Blur is an alternative rock band which formed in Colchester, England in 1989. The band consists of Damon Albarn (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Graham Coxon (guitar, vocals), Alex James (bass) and Dave Rowntree (drums). Blur's debut album Leisure (1991) incorporated the sounds of Madchester and Shoegazing and spawned their first UK Top 10 single, There's No Other Way. Following a stylistic change in 1992 (influenced by English guitar groups such as The Kinks
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Blur - "Luminous" (from "Bang" 12", cassette and CD singles)
A nice little mild track with a lot of atmosphere.
Here's the main riff (severly ad-libbed, but this is the basic pattern):
E ---------------------------------| B ---------------------------7-----| G -----------7-----------------7---| D -0-4-5-4-7---7---0-4-5-4-7-------| A ---------------------------------| E ---------------------------------|
DF Don't look at me as though I'm not here
DF Your only regret what you don't see
GFE You know more than I so think for me
AD Think why you're not me (back to the main riff)
DF No substitute for the girl of dreams
DF She never knew who you are
GFE Half your life has been explained
AD You want the other half again (back to the main riff)
(This middle section gets kind of complicated, but here are the chords from the book)
ACGEFAD (2x) AE (main riff 8x)
DF Don't look at me as though I'm not here
DF Your only regret what you don't see
GFE Half my life has been explained
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