This is the tab for the song Aye, Aye / Rubber Ducky by Adam Sworob. As noted the guitar is down tuned
a half-step with a capo on the 9th fret. For those not playing guitar, the first chord should be a Bb
(transpose +8).
[Intro]
D D C CM7/B Am7
D D C CM7/B
[Instrumental]
Am7
Am7
AmM7
Am7
[Verse]
Am7
Backstroking words drags me through your puddle
Am7
Brag a lot, spit arguments, I’ll try to drip rebuttals
AmM7
Drop your anchor for a sailor, heart tied in a knot, yo-
Am7
-u’re imitation, a catfish, hooked, again I’m caught
[Instrumental]
Am7
Am7
AmM7
Am7
My
[Verse]
Am7
Girl in pearls remains at bay early in our journey, she
Am7
Castaway her treasure chest, embarrassed like a swirlie
AmM7
Hats off, Ursula, head wrapped up like a beanie
Am7
Trapped me in her jaws, shackled down, Houdini
[Instrumental]
Am7
A9sus4
AmM7
Am7
[Verse]
Am7
Searching for a sea change, still, all I see are crap skies
A9sus4
Thought this boat could stay afloat, but it's about to capsize
AmM7
Show below the surface iceberg, or we’ll sink, Titanic
Am7
Your Poseidon swims ashore, disappears, Atlantis
[Instrumental]
Am7
A9sus4
AmM7
Am7
[Bridge]
C CM7/B
Cry, cry
Am7 Em7
Crocodile tears, you
F FM7
Crabby, persistent cyst
C G/B
Lie, lie, like
Am G
Always leech, I will
D F
Leap, abandon ship
Am7/G CM7/G
Die, die
A C/G
Drown me deadeyes
Dm7/A Fm
While singing your siren song
C G
Aye, aye ma’am, I'll
Am E
Migrate from tyrant island
F G
Navigate my own pond
C
[Instrumental]
C CM7/B Am7 Em7 F FM7
C G/B Am G D F
Am7/G CM7/G A C/G Dm7/A Fm
C G Am E F G
C
[Verse]
D C CM7/B Am7
Found your message in a bottle
D C CM7/B Am7
Cursing clever breakup letters
D C CM7/B Am7
Severed our northwest nest as winter welcomed wet weath-
D D C CM7/B Am7
-er
D C CM7/B Am7
Submerged beneath blankets
D C CM7/B Am7
Sad slumber submarine
Bm7 G GM7/F# Em7
Flushing tears from fretful fears, float down-
(rhythm changes here)
Bm7 G
-stream, Blue earth will
[Chorus]
Bm7
Worry you, hurry you, discombobulate
G
Burry you once you give up, make you evaporate, de-
[Verse]
D C CM7/B Am7
-pression drills down in my brain
D C CM7/B Am7
Spills out all I’m lacking, re-
D C CM7/B Am7
-action: soul drains black as octopus ink or oil from frack-
D D C CM7/B Am7
-ing, instead think I’ll
D
Keep my head above water
D C CM7/B Am7
Now loves lost, we’re not together
Bm7 G GM7/F# Em7
Yearn to turn the tide strive for something bet-
(rhythm changes here)
Bm7 G
-ter, blue earth
[Chorus]
Bm7
Worries me, hurries me, discombobulates
G
Pokes a million holes in me, but I don’t dare deflate
Bm7
Worries me, hurries me, discombobulates, would
G
Cage me down and eat me up, but I won’t take the bait
Bm7
I don’t dare deflate
G
I won’t take the bait
Bm7
I just celebrate
G G7
[Outro]
D DmM7 D7 Dadd4 Em7/D
D DmM7 D7 Dadd4 Em7/D
D
Lows in my life, a-
DmM7
-mazed how truly lucky, always
D7
Buoy to the top, I'm a
Dadd4 Em7/D
Rad rubber ducky
D
Lows in my life, a-
DmM7
-mazed how truly lucky, always
D7
Buoy to the top, I'm a
Dadd4 Em7/D
Rad rubber ducky
D
Lows in my life, a-
DmM7
-mazed how truly lucky, always
D7
Buoy to the top, I'm a
Dadd4 Em7/D
Rad rubber ducky
D
Lows in my life, a-
DmM7
-mazed how truly lucky, always
D7
Buoy to the top, I'm a
Dadd4 Em7/D
Rad rubber ducky
D DmM7 D7
I'm a
Dadd4 Em7/D
Rad rubber ducky
D DmM7 D7
I'm a
Dadd4 Em7/D
Rad rubber ducky
D