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== CREDITS / DISCLAIMER ==
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TRANSCRIBED BY: Jeff Carroll (jeff@dadadiscography.net)
DISCLAIMER: This file is the author's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song. You may only use
this file for private study, scholarship, or
research
PLEASE NOTE: A fixed-width font is required to view the
alignment in this tab properly;
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== TECHNICAL STUFF ==
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ARTIST: Dada
TUNING: Tuned Down One Half Step (Low to High: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
The guitars on all of dada's albums since "El Subliminoso"
are tuned down half a step because of Michael Gurley's
carpal tunnel. You can play this song in standard tuning,
but it will sound just a bit too high.
CAPO: None
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== INTRODUCTORY NOTES ==
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This song of course sounds best if you tune the guitar down half
a step, but it's not necessary. The chords listed below are all
relative to position, not pitch. For example, anything listed as
an "E" is really "Eb", due to the lower tuning, but it's been
named "E" because the fingering is the way you'd play an "E" if
the guitar were in standard tuning, and so on...
This is a really fun song to play. Just learn the chords below and
get a good feel for the strumming pattern. That's really all there
is to it. You'll notice I have also listed the Asus4 chord below,
even though it's not shown anywhere in the tab. There are a lot of
little nuances in the chords during the chorus. In the chorus
sections, where you see the "A" chord listed, the guitar is also
adding Asus4 here and there. There are also other little individual
note variations in the strumming during this part, but it's hard to
notate. It will sound fine if you just play the chords I've
indicated, but it will sound better if you do the little nuance
improvisation thing as well. That type of thing is too hard to
explain, you just have to feel it. The chords in the bridge section
are arpeggiated, but a strumming/arpeggio combination sounds nice
as well. For information on the lead guitar parts, see the notes
and tab at the bottom of this file in the Reference Section.
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== CHORD GUIDE ==
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x24422 x00222 3x0002 020100 or 020130 022100
Bsus2 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 E7 E7 E
022000 320003 x00232 x02220 x02230 x24432
Em G D A Asus4 Bm
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== TABLATURE GUIDE ==
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Here are some of the commonly used notations in ASCII tab:
h = hammer-on / = slide up <#> = harmonic
p = pull-off \ = slide down (#) = optional
b = bend string x = percussive damp ^ = slight bend
r = release bend v = vibrato
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== SONG SECTION ==
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INTRO
Bsus2 Bsus2 Dmaj7 Dmaj7
Gmaj7 Gmaj7 E7 E7 Bsus2
VERSE 1 & 2
Bsus2 Dmaj7
Go put on your birthday suit
Dmaj7 Gmaj7
and I'll take off my uniform
Gmaj7 E7
She threw me down and kissed me harder
E7 Bsus2
She made me glad that I was born
Bsus2 Dmaj7
Now I was young and she was younger
Dmaj7 Gmaj7
But she was way beyond my years
Gmaj7
She taught me how to let it go
E7 E7
And showed me how to disappear
CHORUS 1
Em G
We drank earl grey and chamomile
D A
When I was king and she was so real
Em G D
Long days like turning wheels
D
You know they bring me back
A
The way that I used to feel
Em A Bsus2 Bsus2
We were Earl Grey and Chamomile
VERSES 3 & 4
Bsus2 Bsus2
It's funny how you never think
Dmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7
While eating grapes up on the throne
Gmaj7 E7
That one day in a downtown crowd
E7 Bsus2
You find yourself so all alone
Bsus2 Dmaj7
Now I see her face in everyone
Dmaj7 Gmaj7
Her Devil's smile I can't shake
Gmaj7
What happens to forgotten love
E7 E7
That never had a chance to make?
CHORUS 2
Em G
We drank earl grey and chamomile
D A
When I was king and she was so real
Em G D
Long days like turning wheels
D
You know they bring me back
A
The way that I used to feel
Em A
We were Earl Grey and Chamomile
BRIDGE
G Bm
Her song is in my head
A
Is in my heart
E
Is in my soul salvation
G Bm
Don't want to lose
A
To forget
E E (with LEAD FILL 1)
It's my inspiration
SOLO
Bsus2 Bsus2 Dmaj7 Dmaj7
Gmaj7 Gmaj7 E7 E7 Bsus2
VERSE 5
Bsus2 Dmaj7
N' go put on your birthday suit
Dmaj7 Gmaj7
And I'll take off my uniform
Gmaj7
She threw me down and kissed me harder
E7 E7
Made me glad that I was born
CHORUS 3
Em G
We drank earl grey and chamomile
D A
When I was king and she was so real
Em G D
Long days like turning wheels
D
You know they bring me back
A
The way that I used to feel
Em G
We drank earl grey and chamomile
D A
When I was king and she was so real
Em A Bsus2 Bsus2
Earl Grey and Chamomile
Dmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Gmaj7 Bsus2
Oh huh oh huh
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== REFERENCE SECTION ==
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Below I've shown the four lead licks at the beginning of the tune.
The parts are a combination of really quick bends, hammer-ons and
pull-offs. It's hard to notate that exactly with ASCII tab, but I
did my best. Just listen to the song and try to decipher it as best
you can. It's not very hard and it is really fun to play. To really
get it to sound like the record, be sure to fatten up your guitar
sound, then lay on a bunch of reverb and delay. For the cherry on
top, give the final bend as much vibrato as you can and if you have
one, use your tremolo (whammy) bar as well. The forms below are
also played at different points during the rest of the song. The
solo is fairly easy, and is more or less an extension of the same
techniques and scale below. I haven't tabbed it out because I'm
too lazy. Just give it you best shot. Have fun.
INTRO LEAD
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