Sideway Spiral II
Tabbed by Jan Frode Haugseth (jafro@max.hint.no)
This took me half a night so please take time to write me what you think
about the tab and the lyrics. Corrections are more than welcome.
This is the last version 3.0 of this tab. The final (I hope).
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This section written chronologically:
At first i thought this song was in 15/4. I was pretty sure about that. Then
I found it was in 4/4. Latest is I now found it is in 2/4. More will follow,
when a friend of mine with musical education calls me. The song is tabbed as
a 4/4 song anyway (almost), since it otherwise will be to much lines and to
much shit, actually.
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Lyrics (this is for you to sing when you have learned the song by hand):
If concentration comes at last
be sure to blame the highest cast
from way up the skies...
Head over heels in a sideway spiral
On borrowed wings and with senses so vital
High on the hopes for the chemical wedding
The promised state in the perfect setting
preying to the beat
craving to be real
So he said, cause so he read
And your delusions are mine instead
Convincing smiles will feed the mind
A curse put on those left behind
Your wizard out on bail
The perfect trips on sale
Spiral
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The tab
Tabbed from beginning to end, and the strumming is right, in fact, i think.
Hate goes to all those tabbers who don't care about their work, and write
senseless tabs and some riffs and let the poor learner to everything himself.
How is anybody to learn from that?
Repeat the beginning guitar parts as necessary:
concentration comes at last
be sure to blame the highest cast
e|----3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-----| Repeat this
B|------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-----------| 3
G|--------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---------| times
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
from way up the sky
e|----3--------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-----|
B|------3--------3-------3-------3-------3-------3---|
G|--------3--------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-|
D|-----------5---------5-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-6-7-|
D|----4-----5-----|----------------|----------3-----|--5-6-7---------|
A|--5-----5-----5-|5---5-5---5-5---|5-5---5-5---5---|5---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-6-7-|
D|----3-----4-----|----------------|----------3-----|--5-6-7---------|
A|--5-----5-----5-|5---5-5---5-5---|5-5---5-5---5---|5---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
head over heels in a sideway spiral
on borrowed wings and with senses so vital
(Note the slight change in the strumming pattern, which is one third
later than the previous:)
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-6-7-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|---5-5---5-5---5|-5---5-5---5-5--|-5-5---5-5---5-5|---5-5----------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-6-7-|
D|----3-----4-----|----------------|----------3-----|--5-6-7---------|
A|--5-----5-----5-|5---5-5---5-5---|5-5---5-5---5---|5---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
high on the hopes for the chemical wedding
the promised state in the perfect setting
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|---5-5---5-5---5|-5---5-5---5-5--|-5-5---5-5---5-5|---5-5---5-5---5|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Guitar: Repeat this chord bending it slowly one whole step:
(Do so until I tell you not to;)
e|--------|
H|--------|
G|---14b--|
D|---12b--|
A|--------|
E|--------|
preying to the beat
craving to be
G|----------------|----------------|--------|
D|-5-5---5-5------|----------------|--------|
A|-------------7-7|----------------|--------|
E|----------------|----------------|--------|
real
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-6-7-|
D|----3-----4-----|----------------|----------3-----|--5-6-7---------|
A|--5-----5-----5-|5---5-5---5-5---|5-5---5-5---5---|5---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-6-7-|
D|----3-----4-----|----------------|----------3-----|--5-6-7---------|
A|--5-----5-----5-|5---5-5---5-5---|5-5---5-5---5---|5---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
stop repeating that guitar here
so he said, cause so he read
and your delusions are mine instead
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-6-7-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|---5-5---5-5---5|-5---5-5---5-5--|-5-5---5-5---5-5|---5-5----------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-6-7-|
D|----3-----4-----|----------------|----------3-----|--5-6-7---------|
A|--5-----5-----5-|5---5-5---5-5---|5-5---5-5---5---|5---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
convincing smiles will feed the mind
a curse put on those left behind
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|---5-5---5-5---5|-5---5-5---5-5--|-5-5---5-5---5-5|---5-5---5-5---5|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Guitar: Repeat chord again:
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|---14b--|
D|---12b--|
A|--------|
E|--------|
your wizards out on bail
the perfect trips
G|----------------|----------------|--------|
D|-5-5---5-5------|----------------|--------|
A|-------------7-7|----------------|--------|
E|----------------|----------------|--------|
on sale
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------5-6-7-|
D|----3-----4-----|----------------|----------3-----|--5-6-7---------|
A|--5-----5-----5-|5---5-5---5-5---|5-5---5-5---5---|5---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------5-6-7-|----------171617|
D|----3-----4-----|----------------|--5-6-7---------|--151617--------|
A|--5-----5-----5-|5---5-5---5-5---|5---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
< - stop repeating d-chord here.
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| U
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------151617| I
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--151617--------| T
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| R
G|----5-----------|------5---------|----5-----------|------5---5-6-7-| B
D|--------5b5---3-|5-6-7---7-3-5-7-|--------5b5---3-|5-6-7---7-------| A
A|--5-------------|----------------|--5-------------|----------------| S
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| S
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| U
G|----5-----------|------5---------|----5-----------|------5---5-6-7-| I
D|--------5b5---3-|5-6-7---7-3-5-7-|--------5b5---3-|5-6-7---7-------| T
A|--5-------------|----------------|--5-------------|----------------| A
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| R
The ending you probably manage to get yerself. Rembember to say "Spiral" in
a monotone, zombie-like way. I think the song change to 3/4 here. But the drums
does not alway do that. They switch between the the old 2/4 and 3/4. I think.
I hope.
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Jan Frode Haugseth, Tuesday 4.3.97
mail: jafro@max.hint.no
url: http://wwwstud.hint.no/~jafro
and not http://www.stud...
I have done all this my myself, and I am pretty proud, except for the word
Vital in the text, which I saw at this the Motorpsycho homepage. Frankly, I
believed the text was "wide, oh", and I become ashamed when I think about it.
But actually, to be my second tab I am proud like hell.
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