British Sea Power - It Ended On An Oily Stage guitar tab
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SONG NAME - Band Name
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Tabbed by: Pert (rhythm) and Pyrrhic (solo's)
Email: -
Tuning: Standard EADGBE
Chords Used
G5 D5 C5 A5 E5 B#5
E
B
G 7 5 9 4
D 5 5 5 7 9 4
A 5 5 3 7 7 2
E 3 X X 5 X X
Intro and Main Riffs
The introduction is made up of sections which repeat throughout the song. These are
split up and numbered in order here, and where they reappear later on will simply be
transcribed as ‘play section x’
Section 1
E------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G---7---9---7------------------|
D----------------10---9---10---|
A------------------------------|
E------------------------------|
Section 2
E------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G------------------------------|
D---9---10---9---7---5---7-----|
A------------------------------|
E------------------------------|
Section 3
E------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G---7---9---7------------------|
D----------------10---9---7----|
A------------------------------|
E------------------------------|
Section 4
E---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G---7---9---7 ----------------------7---|
D----------------10---9---7----5--------|
A---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------|
Intro: Play Sections in order 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 4
Verse 1
Guitar 1
G5
Everything you said was true
Everything you did was you
E5
Everything I started with her
D5
Ended on an oily stage where
C5
I wrote elegiac stanzas for you
B#5 D5
I hope and pray that they come true
Chorus 1
Guitar 1
G5 D5
He found God
E5 D5
In a parking lot, and you did not
G5 D5
I, I headed for the coastalry
E5
Regions of mind
D5
To see what I'd find
A5
But I do understand why they're looking at you
D5
As if you ever really cared
Guitar 2 (listen to song to play notes at the right point)
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------7-----------------------------------------9-------7-----------------------------|
D---9---------------9------5---7-------5---9-------------------9---------5---7------5---9---|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------|
G---7----------------------------------------9-------7------|
D-----------9------5---7-------5---9-------------------9----|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|
Play Intro Riffs: 13 + below (new section, 5)
Section 5
E---------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------7-|
D---9---10---9---7---5---7---5----------|
A---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------|
Verse 2
Same as verse 1
All across the Eastern Board
Languages were being lost
You look so elegantly bored now
Totally at ease with it all, yeah
Whilst you were drunk oh you let it all slip
I hope and pray that it's okay
Chorus 2
Same as chorus 1
He found God
In a Wiltshire field, whilst you did not
I, I headed for the coastalry
Regions of mind
To see what I'd find
But I do understand why they're looking at you
As if you ever really cared
Interlude
Guitar 1 play G (barre chord) Then at the change A5 D5
Guitar 2 play Intro Riff 1 (x7?) followed by sections 135
Chorus 3
Same as Chorus 1 and 2, but with Guitar 2 repeating intro riff 1 over and over
He found God
In a Wiltshire field, and you did not
I, I headed for the coastalry
Regions of mind
To see what I'd find
End Solo
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---5---7---5---10-------9------7------10------9---7---10------9------7------10------9---7---|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------|
D---10------9------7------10------9---7---12--------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G--------12---14---12-------------------------------|
D--------------------------14---12------------12----| REPEAT x 3
A---------------------------------------------14----|
E---------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------|
G--------12---14---12--------------------------------------|
D--------------------------14---12-------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------14---14---12-|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G--------12---14---12--------------------------------|
D--------------------------14---12------------12-----|
A----------------------------------------------14----|
E----------------------------------------------------|
Solo Riffs: 13131313 until fade
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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