Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 21:38:41 +0100
From: Robert Bacon
Subject: s/seahorses/blinded_by_the_sun.tab
Blinded By The Sun
by The "Seahorses"
Written by Chris Helme
off the album "do-it-yourself" on Geffen records
Catologoue No. GED-25134
Transcribed by Darren Williams 8/5/98
(Technocad_uk@postmaster.co.uk)
Tablature Legend:
16 :Play string on fret indicated
16~~~ :Vibrato
16vvv :Wide vibrato
16 (16) :Let note ring out
(16) :Ghost note
2h3 :Hammer-on 2nd note
3p2 :pull-off 1st note to sound the 2nd
5b(7) :play 1st note and bend to pitch indidcated in brackets
5sb(7) :As above only bend slower
(7)r5 :Release bent note
3/6 :Play 1st note and slide up to 2nd note
6\3 :Play 1st note and slide down to 2nd note
6 \ 3 :Slow slide
(x) :Muted string (percussive sound)
*15 :Pinched Harmonic
@7 :Natural Harmonic
____________________________________________________________________
(Guitar 1) John Squire's Lead & fills played with mild distortion
and flanger f/x
Intro
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------14----------------------------------------|
G|--------------14----14---------13b(14)r13---13---\11-------|
D|------16---16----------16----------------------------11----|
A|--(16)--------------------------------------------------12-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------------------17-------------|
B|--------------------|---------------14----17(---hold---)--------------|
G|--------------------|------------14----14-16sb(18)~~~~~~~(18)sr16~~~~-|
D|------------14-h-16-|-14h16---16--------------------------------------|
A|---12-14/16---------|-------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
<--- Repeat to here
E|---------------------------------------------||-----------------------|
B|-10h12p10\9-10p9----9------------------------||-----------------------|
G|-----------------11---11p9----9--------------||-6--/9--9/11--11/14\11-|
D|---------------------------11---11p9---------||-x--/x--x------x-------|
A|-------------------------------------12p11-9-||-4--/7--7/9----9/12\9--|
E|---------------------------------------------||-----------------------|
1st Time 2nd Time
E|----------------------| |-----------------------------|
B|----------------------| |-----------------------------|
G|--11/14--14-/-16---11-| |-11/16--16-\-14---3--3-6--/9-|
D|---x------x---------x-| |--x------x--------x--x-x---x-|
A|---9/12--12-/-14----9-| |--9/14--14-\-12---1--1-4--/7-|
E|----------------------| |-----------------------------|
Intro Ends Verse (Fig 1)
E|-9--------------------------|| |-------------------------||
B|---12-11-9-11-9-------------|| |-------------------------||
G|----------------11-10-11~~~-|| |--(11)~~~~~\3---3-3/6--4-||
D|----------------------------|| |-------------------------||
A|----------------------------|| |-------------------------||
E|----------------------------|| |-------------------------||
Verse Fill(1)
E|--------------------------------------------||
B|---------7-7-9-9b(10)-9-7---10sb(11)~~~~~~~-||
G|--9b(10)------------------9--9sb(11)~~~~~~~-||
D|--------------------------------------------||
A|--------------------------------------------||
E|--------------------------------------------||
Verse Fill(2)
E|-----7\x---------------------7----7------|
B|-----7\x--10b(12)-10--------7--10--10p9--|
G|-7h8------------------9b(11)-------------|
D|-9(9)------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Verse Fill(2) cont. Chorus Lead-in
E|-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------0--||
B|-9h10p9\7-9p7---7---10sb(11)~~~~~~-|| |-2---2-------2-----------0--||
G|--------------9---9--9sb(11)~~~~~~-|| |-2---2-------2-----------1--||
D| ----------------------------------|| |-2---2-------2-------2--(2)-||
A|-----------------------------------|| |-0---0---/4-----4\---2--(2)-||
E|-----------------------------------|| |---------------------0--(0)-||
Chorus (Fig 2)
E|------------------------|---------------------------|
B|--------3---3-2h3-------|---------7-----------------|
G|--------4----------4----|---------7--------7--------|
D|-----4----------------4-|------7-----------7--------|
A|--2---------------------|-2/5----------7/9-----9\---|
E|-(2)--------------------|---------------------------|
E|-------5----------------|------0----------------|| (repeat last
B|-------5----------------|------0----------------|| 4 bars)
G|-------6----------------|------1----------------||
D|-------7---------7------|--2---(2)--------------||
A|----7------------7------|--2---(2)---2h4-2-0----||
E|-5-----------7/9-----9\-|--0---(0)-----------4--||
(Chorus
ends)
E|----------------------|------3----------|------2--2h3-2-------||
B|-------3--3-2h3-------|------3----3-----|------3--3-----2h3-2-||
G|-------4---------4----|------4------4---|---2----------2------||
D|----4--------------4--|------5--------5-|-0-------------------||
A|--2-------------------|---5-------------|---------------------||
E|-(2)------------------|-3---------------|---------------------||
Verse 2 (fig 3)
<-------Palm Mute---------->
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3----4b(6)r4p2---2sb(3)-------------|
D|---4---4---4---4---2---2---2------------4--------4--2-2--2-4-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------7----7-----------------------------------------||
B|-------7--10--10p9-9h10p9\7-9p7---7---10sb(11)~~~~~~~~-||
G|-9b(11)-------------------------9---9--9sb(11)~~~~~~~~-||
D|-------------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------||
Bridge (fig 4)
E|10------10-------10----------10-9-7------------------------------------||
B|10b(12)r10b(12)-(12)r10-------------10-8-9~~~--7h8p7----7--7h8p7-/12-10||
G|------------------------6~~~~-----------------9------7h9--9------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
_________________________________________________________________________
(Guitar 2) Chris Helme's Rythm played on Steel-string Acoustic.
Intro
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
D|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|| (repeat
B|---------------------------|---------------------------|| Last 4
G|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|| Bars)
D|--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
A|---------------------------|---------------------------||
E|---------------------------|---------------------------||
F# C#7 (Intro ends)
E|--2--2-2-2--2---0-|--7-7-7--7-7-7-0--||
B|--2--2-2-2--2---0-|--6-6-6--6-6-6-0--||
G|--3--3-3-3--3---0-|--6-6-6--6-6-6-0--||
D|--4--4-4-4--4---0-|--6-6-6--6-6-6-0--||
A|--4--4-4-4--4-----|------------------||
E|--2--2-2-2--2-----|------------------||
Chords Used Throughout Song
F# F#7 B Bm C#7 A E D G
E| -2- -2- -2- -2- -7- -0- -0- -2- -3-
B| -2- -2- -4- -3- -6- -2- -0- -3- -3-
G| -3- -3- -4- -4- -6- -2- -1- -2- -0-
D| -4- -2- -4- -4- -6- -2- -2- -0- -0-
A| -4- -4- -2- -2- -x- -0- -2- -x- -2-
E| -2- -2- -x- -x- -x- -X- -0- -X- -3-
(Verse 1) [Gtr 1: Fig 1 +fill 1]
F# F#7 B Bm
How would u feel if i was to Kneel right down at your feet? right now
F# F#7 B Bm
is the way it's going to be for now until forever lets have less of
F#7 C#7
getting clever with me.
(Verse 2) [Gtr 1: Fig 1 +fills 1&2]
F# F#7 B
Bm
Who would u blame for blowing the flame right out is it me? there is
no
F# F#7
B
doubt i can do what i want to to do from now until forever lets have
Bm A E
less of getting clever with me
(Chorus) [Gtr 1: Fig 2]
Bm D A
Your wasting Your time and my time aswell la la la living a
E Bm
lie i guess that time will tell
D A E
your making excuses for the things you never done walking in circles
Bm G D F# F#7
blinded by the sun, blinded by the sun
(Verse 3- Same as verse2) [Gtr 1 Fig 3]
(Chorus) [Gtr 1: Fig 2]
(Bridge) [Gtr 1: Fig 4+ riffs based on same scale]
D F# G D F# G
I don't mean to sound unkind to you you'll just have to go and find
D F# G
something else to do And don't ask me what went wrong, the list goes
on and on........(etc)
Well, that just about wraps it up atfer much blood, sweat etc.
I hope u enjoy learning this, as it took me FAR longer to tab it out
than
to transcribe it
Any corrections, comments, suggestions, requests (do u want any
more seahorses, as they are rare on OLGA?) E-mail "The Leprachaun"
at: TechnoCad_uk@postmaster.co.uk
See yas laters,
*Daz*
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