Biography:
Texas Is the Reason was an emo band founded by former Shelter guitarist Norm Arenas and 108 drummer Chris Daly in 1994. A foundational quartet in the post-Sunny Day Real Estate movement of emo music, Texas Is the Reason played melodious but forceful rock music before disbanding in 1997.
Norm Arenas (guitar), guitarist for the hardcore Hare Krishna band Shelter, formed Texas Is the Reason with friend and then fellow Hare Krishna devotee Chris Daly (drums)
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From [email protected] Thu May 8 14:13:52 1997
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 17:45:32 -0100
From: Ulla Svensk
To: [email protected]
Subject: Tab: Blueboy by Texas is the reason
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Song: Blueboy
Band: Texas is the Reason
Album: Split 7" with Promise Ring (Jadetree Records JT1024,1996)
Tabbed by: Fredrik Svensk ([email protected])
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!note!-> I named the chords at random. Just learn how to play them.
Chords: C5 E5 G#5 A#5 F5 B
99,11,11XX 7799XX 466XXX 577XXX 133XXX X24400
Intro riff: (hard to show the rythm, but i think it?s quite close.)
^= hammeron, pulloff. ~= slide
e| 7 7 7 7^9 7
B| 7 7 7 7 7 4 4~5
G|
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Intro: Intro riff clean x6 then intro riff dist. x4.
C5 ;let ring E5
So you?re expecting me to just sit back down
G#5, A#5, F5
and let me pass this by.
B
(tell me this is for real...)
C5 E5
You want it all to be sussed out
G#5, A#5 ,F5
without ever really trying.
B
(tell me this is for real...)
C5 E5
Maby with you on my side,
G#5, A#5, F5
I?ll be able to reach the sky.
B
(tell me this is for real...)
C5 E5 ;let ring
Maby with you on my side...
play intro riff x4 (2nd guitar plays B, G#5, A#5) then into verse...
B G#5, A#5
You think you finally figured it out
B G#5, A#5
Me, myself I never learn.
B G#5, A#5
You think you finally figured me out
B G#5, A#5
Me, myself I never learn.
C5 E5
So you?re expecting me to just sit back down
G#5, A#5, F5
and let me pass this by.
B
(tell me this is for real...)
C5 E5
You want it all to be sussed out
G#5, A#5, F5
without ever really trying.
B
(tell me this is for real...)
C5 E5
Maby with you on my side
G#5, A#5, F5
I?ll be able to reach the sky.
B^?
(tell me this is for real...)
C5 E5
Maby with you on my side
G#5, A#5, F5
we?ll be able to reach the sky.
B
You finally found me
B
You finally found me
B
You finally found me
B G#5, A#5, F5 ;let ring
You finally found me
end of song.
..
As you can see this tab is made for one
guitar and since the band had
two guitar players, might this tab be
incorrect in a few places.
I don?t think the whole song consists
of power chords but the version above
sounds allright to me!
--
#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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From [email protected] Thu May 8 14:13:52 1997
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 17:45:32 -0100
From: Ulla Svensk
To: [email protected]
Subject: Tab: Blueboy by Texas is the reason
[The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set]
[Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set]
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Song: Blueboy
Band: Texas is the Reason
Album: Split 7" with Promise Ring (Jadetree Records JT1024,1996)
Tabbed by: Fredrik Svensk ([email protected])
--
!note!-> I named the chords at random. Just learn how to play them.
Chords: C5 E5 G#5 A#5 F5 B
99,11,11XX 7799XX 466XXX 577XXX 133XXX X24400
Intro riff: (hard to show the rythm, but i think it?s quite close.)
^= hammeron, pulloff. ~= slide
e| 7 7 7 7^9 7
B| 7 7 7 7 7 4 4~5
G|
--
Intro: Intro riff clean x6 then intro riff dist. x4.
C5 ;let ring E5
So you?re expecting me to just sit back down
G#5, A#5, F5
and let me pass this by.
B
(tell me this is for real...)
C5 E5
You want it all to be sussed out
G#5, A#5 ,F5
without ever really trying.
B
(tell me this is for real...)
C5 E5
Maby with you on my side,
G#5, A#5, F5
I?ll be able to reach the sky.
B
(tell me this is for real...)
C5 E5 ;let ring
Maby with you on my side...
play intro riff x4 (2nd guitar plays B, G#5, A#5) then into verse...
B G#5, A#5
You think you finally figured it out
B G#5, A#5
Me, myself I never learn.
B G#5, A#5
You think you finally figured me out
B G#5, A#5
Me, myself I never learn.
C5 E5
So you?re expecting me to just sit back down
G#5, A#5, F5
and let me pass this by.
B
(tell me this is for real...)
C5 E5
You want it all to be sussed out
G#5, A#5, F5
without ever really trying.
B
(tell me this is for real...)
C5 E5
Maby with you on my side
G#5, A#5, F5
I?ll be able to reach the sky.
B^?
(tell me this is for real...)
C5 E5
Maby with you on my side
G#5, A#5, F5
we?ll be able to reach the sky.
B
You finally found me
B
You finally found me
B
You finally found me
B G#5, A#5, F5 ;let ring
You finally found me
end of song.
..
As you can see this tab is made for one
guitar and since the band had
two guitar players, might this tab be
incorrect in a few places.
I don?t think the whole song consists
of power chords but the version above
sounds allright to me!
--
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