Nickel Creek

Nickel Creek - This Side (accurate) guitar tab

"This Side"

Written by Sean Watkins

Transcribed by Greg Froehle

Chords Used: *

E C#m7 Asus2 Bsus4 Cdim G# F#m7 Bbm7(5b) Cmaj7 D6(9) D#?

E|--0----0----0-----0--------4----0------0--------0-----0-----0----|

B|--0----0----0-----0----4---4----0------2--------0-----0-----0----|

G|--1----6----2-----4----2---5----2------1--------5-----7-----8----|

D|--2----6----2-----4----4---6----4------2--------5-----7-----8----|

A|--2----4----0-----2----3---6----4------1--------3-----5-----6----|

E|--0------------------------4----2--------------------------------|

*On the F#m7, you'll need to use your thumb

Intro: *Hammer-on

e|0-------0-------2-----2-4-0---0-|----------0---0---0---0---------|

B|----0-------0-------0-------4---|--0-----------------24--4-2-0---|

G|--------------------------------|------2-----------------------2-|

D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

e|--------0-------2-----2-4-0---0-|----------0---0---0---0---------|

B|----0-------0-------0-------4---|--0-----------------24--4-2-0---|

G|1-------------------------------|------2-----------------------2-|

D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Intro Chords (Same as 1st half of verse)

E, C#m7, Asus2, Bsus4

E, C#m7, Asus2, Bsus4

1st Verse:

E C#m7 Asus2 Bsus4

One day you'll see her and you'll know what I mean

E C#m7 Asus2 Bsus4 Cdim

Take her or leave her she will still be the same

C#m7 G# Asus2 Bsus4

She'll not try to buy you with her time

E C#m7 Asus2 Bsus4

Nothing's the same as you will see when she's gone

Chorus:

Asus2 Bsus4

It's foreign on this side

C#m7 F#m7 Asus2

And I'll not leave my home again

Bsus4 C#m7

There's no place to hide

Asus2 Bsus4

And I'm nothing but scared

E, C#m7, Asus2, Bsus4

E, C#m7, Asus2, Bsus4

Verse:

E C#m7 Asus2 Bsus4

You dream of colors that have never been made

E C#m7 Asus2 Bsus4 Cdim

You imagine songs that have never been played (They will try)

C#m7 G# Asus2 Bsus4

They will try to buy you and your mind

E C#m7 Asus2 Bsus4

Only the curious have something to find

Chorus:

Asus2 Bsus4

It's foreign on this side

C#m7 F#m7 Asus2

And the truth is a bitter friend

Bsus4 C#m7

Reasons few have I

Bbm7(b5) Asus2 Bsus4 Cdim

To go back again

Interlude (Mandolin solo)

C#m7 Bbm7(b5)

C#m7 Bbm7(b5)

C#m7 Bbm7(b5)

Asus2 (to Violin solo)

Mandolin Solo:

C#m7 Bbm7(b5) C#m7

(pickup)

E|----0-----0---2---|4---2---0-2-4-9-|9-0-7-4-7-9-12-0-|9-7-9-9-9-7-7-9-|

A|--2---2/4---4---4-|--4---4---------|-----------------|----1111119-9-11|

D|------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|

G|------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|

Bbm7(b5) C#m7 Bbm7(b5)

pull-off*

E|9-1212--0-2h4---|320---0-2-7-7-4-|4-9-9-7-4-7-9-12-|0--0--0-0----|

A|111414----------|----4-----------|-----------------|---2--1/2----|

D|----------------|----------------|-----------------|---2--1/2----|

G|----------------|----------------|-----------------|---2--1/2----|

Violin Solo:

(Chords identical to chorus except for the chromatic walk-up part at the end.

Asus2 Bsus4

C#m7 F#m7 Asus2

Bsus4 (Rhythmic change from chorus)

C#m7 Bbm7(b5)

Asus2 Bsus4 Cmaj7 C#m7 D6(9) D#?

3rd Verse:

E (Ring out) *Guitar Fill

Your first dawn blinded you, left you cursing the day

Cdim

Your entrance is crucial, and it's not without pain (There's no path)

C#m7 Bbm7(b5) Asus2 Bsus4

There's no path to follow once you're here

E C#m7 Asus2 Bsus4

You'll climb up the slide and then you'll slide down the stairs

Chorus:

Asus2 Bsus4

It's foreign on this side

C#m7 F#m7 Asus2

But it feels like I'm home again

Bsus4 C#m7

There's not place to hide

Bbm7(b5) Asus2

But I don't think I'm sacred

Bsus4 Cdim

(There's no place to hide but I don't think I'm scared)

(There's no place to hide)

C#m7 Bbm7(b5)

There's no place to hide

Asus2 Bsus4

And I don't think I'm sacred.

E, C#m7, Asus2, Bsus4

E, C#m7, Asus2, Bsus4

Outro:

(almost the same as the intro, with a subtle difference in the second line)

*Hammer-on

e|0-------0-------2-----2-4-0---0-|-------0-----0----0---0---------|

B|0---0-------0-------0-------4---|--0-----------------24--4-2-0---|

G|1-------------------------------|----2-------------------------2-|

D|2-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

A|2-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E

e|----0-----------2-----2-4-0---0-|-------0-----0----0---0---------|----|

B|--0---------0-------0-------4---|--0-----------------24--4-2-0---|----|

G|1-------------------------------|----2-------------------------2-|1~--|

D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----|

A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----|

E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----|

*Guitar fill during verse 3 (you have to listen to hear exactly where it goes)

E|------0---0-0-0-------|----|

B|----------------2-0---|----|

G|----------------------|1~--|

D|----------------------|----|

A|----------------------|----|

E|----------------------|----|

This tab took hundreds of times listening to the song and watching tapes of live performances.

I played mandolin with three friends of mine for our school's talent show. If anybody wants

the violin solo tabbed out for mandolin, just e-mail me, I haven't made it in tab form yet.

The other tabs are generally right, but they oversimplify the song a bit. It's more complex

than it sounds. The other mandolin tab (by Focusdude) of this song is fairly accurate, so go

there for the rest of that (especially the mandolin outro), I didn't want to rip that stuff off.

And some people were saying that the open E and B strings weren't right in other tabs, but

believe me, they are. I got a chance to talk to Sean Watkins after their concert in Minneapolis,

and we shortly discussed this song. He isn't using barre chords, and that's why the guitar part

sounds so neutral and light, because there's that constant familiarity of the top two open

strings.

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