Cake - The Distance guitar tab
CAKE
"THE DISTANCE"
From the album "Fashion Nugget"
Written by Greg Brown (G.P. Brown Publishing/BMI)
c 1996 Capricorn Records
Transcribed by: Bob Morgano (morgano@ici.net)
_________ ___ ________ ___
| |____| | | | |___| | |
E|----------|----|----|----|---|--|----------|----|---|---|---|--|
B|--0______(0)---2/sl\\4/sl\\2---4--|----------|----0/h\\2/p\\0---|--|
G|--4______(4)---2/sl\\4/sl\\2---4--|--2______(2)---0/h\\2/p\\0---2--|
D|--------------------------------|--4______(4)---------------4--|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
_____ _____ _ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
|_| | | |_| |_| |_| | |_| | | |_| |_____| |_| |
E|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|----|-|---|--|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-----|--|-|---|--|
B|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|----|-|---|--|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-----|--|-|---|--|
G|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|----|-|---|--|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-----|--|-|---|--|
D|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|----|-|---|--|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-(0)h2--0-|---|--|
A|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|-|----0-1---2--|-|-|---|-|---|-|---|----------2---|--|
E|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-3/b\\----------|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0--------------3--|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
_______ ___
|___|_|_| | | |_|_|
E|--|---|-|-|----|------|---|-|-|--|
B|--|---|-|-|----|------|---|-|-|--|
G|--|---|-|-|----|------|---|-|-|--|
D|--|---|-|-2----|------|---|-|-|--|
A|--1/p\\0-|------|------|---0-1-2--|
E|--------3------3------4----------|
1 2 3 4
________ _ ___ ___
|____|_|_| |_| |_|_| |_|_|
E|--|----|-|-|---|-|---|-|-|-|-|-|--|
B|--|----|-|-|---|-|---|-|-|-|-|-|--|
G|--|----|-|-|---|-|---|-|-|-|-|-|--|
D|--|----|-|-2---|-|---|-|-|-|-|-|--|
A|--1/p\\-0-|-----|-|---|-|-|-0-1-2--|
E|---------3-----0-3---0-4-0--------|
1 2 3 4
From WrockPhrog@aol.com Wed Apr 2 08:51:00 1997
The tabber before me almost had it all right, but there were a few minor
problems with it, so I decided to send them to you. Mine is easier to read
too, because I do not put in the rythym parts. You guys are smart enough to
do it yourselves out there.
First Part: throughout verses repeating over and over
e--------------------------------------------------
b--0----1-/-3-\\-1-0---------0-h-1-p-0-------
g--0----2-/-4-\\-2-0---2----0-h--2-p-0--2----
d-------------------------4--------------------4---
Trumpet part(not played by guitar, but it sounds cool!):
e-7-6-5-3-2-0-0-0-
g-8-7-6-5-3-2-1-0-
Chorus:
a--------------------012--------------5/7-75
e-00-00-00-03b---------00-00-0---------7\\
Tab:"The Distance" by Cake
Album: Fashion Nugget
This is a really good song of an incredible album. I'm calling this one the biggest surprise album of 1997. I'm pretty sure this tab is accurate, because I saw them play it live here(Montreal) in December.
Verse Riff(Clean tone)
e:I--------------------------------I
B:I---0---1/3\\1-0------0h1p0---0---I
G:I---0---2/4\\2-0-2----0h2p0-2-0---I
D:I---------------4----------4-----I
A:I--------------------------------I
E:I--------------------------------I
Do that as many times as needed, then skip the part with the trumpet until this:
Chorus(Distorted)
e:I----------------------------I---------------------------I
B:I----------------------------I---------------------------I
G:I----------------------------I---------------------------I
D:I----------------------------I---------------------------I
A:I----------------------0-1-2-I------------------5/7-7-5--I
E:I-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-3b4-------I-0-0--0-0--0-0--0---------7I
There's also this part, which is thrown in here and there:
Post-Chorus(Distorted)
e:I------------------------I
B:I------------------------I
G:I------------------------I
D:I---------2--------------I
A:I-----------------0-1-2--I
E:I---0-3-0---3b4-4--------I
! !
I'm not sure if this is done with a hammer-on or not.
That's all the guitar in the song. I just want to mention that according to an interview with their guitarist, Cake gets their unique sound by buying the cheapest, beat-up equipment they can find. Cool, eh!
Any comments, criticisms, corrections, etc.. can be sent to me at: allen09@cn.ca(Jamie)