Tab from the KEXP session. It's pretty hard to illustrate this song so each line down = the bass riff.
You'll get the hang of it once you start playing. Pretty sure this tab is accurate but always up for
suggestions to make it better!
[Intro]
e|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12h15|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12h15-15p12|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12h15-|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|---------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
(2 measure break)
e|-12-12-12-120-|-12h15-12-|-12h15-12-|-12h15-12-|----12-|----12-|-----|-----|-----------|--|--|
B|---------------|----------|----------|----------|-15----|-15----|-^15-|-^15-|-^15-14-12-|--|--|
G|---------------|----------|----------|----------|-------|-------|-----|-----|-----------|--|--|
D|---------------|----------|----------|----------|-------|-------|-----|-----|-----------|--|--|
E|---------------|----------|----------|----------|-------|-------|-----|-----|-----------|--|--|
E|---------------|----------|----------|----------|-------|-------|-----|-----|-----------|--|--|
(2 measure break)
e|-12-12-12-|----12----|-------------|----------------|----------------|--------|------|----0---|--|--|
B|----------|-15----12-|-10-12-12-12-|-10-12-14-10-12-|-10-12-12-12-12-|--------|------|-^3---0-|--|--|
G|----------|----------|-------------|----------------|----------------|-129-9-|----9-|--------|--|--|
D|----------|----------|-------------|----------------|----------------|--------|-12---|--------|--|--|
A|----------|----------|-------------|----------------|----------------|--------|------|--------|--|--|
E|----------|----------|-------------|----------------|----------------|--------|------|--------|--|--|
e|----------------|----|----|-----|-----|----|----|----|-------|----10----10----10-----10----14----10-|
B|-15-15-1512-^9-|-^9-|-^9-|-^10-|-^10-|-12-|-12-|-12-|-10/12-|-12----12----12-----12----12----12----|
G|----------------|----|----|-----|-----|----|----|----|-------|--------------------------------------|
D|----------------|----|----|-----|-----|----|----|----|-------|--------------------------------------|
A|----------------|----|----|-----|-----|----|----|----|-------|--------------------------------------|
E|----------------|----|----|-----|-----|----|----|----|-------|--------------------------------------|
e|-----10----10----10----14-|----10----10----10----10----14-|----10----10----10----10-------12-|
B|-12-----12----12----12----|-12----12----12----12----12----|-12----12----12----12----12/14----|
G|--------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
e|-12---12---12----12----12----12----12----12----12----|
B|---14---14----14----14----14----15----15----15----15-| (this continues for several bars...)
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------|------------------|-------------------3--5-|
B|-12-12-^14-v14-12-|-12-12-^14-v14-12-|-12-12-^14-v14-12--3--7-|
G|-11-11------------|-11-11------------|-11-11-------------5--7-|
D|------------------|------------------|-------------------5--7-|
A|------------------|------------------|-------------------5--7-|
E|------------------|------------------|-------------------3--5-|
e|-0-0-----------------|-------------------|
B|-0-0-^2-v2-0-^2-v2-0-|-1/5-5-5-3-7-7-5-3-|
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------------|-------------------| x4
A|---------------------|-------------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|
e|------------------------------------|
B|-^5-^5-^5-^5-^5-^5--3-7-5-3-7-5-3-0-|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------| x2
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
e|-----------------| |-----------------------|
B|-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-| |9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6|
G|-----------------|x3 then |-----------------------|
D|-----------------| |-----------------------|
A|-----------------| |-----------------------|
E|-----------------| |-----------------------|
e|-----------------| |----------------------| |---------|
B|-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-|x3 then |-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-10-| then |---------|
G|-----------------| |----------------------| |---------|
D|-----------------| |----------------------| |-9-9-9-9-| (until you stop suddenly)
A|-----------------| |----------------------| |-7-7-7-7-|
E|-----------------| |----------------------| |-0-0-0-0-|
(E) (G) (E) (A) (E)
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------| (then you come back in with these chords.
D|9---5---2---7---9-| it's hard to tab the timing, so just listen close)
A|7---5---2---7---7-|
E|0---3---0---5---0-|
[Verse]
Em
The drunk’s face breaks into sweat
F#m
as his friend falls under the wheels
G
but the headlights don't flinch
and the engine doesn't stutter
A
oh yeah
B
think about myself, I think about myself, care about myself, I care about myself
Am
I only care about myself
E
and other fears too stupid to mention
Am C
the ending of ‘Dramamine’ scared Degnan
Em
the way that you all see me
F#m
that's who I am, but not who I need to be
G
moving my joke body through the cold November night
A
haha
B
hate yourself, do you hate yourself, I don't hate myself
Am
I tolerate myself
I wish I was someone else
E
but it seems too stupid to mention
Am C
I know I'll be ripped in heaven
[Chorus]
Em F#m
I was young, I was thin
G Am
I had money and I loved you
but then came the
A Am
shabba de bop bop be shibby day oh yeah
E
shabba de bop bop be shibby day oh yeah
Em F#m
I need a name for what I’m feeling
G Am
then I can start to work on a meaning
speaking of the
A Am
shabba de bop bop be shibby day oh yeah
E
shabba de bop bop be shibby day oh yeah
[Verse]
Em
in a crowded room you will
F#m
hear your own opinion voiced
G
you can sit back without a word
watch it spread or fall silent
A
oh yeah
B
If it's too late to speak I could get out of bed
find a pencil and write leave it for you to find
Am
if the moment is gone
E
to say I figured out what the problem was
Am C
I'd been thinking about it earlier
Em
hey! can you hear me now?
F#m
Am I alone in my futile efforts?
G A
sometimes I get so mad that I can’t do the few things I usually can
which is sad
B
no occupying space, I know I take up space
Am
will there be a space for my soul in space
(that's heaven to me)
E
98083
Am C
Post office box 295
[Chorus]
Em F#m
I was young, I was thin
G Am
I have money and I love you
but here comes the
A Am
shabba de bop bop be shibby day oh yeah
E
shabba de bop bop be shibby day oh yeah
Em F#m
I need a name for what I’m feeling
G Am
then I can start to work on a meaning
speaking of the
A Am
shabba de bop bop be shibby day oh yeah
E
shabba de bop bop be shibby day oh yeah
[Bridge]
G C
And in the sky there is a place
where it's warm and you're there
Dm
and I've got the power now
G
Yeah I know what to do
C
to make you feel something besides pain
D
'Cause it's the love
Dmaj7 D Dmaj7
That we've come to expect, to deserve
Em
And then we touch and it's nice
It's not a complicated mess
D Dmaj7
And my back doesn't hurt
D Dmaj7 Em
And your head doesn't tell you to kill yourself
A
So we smile and embrace
D
Until we don't know who we are
[Outro]
Em
I can't hear a thing now
F#m
I guess I belong to me now
G
but when night fell on Montana
I found a rest stop completely deserted
A
but I still felt the eyes upon me
so I drove away
[Outro]
(then the bass + drums kick back in and will fiddles at the strings near the head so thats what the x's mean)
e|-x-x|-x-x|-|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|
B|-x-x|-x-x|-|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|
G|-x-x|-x-x|-|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|
D|-x-x|-x-x|-|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|
A|-x-x|-x-x|-|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|
E|-x-x|-x-x|-|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|-x-x|-x|
(from then on the song continues with Will staying in E & G fiddling while always hitting the low open E.
Until the song comes to a close. Also very hard to tab because the mix gets muddy but as long as you stay in
E you'll be fine.)
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| x Dead note
| / Slide-up
| Slide-down
| ^ Bend up
| v Bend Down
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