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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
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== TECHNICAL STUFF ==
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ARTIST: Joie Calio
TUNING: Standard, down half a step (Low to High: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
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 cool song. There are any number of ways to
actually play it, but the arrangement below is designed for a solo
guitar. There's lots of instrument layering going on in the song
and it's really hard to pick out the exact chords for each part
underneath it all. At any rate, the basics are all definite, but
there is lots of variation. I'm not sure what the names of chords
are below, so I've put an asterisk after all of them. Basically,
you're subtracting the top couple notes of each regular chord and
replacing them with the open top strings instead. There are also a
couple of ways to play some of the chords. I have shown each way
in the chord chart below. My recommendation is to use the
"version 1" chords during the verse sections and the "version 2"
chords during the chorus sections. These may not be EXACTLY
what's actually going on underneath all the production, but I
think it sounds pretty good, especially for one guitar.
Alternatively, you could forget the chords I've shown below and
just play the regular versions of the chords without the open
top strings. That will work as well (I think at least one of the
guitar parts is doing that anyways). One final note is regarding
FIGURE 1 (see reference section at the bottom). This figure is
basically just a bare solo strumming of parts of the B* chord
(just before the choruses). I just made special note of it
because it is slightly different from the other parts of the
song that use the same chord.
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== CHORD GUIDE ==
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079900 x24400 x02200 x46600
E* B* (version 1) A* (version 1) C#m* (version 1)
466x00 799800 577600 9-11-11-x-0-0
Abm* B* (version 2) A* (version 2) C#m* (version 2)
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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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VERSE 1
E* B*
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
A* B*
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
E* B*
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
A* B*
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
E* B*
I've been staring at my reflection
A*
For days now
B* Abm*
I've nothing to report
A* B*
And I don't care because I know
B*
Somewhere you saved someone
VERSE 2
E* B*
I've been staring at TV now
A* B*
Get burned by the commercials
Abm* A*
She says she's in love with me
B*
She looks like you
B* (FIG. 1)
I need my credit card
CHORUS 1
A* B*
Santa Monica, you're so my home now
Abm* A*
And like a sunset without a sun
B* C#m*
Without you I am no one
B* A*
Can't fight the sunrise
B*
I'm so alone now
Abm* A*
And like a sunset without a sun
B* B*
Without you I am no one
VERSE 2
E* B*
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
A* B*
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
E* B*
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
A* B*
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
E* B*
I've been counting on my fingers
A*
For weeks now
B* Abm*
I just can't figure out
A*
Why you're not here
B*
I let you go but I can't drop my fears
E* B*
I've been counting spaceships here
A*
For years now
B*
I see how
Abm* A* B*
Had to get on board alone
B* (FIG. 1)
To find your home
CHORUS 2
A* B*
Santa Monica, you're so my home now
Abm* A*
And like a sunset without a sun
B* C#m*
Without you I am no one
B* A*
Can't fight the sunrise
B*
I'm so alone now
Abm* A*
And like a sunset without a sun
B* B* A* B* A* B*
Without you I am no one No one
VERSE 3
A*
I've been counting spaceships here
B*
For years now
B*
I see how
Abm* A* B*
Had to get on board alone
B*
To find your home
Abm* A* B*
Had to get on board alone
B* B* (FIG. 1)
To find your home
CHORUS 3 + OUTRO
A* B*
Santa Monica, you're so my home now
Abm* A*
And like a sunset without a sun
B* C#m*
Without you I am no one
B* A*
Can't fight the sunrise
B*
I'm so alone now
Abm* A*
And like a sunset without a sun
B* B*
Without you I am no one
Abm* A*
Like a sunset without a sun
B* B*
Without you I am no one
Abm* A*
Like a sunset without a sun
B* B*
Without you I am no one
Abm* A* B* Abm* A* B*
No one, no one, no one
Abm* A* B* (REPEAT AND FADE)
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== REFERENCE SECTION ==
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FIG. 1
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