Biography:
Beatenberg is a South African pop band based in Cape Town, composed of Matthew Field, Robin Brink, and Ross Dorkin.
Despite being schooled in ‘serious music’ like Beethoven, Debussy and John Coltrane, (Dorkin and Field studied music together at the University of Cape Town) Beatenberg is adamant that they are heard as ‘pop music’.
Their first album, Farm Photos (2011, released independently), was a tender and somewhat naïve offering which somehow makes a strange and lasting impression with its sophisticated harmony
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Other songs:
Some notes might be slightly off. I did my best tabbing this by ear. If anyone wants to tab the solo, or
perhaps correct anything, please feel free to do so!
[Intro]
Db Eb Eb Fm
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------11--8-|------------11--8-|------------13-11-|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|--8---8---8-10/11-| x2
E|--9---9---9-------|--11--11--9-------|--11--11--11------|------------------|
(This is the main bass line that plays throughout most of the song)
[Verse]
Db Eb
When I was 19
Eb Fm
There were places that I wanted to see
Db Eb
When I was 20
Eb Fm
Cornell University
Db Eb
And Kefalonia
Eb Fm
Didn't mean anything to me
Db Eb
I read the classics
Eb Fm
But I didn't read thoroughly
[Chorus]
Db Ab Eb Fm
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|-------8--6--4--4-|------------------|
G|-10---------------|-8----------------|-8-----8--6--5--3-|-1--0-------------|
D|-11---------------|-10---------------|-8-----8--6--6--5-|-3-----3----------|
A|-11---------------|-11---------------|-10---------------|------------------|
E|-9----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
(This is the main guitar riff that's played during the chorus)
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I go to Ithaca
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I cooome
Db Ab Eb Fm
Back from America
Db Ab Eb Fm
You'll be with me
[Verse]
Db Eb
You found freedom
Eb Fm
In a chamber of the library
Db Eb
You dig the roots up
Eb Fm
With the old etymology
Db Eb
In Kefalonia
Eb Fm
And the blue Ionian sea
Db Eb
The way I know ya
Eb Fm
Is like an old old olive tree
[Chorus]
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I go to Ithaca
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I cooome
Db Ab Eb Fm
Back from America
Db Ab Eb Fm
You'll be with me
[Solo]
E Dbm Abm Bbm
E Dbm Abm Fm
E Dbm Abm Bbm
B Db Eb Eb Fm
Db Ab Eb Fm x2
[Chorus]
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I go to Ithaca
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I cooome
Db Ab Eb Fm
Back from America
Db Ab Eb Fm
You'll be with me
[Outro]
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I go to Ithaca
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I cooome
Db Ab Eb Fm
Back to South Africa
Db Ab Eb Fm
You'll be with me
************************************
| / Slide up
************************************
perhaps correct anything, please feel free to do so!
[Intro]
Db Eb Eb Fm
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------11--8-|------------11--8-|------------13-11-|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|--8---8---8-10/11-| x2
E|--9---9---9-------|--11--11--9-------|--11--11--11------|------------------|
(This is the main bass line that plays throughout most of the song)
[Verse]
Db Eb
When I was 19
Eb Fm
There were places that I wanted to see
Db Eb
When I was 20
Eb Fm
Cornell University
Db Eb
And Kefalonia
Eb Fm
Didn't mean anything to me
Db Eb
I read the classics
Eb Fm
But I didn't read thoroughly
[Chorus]
Db Ab Eb Fm
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|-------8--6--4--4-|------------------|
G|-10---------------|-8----------------|-8-----8--6--5--3-|-1--0-------------|
D|-11---------------|-10---------------|-8-----8--6--6--5-|-3-----3----------|
A|-11---------------|-11---------------|-10---------------|------------------|
E|-9----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
(This is the main guitar riff that's played during the chorus)
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I go to Ithaca
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I cooome
Db Ab Eb Fm
Back from America
Db Ab Eb Fm
You'll be with me
[Verse]
Db Eb
You found freedom
Eb Fm
In a chamber of the library
Db Eb
You dig the roots up
Eb Fm
With the old etymology
Db Eb
In Kefalonia
Eb Fm
And the blue Ionian sea
Db Eb
The way I know ya
Eb Fm
Is like an old old olive tree
[Chorus]
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I go to Ithaca
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I cooome
Db Ab Eb Fm
Back from America
Db Ab Eb Fm
You'll be with me
[Solo]
E Dbm Abm Bbm
E Dbm Abm Fm
E Dbm Abm Bbm
B Db Eb Eb Fm
Db Ab Eb Fm x2
[Chorus]
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I go to Ithaca
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I cooome
Db Ab Eb Fm
Back from America
Db Ab Eb Fm
You'll be with me
[Outro]
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I go to Ithaca
Db Ab Eb Fm
When I cooome
Db Ab Eb Fm
Back to South Africa
Db Ab Eb Fm
You'll be with me
************************************
| / Slide up
************************************
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