Buckley Jeff - So Real guitar chord
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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 96 07:14:50 UT
From: "Dan Brugman"
Subject: Jeff Buckley--So Real--Tab
>From: NTRUE@GAS.UUG.ARIZONA.EDU (Keeper of the Pouched Ones)
>
>this is my best guess at how jeff plays "so real", in case anyone cares:) i
>figured this out by watching jeff's hands in videos and trying to play it.
>it all sounds pretty close. i'm not sure about the second chorus chord
>though.
>
>standard tuning
>INTRO tabbed by John Pollock (found at
>http://www.mordor.com/buckley/jbfiles/jbtabs.html#so_real.tab)
>
> / /////
>e---------------------------------
>b------13-13----------------------
>G-0~14-14-14-------------------12-
>D-0----------15-15-14-12----0--0--
>A------------0-----------15-12-13-
>E---------------------------------
>
>
>
>e---------------------------------
>b---------------------------------
>G-12-12-12-14-14-14---------------
>D-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------
>A-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------
>E-------------------13-13-13------
>
>
>
>e---------------------------------
>b---------------------------------
>G---------------------------------
>D---------------------------------
>A---------------------------------
>E-12-13-10--12-13-10--------------
>
>
>but i think the VERSEs are (partly based on Paul Leddy's version):
>
> F#7 F#7sus4 B F# G Csus2 Bm/G
>e--xx---xx------xx--xx--3---8-----7---
>b--11---12------12--7---3---8-----7---
>G--9----9-------11--6---0---0-----0--- then repeats.
>D--11---11------9---4---0---0-----0---
>A--xx---xx------xx--xx--xx--xx----xx--
>E--xx---xx------11--6---3---8-----7---
>
>this is my CHORUS (partly based on Paul Leddy's version):
> A A7sus4
>e--xx--5--
>b--8---5--
>G--7---0--
>D--5---0--
>A--xx--xx-
>E--7---5--
>
>the WIERD DISTORTED INTERLUDE is something around an A diad, like:
>
>e----
>b----
>G----
>D--7- (bend the hell out of this)
>A--0-
>E----
>
>while the other guitar plays this over and over again:
>
>e--xx--
>b--8---
>G--7---
>D--5---
>A--xx--
>E--7---
>
>finally, the CHORUSII is something like this:
> Em Dmaj7 Dsus4/C# D6 Dmaj7/E Gmaj7b5/E G7 D6
>e------x-----x---------x--x-------x---------x---x
>b------0-----2---------3--7-------8---------5---3
>G------0-----0---------2--6-------6---------4---2
>D--2---0-----0---------0--0-------0---------0---0 these last two repeat
>A--2---x-----x---------3--7-------7---------5---3 every other time
>E--0---2-----3---------x--x-------x---------x---x
>
>and this is how it all goes together:
>
>INTRO
>
>F#7 F#7sus4 B F# G Csus2 Bm/G
>Love, let me sleep tonight on you couch
>
>F#7 F#7sus4 B F# G Csus2 Bm/G
>And remember the smell of the fabric of your simple city dress
>
>A A7sus4
>Oh... That was so real x3
>
>F#7 F#7sus4 B F# G Csus2 Bm/G
>F#7 F#7sus4 B F# G Csus2 Bm/G
>We walked around 'til the moon got full like a plate.
>
>F#7 F#7sus4 B F# G Csus2 Bm/G
>The wind blew an invocation and I fell asleep at the gate
>
>F#7 F#7sus4
>... And I never stepped on the cracks 'cause I thought I'd hurt my mother
> B F# G Csus2 Bm/G
>
>F#7 F#7sus4
>... And I couldn't awake from the nightmare
> B F# G Csus2 Bm/G
> That sucked me in and pulled me under...Pulled me under
>
>A A7sus4
>Oh... That was so real x3
>
>WIERD DISTORTED INTERLUDE
>
> F#7 F#7sus4
>I love you
> B F# G Csus2 Bm/G
>But I'm afraid to love you
>
> F#7 F#7sus4
>I love you
> B F# G Csus2 Bm/G
>But I'm afraid to love you...
>
>A A7sus4
>Oh... That was so real x3
>_
>|Em Dmaj7 Dsus4/C# D6 Dmaj7/E Gmaj7b5/E G7 D6 G7 D6
>|reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal (oh that was so real)
>|
>|Em Dmaj7 Dsus4/C# D6 Dmaj7/E Gmaj7b5/E G7 D6
>| oh that was so reeeeeal
>|
>and that's it. wasn't it rewarding to read through all that? :) i hope
>someone enjoys playing this as much as i do. if there are any additions,
>questions, criticisms, etc. feel free to send them to me. i hope this
>didn't waste too much of your mailbox space:)
>
>nate!
