Motorpsycho - Fools Gold guitar tab
Fools Gold
To play this accoustic highlight from Blissard, tune your guitar one step
down (D G C F A D). The song consists of these 3 riffs: (note that the
strumming isn`t accurate when included)
RIFF A (intro&verse) always played 3 times RIFF B (played after Riff A
and
during the solo.)
- (0) very loose (0) (0)
- (0) / // / (0) (0)
- 5 / // / 7 5
-2(2) 5 / // / 7 5
-2(2) 3 5 3
-0(0)30
Find the strumming & rhythm yourselves..
RIFF C (Chorus)
- (0 0 0 0)
- (0 0 0 0)
- 5 4 4 7 5 / // / //
-22 5 4 4 7 5 / // / //
-22 3 0 2 0 2 5 3
-00 3 0
Tabbed by Martin Furan
Or (maybe better) from Paul Caspers:
I play it like this. (in standard tuning!)
Verse:
Am7 G Am7 Cmaj7
-0-----------------0---------0------
-1------------0-0--1---------0--0-0-
-0---------0--0-0--0---------0--0-0-
-2---------0--0-0--2---------2--2-2- then repeat;
-0---------2--2-2--0---------3--3-2-
----0-2--0-3--3-3-----0-2--0--------
#
and from # play this
Em9 Cmaj7
-0--0-0--0--0-0--
-3--3-3--0--0-0--
-0--0-0--0--0-0-- and repeat again.
-4--4-4--2--2-2--
-5--5-5--3--3-3--
-----------------
I don't know all about the chorus (yet)
I think it starts with an Em and then that walk on the 6th string, etc.
hope it's useful.
Here's a third version, by Frode Nordbø:
Fools Gold
Written by Bent Sæther
Featured on the Motorpsycho album Blissard (c) 1995
Guitar tab effort by Frode Nordbø
part 1a
---------------------------------------------------0--(0)-------
---0----------------------(0)----------------------0---0--------
---1-----------------------0-----------------------0---0--(0)---
---0------(0)--------------2------------------(2)--2---2--(0)---
---2-------2----------------------------------------------------
---------------2-------0---0-------0---0-------0----------------
part 1b
---------------------------0-----------------------0---0--------
---0-----------------------0-----------------------0---0--------
---1-----------------------0-----------------------0---0--(0)---
---0------(0)--------------2------(2)---------(2)--2---2--(0)---
---2-------2---------------3-------3---3-------3---0------------
---------------2-------0----------------------------------------
part 1c
---0-----------0-----------0------------------------------------
---3------(3)--3-----------0-----------------------0---0--------
---0-------0---0--(0)------0-----------------------0---0--(0)---
---4-------4---4---x---x---2----------(2)------2---2---2--(0)---
---5-------5-------x---x---3-------3---3-------3----------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
part 2a
--------------------------------------------------(0)-----(0)---
--------------------------------------(0)----------0-------0----
---0----------(0)---------(0)----------0-------0---0-------0----
---2-----------0-----------0----- (0)--2-------0---0------/4----
---2-------2---0-------0---2-------0---0-------0---2------/5----
---0-------0---2-------0---3-------0----------------------------
part 2b
---0-----------0-----------0-----------------------0---0--------
---0-----------0-----------0------(0)--------------0---0--(0)---
---0------(0)--0-------0---0-------0--(0)------0---0---0---0----
---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2---2---0----
---3-------3---3------(3)--3-------3---3-------3--(3)--3---0----
----------------------------------------------------------------
The parts are played in the following order:
intro 1a -
1b -
1a -
1c -
1c * please come
verse 1a - smile with me just one more time, it
1b - won't get out of hand. keep
1a - doin' what you're doin', now i
1c - think i understand.
1a - insight comes so fast sometimes, with
1b - confusion and its way/wake/weight. i
1a - dug and found fools gold again, but
1c - saw through it way too late. i saw
1c * through you way too late.
chorus 2a -
2b - you weren't far from me that time.
2a -
2b - not so far from me.
2a -
2b - it's been dying all this time.
2a -
2b *
(* is played quite softly) Etc...
There are ofcourse minor variations in some parts throughout the song.
Anyway; hope you enjoy it.
