Riff 1 (Sitar effect)
E|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
B|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
G|---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--4--6----------|
D|---4--5-----------------5--|-4--5-------------------|
A|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
E|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|E|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
B|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
G|---------3--4--6--4--3--4--|-6--4--3--5--4b6r4~-----|
D|---4--5--------------------|E|---------------------|---|
A|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
E|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|E|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
B|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
G|---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--4--6----------|
D|---4--5-----------------5--|-4--5-------------------|
A|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
E|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|E|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
B|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
G|---------3--4--6--4--3--4--|-6--4--3--5--4~---------|
D|---4--5--------------------|E|---------------------|---|
A|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
E|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
[Verse]
(Guitars lay out on the first verse)
ABF#ABF#F#/EF#
So you've been confused, your confidence is disorganized
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-0-0-0-2\--|ABF#AB
So you do your exercise as you speed beneath the
F#F#/E
bay...
[Riff 2] (Sitar)
E|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-0----0-|-2-2-2-2-0----0-|E|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----4--2--2-----|----4--2--2-----|
E|-2------------0-|-2--------------|ABF#ABF#
And I would tell you to sing, cause that would bring control to you,
ABF#
Some things make the world seem new,
(Guitars come back in here)
AB
Your voice is such a
F#F#/EF#F#/EF#F#/EF#
thing, such a thing, such a thing, such a thing...
[**Note: Alternating F# and F#/E:
Just do an F# barre chord (don't play the top 2 strings),
and alternately lift off your index finger.
Like this:
F#F#/EE|-(2)---(0)---------------|
B|-(2)---(0)---------------|
G|--3-----3----------------|
D|--4-----4----------------|
A|--4-----4----------------|
E|--2-----0----------------|
This alternating theme is heard pretty consistently throughout the song,
whenever an F# chord is played. Listen and you'll hear it. Back to the
song...]
[Bridge 1]
(*)
AABB | F#F#F#/EF# |
1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 & 4 | (3X)
E|---------------------|
(*) Background fill:
The sitar plays a little background riff during this measure.
The first and third time Bridge 1 is played use this fill:
|E|---------------------|------|
|E|---------------------|------|
|---------3--4--6--4--3-----|
|---4--5-----------------4--|
|E|---------------------|------|
|E|---------------------|------|Second time:
|E|---------------------|------|
|E|---------------------|------|
|--4b6r4-2--4-4-4-4-4p2-----|
|E|---------------------|--4---|
|E|---------------------|------|
|E|---------------------|------|
Then on the fourth time:
HEY! HEY!
A A B B | right into-->
1 2 3 4
Bridge 2:
F#F#F#/EF#/E
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | (4X)
^ ^ ^ ^
ABF#ABF#F#/EF#
You didn't want to break the news but it didn't cut your tongue,
(Guitar)
|E|---------------------|---|
|--4b5r4-2-0-------------|
|------------3-2-3-------|
|------------------2~~---|
|E|---------------------|---|
|E|---------------------|---|ABF#AB
Omar is still so young, I know that he can take it,
[Play Bridge 2 (see below) 4x over the "take it" part]
Take it, take it, (I know that he can) take it, take it...
Bridge 2:
F#F#F#/EF#/E
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
^ ^ ^ ^
ABF#ABF#F#/EF#
"I don't want to be rude," you told him at the turnstile
ABF#F#/EF#AB
His teeth went dust behind his smile, you disappeared down the
F#F#/EF#F#/EF#F#/EF#
tube, down the tube, down the tube, down the tuuuuube!
Play Bridge 1:
AABB | F#F#F#/EF# |
1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 & 4 | (3X)
Aaaaah!
AABB |
1 2 3 4
Now play Riff 1 again, with a slight variation:
Riff 1b (Sitar)
E|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
B|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
G|---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--4--6----------|
D|---4--5-----------------5--|-4--5-------------------|
A|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
E|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---||E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
|---------3--4--6--4--3--4--|-6--4--3--5--4b6r4------|
|---4--5--------------------|E|---------------------|---|
|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|E|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
B|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
G|---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--4--6----------|
D|---4--5-----------------5--|-4--5-------------------|
A|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---|
E|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|---||E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|----|
|---------------2--3--2--5--|-3-2E|---------------------||
|---------3--4--------------|-----4b6r4-2-------------|
|---4--5--------------------|-------------4-4~--------|
|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|----|
|E|---------------------|------|E|---------------------|----|
(Guitars lay out)
ABF#AB
So your ship was blown to sea, from the road where it was tied up
[Guitar Fill]
E|------------|
B|------------|
G|-4b6--(8x)--|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|ABF#F#/EF#
So many men have died up on the
(Guitars come back in)
AB
route to Ha-na-
F#F#/EF#F#/EF#F#/EF#
Lei, Hana- lei, Hana- lei, Hana- lei......
Then Bridge 1 over the final "aaaah's":
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
AABB | F#F#F#/EF# | (3X)
Aaaaaah!
AABB |
[Then the last 2 measures are]:
^ ^ ^
F#F#F#/EF#/EF#F#F#F#|E|---------------------|------|-------2--2--2---||
|E|---------------------|------|-------2--2--2---||
|---------3--4--6--4--3-----|-------3--3--3---||
|---4--5-----------------5--|--4----4--4--4---||
|E|---------------------|------|-------4--4--4---||
|E|---------------------|------|-------2--2--2---||
Chord Shapes:
A [002220]
B [224442]
F# [244322]
F#/E [0443xx]