Collins Edwyn - Subsistence guitar tab
e: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 17:16:58 -0400
tab by Remi Despres (remidesp@netcom.ca)
sometimes in 1998
Subsistence by Edwyn Collins,
from the album Gorgeous George
Notes:
A7 is be played a few different ways...
Where A7 is called for, play [- 0 2 0 2 0]
Where A7* is noted play [- 0 2 0 2 3]
D7 also...
D7 is [- 0 0 2 1 2]
D7(V) - [5 5 7 5 7 5]
D7(V)* - [5 5 7 5 7 8]
I suggest listening to the recording for the timing on the D7 - D7(V) - D7(V)* progression
There are two low E notes plucked off beat during the intro
Intro picking pattern is played very softly, strumming starts at the end
Intro:
C E Am ? F
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----------1------------0------------1-------------1-------------1-----
----------0------------1------------2-------------3-------------2-----
------2------2-----2------2----2------2-------2------2-------3-----3--
--3--------------------------0-------------1--------------------------
----------------0-----------------------------------------1-----------
E7 A
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--------3----------2-
--------1---------2--
----2------2-----2---
----------------0----
-0-------------------
Verse 1
A C#7
You may find As I have found
F#m A7 A7*
This place is neither Safe nor sound
D F#7
This house of cards Will tumble down
Bm D7 D7(V) D7(V)*
As befits A cardboard town
C F
You're lost in the ruins of your mind
C
As these four walls collide
G G7
As your whole world subsides
C F
But you took it all in your stride
C
As a matter of course
G C
Not a matter of pride
E
A C#7
So raise your glass Let's celebrate
F#m A7 A7*
'Cause we can force Those 'hands of fate'
D F#7
No need to heed the call for greed, for acquisition
Bm D7 D7(V) D7(V)*
Now I ain't puttin' you on This is my genuine position
[Chorus]
E E7
Am Em F C Em
How can I thank you We're forever in your debt
Am Em F
We'll bite the hand of fate that feeds us
Dm Dsus4 Dm Dsus4 Dm Dsus4
Morsels of regret
[chorus]
F G G7 C
As a matter of course Not a matter of pride
