tell you
It's been this way for years
Transcribed 08/05/99 by Mike Garoghan
Amended by Emanuele D’Angelo October 1999
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Guitar Tablature for Brilliant Trees (live)
David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
Based upon a live acoustic version at Nagoya Club Japan 15/10/95
Chords
Am7 -5x5550
Dm -xx0231
Em -022000
C -x35553
C/A -x05553
F -133211
F/E -033211
Bb -x13331
F#m7 -242222
Bm -x24432
G -355433
D/A -x00232
D#m -x46654
E -022100
@ Brilliant Trees
Am7
Dm Em
When you come to me
C C/A
I'll question myself again
F F/E Dm Bb C Am7
Is this grip on life still my own
Dm Em
When every step I take
C C/A
Leads me so far away
F F/E Dm Bb C Cm
Every thought should bring me closer home
Dm
And there you stand
Bb Am7 Cm
Making my life possible
Bb Am7
Raise my hands up to heaven
Bm F#m7
But only you could know
Bm Em G F#m7
My whole world stands in front of me
D/A D#m
By the look in your eyes
D/A E F#m7
By the look in your eyes
Bm Em G F#m7
My whole life stretches in front of me
D D#m
Reaching up like a flower
Bm Am7 Dm
Leading my life back to the soil
Em C C/A F F/E Dm Bb C Am7
Every plan I've made's
Lost in the scheme of things
Within each lesson lies the price to learn
A reason to believe
Divorces itself from me
Every hope I hold lies in my arms
And there you stand
Making my life possible
Raise my hands up to heaven
But only you could know
My whole world stands in front of me
By the look in your eyes
By the look in your eyes
My whole life stretches in front of me
Reaching up like a flower
Bm Am7
Leading my life back to the soil
Transcribed 08/05/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Whose Trip Is This?
Whose Trip Is This? - David Sylvian
CHORDS
Emadd9 -022002
Bm9 -x20220
Em -022000
Em7 -022030
Bm7 -x20202
F#m -244222
G -355433
C#m7 -x46454
D -xx0232
C -332010
Am7 -x02010
Dsus2 -xx0230
Bmadd11 -x24430
Asus4 -x02030
G#m9 -464446
D#m7 -x68676
F# -244222
E -022100
B -799877
@ Whose Trip Is This?
Emadd9 Bm9
Emadd9 Em Em7 Bm9 Bm7
Em7
I'm holding on to nothing
Bm9
But this love for life
Em9 Em7 Bm9
Things really haven't turned out right,
oh no
Em9 Em7
We're running at the wrong speed
Bm9
Chasing our tails of time
Em9 Em7 F#m
All God's children holding back the line
G
Someday we're bound to wake up
C#m7 D
And any fool could make it happen
C#m7 D
Any fool could make it work
C#m7 D
All they need is some compassion
Em7 F#m
Growing flowers in the earth
C Am7
Who's swimming, waving and drowning
Em7 Am7
The silence grows more and more profound
Dsus2 Bmadd11 Asus4
Oh baby, who, whose trip is this?
C
I won't be blinded
Am7
The sun may be shining
Em7 Am7
But there's black clouds of smoke arising
Dsus2 Bmadd11 A7sus4
Tell me who, whose trip is this?
Dsus2 Bmadd11 A7sus4
Oh tell me who, whose trip is this?
Standing still amidst the madness
Gravity pulls you in
It's time to question everything you see, mmm
Who's to say we must be dreaming
Believing we all are free
Cause dreams are what we're gonna need
Or else we'll never wake up
And any fool could make it happen
Any fool could make it work
All they need is some compassion
Growing flowers in the earth
Who's swimming, waving and drowning
The silence grows more and more profound
Oh baby, who, whose trip is this?
Moonlighting, finally stopped fighting
And it's patently all for nothing
Tell me who, whose trip is this
Oh tell me who, whose trip is this
G#m9 D#m7
G#m9 D#m7
F# E B
G#m9
It's not good enough
D#m7
To believe in change
G#m7 D#m7
When attitudes remain the same
F# E B
Who, whose trip is this
G#m9
And I won't be rushed
D#m7
Or dealt a hand
G#m9 D#m7
In somebody else's power plan
F# E B
Who, whose trip is this
Won't somebody tell me 'cause I
F# E
I need to know now
B
Whose trip is this (after all)
F# E B
Who, whose trip is this
F# E B
F# E
Any fool can make it happen
B
Can make it work
F# E
All we need is some compassion
B
And the will to learn
Tell me who, whose trip is this (after all)
Transcribed 22/05/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for When Poets Dreamed of Angels
When Poets Dreamed of Angels - David Sylvian chords Em -022000 Fmaj -133210 Am9 -x02200 Am -x02210 D9 -xx0230 A -x02220 A7 -x02020 G6 -320000 Bbdim -x12020 F/A -x03211 F9/A -x03213 Am7 -x02013 G -355433 Bb -688766 Ab -466544 Gm7 -353333 Fmaj7#11 -133200 @ When Poets Dreamed of Angels Em Fmaj Em Fmaj Em Am9 Am D9 Em Fmaj Em She rises early from bed Fmaj Runs to the mirror Em Am9 Am D9 Em The bruises inflicted in moments of fury Fmaj Em He kneels beside her once more Fmaj Whispers a promise Em Am9 Am D9 A "Next time I'll break every bone in your body" A7 Fmaj G6 A And the well-wishers let the devil in A7 Fmaj G6 A And if the river ran dry they'd deny it happening Bbdim F/A As the card players deal their hands Bbdim F9/A From the bottom of the deck Am7 G Gm7 Am7 Row upon row of feudal houses blow away Bb Ab Gm7 Ab Bb Fmaj7 #11 Medicine for the popular complaint Em Fmaj When the poets dreamed of angels Em What did they see? A Am D9 Fmaj7 #11 History lined up in a flash at their backs Em Fmaj When the poets dreamed of angels Em What did they see? A Am D9 Fmaj7 #11 The bishops and knights well placed to attack
Transcribed 27/02/99 by Marco Bovati
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Guitar Tablature for Wave
Wave - David Sylvian
CHORDS
G#m -466444
F#sus -244422
Emaj7 -079897
Gmaj7 -320002
Dmaj7 -xx0222
Bm9/E -xx2422 (-024422)
Bm9/D -xx0422
F#m -244222
Cmaj7 -x32000
C#m -x46654
D#m -x68876
G#m9 -466446
WAVE
G#m
It seems that I remember, I dreamed a thousand dreams
F#sus Emaj7
We'd face the days together no matter what they'd bring
Gmaj7 Dmaj7 G#m F#sus
A strength inside like I'd never known
Bm9/E Bm9/D G#m
Opened the door to life and let it go
G#m
This sun may shine forever upon the back of love
F#sus Emaj7
A kingdom raised from ashes and held within your arms
Gmaj7 Dmaj7 G#m F#sus
And should the rain break through the trees
Bm9/E Bm9/D G#m
We'll find a shelter there and never leave
F#m Dmaj7 Cmaj7
I'll run to you, nothing stands between us now
C#m D#m
Nothing I can lose, this light inside can never die
G#m Emaj7 Dmaj7
Another world just made for two, I'll swim the seas inside with you
C#m D#m G#m
And like the waves, without a sound, I'll never let you down
Upon a wave of summer, a hilltop paved with gold
We shut our eyes and made the promises we hold
A will to guide and see us through
I'd do it all again because of you
I'll run to you, nothing stands between us now
Nothing I can lose, this light inside can never die
Another world just made for two, I'll swim the seas inside with you
And like the waves, without a sound, I'll never let you down
G#m Emaj7 Dmaj7
C#m D#m G#m9
I'd tear my very soul to make you mine
Transcribed by Marco Bovati
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Guitar Tablature for When Love Walks In
Mick Karn and David Sylvian - When Love Walks In
CHORDS
Em -022000
C -x32010
Dsus2 -xx0230
Asus4 -x00230
F -133211
Bm -x24432
G -320003
@ When Love Walks In
Em C Dsus2 Em
Em C Asus4 Em
Em C Dsus2 Em
There's something in the air
Em C Asus4 Em
It's never felt like this before
Em C Dsus2 Em
A turning of the tide
Em C Asus4 Em
A slamming of the holy doors
Em C Dsus2 Em
I find myself a quiet place that no one's ever seen
Em C Asus4 Em
A blazing sun will shine upon the road ahead of me
Em F
When lo-----ve walks in
Em F
When lo-----ve walks in
Em C Dsus2 Em
Em C Asus4 Em
They see it in their eyes
The flames to burn, the final straw
The heathen struck the match and lit the fire
A wish fulfilled and nothing more
I find myself a quiet place that no one's ever been
A blazing sun will shine upon the road ahead of me
When love walks in
When love walks in
When love walks in
When love walks in
Bm C
Dsus2 Em Bm C
Why take me now there's nothing more
Dsus2 Em Bm C
Just hold me close and say good-bye
Dsus2 Em Bm C
There'll be tomorrow's given time
Dsus2 Em Bm C Dsus2 Em
Just close your eyes and leave this all behind
G Bm F
When lo-----ve walks in
Em F
When lo-----ve walks in
Em F
When lo-----ve walks in
Em F
When lo-----ve walks in
Em C
Like waves of golden sand
Dsus2 Em
Heavenly floating seas
Em C
The power in her hands
Asus4 Em
Brings mountains to their knees
Like waves of golden sand
Heavenly floating seas
The power in her hands
Brings mountains to their knees
Like waves of golden sand
Heavenly floating seas
The power in her hands
Brings mountains to their knees
Like waves of golden sand
Heavenly floating seas
The power in her hands
Brings mountains to their knees
Transcribed 02/02/2000 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Waterfront
Waterfront - David Sylvian
This song is not in concert pitch. One assumes some
messing about with the tape speeds has occured.
Chords
Cm -x35543
D# -x68886
A# -688766
Gm -355333
F -133211
Gm7 -3x333x
Gm7-5add11 -3x331x
Fsus2 -133011
Dm -x57765
Fm -122111
A#m -688666
G# -466544
F# -244322
F7sus4 -131311
F7 -131211
C# -x46664
B -x24442
@ Waterfront
Cm D# A# Gm F D#
Cm D# A# Gm
On the banks of a sunset beach
F D#
Messages scratched in sand
Cm D# A# Gm
Beneath a roaming home of stars
F D#
Young boys try their hand
Cm D# A# Gm
A spanish harbouring of sorts
F D#
In Catalonian bars
Cm D# A# Gm
They were pulled from a sinking ship
F D#
And saved for last
Gm7 Gm7-5add11 Gm7 F Fsus2 F Gm7
On the waterfront the rain
F Gm7 Gm7-5add11 Gm7
Is pouring in my heart
F Fsus2 F Gm7
Here the memories come in waves
F D#
Raking in the lost and found of years
Dm
And though I'd like to laugh
Fm D#
At all the things that led me on
A#m G# F# F7sus4 F7
Somehow the stigma still remains
Watch the train steam full ahead
As it takes the bend
Empty carriages lose their tracks
And tumble to their end
So the world shrinks drop by drop
As the wine goes to your head
Swollen angels point and laugh
"This time your god is dead"
On the waterfront the rain
Is pouring in my heart
Here the memories come in waves
Raking in the lost and found of years
And though I'd like to laugh
At all the things that led me on
Somehow the stigma still remains
D# C# B
Is our love strong enough?
Transcribed 15/01/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Wanderlust
Wanderlust - David Sylvian
Chords
C#m7b5b9 -x4x453
Bm7 -x20232
Bm9 -x20222
G#m -466444
G#m/E -066444
G -355433
C#7-3b5 -x4542x
B -x24442
D/F# -2x0232
D* -x53434
C#* -x42323
D#m -x68876
Ddim -x5676x
C#sus4 -x46674
C# -x46664
@ Wanderlust
Intro
C#m7b5b9 Bm7
C#m7b5b9 Bm9
G#m G#m/E G
Help me I feel like I'm weightless
C#7-3b5 B
Floating right out of your hands
D/F# G
And there's only so much I aspire to
C#7-3b5 B
Taking one day at a time
D/F# G
And deliverance has many faces
C#7-3b5 B
But grace is an aquaintance of mine
D/F# G
Tell me how could it have happened
C#7-3b5 B
You know that we're not the marrying kind.
D/F# G
Travel light, don't think twice
C#7-3b5 B
We're leaving the shadows behind.
D*
It's given us, yeah
C#* Bm7
This wonderful wanderlust.
D* C#* Bm7
It's given us this wonderful wanderlust
D* C#* Bm7
It's given us this wonderful wanderlust
D* C#* Bm7
I don't doubt it, I feel it, yeah
C#m7b5b9 Bm7
Wanderlust
C#m7b5b9 Bm7
Wanderlust
C#m7b5b9 Bm7
Help me, this waterboys wasted
Falling right out of your sky
And there's nothing that could do without you
Loving the state that I'm in
Between no longer and not yet
On the threshold of some bright affair
The match was struck and I was fired
The embers of a drowning man
Tell me why won't I listen
Or acknowledge that I don't understand
Losing light, a selfish kind
And we're out on the road again.
It's given us, yeah
This wonderful wonderlust.
It's given us this wonderful wanderlust
It's given us this wonderful wanderlust
I don't doubt it, I feel it, yeah
D#m Ddim
C#sus4 B C#
D#m Ddim C#sus4 B C#
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--2-0-------------------2-0-------------------
------3--------4-3-1-3-------3---3-1----------
---------0--3------------------------4-4--3-1-
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D#m Ddim
Turn the headlights on full
C#sus4
I want to take in it all
B
And let it wash over me
C# D#m Ddim
The bridge looks so high
C#sus4
From the ledge that we climbed
B
But we climbed them so that we could be free
C# D#m Ddim
Give me no dreams of what the future brings
C#sus4 B
I need to know when I have gone too far, oh
C# D#m
Repeated lightening strikes
Ddim
Up and down the spine
C#sus4 B
They search us out wherever we go
C# D#m Ddim
In a world full of lies
C#sus4
That tug at the truth
B
I'm taking no sides
B
Now I recognise you.
C#m7b5b9 Bm7
C#m7b5b9 Bm7
C#m7b5b9 Bm7
Wanderlust
C#m7b5b9 Bm7
Wanderlust
C#m7b5b9 Bm7
It's given us, given us
C#m7b5b9 Bm7
This wonderful wanderlust
C#m7b5b9 Bm7 C#m7b5b9 Bm7
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful
C#m7b5b9 Bm7
Wander---lust
C#m7b5b9 Bm7
I don't doubt it
C#m7b5b9 Bm7
No
Transcribed 25/01/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Visions of China
Japan - Visions of China
Chords
Abm-466444
Eb/Db-x4888x
Ebm-x68876
F#-x9(11)(11)(11)9
Bm-799777
D-x57775
E-022100
E/F#024100
Visions Of China
Abm Eb/Db Ebm
I'm walking young and strong
Abm Eb/Db Ebm
But just a little too thin
Abm Eb/Db Ebm
I may be happy but I haven't clue
Abm Eb/Db Ebm
To this life
Abm Eb/Db Ebm F#
In my mind
Bm D E
Stay with me
We could learn to fight
Bm D E
like every good boy should
Bm D E
Cling to me
Bm D
We are blacked out in visions of China
E/F#
Tonight
I'm building heroes again
I never thought of before
I remember the fashion but
Don't have clue
To your life
In my mind
Stay with me
We could learn to fight
Like every good boy should
Cling to me
We are blacked out in visions of China
Tonight
Abm Eb/Db Ebm
We walk backwards say nothing
Abm Eb/Db Ebm
My visions of China
We're young and strong in this party
We're building our visions of China
We walk backwards say nothing
Visions of China
We're young and strong in this party
We're building our visions of China
We walk backwards say nothing
Our visions of China
We're young and strong in this party
We're building our visions of China
Transcribed 08/05/98 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for The Shining Of Things
The Shining Of Things - David Sylvian
This song is best played by plucking the strings
using thunb and fingers. The chord chart shows
which inversions I prefer, but you could use whatever
you wish.
CHORDS
Cm -x3554x
Bb -x1333x
Gm7 -3x333x
Eb -x6888x
Eb/D -x5888x
Ab -4x654x
Bm -7x777x
A -5x543x
Em -0x998x
D -x5777x
Dm7 -x5757x
C -x3555x
Am7 -5x555x
F -1x321x
G -3x543x
@ The Shining Of Things
Cm Bb
Take My word for it
Gm7 Eb Eb/D
This never should have happened
Cm Bb
What in the world d'ya think
Gm7 Ab
Got into me
Cm Bb
We fire at will
Gm7 Eb Eb/D
And as we watch the pieces shatter
Cm Bb
We find were closer
Gm7 Ab
Than we've ever been
Bm7 A Em D
She calls my name and I come running
Dm7 C Gm7 Am7
I have lost the voice I listened too
Bm7 A
And in the blindness
Em D
As my world stops turning
Dm7 C Bb Gm7
Theres a sadness like I never knew
F G
But I still see the shining of things
Cm Bb Bb7 Dm Abmaij7 F G
e--3---6---4---1---3----------3-
B--4---6---4---3---4--------6-3-
G--5---3---3---2---1--------5-0-
D---------------------------3---
A-------------------------------
E-------------------------------
Cm Bb
As the morning breaks
Gm7 Eb Eb/D
It hardly seems to matter
Cm Bb
I hear a shallowness
Gm7 Ab
In everything I say
Cm Bb
We've played the night out
Gm7 Eb Eb/D
In all too familiar fashion
Cm Bb
To wear the heart-ache
Gm7 Ab
Through another day
Cm Bb Bb7 Dm Abmaij7 F G
e--3---6---4---1---3----------3-
B--4---6---4---3---4--------6-3-
G--5---3---3---2---1--------5-0-
D---------------------------3---
A-------------------------------
E-------------------------------
Bm7 A Em D
She calls my name and I come running
Dm7 C Gm7 Am7
I have lost the voice I listened too
Bm7 A
And theres a stillness now
Em D
The rain's stopped falling
Dm7 C Bb Gm7
Theres a sadness like I never knew
F G Cm
But I see the shining of things
Transcribed 10/04/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for The Ink In The Well
Sylvian David - The Ink In The Well
Chords
B #5 -x2102x
Em7 -022030
D(no5) -xx0x32
Cmaj -332000
Bm7 -x24232
G6 -320000
F#m7-9 -244020
@ The Ink In The Well
B #5 Em7 B #5 Em7 (Harmonics xx xx 12 12 12 12)
B #5 Em7 B #5 Em7
B #5 Em7 B #5 Em7
The lights of the ashes smoulder through hills and vales
B #5 Em7 B #5 Em7
Nostalgia burns in the hearts of the strongest
B #5 Em7 B #5
Picasso is painting the ships in the harbour
Em7 B #5 Em7 B #5
The wind and------ sails
B #5 Em7 B #5 Em7
These are the years with a genius for living
D(no5) Em7
The rope is cut, the rabbit
Bm7 Cmaj7 D(no5)
loose
(Fire at will in this open season)
Em7
The blood of the poet, the ink in the
Bm7 Cmaj7 G6
well
(It's all written down in this age of reason)
F#m7-9
The Harmonics sounds like this: A E E G E E A E E G E E...
The animals run through harvested fields of fire
The bitterness shown on the face of the homeless
Picasso is painting the flames from the houses
The sudden rain
These are the years with a genius for living
The rope has been cut, the rabbit is loose
(Fire at will in this open season)
The blood of the poet, the ink in the well
(It's all written down in this age of reason)
Fire at will
Fire at will
Fire at will
Transcribed 07/11/98 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for The First Day
David Sylvian & Robert Fripp - The First Day
****************************************************
There is no guitar part on the original and so
the chords are based on what I hear.
For a solo guitar version I find a combination
of picked and single chord strums works best.
Experiment and discover which works best for you.
****************************************************
Chords
Cm -8(10)(10)88x
Cmadd11 -8(10)(10)86x
Bb -688766
Gm7 -3x3333
Fm7 -131141
Db -x68886
@ The First Day
Cm Bb Gm7 Cm
Cm
Bring out the stars
Cmadd11
And fade to silence
Bb
Let the heart decide
Gm7
and watch it grow
Cm
Ring out the bells
Cm
Trading in blindness
Bb
Fooled by kisses
Gm7
Touched by wings
Cm
Shadow-fall
And the water fills the room
Bb Gm
Bathed in moon grey blue
Cm
Baby came and spoke her name
Bb Gm7
With promises to call again
Fm7 Gm7
Swimming gold in a shipwrecked sea
Bb
She troubles me
She troubles me
Eb Gm7 Cm Bb Gm7 Cm
Counting the ways
To fall without landing
Stumbling into flight
Descent and slide
Compressing sound
From coal to diamond
Words are knotted tight
To chords that bind
Shadow-fall
And the water fills the room
Bathed in moon grey blue
Baby came and spoke her name
With promises to call again
Swimming gold in a shipwrecked sea
She troubles me
She troubles me
Eb Bb Cm
Cm Bb
Received by the eye, believed by the word
Gm7 Fm7
Be seen to make haste, when the soundings are heard
Cm
Don't discourage me
Cm
Whittling down the wood with the stone
Bb Gm7
If the boundary breaks I'm no longer alone
Cm
Don't discourage me
Cm
Bring out the stars
Cmadd11
On the first day
Bb
On the first day
Cmadd11 Cm
On the first day
Transcribed 03/11/98 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Thalheim
Thalheim - David Sylvian
CHORDS
Em9 -020002
Cmaij7 -332000
Bbmaij7 -x13231
Am7 -x02010
D9 -xx0230
G -320033
Fmaij7 -133210
Dm -xx0231
C#m -x46654
D -xx0232
E -022100
Em -022000
Bm -x24432
C -x32010
@ Thalheim
Em9 Cmaij7
Em9
Couldn't leave you if I tried
Cmaij7
Couldn't weather this alone
Em9
And through the darkness you still provide
Cmaij7
The sweetest love I've ever known
Bbmaij7 Am7
Take the shadow from the road I walk upon
D9
Be my sunshine, sunshine
Bbmaij7
And in the emptiness
Am7
You look and find someone
G
The damage is undone
Fmaij7
And love has made you strong
Heaven gave me mine
Thalheim
Am7 G Fmaij7 Dm D9
Am7 G Fmaij7 Dm D9
Am7 G Fmaij7 Dm D9
Am7 G Fmaij7 Dm D9
The saddest words have come undone
Changing the very air I breathe
And miracles have just begun
In which only you and I believe
Take the shadow from the road I walk upon
Be my sunshine, sunshine
And in the weightlessness
You look and find someone
The damage is undone
And love has made you strong
Heaven gave me mine
Thalheim
Am7 G Fmaij7 Dm
Am7
C#m D E Em D
Bm C C#m D
E Em D
Bm C
Am7 Bb
When I'm all at sea
C Gm
You never let me down
Fmaij7
I'll just keep coming back to you
D9 Em
Til I walk on solid ground
Am7
>From the foothills to the mountains
G
On the waters of the Rhine
Fmaij7
Face to face in Shahbagh gardens
D9
In communion, out of time
Am7 G Fmaij7 D9
Thalheim Thalheim
>From the lilies of the valley
To the grapes upon the vine
The well of speculation
Is it his or hers or mine?
Thalheim
In the everything and nothing
In disharmony and rhyme
In the sound of shot and echo
Who's the victim, what's the crime?
What's the crime?
Be my, be my sunshine
In the keening cries of evening
Unforgotten, underlined
We slipped into the water
Out of focus, out of time.
###########################################
Some guitar licks and the guitar solo tab
@ Thalhiem Solo
h = Hammer on
p = Pull off
b = Bend string up
r = Release bend
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down
v = Vibrato
Intro
e------------------------------------------e
B-----8------12\10---10-8------------------B
D-7-9---9-----------------9-7-9--9-7-------G
D------------------------------------9-7-9-D
A------------------------------------------A
E------------------------------------------E
If I tried
e--------------------------e
B---------------------8b---B
G-------------------9----9-G
D--------------------------D
A--------------------------A
E--------------------------E
Weather this alone
e----------------------------------------e
B---------------------12\10--------------B
G---------------------------9\7----------G
D----------------------------------9-7-9-D
A----------------------------------------A
E----------------------------------------E
you still provide
e--------------------------------e
B------------------10-8h10p8\5---B
G--------------------------------G
D--------------------------------D
A--------------------------------A
E--------------------------------E
I've ever known
e--------------------------------e
B--------------------------------B
G-----------------------(s)7-----G
D-----------------------------7--D
A--------------------------------A
E--------------------------------E
(s)Denotes swell note
Be my sunshine sunshine
e------------------------------------e
B------------------------------------B
G----------------------------5\4/5-7-G
D------------------------5-7---------D
A------------------------------------A
E------------------------------------E
@ START OF SOLO @
e-----------------------------------e
B---------------8-8--10-10----------B
G--7--7--9-9----------------9\7-7-7-G
D-----------------------------------D
A-----------------------------------A
E-----------------------------------E
e----------------------------------e
B----------------------------------B
G--5-4-5/7\5-----------------------G
D------------5----2-2p0h2/5-5-2----D
A----------------------------------A
E----------------------------------E
e----------------------------------e
B--------------------------6---5---B
G------------5----5---5-7----7---5-G
D--2--5/7-7----7----7--------------D
A----------------------------------A
E----------------------------------E
e----------------------------------e
B---------6-5---5-6/8---6-5--------B
G-5---5-7----5--------------5------G
D---7------------------------------D
A----------------------------------A
E----------------------------------E
e-----------------------------------e
B--5-6-8/10\8-6-5-------------------B
G------------------7-5-4------------G
D------------------------7-5--------D
A----------------------------5h7----A
E-----------------------------------E
@ END OF SOLO @
words have come undone
e------------------------------------e
B------------------------------------B
G-------------------------7\4--4-5-4-G
D-------------------------5\2--5-5-5-D
A------------------------------------A
E------------------------------------E
Very air I breathe baby
e------------------------------e
B------------------------------B
G-----------------------7/9\4--G
D------------------------------D
A------------------------------A
E------------------------------E
Transcribed 09/04/99 by Mike Garoghan
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ADDITIONAL LEAD GUITAR TABS ADDED 03/12/99
Guitar Tablature for The Devil’s Own
David Sylvian - The Devil's Own
CHORDS
G#m -466444
F# -244322
D#m -x68876
C#m -x46654
A#m -688666
B -799877
G# -466544
F#m -244222
Bm -x24432
C9 -x32033
Bm/F# -2x4432
A/E -0x222x
@ The Devil's Own
G#m F#
The night is dark and cold
D#m
The strong winds and the rain
C#m
Crack the branches upon my window
A#m B
The devil beats his drum
G#
Casting out his spell
F#m
Dragging all his own down into hell
G#m F#
The ticking of the clock
D#m
Inexorably goes on
C#m
The howling of the stray souls of heaven
A#m B
The treasures of the cove
G#
Where the traders stored their gold
F#m
Echo voices still dead to the world
(bass) G# A A#
Bm C9
Underneath the vine
Bm
Shaded by the leaves
Bm/F# A/E C#m
I still hold you close to me
Bm C9
Beneath the open stars
Bm
Beneath the pillows and the sheets
Bm/F# A/E C#m
I still hold you dear to me
F(Bass) F#(Bass)
------12------12------12-----12------12--
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-12-14---12-14---12-14--12-14---12-14----
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F(Bass) F#(Bass)
------12------12------12-----12------12--15-17-
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-12-14---12-14---12-14--12-14---12-14----------
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The ticking of the clock
Surely sunrise won't be long
When darkness hides inside it's own shadow
The devil beats his drum
Casting out his name
Dragging all his own down into shame
Transcribed 06/01/99 by Marco Bovati
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Amended by Mike Garoghan 14/04/00
Guitar Tablature for Silver Moon
Silver Moon - David Sylvian
CHORDS
G# -466544
G#7sus4 -464644
Fm -133111
D#m -x68876
C#m -x46654
D -xx0232
Asus4 -x00230
Dsus2 -xx0230
Asus4add9 -x00400
E7sus4 -000200
Em7add11 -000000
F#m -244222
/F# -2xxxxx
/Ab -4xxxxx
/A -5xxxxx
Cm -x35543
A#m -x13321
C# -x46664
Gm -355333
@ Silver Moon
G#
G#7sus4
G# G#7sus4
G#
Out upon the open fields
The rain is pouring down
Fm
We're pulling up the sheets again
D#m
Against the passing tides of love
C#m
Every doubt that holds you here
G#
Will find their own way out
G# G#7sus4 G#
I will build a shelter if you call
Fm
Just take my hand and walk
Over mountains high and wide
D#m
Bridging rivers deep inside
C#m
With a will to guide you on
D Aus4 D
Your heart will need no one
Asus4add9 E7sus4 Em7add11 F#m
Those days are gone
F#m
/F# /Ab /A
Fm Cm
Baby, I can tell you there's no easy way out
A#m C# G# Gm
Lost inside of dreams that guide you on
Fm Cm
Baby, I can tell you there's no easy way out
A#m C# G# Gm Fm
Soon the guiding moonlight will be gone
Fm
G# Fm
D#m C#m
G#
G#
Out upon the ocean waves subside
Fm
From the weakness of the tide
D#m
That punishes in kind, when the heavens open wide
C#m
Every shore the moon shines on
D Aus4 D
Every word her siren's sung,
D Dsus2 Asus4 F#m
believe in no one
F#m
/F# /Ab /A
Fm Cm
Baby, I can tell you there's no easy way out
A#m C# G# Gm
Lost inside of dreams that guide you on
Fm Cm
Baby, I can tell you there's no easy way out
A#m C# G# Gm Fm
Soon the guiding moonlight will be gone
Fm
Transcribed 20/02/00 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Swing
Swing - Japan Chords Bm7 -x24232 F#sus -244422 F#m -244222 Esus -022200 E -022100 Swing Bm7 /F#sus F#m G /Esus E Bm7 Tell me when the work is done F#sus F#m Tell me when the day is through G And I'll drive safely inside my car Esus E Taking islands in Africa Shout if someone gets too near I'll know just what I ought to do I'll arrive safely in my car Taking islands in Africa Bm7 Now you're feet are back on the ground again G F#sus She'll say the weather's dim but relax my love Bm7 Relax and swing G F#sus Things you say are not too clear I'm someone you'll neither know again But I sit here and watch from afar Taking islands in Africa Bm7 /F#sus F#m G /Esus E Bm7 Now you're feet are back on the ground again G F#sus She'll say the weather's dim but relax my love Bm7 G Relax and swing Bm7 G F#sus Bm7 Whisper in the wind (Refrain with no chords) Bm7
Transcribed 13/10/99 by Marco Bovati
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Guitar Tablature for Red Guitar (studio)
Red Guitar - David Sylvian
Based upon the version recorded in Brilliant Trees
Chords
C9 -x32333 -x3x333 -x3233x
Gmaj9 -32423x -3xx232 -3x423x -3x0202
Em11 -022232 -000002 -077777
Bm7 -x2x232 -x24232 -7x777x -797777 -x20202
Gm6 -3x233x -3x2333 -355353
D7 -xx0212 -x5453x -x57575
Gm -355333
F -133211
Am -x02210 -577555
G -320033 -320003 -355433
Bb -x13331 -688766
Eb9 -x65666 -x6x666 -x6566x -xx1021
Bbmaj9 -65756x -6xx565 -6x756x -x10211
Gm11 -355565 -333335 -3x0211 -3x321x
Dm7 -x5x565 -x57565 -xx0211 -x5353x
Db7 -x46464 -x4342x -x4x421
C7sus4 -x35363 -x3331x -x3x311
G#m -466444
F# -244322
A#m -x13321 -688666
G# -466544
B -x24442 -799877
C#9 -x43444 -x4x444 -x4344x
G#maj9 -43534x -4xx343 -4x534x
Fm11 -133343 -111113 -111011
Cm7 -x3x343 -x35343 -x3131x
G#m6 -4x344x -4x3444 -466464
@ Red Guitar
>Intro
C9 Gmaj9 C9 Em11
C9 Bm7 Gm6 Bm7
C9 Gmaj9 C9 Em11
C9 Bm7 Gm6 Bm7
C9 Gmaj9 C9 Em11 C9 Bm7 Gm6 Bm7
I recognise no method of living that I know
C9 Gmaj9 C9 Em11 C9 Bm7 Gm6 Bm7
I see only the basic materials I may use
(same as Intro)
C9 Gmaj9 C9 Em11
If you ask me, I may tell you
C9 Gmaj9 C9 D7
It's been this way for years
Gm F Am G
I play my
Gm F Am G
Red guitar
Gm F
It's the devil in the flesh
Am Bb Gm F Am G
It's the iron in my soul
Gm F Am G
I play my
Gm F Am G
Red guitar
Gm F
It's the devil in the flesh
Am Bb Gm F Am G
It's the iron in my soul
I understand you're facing problems inside you
A certain difficulty of being that I know too
C9 Gmaj9 C9 Em11
You may ask me why do I fail
C9 Bm7 Gm6 Bm7
Just when I'm needed
I play my red guitar
It's the devil in the flesh
It's the iron in my soul
>Trumpet solo
Eb9 Bbmaj9 Eb9 Gm11
Eb9 Dm7 Db7 C7sus4
Eb9 Bbmaj9 Eb9 Gm11
Eb9 Dm7 Db7 C7sus4
>Transposed 1/2 up
G#m F# A#m G#
I play my
G#m F# A#m G#
Red guitar
G#m F#
It's the devil in the flesh
A#m B G#m F# A#m G#
It's the iron in my soul
G#m F# A#m G#
I play my
G#m F# A#m G#
Red guitar
G#m F#
It's the devil in the flesh
A#m B G#m F# A#m G#
It's the iron in my soul
C#9 G#maj9 C#9 Fm11
C#9 Cm7 G#m6 Cm7
C#9 G#maj9 C#9 Fm11
C#9 Cm7 G#m6 Cm7
C#9 G#maj9 C#9 Fm11
If you ask me, I may tell you
C#9 Cm7 G#m6
It's been this way for years
Transcribed by Emanuele D’Angelo - October 1999
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Guitar Tablature for September
Sylvian David - September
(((((( Especially for Jan ))))))
CHORDS
C#m7 -x46457
D -xx0232
D6-5sus2 -xx0430
C#m7(2) -x46454
C6b5sus2 -x30232
A -x02220
G -320003
Em7 -022030
Bm -x24432
G#m7 -4x444x
Gmaij7#5 -3x444x
F#6-5sus4 -2x444x
Emaij7sus2 -0x444x
F#m7 -2x222x
E -0x210x
F#7-5sus4 -2x445x
Ebm -x67756
@ September
C#m7 D
The sun shines high above
D6-5sus2
The sounds of laughter
C#m7(2)C#m7 D
The birds swoop down upon
The crosses of old grey churches
e:----------------4---------|
B:----------4-5-7-----------|
G:--------------------------|
D:--------------------------|
A:--------------------------|
E:--------------------------|
C#m7(2) C#m7 C#m7(2) C#m7 D
We say that we're in love
C6b5sus2 Bm
While secretly wishing for rain
A G Em7
Sipping coke and playing games
G#m7 Gmaj7#5 F#6-5sus4
September's here again
Emaij7sus2 F#m7 E
F#7-5sus4 Emaij7sus2
September's here again
Ebm
e:---------6-----6-6-6---4-----|
B:---------7-----7-7-7-----4-7-|
G:---------6--6--6-6-6---------|
D:----4-6--8-----8-6-8---------|
A:---------6-----6-6-6---------|
E:-----------------------------|
Transcribed 12/12/98 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for River Man
River Man - David Sylvian
CHORDS
B -799877
C#m -x46654
@ River Man
B C#m B C#m
B C#m B
I see your eyes light up like fire
C#m
It's medicine to me
B C#m B
But as the hunted live their lives
C#m
You're keeping out of reach
B C#m B C#m
B
So I keep running, falling
C#m
Till I reach the water
B C#m
Run with me holyman
B
But when I reach out
C#m
I find I'm standing right beside her
B
Now we're living
C#m B
Blessed with all the thunder in the world
Now, should you ask me to come home
To wake up from the sleep
Like a boat inside a storm
Is there no hope for me?
So I keep running, falling
Wade into the water
Run with me riverman
But when I reach out
I find I'm standing right beside her
Now we're living
Blessed with all the thunder in the world
from the live cd ‘damage’
Transcribed 15/01/99 by Marco Bovati
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Guitar Tablature for Orpheus
David Sylvian - Orpheus
Chords
Eadd9 -024100
Cmaij7 -x32000
A -x02220
Fmaij7 -133210
E -022100
D -xx0232
Bm -x24432
G -355433
G6 -355430
Bbmaij7 -x13231
Amaij7 -x02120
Am9 -x02200
E7 -020100
A7 -x03030
@ Orpheus
Eadd9 Cmaij7 A Fmaij7
E
Standing firm on this stony ground
Cmaij7
The wind blows hard, pulls these clothes around
A
I harbour all the same worries as most
Fmaij7
The temptations to leave or to give up the ghost
D Bm
I wrestle with an outlook on life
G G6
That shifts between darkness and shadowy light
Fmaij7
I struggle with words, for fear that they'll hear
Bbmaij7 Amaij7
But Orpheus sleeps on his back, still dead to the world
Sunlight falls, my wings open wide
There's a beauty here I cannot deny
Bottles that tumble and crash on the stairs
Are just so many people I knew never cared
Down below on the wreck of the ship
Are a stronghold of pleasures I couldn't regret
But the baggage is swallowed up by the tide
As Orpheus keeps to his promise and stays by my side
Fmaij7 G6
Tell me - I'd still a lot to learn
Fmaij7 G6
Understand - These fires never stop
Fmaij7 G6
Believe me - When this joke is tired of laughing
Fmaij7 G6 Bbmaij7 Am9
I will hear - the promise of my Orpheus' sing
E (E7) Cmaij7 A (A7) Fmaij7
E (E7) Cmaij7 A (A7) Fmaij7
Sleepers sleep as we row the boat
Just you, the weather, and I gave up hope
But all of the hurdles that fell in our laps
Was fuel for the fire and straw for our backs
Still the voices have stories to tell
Of the power struggles in heaven and hell
But we feel secure against such mighty dreams
As Orpheus sings of the promise tomorrow may bring.
Fmaij7 G6
Fmaij7 G6
Fmaij7 G6
Tell me - I'd still a lot to learn
Fmaij7 G6
Understand - These fires never stop
Fmaij7 G6
Please believe - When this joke is tired of laughing
Fmaij7 G6 Bbmaij7 Am9
I will hear - the promise of my Orpheus' sing
Transcribed 28/04/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Pocket Full of Change
Pocket Full of Change - Rain Tree Crow
INTRO CHORDS
C#m7 -x46457
C#7sus2add13 -x46446
B -x2444x
B/D -x4444x
CHORDS
F# -244322
Eadd9 -022102
E -022100
B -799877
A -577655
G#m -466444
@ Pocket Full of Change
C#m7 C#7sus2add13 B B/D#
C#m7
She brings me water
C#7sus2add13
Sweeter than wine
C#m7
Lost in the moment
C#7sus2add13
Summertime
F# Eadd9 E
F# Eadd9 E
F# Eadd9 E
F# Eadd9 E
F# Eadd9 E
Counting the hours
F# Eadd9 E
Beating our time
F# Eadd9 E
Shallow as any heart
F# Eadd9 E
I could hope to find
F# Eadd9 E
F# Eadd9 E
F# Eadd9 E
Move with the water
F# Eadd9 E
Drift with the tide
F# Eadd9
With no regrets
E F# Eadd9 E
To keep the ghosts alive
B A G#m
When she smiles
E F#
She smiles for me
F# Eadd9 E
She smiles for me
F# Eadd9 E
Life runs out
F# Eadd9 E
Like a pocketful of change
F# Eadd9 E
Time runs out
F# Eadd9 E
Like a pocketful of change
F# Eadd9 E
B A G#m E
F# Eadd9 E
F# Eadd9 E
F# Eadd9 E
F# Eadd9 E
Here comes the morning
Blind and tired
Pulled by the undertow
This world of mine
This world is mine
When she cries
She cries for me
Life runs out
Like a pocketful of change
Time runs out
Like a pocket full of change
Transcribed 13/06/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Nostalgia
Nostalgia - David Sylvian
CHORDS
Dsus2 -xx0230
Bb(1) -688766
Gm7 -3x333x
Am7 -5x555x
Gm -355333
Am -577555
G -355433
Bb(2) -x1333x
(Gm7)=Optional
@ Nostalgia
Dsus2
Voices heard in fields of green
Bb
Their joy their calm and luxury
Dsus2 Bb
Are lost within the wanderings of my mind
Dsus2
I'm cutting branches from the trees
Bb
Shaped by years of memories
Dsus2 Bb
To exorcise their ghosts from inside of me
Gm7 Am7 Bb
The sound of waves in a pool of water
Am G Dsus2 Bb
I'm drowning in my nostalgia
Am Bb(2) (Gm7)
Nostalgia
Dsus2 Bb Am Gm
My Nostalgia
Dsus2 Bb Am Bb(2) Gm
Dsus2 Bb Am Gm
Dsus2 (interval)
Dsus2 Bb
Gm7 Am7 Bb
The sound of waves in a pool of water
Am7 G Dsus2 Bb
I'm drowning in my nostalgia
Am Bb(2) (Gm7)
Nostalgia
Dsus2 Bb Am Gm
My Nostalgia
Dsus2 Bb Am Gm
My Nostalgia
Dsus2 Bb Am Gm Dsus2
My Nostalgia
Tab Key
h = Hammer on
p = Pull off
b = Bend string up
r = Release bend
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down
v = Vibrato
Itro
----------10--------------14--------------
--8----------8----------10----------------
---9----------9-------11------11-9-12-----
----10-10----------0----------------------
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--8--7----17------------------------------
---8--------17-15--12\10------------------
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-7-----------10---------------------------
--8---------8--10-------------------------
-------7-5-------9---------10-9-----------
---5/7------------10-10-12------10--------
----------------------------------10------
------------------------------------10----
----------7---7-5-------------------------
----8----6--------------------------------
--5---7-----------------------------------
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~ in fields of green
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their calm and luxury
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----------------5-5-7---5-5h7-------------
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within the wanderings of my mind
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---------------------------------6/9\6----
-------------5-5-5-5-5h7------------------
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I'm cutting branches from the trees
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-5----------------------------15----------
-5----------------------------------------
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To exorcise their ghosts from inside
---12-------------------------------------
---13--------------------------5h7--------
---14-------------------------------------
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of me
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------20--20--20--20----------------------
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Transcribed 22/02/99 by Marco Bovati
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Amended By Mike Garoghan 13/04/00
Guitar Tablature for Nightporter
Japan - Nightporter
Chords
Am-xo2210
Em-022000
F -133211
C -x32010
Bm-x24432
Dm-xx0231
Play the root bass note for each chord chord before each strum
to create the feel of the original piano part.
@ Nightporter
Intro
Am Em x 10
F Em C Bm
Am Em x2
Am Em Am Em
Could I ever explain
Am Em Am Em
This feeling of love it just lingers on
F Em C
The fear in my heart that keeps telling me
Bm Am Em Am Em
which way to turn
Am Em Am Em
Am Em Am Em
We'll wander again
Am Em
Our clothes they are wet
Am Em
We shy from the rain
F Em C
Longing to touch all the places we
Bm Am Em Am Em
know we can hide
F Em C
The width of a room that can hold so much
Bm Am Em Am Em
pleasure inside
Am Em Am Em
Dm Am Bm Em
Here am I alone again
Dm Am Bm Em
A quiet town where life begins
Dm Am Bm Em
Here am I just wondering
Dm Em
Nightporters go
Dm C Bm
Nightporters slip away
I'll watch for a sign
And if I should ever again cross your mind
I'll sit in my room and wait until nightlife begins
I'm catching my breath
We'll both brave the weather again
Here am I alone again
A quiet town where life gives in
Here am I just wondering
Nightporters go
Nightporters slip away
Transcribed 06/10/98 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Midnight Sun
David Sylvian - Midnight Sun
This song is a fairly straight forward
12 bar blues in the C minor key.
However in my transcription I have added sevenths
and suspended notes that reflect the chords created
by the piano movement on the original DBOAC track
CHORDS
Cm7 -x35343
C7sus4 -x35363
Cm -x35543
Fm7 -131111
Fm -133111
Gm -355333
Gm7 -353333
@ Midnight Sun
Cm7 C7sus4 Cm C7sus4
Cm
They've stolen the moon
Cm7
The magic is gone
C7sus4
And there in its place
Cm
A black midnight sun
Fm7
The darkness is frightening
Fm
And love is denied
Cm7
They've stolen the moon
C7sus2 Cm7
God only knows why
Gm
The stars have lost their daughter
Fm7
The devils thieves have won
Cm7
And there in her place
C7sus2 Gm7
A black midnight sun
Solo
Cm7
Fm7
Cm7
Gm Fm7 Cm Gm
They've stolen the moon
The magic is gone
And there in its place
A black midnight sun
The darkness is frightening
And love is denied
They've stolen the moon
God only knows why
The stars have lost there daughter
The devils thieves have won
And there in her place
A black midnight sun
Transcribed 20/04/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Let The Happiness In
David Sylvian - Let The Happiness In
Chords
F# -244322
Bsus2 -x24422
C#sus2 -x46644
A -566455
Dm -x57765
E6 -022100
G -355433
F -133211
@ Let The Happiness In
F# Bsus2
F# Bsus2 C#sus2
F# Bsus2
I'm waiting on the empty docks
Watching the ships come in
F# Bsus2
I'm waiting for the agony to stop
C#sus2 F#
Oh, let the happiness in
F# Bsus2
F# Bsus2 C#sus2
F# Bsus2
I'm watching as the gulls all settle down
Upon the empty vessels
F# Bsus2
The faded whites of their wedding gowns
C#sus2 F#
The songs of hopeless selflessness
F# Bsus2
F# Bsus2 C#sus2
A Dm
The cold December Sun
A cold that blisters
E6 G
The hands of a working man
F
Wasted
F# Bsus2
F# Bsus2 C#sus2
I'm waiting on the empty docks
Watching the ships roll in
I'm waiting for the agony to stop
Oh, let the happiness in
Oh, let the happiness in
Oh, let the happiness in
Listen to the waves against the rocks
I don't know where they've been
I'm waiting for the sky to open up
And let the happiness in
Oh, let the happiness in
Oh, let the happiness in
Cause it's coming
Coming home
Let the happiness in
Oh, let the happiness in
Cause it's coming
Coming on, calling home
Oh, let the happiness in
Cause it's coming, coming home
Oh, let the happiness in
Transcribed 03/11/98 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Laughter and Forgetting
David Sylvian - Laughter and Forgetting
CHORDS
C#m -x46654
C#m/B -7x6454
Amaij7 -5x667x
Gmaij9 -300002
A -x02220
C#m7 -x46454
Cmaij7 -x35453
Bm7 -7x7777
Dmaij7 -x57675
Cmaij7/G -3x545x
F#m7 -2x222x
G#m7 -4x444x
D/G -3xx232
Cmaij9/G -3xx000
E -022100
Amaij9 -x02424
@ Laughter And Forgetting
C#m C#m/B
Running like a horse between the trees
Amaj7
The ground beneath my feet
Gmaj9
Gives me something to hold on to
A C#m7 Gmaj9
With the reins around my heart
Cmaj7 Bm7 Amaj7 C#m7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7
Guided by hands that spread life before my very eyes
C#m7 Cmaj7/G
Well every hope falls down on it's knees in time
C#m7
But I'm no longer lost
A F#m7 C#m7 G#m7 Cmaj7/G D/G
Every day, every second, every hour inside
Cmaj9/G
Love's my only guide
G#m7 F#m7 E C#m7 Bm7 Amaj9
Are these the years for laughter and forgetting?
(solo section: repeat form)
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Guitar Tablature for I Surrender
I Surrender - David Sylvian
Chords
D#m5/C -8x8766
Cm7 -8x888x
G# -466544
Gm -355333
Bb -688766
@ I Surrender
Dm#5/C
Cm7 Dm#5/C
Cm7
I opened up the pathway of the heart
Dm#5/C
The flowers died, embittered from the start
G# Gm
That night I crossed the Bridge of Sighs
Cm7 Dm#5/C
And I surrendered
Cm7 Dm#5/C
I looked back and glimpsed the outline of a boy
Cm7 Dm#5/C
His life of sorrows now collapsing into joy
G# Gm
Tonight the stars are aligned
Cm7
And I surrender
G# Gm
A mother cries beneath a southern sky
Cm7
And I surrender
Cm7 Dm#5/C Bb
Recording angels and the poets of the night
Cm7 Dm#5/C Bb
Bring back the trophies of the battles that we fight
G# Gm
Searchlights fill the open skies
Cm7 Dm#5/C
And I surrender
Outrageous cries of love have called you back
De-railed the trains of thought, demolished wayward track
You tell me I've no need to wonder why
I just surrender
I stand too close to see the slight of hand
How she found this child inside the frightened man
Tonight I'm learning how to fly
And I surrender
I've travelled all this way for your embrace
Enraptured by the recognition on your face
Hold me now while my old life dies tonight
And I surrender
My mother cries beneath the open skies
And I surrender
An ancient evening just before the fall
The light in your eyes, the meaning of it all
Birds fly and fill the summer skies
And I surrender
She throws the burning books into the sea
Come find the meaning of the word inside of me
It's alright the stars are all aligned
And I surrender
A mother cries beneath the moonlit skies
And I surrender
My body turns to ashes in her hands
The dissapearing world of footprints in the sand
Tell me now that this love will never die
And I surrender
My mother cries beneath the open skies
And I surrender
Guitar part for the intro and first verse
Dm#5/C Cm7 Dm#5/C Cm7
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----------4---8-4-6-8-6------------------------
------------------------------5-7-8------------
----------1---5-1-3-5-3------------------------
------------------------------3-5-6------------
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Dm#5/C
I opened up the pathway of the heart
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----------------------------------8--5-1-3-----
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The flowers died, embittered from the start
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G# Gm
That night I crossed the Bridge of Sighs
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Cm7 Dm#5/C
And I surrender
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---------5-----3--------------------------------
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Transcribed 01/04/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Jean The Birdman
Jean The Birdman - David Sylvian and Robert Fripp
CHORDS
D7 -xx0212
C7 -x32310
G -320003
G/F# -2x0003
E -022100
G7 -320001
D* -xx0101
@ Jean the Birdman
D7 C7 G G/F#
D7 C7 G G/F#
D7
He gambles on the saddle
C7
He's pulling on the mane
G
He thrashes on the horse's back
G/F#
Ambition is a bloody game
D7
Horse doesn't want to jump
C7
The river looks too wide
G
Well he faces every hurdle
G/F#
With a nervous state of mind
D7
Stay with me,
C7
Breathe deeply
G
Take three paces back
G/F#
Turn and make a full attack
D7
The gods are laughing
C7
And they're tugging at the reins
G
But he's taken to his wings
G/F#
And they hit the bank
E
Heaven may stone him
G7 D7 D* D7
But Jean the birdman pulls it off
E
Heaven may stone him
G7 (TAB riff A)
But Jean the birdman pulls it off
Tab Riff A
e-------------------------------:
B-------------------------------:
G-1-2-1-2-1-2-1-2-3-2(h)3(p)2-1-:
D-0-----------------------------:
A-------------------------------:
E-------------------------------:
e-------------------------------:
B-------------------------------:
G---1-2-1-2-3-2(h)3(p)2-1--1-2--:
D-0-----------------------0-----:
A-------------------------------:
E-------------------------------:
D
e-------------------------------:
B-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-:
G-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-:
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-:
A-------------------------------:
E-------------------------------:
His finger's on the trigger
His eye is on the clock
He doesn't give the game away
And quickly fires the bullets off
Six hearts cut short
Still dreaming they're alive
Blown 'round in dusty circles
Like an absent state of mind
Who hunter? Who victim?
God love America
He surely doesn't love him
Hitching out of nowhere
Lines of traffic knee deep
A chance to stave the morning off
And get some sleep
Heaven may stone him
But Jean the birdman pulls it off
Heaven may stone him
But Jean the birdman pulls it off
[This part is based on Sylvian Slow Fire Tour performances]
Start from a Dsus4(xx0233) and allow notes to ring on.
e---3-----2-------0-2-----------------:
B---3-3----3--3-3-------2-3-----------:
G---2--2----2---------2---------------:
D---0---------------------------------:
A-------------------------------------:
E-------------------------------------:
D
e-------------------------------------:
B-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------:
G-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------:
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------:
A-------------------------------------:
E-------------------------------------:
e-------------------------------------:
B-------------------------------------:
G----------------5-7-8-7-5------------:
D--------3-5-6-7-----------7-6-5-3----:
A--5-3-5------------------------------:
E-------------------------------------:
He wears a crucifix
His mother left to him
It's wrapped in chains around his heart
Rusted and wafer thin
"Don't count on luck son"
All the angels sing
"Don't need to check a weathervane
We all know what tomorrow brings"
Life is a cattle farm
Coyotes with the mules
Life is a bullring
For taking risks and flouting rules
Who needs a safety net
The world is open wide
Just look out for card sharks
And the danger signs
Heaven may stone him
But Jean the birdman pulls it off
Heaven may stone him
But Jean the birdman pulls it off
Heaven may stone him
But Jean the birdman pulls it off
Heaven may stone him
But Jean the birdman pulls it off
Transcribed 11/07/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Heartbeat
Heartbeat - Sylvian and Sakamoto
Chords
Cm7 -8x888x
Fm7 -131111
G# -466544
G7sus4 -353533
Gm7 -3x3333
D# -x68886
D#maij7 -x68786
Fsus4 -133311
D#bsu2 -x68766
@ Heartbeat
Cm7 Fm7 Cm7 Fm7
Cm7 Fm7
I see the lines in the palm of its hand now
Cm7 Fm7
I listen hard, but no words spring to mind
G# G7sus4 Gm7
It sounds so sweet, listen to its heartbeat
D#
And I'm drowning in its sea
D#
Falling at its feet
Fm7
Listen to my heartbeat baby
Cm7
The blood sail leaves tonight
Fm7
Fated in its blindness
Cm7 Fm7
It won't be long before help is at hand
G#
In the darkness sleeps
G7sus4 Gm7
Cushioning the heartbeat
D#maij7
And I killed the captain
D#
Sank the fleet
Fsus4 Fm7
To liberate the heart beat baby
G# G7sus4 Gm7
And it sounds so sweet, it sounds so sweet
D#
listen to our hearts beat
Cm7 Fm7
Cm7 Fm7
G#
In the darkness sleeps
G7sus4 Gm7
Cushioning the heartbeat
D#bsu2
And I'm drowning in its sea
D#
Falling at its feet
Fsus4 Fm7
Listen to my heartbeat baby
Cm7
Speaks to ghost, and the source of light
Springs to life, and doesn't think twice
G#
Wrapped in the blood cell, bathed in snow
Nailed to the source, and it won't let go
G7sus4
Bet on the bible, and grow from trees
Gm7
Open the mind, and the heart was free
D#maij7
A hum in the silence, safe and sound
D#
Trouble sleeps and the light is found
Fsus4
Speaks to ghost, and the source of light
Springs to life, and doesn't think twice
Cm7
Wrapped in the blood cell, bathed in snow
Nailed to the source, and it won't let go
G#
Bet on the bible, and grow from trees
Open the mind, and the heart was free
Gm7
A hum in the silence, safe and sound
Trouble sleeps and the light is found
Cm7 Fm7
Listen to my heartbeat
Cm7 Fm7
Wont be long
Cm7 Fm7
Wont be long
Cm7 Fm7
Wont be long
Cm7 Fm7
Wont be long
Cm7 Fm7
Wont be long
Cm7 Fm7
Wont be long
Transcribed 03/01/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Ghosts
Japan - Ghosts
Chords
Abm -466444
Ebm -x68876
E -07999x
Dbm -x46654
B -799877
Gb/Bb -x1x322
Gb/Db -x4x322
Gbm9 -244224
Abm9 -466446
AaddB -575657
Gbm -244222
Abm -466444
@ Ghosts
Abm Ebm Abm
When the room is quiet
Ebm E
The daylight almost gone
Gb/Bb Gb/Db Abm Ebm
It seems there's something I should know
Abm Ebm Abm
Well I ought to leave but
Ebm E
The rain it never stops
Gb/Bb Gb/Db Abm Ebm Abm Ebm
And I have no particular place to go
Dbm B Dbm
Just when I think I'm winning
B
When I've broken every door
Gbm9 Abm9
The ghosts of my life
AaddB Gbm Abm
Blow wilder then before
Dbm B Dbm
Just when I thought I could not be stopped
B Gbm9
When my chance came to be king
Abm9
The ghosts of my life
AaddB E Ebm
Blew wilder than the wind
Abm
Well I'm feeling nervous
And I find myself alone
The simple life's no longer there
Once I was so sure
Now the doubt inside my mind
Comes and goes but leads nowhere
Just when I think I'm winning
When I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life
Blow wilder then before
Just when I thought I could not be stopped
When my chance came to be king
The ghosts of my life
Blew wilder than the wind
Transcribed 28/4/98 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Gone to Earth
Gone to Earth - David Sylvian
CHORDS
E7 020100
C7 x32310
Emaj7 021100
Am 002210
Dm xx0231 or x57765
C x32010 or x35553
Gm 310033 or 355333
Dadd9 xx0230 or x57755
Dsus4 xx0233 or x57775
D xx0232 or x57765
@ Gone to Earth
E7
With a burning candle
A book of holy things
C7
They'll throw you up against the wall
E7
Bind your hands with string
Emaj7
Caught in the sudden shower
Our host of heavenly Kings
C7 Am
They're all victims of circumstance
Dm (poss Dadd9)
Of ancient bells that bring
C Gm
All the fear in the world, naked and shy
Dadd9
Down upon our heads, with no reason why
(The soul goes beyond being, enter this divine world)
-7-5-4-5-------
-------------7-
-----------6---
-0-------------
-----0---0-----
--------------- X4
Gm
And though voices may holler
C
For all they're worth
Dadd9
The rabbits have fled their burrows
Dsus4 D
Gone to earth
Transcribed 28/4/98 by Peter Thompson
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Guitar Tablature for Forbidden Colours
Forbidden Colours - Sylvian and Sakamoto
Intro chords
F# -xxx(11)(11)9
F#b5sus2 -xxx(11)98
Fm -xxx(10)98
A#7sus2 -xx8(10)98
G#6-5sus4 -xx666x
Chords
F#maij7 -xx4321
F#maij7b5 -xx4311
Fm7 -xx3141
A#madd9 -xx8668
A#m/G# -xx666x
F# -244322
G# -466544
A#m -688666
@ Forbidden Colours
Intro
F# F#b5sus2 Fm A#7sus2 G#6-5sus4
F# F#b5sus2 Fm A#7sus2
F#maij7 F#maij7b5 Fm7-5 A#madd9 A#m/G#
The wounds on your hands never seem to heal
F#maij7 F#maij7b5 A#madd9 A#m/G#
I thought all I needed was to believe
F# G# A#m G#
Here am I, a lifetime away from you
F# G# A#m G#
The blood of Christ, or the beat of my heart
F# G# A#m G#
My love wears forbidden colours
F# G# A#m G#
My life believes
F# G# A#m
Senseless years thunder by
G# F# G#
Millions are willing to give their lives for you
A#m G#
Does nothing live on?
F# G# A#m G#
Learning to cope with feelings aroused in me
F# G# A#m G#
My hands in the soil, buried in side of myself
F# G# A#m G#
My love wears forbidden colours
F# G# A#m G#
My life believes in you once again
F# G# A#m G#
F# G# A#m G#
F# G#
I'll go walking in circles
A#m G#
While doubting the very ground beneath me
F# G# A#m G#
Trying to show unquestioning faith in everything
F# G# A#m G#m
Here am I, a lifetime away from you
F# G# A#m G#
The blood of Christ, or a change of heart
My love wears forbidden colours
My life believes
My love wears forbidden colours
My life believes in you once again
Transcribed 20/01/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Every Colour You Are
Every Colour You Are - Rain Tree Crow
(H)= HAMMER ON
One riff throughout the whole song.
Using bottom E as a drone.
e--------------------------
B--------------------------
G--------------------------
D--------------------------
A--7(H)9-9-9-9--7-7-7------
E--0-----0-0-0--0-0-0------
e--------------------------
B--------------------------
G--------------------------
D--------------------------
A--7(H)9-9-9-9--7-7-7------
E--0-----0-0-0--0-0-0------
e--------------------------
B--------------------------
G--------------------------
D--------------------------
A--7(H)9-9-9-9--7-7-7------
E--0-----0-0-0--0-0-0------
e--------------------------
B--------------------------
G--------------------------
D--------------------------
A--5-5--5-5(H)7-7-7--------
E--0-0--0-0-----0-0--------
e--------------------------
B--------------------------
G--------------------------
D--------------------------
A--5-5--5-5(H)7-7-7--------
E--0-0--0-0-----0-0--------
I touched his hand
Burned like coal
Put pay to the devil
And saw the mountain fall
Feel like crying
The jokes gone to far
You can be anything you want
Every colour you are
Family man
His patience tried
Put a torch to his home
And warmed his hands by the fire
The greed of desire
My roads uncrossed
White lined and tarred
By believing in you
Every colour you are
#################
Addtional Version
#################
On Sylvian's Slow Fire tour he performed this song
on as a solo acoustic piece using the following chords.
E - 079xxx
E7-5sus7 - 09(12)xxx
E7-5sus4 - 057xxx
Esus2 - 024xxx
E6-5 - 046xxx
E7-5sus7 E
I touched his hand
E7-5sus7 E
Burned like coal
E7-5sus7 E
Put pay to the devil
E7-5sus4 E
And saw the mountain fall
E7-5sus7 E
Feel like crying
E7-5sus7 E
The jokes gone to far
E7-5sus7 E
You can be anything you want
E7-5sus4 E Esus2 E6-5 E7-5sus4
Every colour you are
E7-5sus4 E Esus2 E6-5 E7-5sus4
Every colour you are
Transcribed 12/06/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Earthbound (Starblind)
Earthbound (Starblind) - David Sylvian & Robert Fripp
CHORDS
D -xx0232
Dsus4 -xx0233
Dsus2 -xx0230
A -x02220
G -320033
Bm -x24432
Em -022000
D/F# -2x0232
C -x32010
@ Earthbound (Starblind)
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
D Dsus2 D
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
D Dsus2 D
D A G A
Like a black crow standing on a sea of shells
D A G A
She's blessed by magic and the sound of liberty's bells
G D Bm D A G
And I'll raise the curfew and sit by her door
Em A D
She's been through this world before
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
D Dsus2 D
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
D Dsus2 D
D A G A
Out in the snowfields, coyote tracks
D A G A
She calls out its name with the words I lack
G D Bm D A G
And it turns its head and howls to the moon
Em A D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
She's gonna be leaving me soon
Bm A Em A
She's giving me questions and quizical looks
G D Em D/F# A
She tears up my papers and burns all my books
C G Em D A G
They gave her nothing she didn't already know
Em A D
She's getting ready to go
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
D Dsus2 D
D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
D Dsus2 D
Down in the basement among her things
I opened her boxes and found her rings
I offered her money she said "They're not for sale"
She guards her secrets well
Somebody saw her down on the beach
Followed her footsteps but they ended at the sea
Still when she found out she goes and raises hell
She guards her secrets well
Each face is a mirror reflecting her own
She squanders affection and rarely goes home alone
But I wouldn't ask for anything if only she'd tell me its through
She guards her secrets too
Like a black crow standing on a sea of shells
She's blessed by magic and the sound of liberty's bells
And I'll raise the curfew and sit by her door
She's been through this world before
Transcribed 23/11/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Dobro #1
Sylvian David - Dobro #1
@ Dobro #1
I stole a life
e----2-----------------------------------------------------
B--3-------------------------------------------------------
D--0-------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
With braids of fire
e----2-5-----------------5---------9-9---------------------
B--3-------------------------------------------------------
G--0-------------------------------0-----------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
And it rained on my house
e---------2------3------------2-2--------------------------
B------3--------------------3-------3----------------------
G------0---------0----------0-----0---2--------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
All summer
E---9--9---9----------5-------5--------2-------------------
B---------------------3---------3-5(b)-3--3----------------
G---0-----------------0----------0---------2---------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
There never was any freedom here
E--5--55-55----55------------------------------------------
B--3--33-33----33------------------------------------------
G--2--22-22----22------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
All I feared the most came back around
E-5-55-------5----2--22-2--------------2-5-----10-10-10----
B-3-33-------3----3--33-3------------3---------------------
G-2-22-------2----0--00-0------------0-0-0-----------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
And it rain on my house and it rained on my house
E-10------------------------2-5--9---9---9----9------------
B-------------------------3--------------------------------
G-------------------------0---0--0-------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
All summer
e---2-5--------10-10-10-10-10------------------------------
B-3--------------------------------------------------------
G-0---0--------7-------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
Transcribed 16/03/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Darkest Dreaming
David Sylvian - Darkest Dreaming
Chords
Bm -x24432
Bm/C# -x4x432
D -xx0232
A -x02220
G -320033
@ Darkest Dreaming
Bm Bm/C# D
A Bm
G Bm
G D
Bm Bm/C# D
Stay tonight
A Bm
We'll watch the full moon rising
G Bm
Hold on tight
G D
The sky is breaking
Bm Bm/C# D
I don't ever want to be alone
A Bm
With all my darkest dreaming
G Bm
Hold me close
G D
The sky is breaking
Bm Bm/C# D
A Bm
G Bm
G D
Bm Bm/C# D
A Bm
G Bm
G D
Bm Bm/C# D
I don't ever want to be alone
A Bm
With all my darkest dreaming
G Bm
Hold me close
G D
The sky is breaking
Bm Bm/C# D
A Bm
G Bm
G D
Bm Bm/C# D
A Bm
G Bm
G D
Transcribed 17/04/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Cafe Europa
Cafe Europa - David Sylvian
Chords
G#m7 -464444
D#m7 -x68676
C#m7 -x46454
@ Cafe Europa
G#m7 D#m7
G#m7 D#m7
G#m7
They fired off the first shot
D#m7
So we're on our feet and running
G#m7
We're re-writing all the textbooks
D#m7
In the process of becomming
G#m7
There's so much to live for
D#m7
If we stop putting up a fight
G#m7
There's a place for every story
D#m7
And this one starts with us tonight
G#m7 D#m7
Let me take you down
C#m7 G#m7
To Cafe Europa
D#m7
There's so much to be found
C#m7 G#m7
So much to discover
D#m7
Let me take you down
C#m7 G#m7
To Cafe Europa
D#m7
There's so much to be found
C#m7
I won't let you dowm
G#m7 D#m7
G#m7 D#m7
We're travelling by moonlight
From London to the Highlands
We lose ourselves in inner cities
In the hope of re-defining
The space that surrounds us
What an emptiness within
It's all in the papers
The boy's in love again
(Always arriving
Headlights lit up from coast to coast
Empty days full to bursting
With the names of the people and places
We miss the most)
I'm taking the last train
Flying the last flight
I'm calling on the angels
And letting in the sunlight
Let me take you down
To Cafe Europa
There's so much to be found
So much to discover
Let me take you down
To Cafe Europa
There's so much to be found
I won't let you dowm
I won't let you down
Let me take you down
To Cafe Europa
To Cafe Europa
Theres so much to be found
So much to discover
Let me take you down
Cafe Europa
Cafe Europa
It's the heart that has been broken
Finds the truth in what is spoken
Cafe Europa
Cafe Europa
Let me take you down
Transcribed 01/04/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Damage
David Sylvian & Robert Fripp - Damage
Chords
Cm9 -x31333
G# -466544
Fm7 -1x1111
Gm7 -3x3333
Gm7-5add11 -3x331x
@ Damage
Cm9 G# Fm7 Gm7 Cm9
Cm9
I found the way
By the sound of your voice
G#
So many things to say
Fm7
But these are only words
Gm7
Now I've only words
Cm9
Once there was a choice
Cm9
Did I give you much?
Well you gave me things
G#
You gave me stars to hold
Fm7
Songs to sing
Cm9
I only want to be loved
And I hurt and I hurt
G#
And the damage is done
Fm7
You gave me songs to sing
Gm7
Shadow and sun
Fm7 Gm7-5add11 Gm7
Earthbound, starblind
Cm9
Tied to someone
Cm9 G# Fm7 Gm7 Cm9
Cm9
Why didn't I stay?
G#
Why couldn't I?
Fm7
So many lives to cross
Gm7
Well I just had to leave
Cm9
There goes everything
Everything
Cm9
Can I meet you there?
God knows the place
G#
And I'll touch your hand
Fm7
Kiss your face
Cm9
We only want to be loved
G#
We only want to be loved
Gm7
I only want to be loved
Cm9
And I hurt and I hurt
G#
And the damage is done
Fm7
You gave me songs to sing
Gm7
Shadow and sun
Fm7 Gm7-5add11
Earthbound, starblind
Cm9
Tied to someone
G# Fm7 Gm7 Cm9
Transcribed 03/11/98 by Mike Garoghan
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There is no guitar part on the original and so
the chords are based on what I hear.
For a solo guitar version I find a combination
of picked and single chord strums works best.
Experiment and discover which works best for you.
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Guitar Tablature for Brilliant Trees
Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian
Bm -x24432
Em -022000
F#m -244222
Dmaj7 -xx0222
G -320033
Cmaj7 -x32000
D9 -xx0230
Dm -xx0231
G6 -320000
Esus -022200
E9 -022102
G#m -466444
C#m -x46654
A -x02220
E -022100
D#m -x68876
Bm Em F#m Dmaj7
G /F# Em /D Cmaj7 D9
Bm Em
When you come to me
F#m Dmaj7
I'll question myself again
G /F# Em /D Cmaj7 D9
Is this grip on life still my own
Bm Em
When every step I take
F#m Dmaj7
Leads me so far away
G /F# Em /D Cmaj7 D9
Every thought should bring me closer home
Dm G6
And there you stand
Cmaj7 Bm
Making my life possible
Dm Cmaj7
Raise my hands up to heaven
Bm Esus E9
But only you could know
G#m C#m F#m A
My whole world stands in front of me
G#m E
By the look in your eyes
D#m C#m D#m
By the look in your eyes
G#m C#m F#m A G#m
My whole life stretches in front of me
E
Reaching up like a flower
D#m C#m Bm
Leading my life back to the soil
Em F#m Dmaj7
G /F# Em /D Cmaj7 D9
Every plan I've made's
Lost in the scheme of things
Within each lesson lies the price to learn
A reason to believe
Divorces itself from me
Every hope I hold lies in my arms
And there you stand
Making my life possible
Raise my hands up to heaven
But only you could know
My whole world stands in front of me
By the look in your eyes
By the look in your eyes
My whole life stretches in front of me
Reaching up like a flower
Leading my life back to the soil
Transcribed 22/02/99 by Marco Bovati
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Guitar Tablature for Buoy
Buoy - Mick Karn
CHORDS
Am - x02210
Dm - xx0231
Em - 022000
Dm7 - xx0211
C - x32010
G - 320003
Note::::::
The chorus has proved to be troublesome as it sounds to me as
if it is Em all the way through, but that Mr Karn adds movement by the
bass phrases he plays. There is an Eb to E then A in there somewhere
just before the riff.
However I found sticking the occasional Asus2 x02200 adds colour and
movement to an acoustic rendition. Give it a try.
@ Buoy
Am
Am Dm Em Dm7
Dm C G
Dm C C
Am Dm
Underneath a burning sun
Em Dm7
There's always work to be done
Dm C G Dm C C
We take much more than we care to give away
Am Dm
You'll be the moth, I'm the flame
Em Dm7 Dm C
I'll bless you and keep you safe and sound
G Dm C C
Until sunrise comes round again
Am Dm
I'm like a mountain made of stone
Em Dm7
I'm like a new day dawning
Dm C G Dm C C
I'll be here every morning, close to you
Bridge Riff
Em
---0---------------------
---0----------------------
---0----------------------
---2-------2---------------
---2---------0-2-----------
---0------------0---------
Em Riff
We'll sail on a river
Em Riff
Way out to the Baltic sea
Em Riff
Love will keep us together
Em Riff
And the tide will draw you close to me
Em Riff
Never words so true,
Em Riff
Never words so wise
Em Riff
Love will keep us together
Em Am
Cause there's more to this than meets the eye
I burn a candle in your place
I picture the passions on your face
Feelings that rise on a wave and fall away
All the pleasures have returned
All of the lessons I should have learned
Return again to light, for us to see
You're like a map of buried gold
I search for treasures in your soul
And when I'm gone, you'll know I will come back to you
We'll sail on a river, way down to the salty sea
Love will keep us together
And the tide will draw you close to me
(Never words so true, never words so wise)
Love will keep us together
'Cause there's more to this than meets the eye
I'm like a mountain made of stone
I'm like a new day dawning
I'll be here every morning, close to you
Transcribed 22/04/00 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for The Boy With The Gun
The Boy With The Gun - David Sylvian
Chords
Em -022000
Dsus2 -xx0230
Cmaj7 -x35500
Bm7 -x20202
B7 -x21202
Cadd9 -x32030
Am -x02210
Am6 -x02212
Am7 -x02213
D7 -xx0212
Emadd9 -x22002
C -x32010
@ The Boy With The Gun
Em Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7 B7
Em Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7 B7
Em Dsus2
He knows well his wicked ways
Cmaj7 Cadd9
A course of bitter-ness
Em Dsus2
A grudge held from his childhood days
Cmaj7 Cadd9
As if life had loved him less
Am Am6
Reading down his list of names
Am7 D7
He ticks them one by one
Fm Gm
He points the barrel at the sky
Ab Bb
Firing shots off at the sun
Em Dsus2
Cmaj7 Bm7 B7
I am the law ,and I am the King
Em Dsus2
Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em
I am the wisdom, listen to me sing"
He carves out the victim's names
In the wooden butt of the gun
He leans well back against the tree
He knows his Kingdom's come
He'll breath a sigh self satisfied
The work is in good hands
He shoots the coins into the air
And follows where the money lands
"I am the law, and I am the King
I am the wisdom, listen to me sing"
He pauses at the city's edge
Of hellfire and of stone
He summons up the devil there
To give him courage of his own
He'll free the sinners of deceit
They'll hear his name and run
His justice is his own reward
Measured out beneath the sun
Em Dsus2
Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em Dsus2
I am the law ,and I am the King
( and my name's on the gun )
Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em Dsus2
I am the wisdom, listen to me sing"
( and my name's on the gun )
Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em Dsus2
"I am the law, and I am the King
Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7 B7
I am the wisdom, listen to me sing"
Em Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7 B7
Em Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7
The work has just begun , The boy with the gun
B7 Em Dsus2 Cmaj7 Bm7 B7 Em
Oo-oo-oo-oo Oo-oo-oo-oo
Em Emadd9 Em C Em Emadd9 Em C Emadd9
Transcribed 20/02/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Blackwater
Rain Tree Crow - Blackwater
CHORDS
B -799877
F# -244322
F#sus4 -244422
E -022100
B
B F#
B F#
B
I hold you in
F#
A sea of silence
B
On the borderline of truth
F#
Open violence
B
I see no sign
F# E
I see no place I've loved
B F#
Depending on the signs
To find the road
B
Blackwater take me with you
F#sus4 F# E
To the place that I have spoken
B
Come lead me through the darkness
F#sus4 F# E B
To the light that I long to see again
B F#
B F#
I walk with you
But sleep beside her
The summer came and went
It passed us over
I see her cry
I see the face I've loved
Depending on the blind
To find the road
Blackwater take me with you
To the place that I have spoken
Come and lead me through the darkness
To the land that I long to see again
Blackwater take me with you
To the place that I have spoken
I am leaving in the morning
For the land that I long to see again
Transcribed 12/06/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Guitar Tablature for Before the Bullfight
Before the Bullfight - David Sylvian
022000 Em
200232 D
3x4432 Gmaij7
032010 C
034030 Cadd9#11 or 032032
x24432 Bm
244222 F#m
002210 Am
032000 Cmaj7
x00231 Dm
113231 Bbmaj7
030000 Cmaij9/E
446654 C#m
002220 A
466444 G#m
x33210 Fmaj7
@ Before the Bullfight
Intro: lots of bars of Em
-verse 1-
D G C Cadd9#11
I hear your voice way down inside
Bm Gmaij7 Em
A whispering sea of towering trees but no reply
D G C Cadd9#11
A silence so rare - more than I can stand
Bm G
Sweeps like a flood through life's flesh and blood
Fmaj7 Em
Then steals away with its heart
-verse 2-
D G C Cadd9#11
If I'm losing you then there's nothing more that I can say
Bm Gmaij7 Em
The fighting is on and battles are won and thrown away
D G C Cadd9#11
But if I could live safe and sound
Bm G
In God-given fields and mountains of steel
Fmaj7 Em
Then here I'll stay till you're gone
-chorus-
F#m Am Em Cmaj7
Guilty of stealing every thought I own
D Dm Am Bbmaj7 Cmaij9/E
I will take my turn to fight the bullfight
Am Em
Every word's sunk in deep
Fmaj7 C
Like the blades of a knife through my heart
D Dm Am
My strength will return
Bmaj7 Em
To fight the bullfight
-Em to solo-
C#m | C#m | A | A | G#m | G#m | F#m | Fmaj7 |
C#m | C#m | A | F#m | G#m | G#m | F#m | Fmaj7 |
Bm
-verse 3-
D G C
As time's come to show
Cadd9#11
I'm told nothing more than I should know
Bm Gmaij7 Em
A ship on the sea that threatens to leave but never goes
D G C Cadd9#11
This island of blue where life
Bm Gmaij7
Clings to your hands like water and sand
Fmaj7 Em
Will lose its way when you're gone
-chorus-
F#m Am Em Cmaj7
When all's forgiven still every fault's my own
D Dm Am Bbmaj7 Cmaij9/E
I will take my turn to fight the bullfight
Am Em
Say a prayer for my release
Fmaj7 C
When every hope in the world is asleep
D Dm Am Fmaj7 C
My strength will return to fight the bullfight
Em to end
Guitar solo
-intro- Em
+-----------------------------------------------10-7-
+---------5-7-8-7-5---7-8-7-5------------------------
+---4-6-7-----------------------------0-2---2--------
+-7-------------------------------2-4-----0----------
+----------------------------------------------------
+----------------------------------------------------
C#m
+-12------14-------------------------------------
+------------14----12---14-12-14-12-14-----------
+----13---------13-------------------------------
+------------------------------------------------
+------------------------------------------------
+------------------------------------------------
A
+-------------------9-10-12-9------------------------
+-------------10-12-----------10---12-12-12-12-------
+---------6-9--------------------9-------------------
+-------7--------------------------------------------
+-----7----------------------------------------------
+-5-9------------------------------------------------
G#m
+------------------------------------------------
+------------------------------------------------
+-6/8---4-6--------------------------------------
+-----------6---4-6------------------------------
+-------------------6---4-6----------------------
+---------------------------2-4------------------
F#m F
+------------------------------------------------
+-7-10-9-7---------------------------------------
+----------9----------------------0-2-4-5--------
+---------------------------0-2-3----------------
+---------------------0-2-3----------------------
+---------------0-1-3----------------------------
C#m
+------------------------------------------------
+-------7----------------------------------------
+-6-8-9---8-9-6-8---6-------4-6------------------
+-----------------9---6-4-6----------------------
+------------------------------------------------
+------------------------------------------------
A F#m
+-7/9-------------------------------7-9-10-12-14-
+-----10----------------7---10-9-10--------------
+--------9----------------9----------------------
+----------11------------------------------------
+-------------12---------------------------------
+----------------12------------------------------
G#m
+------------------------------------------------
+------------------------------------------------
+-6/8-4-6---4------------------------------------
+---------6---4-6---4----------------------------
+-----------------6---4-6-2-4--------------------
+-----------------------------4------------------
F#m F
+------------------------------------------------
+-10-9-7------------------------------3----------
+-------8---------------------0-2-4-5------------
+-----------------------0-2-3--------------------
+-----------------0-2-3--------------------------
+-----------0-1-3--------------------------------
Bm
+-7-5-7-5-12------------------------------------+
+-7----------10-12------------------------------+
+------------------7/9----11--------------------+
+----------------------12-----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------+
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Guitar Tablature for Alphabet Angel
Alphabet Angel - David Sylvian
CHORDS
F#m -x9(11)9(10)(12) -244222
C#m7 -9(11)99(12)9 -x46454
Cmaij7 -8x9987 -x32000
Bm7 -797777 -x24232
A -577650 -x03330
Fmaij7 -133210
G6 -355430
Bbmaij7 -x13231
@ Alphabet Angel
F#m C#m7 Cmaij7 Bm7 A
F#m7 C#m7
Its later than I thought it was
Cmaij7 Bm7
The shadows long and lost
A
Circle through the room
F#m7 C#m7
Swear as I met your mother there
Cmai7
In new orleans
Bm7 A
The sun was slipping into blue
Fmai7 G6 A
The longest day is over
Fmaij7 G6 A
The longest day
Fmaij7 Bbmaij7 A
My alphabet angels come out to play
yeah
F#m C#m7 Cmaij7 Bm7 A
F#m C#m7 Cmaij7 Bm7 A
Fmai7 G6 A
Fmai7 G6 A
Fmaij7 Bbmaij7 A
Transcribed 17/04/99 by Mike Garoghan
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Amended 20/04/99 by Marco Bovati
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